So true.

Both Ivan Rabb and Paris Austin came to Cal, starting the O'Dowd to Cal pipeline

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branding/imprinting the program (when high school recruits play on campus they can start to imagine themselves doing so during college) & calculating recruiting angles are the difference between 18-0 records at haas & a 3-23 record, got it?...of course this is 100% lost on the dumb as **** con artist

back in the day coach martin (who built a top 20 program in berkeley in conjunction with cal's monster class) listened to shocky & a year in advance we set the stage for haas to host the california state basketball championship with the then #1 ranked player in the nation young ivee knocking down a fairytale free throw for a dragons slaying of the corrupt mater dei basketball program (mcknight's former players transfer from their 1st colleges faster than mark fox looking for rogaine at walgreens) with an ensuing epic east bay part stormin' the floor celebration for the ages



yeah u gotta know the recruiting angles if u wanna beat the statistics, **** the logistics & all the opinions

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (INCLUSIVE) university in the world

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I'm so sick of (F)UCLA... especially after watching the basketball game this evening. Note to Chancellor Christ: I know it's more about teaching, learning and research than it is about competition, but it's time we started demolishing those Bruins!

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I'm so sick of (F)UCLA... especially after watching the basketball game this evening. Note to Chancellor Christ: I know it's more about teaching, learning and research than it is about competition, but it's time we started demolishing those Bruins!

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I turned it off after we were down 10-0. The spread between these two programs in both football and basketball are way to wide. Along with them making strides to claim #1 public university, the phrase Fight for California should never come from the lips of Christ or Knowlton. They are f'ing everything up.

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So true.

Both Ivan Rabb and Paris Austin came to Cal, starting the O'Dowd to Cal pipeline

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hoop dreams amigo, coach martin did a lotta things that are not comprehended by casual uninformed fans like ursine & civil bears but more importantly also not by the self serving clueless as **** con artist, consider:

final four talent: your 100% correct, if silent commitment caleb swanigan's guardian roosevelt barnes had signed his letter of intent, we had potential big dance national championship talent with a starting line up of caleb at the 5, young ivee at the 4, jaylen at the 3, the bird at the 2 & t-wall at the 1 with j-mat as a scoring machine 6th man and kam & the king sharing back up post duty minutes

returning talent: if his oldest son 3.67 gpa joshua had been cleared by berkeley admissions off the wait list, the bears team the following year had a public commitment from jemarl baker who flipped to kentucky & a silent commitment from frenchman olivier sarr who flipped to wake forest & later kentucky along with leading for mcconald's all american jordan brown plus the porter fam deal with the nation's #1 ranked prospect would've continued the elite talent level in berkeley

recruiting: coach martin wuz the most effective head coach recruiter in the history of cal basketball (and football), he was tireless in approaching the top high schoolers in the nation in selling berkeley's reputation as the #1 ranked public university in the world, he understood the value of academics & moms trusted him as a black father figure/mentor with their sons...cuonzo loved these young men & treated them with respect while instilling in them an expectation of physical intensity

recruiting angles/energy: coach martin understood how building trusting relationships & being visible 100% of the time on the summertime aau circuit wuz critical to targeting mcdonalds all americans...like coach montgomery he gave cal's monster class full access to his staff as a recruiting/gameday energy facilitator that could successfully attack opposing coaches like criminal dana altman, the corrupt donut boy of tuscon & ucla's rapist enabler steve alford

staff: cuonzo's 1st target upon accepting the cal position wuz offering the lone open assistant coach position to bishop o'dowd's lou richie who appreciated the offer but tole me he couldn't accept because of conflict of issues with ivan as his player, this wuz pure mastery by coach who then pivoted to hire recruiting dynamo (and dumb azz) yanni...and yeah the porter fam deal would've sent seismic shockwaves thru the collegiate basketball recruiting world for those who thought the ivan & jaylen diamonds are forever class wuz a fluke one off deal, nope biz as usual in berkeley

staff recruiting energy: coach martin surrounded himself with likable mostly young guys that recruited 24/7/365 that could build meaningful relationships with young black men & their families/coaches...the current staff at 200+ years is the oldest college basketball staff in the nation, that's something that's lost on the beacon of truth & the dumb as **** con artist

