With today's historic win against Pac-12 powerhouse Arizona, Coach Wilcox emerged from the arena a mediocre football coach once again!!! Congratulations coach!!! You are no longer subpar!! You are precisely par!!

Coach Wilcox also helped Cal snap a six game losing streak to the mighty Arizona Wildcats.

But let's remember, Wilcox is only responsible for 3 of those 6 losses. He is now 1-3 against Arizona. Dykes lost the two before that, and Tedford lost the one before that.

Now 1-6 since 2010 may not sound particularly strong. And it is not. But let's not forget Arizona was coached over this period by elite coaches such as Mike Stoops, Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, and Jedd Fisch. So we need to be patient and not expect too much from our mere-mortal but nevertheless heroic millionaire coaches.

Let us not dwell too much on the past. Coach Wilcox has just slain the mighty Jedd Fisch to achieve a strongly mediocre 29-29 overall record. And next week, he has the opportunity to defy all odds and achieve a slightly winning record in just his sixth season!

Congratulations Coach!!

I think you slipped out of your Turok Son of Stone accent like Tom Hanks slipped out of his Dutch accent in Elvis.

Wow! What a way to go through life...GO BEARS!

Ott was extremely strong today and we had largely strong performances by Woodson and Hunter. Putting Vatikani into a starting position was also a very strong move.

I am concerned with the defensive performance overall and we will see whether the defense is strong like usual or if today's performance was just a fluke.

A Pac12 win is a Pac12 win CalStrong...

eabandit said:

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Ott was extremely strong today and we had largely strong performances by Woodson and Hunter. Putting Vatikani into a starting position was also a very strong move.

I am concerned with the defensive performance overall and we will see whether the defense is strong like usual or if today's performance was just a fluke.

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Cal Strong no disagree with any of this. Ott a strong ray of sunshine. And the o-line adjustments were strong, albeit a few weeks late.

But you could go back to the last time Cal beat Arizona (in 2009) and make similar observations.

Mike Mohamed was extremely strong and we had largely strong performances by Skylar Curran and Josh Hill. Moving Vereen into a starting position was also a very strong move. Cal Strong concerned with the interception by Riley and missed kicks by Tevechio and we will see if kicking game is strong like usual or if today's performance was just a fluke.

There have always been rays of strong sunshine, even in subpar seasons. The point is that it should no take us 13 years, or Wilcox 6 years, to beat Arizona.

Weak thread.

Cal Strong is a Strong joke…. I'd hate to live life through your eyes. Probably Strong chance you live a lonely life.

Can you just be happy Cal came out with a Strong Win?!? Prob not. Keep looking at glass half empty.

Calstrong is hilarious to me. How much simpler and simultaneously catastrophic my life would be if I made every decision on a binary scale, again it's really funny (to me). Maybe it's grating to some but I'm more than ok with the voice in the room. A lot of different, funny, and generally strong-- pardon the pun--personalities on this board keeps it interesting.

Cal Strong! said:

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With today's historic win against Pac-12 powerhouse Arizona, Coach Wilcox emerged from the arena a mediocre football coach once again!!! Congratulations coach!!! You are no longer subpar!! You are precisely par!!

Coach Wilcox also helped Cal snap a six game losing streak to the mighty Arizona Wildcats.

But let's remember, Wilcox is only responsible for 3 of those 6 losses. He is now 1-3 against Arizona. Dykes lost the two before that, and Tedford lost the one before that.

Now 1-6 since 2010 may not sound particularly strong. And it is not. But let's not forget Arizona was coached over this period by elite coaches such as Mike Stoops, Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, and Jedd Fisch. So we need to be patient and not expect too much from our mere-mortal but nevertheless heroic millionaire coaches.

Let us not dwell too much on the past. Coach Wilcox has just slain the mighty Jedd Fisch to achieve a strongly mediocre 29-29 overall record. And next week, he has the opportunity to defy all odds and achieve a slightly winning record in just his sixth season!

