dimitrig said:
Bowlesman80 said:
JimSox said:
Well now we've gone from hoping to blaming. Nice.
Welp, how do smart administrators get caught a day late and a Dollar short?
1. Incompetence
2. Scheming
3. Both of the above
Hope is never a plan to rely upon.
Priorities.
As someone who always has more on my plate than I will ever complete, I know what it must be like for them.
You have to prioritize.
Cal does not prioritize athletics. That's not incompetence or scheming. It's just not what the institution thinks is important.
It sucks if you are a sports fan, but Cal isn't catering to that demographic.
Jim Knowlton is paid $1.3 million a year to prioritize Cal athletics.
The fact that we were not able to even field cheerleaders last year points to his extreme incompetence.
His criminal mishandling of the McKeever abuse complaints, instead rewarding her with a $5 million contract then spending $2 million to only confirm the swimmers and their parents were telling the truth and now more $millions in investigations and expensive litigation.
The hiring and extension of Mark Fox, who every year chased off more talent than he brought in until we finally went 3-30, worst record in Cal history, worst in the entire country, while scoring the fewest points in the entire country (out of more than 330 teams). While the athletics department parroted his excuses….
His bungling of our COVID response.
Giving a coach with a losing record after 5 years a 6 year extension with $30 million guaranteed….
When USC and UCLA left for the B1G a year ago, not doing everything possible to get us into the conference with them or informing his boss of what was coming, putting the very existence of our athletics department at risk.
All while officially living in Colorado Springs so he doesn't have to pay California taxes on the $ millions he receives from California tax payers.
So yes, we are left in the hands of Carol Christ, who has ton of things on her hands, but when it comes to athletics only needed to hire a competent AD. Instead she hired an AD who is a retired career Army officer with only 3 years at a Federally funded military academy, and zero experience in fundraising, marketing or managing big time football or basketball and a horrible fit for Berkeley in the NIL era and this critical time in the history of college sports.
Then even after he proved how incompetent he is and what a bad fit he is, with Cal setting records for losses in all three revenue sports, Carol Christ gave him an unprecedented 8 year extension until 2029.
And now here we are, begging to get into the ACC for 30% of what ESPN will pay for us with the consequences of not getting in the demise of our program.