s&c: look at the nba bodies of the bird, t-wall & j mat, s&c coach nicodemus christopher wuz the greatest s&c coach in the history of cal athletics, he got guys nba right & unlike the current football s&c program listened to shocky & incorporated yoga as part of the development process to ensure bend, flexibility & quick twitch movements...nico & his curvy brunette yoga female wife fallon currently live in denver (my daughter shay is a 1st year at denver law) & he's successfully training nba players...the current bb players (kinda like last season's cal's monster offensive line) move like granite statues on valium

study center: coach martin fully embraced the hard working professionals/educational mentor at the study center & this respect wuz reciprocated which is important for working together on academic silver bullet prospects with berkeley admissions

nutrition & sleep: this wuz a big deal to cuonzo & shocky, guys playing video games late at nite at the bb house while eating doritos wuz a problem that wuz being addressed, the monster wuz a big proponent of turning off all internet services after 11:00 pm

selling tixs: coach martin embraced this important aspect of serving as a head coach...the 1st time the monster spoke to cuonzo & tracy webster they asked me what do we have to do to get more fans into haas?...tole them we needed an asian walk on so tracy & me put together a list of high gpa bay area asian ballers & this resulted in future son in law brendan glapion...shocky also tole them we need to connect with students that didn't already go to games, this resulted in cuozno speaking at dorms & the greek system along with shooting hoops with players & students at sproul plaza during the lunch hours on game weeks, can you even imagine the current head coach doing that?...bottom line, we averaged nearly 11,000 fans (many of whom had no affiliation with the university of california, warriors tixs are financially beyond the means of most bay area basketball fans)

students: coach shared my strongly held belief that berkeley students (and bay area high schoolers) should be offered free admission to every game just by showing a student id card at the gate...the thoroughly unqualified markeisha everett's beyond breaking bad plan to move the students to behind the basket would've never gained any traction...let's be honest, mark fox & the con artist just don't care in building a future base of season tix fans/donors like eastcoastcal as long as their $1,900,000+ & $1,300,000+ salary weekly deposits show up on their bank statements every friday

nil: cuonzo would've raised millions from donors including shocky with his passionate requests for 100% buy in to support our top 20 program & yeah the cal's monster class as the most read thread in the history of college basketball fan message boards with 5,000,000+ views would've led this charge

practice facility: this would've been already built, a modest men's & basketball facility in the haas parking lot with then doug goldman's lead $10,000,000 donation...done, team would be practicing in it today...instead bishop o'dowd just opened a $40,000,000 basketball/performance arts facility while the con artist is showing disinterested donors his time share architectural renderings of his $125,000,000+ (with change orders) quidditch facility that's never gonna get built

housing: with coach martin leading the charge, more donors would be supporting the benevolent 4th gen bear's heroic housing purchases for la casas poquito which are absolutely cute as **** and only a block or two away from haas

cal's monster class: my streak of 150+ home & away basketball games would still be intact, there's zero chance cuonzo would've allowed this energy to be censored/terminated...eric mcdonough could've been part of the inclusive berekely party that welcomed everybody but he would not have been the sole replacement on the program's destructive path to apathy

stormin' the floor: coach martin tole me multiple times he 100% loved the fan celebrations at the center of the universe, midcourt at haas (he did caution me to direct traffic to ensure we never got near the vanquished team's bench & players as they departed the court to avoid conflict/disrespect/pac 12 failure to control the crowd fines)

academics: remember taylor & me speaking with cuonzo along with steve & nick kerr prior to the year end team banquet in a quiet area, he wuz sincerely more proud of the 1000 apr than anything that happened on the basketball court...his players academic dreams & successes were cherished as he considered these young men as part of his & roberta's extended family



the magic of cal basketball (what's ur palace?)#

I wish Knowlton would read every single piece of that comment so he'd understand how much he & Fox have failed!!

eastcoastcal said:

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I wish Knowlton would read every single piece of that comment so he'd understand how much he & Fox have failed!!

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But he was "more comfortable" with Fox than any of the other candidates...