Congratulations Coach!!

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The strong thing to do to celebrate a fun win for Cal today and the great improvement by our offensive line. Gives me much more hope for the season!

Go Bears!

NVBear78 said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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With today's historic win against Pac-12 powerhouse Arizona, Coach Wilcox emerged from the arena a mediocre football coach once again!!! Congratulations coach!!! You are no longer subpar!! You are precisely par!!

Coach Wilcox also helped Cal snap a six game losing streak to the mighty Arizona Wildcats.

But let's remember, Wilcox is only responsible for 3 of those 6 losses. He is now 1-3 against Arizona. Dykes lost the two before that, and Tedford lost the one before that.

Now 1-6 since 2010 may not sound particularly strong. And it is not. But let's not forget Arizona was coached over this period by elite coaches such as Mike Stoops, Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, and Jedd Fisch. So we need to be patient and not expect too much from our mere-mortal but nevertheless heroic millionaire coaches.

Let us not dwell too much on the past. Coach Wilcox has just slain the mighty Jedd Fisch to achieve a strongly mediocre 29-29 overall record. And next week, he has the opportunity to defy all odds and achieve a slightly winning record in just his sixth season!

Congratulations Coach!!

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The strong thing to do to celebrate a fun win for Cal today and the great improvement by our offensive line. Gives me much more hope for the season!

Go Bears!

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The strongest thing to do is to win a Rose Bowl.

29-29 not strong. But it not weak either. So Cal Strong started this thread to congratulate Coach Wilcox on no longer being weak.

eabandit said:

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No sugar vanilla almond milk is an incredibly strong component of a protein smoothie.

Now I think we can all agree that you can't go 12-1 and be Rose Bowl bound without going 3-1 first. That would be a very strong outcome to this season and dramatically increase Wilcox's strength rating.

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If that happens, Cal Strong will strongly support giving Wilcox a $40 million bonus and a lifetime contract.

The thing that a lot of weaker posters no understand is this not personal for Cal Strong.

If Wilcox can be a strong coach who can get us to a Rose Bowl, Cal Strong will love him forever.

If Saban took the HC job and hired Urban Meyer as his OC and Bill Parcells as his DC but goes 29-29 and 1-1 in the Cheez-It and Redbox bowl after 6 years, then Cal Strong would want him to be fired.

This no personal. It up to the coaches to be strong and win. If they do that, they strong. If they don't they weak. Strong and simple.

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I am concerned with the defensive performance overall and we will see whether the defense is strong like usual or if today's performance was just a fluke.

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Would you be concerned if the defensive strategy was to keep everything in front of the defense, bend but not break, and force Arizona to work for every point? I think your frustration is simply born out of the strategy. Do we really want to play into a team that feeds off of explosive plays to get anything that amounts to a 73 yard score? I the best strategy may be to bet that AZ cannot when forced to connect on every play will show their inconsistency and turn the ball over without scoring.

You maybe right that a more high pressure game which shows and masks blitzes might get to their QB once or twice, but keep in mind their QB might be one of the better runners on the field in those situations. We leave our young secondary in the situation of having to cover a bunch of receivers who specialize in finding the seams and exploiting space.

While it is trendy to pile on the coaches based on the team's performance, when it all comes together we need to show some grace in supporting the effort, scheme, and execution because if it works once it might work again if given the chance. I know Wilcox being successful might make a few posters question their own expertise and expressed beliefs, but geez Louise let everybody pretend for a second that we support our team rather than contest the result when we lose and contest the strategy when we win.

Considering the OP, did you expect better?

CALiforniALUM said:

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While it is trendy to pile on the coaches based on the team's performance


I know Wilcox being successful might make a few posters question their own expertise and expressed beliefs

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There nothing "trendy" about judging a coach based on his performance. Maybe on Bearinsider, but nowhere else. That how coaches have always been judged.

Wilcox is 29-29. That no successful. That mediocre.

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