And to think there was a whole segment of the fan base who wanted to have him as the HC because, well, he's a Duck.
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I don’t love Wilcox but coaching at Cal is a death sentence. Sonny Dykes did so poorly there they fired him; he’s been great everywhere else he’s been and obviously has TCU cooking in year one. I don’t think it’s fair to judge Wilcox on his time at Cal.
Actually, Jeff Tedford did well at Cal. He won 10 games twice, 9 games once and 8 games a few years. He had 3 losing seasons at the end and they fired him.
Now he's the head coach at Fresno State again and is back to his winning ways, having beaten WSU in their bowl game.
I think Cal needs to pony up some cash and bring in a proven coach or an up and coming Coordinator who's a great recruiter.
In all honesty, I think the rest of the conference members should be able to vote a coach out after a few years of no improvement. The reason being is because we have some teams consistently going to bowl games and sharing that revenue with other teams that aren't.
I don't mean to be a jerk about it, but they're simply not pulling their weight.
That was a completely different era of college football and our conference. To compete these days you have to be willing to spend big money on your football program and Cal simply isn’t interested. If a HC can’t offer his assistants a competitive salary he’s not going to be able to hire or retain any of the good ones.
He is operating at a serious deficit in comparison to the other programs in the conference.
I agree with the post above. If Alabama invests heavily in the football team, they draw attention to the university and get a return in both higher sports revenue but also increased applications (I had a younger acquaintance in NYC who was a 'bama grad from Wisconsin. There is basically zero reason why a smart kid from Wisconsin would go to Alabama for higher education, but they "wanted to"). Cal and Stanford, conversely, don't need that. They're outstanding schools. Putting millions into football isn't going to give any measurable benefit to the school, and at best, it financially pays for itself after a long investment period.
what about huskies portal guys LB's Daniel Heimuli or Ruperake Fuavai, and USC portal guys safety Xavion Alford or LB Tayler Katoa? It seems like Lanning lots of defense guys which is most needed.
thomas time wrote:what about huskies portal guys LB's Daniel Heimuli or Ruperake Fuavai, and USC portal guys safety Xavion Alford or LB Tayler Katoa? It seems like Lanning lots of defense guys which is most needed.
Those guys all suck. We aren’t looking to downgrade at key spots.
Maybe I’m crazy but Burch coming to us would have a bigger impact than USC gaining another receiver. I think Lanning has worked the portal masterfully so far by gaining positions of need rather than playing Pokémon with all the best players regardless of need
chapelhillduck wrote:Maybe I’m crazy but Burch coming to us would have a bigger impact than USC gaining another receiver. I think Lanning has worked the portal masterfully so far by gaining positions of need rather than playing Pokémon with all the best players regardless of need
Well Harrison Jr is amazing and my consternation would be more about having to play him, not that he was a realistic portal option for us.