Today was senior game for the Cal WBB team vs #25 USC, coached by Cal's former head and assistant coach. The teams battled in a close, physical game, with clutch plays all around. Seemed like the score was always tied, and in fact it was tied at the end of all 4 regulation quarters. The game went to OT, and with heart-stopping plays on both sides of the court, the Bears won after Ugonne Onyiah grabbed the rebound after a USC game-tying 3 attempt hit rim.

Haas was rocking, including the Final Four players, Mr. Haas, and a good crowd of screaming fans.

After the game, Coach Charmin held a Senior tribute where you could hear and feel the love the players have for each other and the coaches/staff.

Yes, Shockster, you are right about Michelle. USC's best player got in her face, but Michelle didn't take the bait, and the SC player got the T. Michelle played through four fouls, and made gigantic plays, including a tough and-one with game time winding down. In OT, she defended, rebounded, and scored 6 of Cal's 8 points in OT, including hitting a clutch FT to make it a 3-point lead with 8 seconds on the clock.

To add to the MAGIC, senior, four-year starter Leilani McIntosh announced her return for her fifth year to the joy and tears of family, friends, and fans.

Senior Day 💙💛🐻 pic.twitter.com/BcxNjYbFrf

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) February 20, 2023

[url=https://twitter.com/CalWBBall/status/1627527769361108992][/url]

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Week 7, February 13th – February 19th, 2023, Top 20 Ranking.

The full ranking can be found here -https://t.co/7FxwSJwzCI#OWGR#OfficialWorldGolfRanking pic.twitter.com/Slfs82mlAq

— OWGR (@OWGRltd) February 20, 2023

two bears in world top 10 (1st time ever)#

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So happy to see Max in the Top 10! He's really hitting his stride!!! Loved his emotional response to yesterday's finish....Happy to see Collin finally found his putting stroke at the end of yesterday's round. I hope he can recapture his mojo and get back up towards #1. Would love to see nothing more than Bears at #1 and #2!

Two schools with two players each in the OWGR:

Cal (Max and Collin)
Texas (Scottie and Jordan)

Max is now where he should be with his peers (Spieth, JT, Cantlay). He played against all of them in college, I believe. He just had a longer trip to get here than they did. Barring injury, I expect him to stay in the top 20 for the forseeable future. Next task is a major.

fun contest: who is the better athletic director???


PROGRAMS:

jd wicker: san diego state runs a cost conscious 17 programs (6 mens & 11 womens)

james arthur knowlton: cal run 30 financially unsustainable programs with a current massive bailout from the chancellor's discretionary fund (that will be likely significantly reduced with the next chancellor)


CONSTRUCTION:

https://instagr.am/p/CkPWd2-oYyf
jd wicker got the $310,000,000 leed gold snapdragon stadium opened this year

james arthur knowlton is in his 4th year of tryna fundraise his time share $125,000,000+ quidditch facility that's NEVER gonna be built


MEN"S BASKETBALL PROGRM:

san diego state is ranked #22 in the nation at 21-5 led by former bear matt bradley who intensely disliked/felt disrespected by his former coach

cal is 3-24 with a head coach that wuz extended contractually from 2024 to 2025


STUDENT ATTENDANCE:

san diego state students attend the games for free, it's a party atmosphere with loud crowds that is developing a future generation pipeline of season tix buyers/donors

cal: the athletic department sells tixs to financially strapped students with markeisha everett & her fellow unemployable sidekick vasileios iliopoulos tryna relocate the few remaining students from midcourt to behind the basket


CONFERNCE NEGOTIATIONS:

jd wicker has relentlessly pursued a pac 12 invitation for san diego state

james arthur knowlton hasn't done **** other than to repeatedly lie to donors during the board of regents process telling them it wuz "50/50" that ucla would be blocked from joining the big 10 when in reality it wuz a less than 1% desperation hail mary pass for losers


ANNUAL SALARY:

jd wicker: $340,000+
https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/how-much-every-mountain-west-athletic-director-will-make-in-2022-23

james arthur knowlton: $1,300,000+ average annual salary thru 2029


verdict: tell the con artist to **** off (andrew mcgraw for athletic director)