95, the new breed of collegiate coaches like lanning, lincoln the dealmaker, dilly in old town, mr smith in corvallis, fisch in tuscon & even maddog in berkeley is that they are all kinda like a weird combination of motivational speakers/doggy fundraisers like shocky (if u hand me a $1,000,000+ check written to any maricopa county rescue doggy facility i will arrange a game for u at augusta national)
raising money for nil collectives is the #1 skillset & right now there's panic at the disco in westwood as the nil fundraising for 2024 is drying up outside of troy aikman & casey wasserman (his wife laura ziffren is a berkeley grad) due to the extreme unlikeability of chip kelly whose negative approval rating is about the same as mark fox (something that wuz 100% lost on knowlton when he unilaterally extended his contract)
bottom line, unless something drastic happens (like beating usc) the 2024 ucla nil collective dollars are gonna be significantly less than the 2023 dollars...ruh roh femi & j-mike
the reality is that without sebasabear running the nil program, there's no cal football program in the future...he should not be watching scary azz movies & risk stroking out, got it?
calalum, superstar recruiter jacob peeler usta tell me that defensive line recruiting is the hardest position to find prospective high gpa student athletes that will clear berkeley admissions, ok?...coach browning has done a very good job of recruiting this position & keep in mind the d-line in the wilcox/sirmon scheme is intended to engage blockers (not stuff the stat book) which is a valued nfl skillset...there's a near zero chance that the bears could upgrade the d-line coaching position, andrew is an integral part of the staff
agreed tim plough coaches a small room, my take is that justin thinks if spav gets another head coaching position then the former boise state offensive coordinator could take the reigns
as for 2 db coaches read my above post re: the importance of team energy that non certified cali law firm of brown, watson, brown & drayden bring to the program 24/7/365
but a tough decision is gonna need to be made after the final 2023 game in finding a spot for a full time special teams coach, justin is paid millions of dollars a year to figure this **** out
and if coach wilcox don't wanna meet & actively engage a gazillion potential donors cuz he's not wired that way he always got the option of quietly funneling some of his $4,000,000+ annual salary thru a family member or trusted friend like matt bouza to the cal collective
coach aristotle thompson is successfully recruiting elite running back talent to berkeley, he's pretty special in a lotta ways & coach burl toler is dynamic in building real relationships with prospects...both are great recruiters...and coach bloesch is the best developmental coach on the staff, cal's monster offensive line is getting better every single day, followed by spav with the quarterbacks