Plus it isn't at all clear he translates. SDSU's APR is fairly ugly (last time I checked) at this is graduating from SDSU ;-) Trust me, not a high bar.
It really feels like we need a guy who 1) "gets" cal (Travis, Gates, Shantey?, the Video boy) or at least UC (Turner). I really think one of the reasons for Wilcox's level of success…
Plus it isn't at all clear he translates. SDSU's APR is fairly ugly (last time I checked) at this is graduating from SDSU ;-) Trust me, not a high bar.
It really feels like we need a guy who 1) "gets" cal (Travis, Gates, Shantey?, the Video boy) or at least UC (Turner). I really think one of the reasons for Wilcox's level of success (still needs to do more but trending right) is that he didn't have to learn from scratch the strangeness that is Cal and could come in without spending months pounding head against wall.
But maybe Fox turns it around. Arguably it was impossible to sign a good class his first year given late start and this year has been a strange one for recruiting. But bottom line is that he HAS to produce recruiting wins next year for him to be a round past year 3 or 4.
I totally agree, though Campinelli and Braun were pretty far flung hires and were both totally content to stick here till retirement if we had let them. I think they might have seen the bureaucracy, inertia as a benifit, as it provided them a certain type of cover. But for all your reasoning, it makes our ambivalence to interviewing Gates over two searches malpractice. Turner made some insensitive comments a couple of years that pretty much disqualified him from consideration here. Side note: I think we're still really vulnerable with Wilcox jumping for Oregon at some point down the road if he's as good as we hope he is. Feels inevitable to me really. Basically the entire staff has Ore ties. True about SDSU, was just making the case that they have been really good. I wouldn't send my kid there.
I figure Dutcher it going to be heavily recruited by a P5 with deeper pockets and less focus on academics. Honestly, I would NOT be surprised to see the powers that be in Tuscon cut ties with donught boy as a sacrifice to the NCAA and take a run at him.
Cal has no chance at Dutcher. He waited 5+ years to take the reins from Steve Fisher and seems pretty happy in San Diego. The only place I could really see him leaving for would be Minnesota, where his dad coached. He's actually got a clause in his current contract giving Minnesota a discounted buyout.
Also, like others have said, it'd be much better to get a coach more familiar with Cal.
I'm continually amazed Miller is still there. He must have a trove of compromising photos hiding under his bed or something. Not sold on Dutcher yet. Too hard to tell if how much he has benfitted from the fumes Fisher left behind.
There's some sort of money issue with buying Miller out - and the chatter is that Arizona just prefers to have him coach one more year and then finish? And then apparently he has a super good class coming in next year too? I dunno - it's all twitter discussion.
Yeah, I was kind looking at their blog recently and was kind of surprised at how much support he seems to have. I guessed with so much smoke around him for so long and no real tourney success, they'd be waiting for him to go.
I think there's definitely a feeling of both circling the wagons and "the NCAA is out to get us," resulting in like a defiant attitude from their fanbase.
I expect once Miller goes, they'll make a run for Josh Pastner. I don't think he's a great coach, but he is beloved there, seems like he is intent on climbing the ranks and is a good (and shady) recruiter.
Plus it isn't at all clear he translates. SDSU's APR is fairly ugly (last time I checked) at this is graduating from SDSU ;-) Trust me, not a high bar.
It really feels like we need a guy who 1) "gets" cal (Travis, Gates, Shantey?, the Video boy) or at least UC (Turner). I really think one of the reasons for Wilcox's level of success (still needs to do more but trending right) is that he didn't have to learn from scratch the strangeness that is Cal and could come in without spending months pounding head against wall.
But maybe Fox turns it around. Arguably it was impossible to sign a good class his first year given late start and this year has been a strange one for recruiting. But bottom line is that he HAS to produce recruiting wins next year for him to be a round past year 3 or 4.
I totally agree, though Campinelli and Braun were pretty far flung hires and were both totally content to stick here till retirement if we had let them. I think they might have seen the bureaucracy, inertia as a benifit, as it provided them a certain type of cover. But for all your reasoning, it makes our ambivalence to interviewing Gates over two searches malpractice. Turner made some insensitive comments a couple of years that pretty much disqualified him from consideration here. Side note: I think we're still really vulnerable with Wilcox jumping for Oregon at some point down the road if he's as good as we hope he is. Feels inevitable to me really. Basically the entire staff has Ore ties. True about SDSU, was just making the case that they have been really good. I wouldn't send my kid there.
I figure Dutcher it going to be heavily recruited by a P5 with deeper pockets and less focus on academics. Honestly, I would NOT be surprised to see the powers that be in Tuscon cut ties with donught boy as a sacrifice to the NCAA and take a run at him.
Cal has no chance at Dutcher. He waited 5+ years to take the reins from Steve Fisher and seems pretty happy in San Diego. The only place I could really see him leaving for would be Minnesota, where his dad coached. He's actually got a clause in his current contract giving Minnesota a discounted buyout.
Also, like others have said, it'd be much better to get a coach more familiar with Cal.
I'm continually amazed Miller is still there. He must have a trove of compromising photos hiding under his bed or something. Not sold on Dutcher yet. Too hard to tell if how much he has benfitted from the fumes Fisher left behind.
There's some sort of money issue with buying Miller out - and the chatter is that Arizona just prefers to have him coach one more year and then finish? And then apparently he has a super good class coming in next year too? I dunno - it's all twitter discussion.
Yeah, I was kind looking at their blog recently and was kind of surprised at how much support he seems to have. I guessed with so much smoke around him for so long and no real tourney success, they'd be waiting for him to go.
I think there's definitely a feeling of both circling the wagons and "the NCAA is out to get us," resulting in like a defiant attitude from their fanbase.
I expect once Miller goes, they'll make a run for Josh Pastner. I don't think he's a great coach, but he is beloved there, seems like he is intent on climbing the ranks and is a good (and shady) recruiter.