In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
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Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
Fire him now!
Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
He seems like he enjoys trolling the fanbase and I'm not kidding. He's a dick.
the athletic department will be receiving tens of millions of dollars in less revenues on a go forward basis yet there is zero mention of cutting teams & downsizing the bloated bureaucracy
The dreaded Show of support?
KenBurnski said:
He seems like he enjoys trolling the fanbase and I'm not kidding. He's a dick.
Yep he hates us. He's got a guaranteed contract paying him $1.3 million annually through 2029 whether he flies in from his home in Colorado Springs to work or not, so he doesn't. He is just laughing all the way to the bank.
calumnus said:KenBurnski said:
He seems like he enjoys trolling the fanbase and I'm not kidding. He's a dick.
Yep he hates us. He's got a guaranteed contract paying him $1.3 million annually through 2029 whether he flies in from his home in Colorado Springs to work or not, so he doesn't. He is just laughing all the way to the bank.
He's not the only one laughing...the rest of college football is laughing at us too. What a tone deaf idiot. He'd score more points saying we are not close to where we need to be. Unfortunately, I think he actually feels proud that we've won a few games. According to him, he's hitting it out of the park. Carol falls for it and will sign him to a max extension before she leaves.
My sister lives in Lafayette. What is his address? Maybe we should start protesting. And where in Colorado Springs? Do the same there. knowlton in a jackass. Firing out something like that is an insult. Let's insult back. Any other ideas? They MUST be non violent.
sonofabear51 said:
My sister lives in Lafayette. What is his address? Maybe we should start protesting. And where in Colorado Springs? Do the same there. knowlton in a jackass. Firing out something like that is an insult. Let's insult back. Any other ideas? They MUST be non violent.
I'm not going to doxx him, but just last year he bought a new 4,112 sf house in Colorado Springs and sold his previous one there last month.
I just read an article that he was hired at Air Force for $167,000 and he replaced Williams who made $707,900 in 2016 but makes $1.3 million a year at Cal with a contract through 2029.
Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
He's trying to see how profoundly he can memory hole the people who sit between the 40 yard lines at CMS and still throw money at the program. On next week's program: shyt doesn't smell and cancer is good for you.
Kinda like Mikey. Remember him? He'd eat anything, and they'll believe anything.
I read his "Notes" yesterday and it turned my stomach.
This clown lives in a fantasy world.
This clown lives in a fantasy world.
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Once we became informed that this guy was allowed to maintain his residence in CO, we concluded that nothing good was going to come from his administration. And, our conclusion came true, with the possible exception of Madsen, the jury just convening on that. What was the conceivable thinking on Knowlton's hiring, that he once played an AD on tv and would accept far less money than anyone else?
As revolting a development as this has become in real life (1313 Blue View Terr.), how could any higher ed administrator have imagined anything different?
Now, this "dare to criticize me, will ya? you'll take this and like it." I can't imagine a worse nightmare. We understand, Chancellor, that there is bureaucracy-speak, but there are 100 better things to say...unless, of course, you want to maximize the long term pain as you exit stage left.
As revolting a development as this has become in real life (1313 Blue View Terr.), how could any higher ed administrator have imagined anything different?
Now, this "dare to criticize me, will ya? you'll take this and like it." I can't imagine a worse nightmare. We understand, Chancellor, that there is bureaucracy-speak, but there are 100 better things to say...unless, of course, you want to maximize the long term pain as you exit stage left.
The answer to the above question is "probably not". I assume he attends every home football game to schmooze with donors, paying little or no attention to the game. For away games, I'll bet he stays in Colorado Springs and doesn't even flip on the TV.Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
How much time does Knowlton spend in Colorado versus California? Does anybody have an factual information on this apparent issue?
The mere fact of his residence being in CO says that we don't have his full commitment to us.oski003 said:
How much time does Knowlton spend in Colorado versus California? Does anybody have an factual information on this apparent issue?
Colorado Springs? I'm just curious what shocky thinks about the layout of the Press Maxwell designed Kissing Camels Golf Club?
^ rockybear, kissing camels is a photogenic location but is not actually considered a press maxwell design by architectural purists, the greens have none of the tumultuous maxwell rolls that distinguish his other designs such as southern hills & prairie dunes
would rather drive north & tee it up at coore & crenshaw's fabulous colorado golf club in parker, ima not a fan of the overly penal nicklaus cartball designed castle pines although meeting founder/oil man jack vickers with slim wadie wuz pretty funny as he tried to bribe me for favorable ratings/rankings via my rater influence with golf digest & golf magazine
my favorite public course in colorado is tom doak's innovative redesign of the city of denver's municipal commonground
would rather drive north & tee it up at coore & crenshaw's fabulous colorado golf club in parker, ima not a fan of the overly penal nicklaus cartball designed castle pines although meeting founder/oil man jack vickers with slim wadie wuz pretty funny as he tried to bribe me for favorable ratings/rankings via my rater influence with golf digest & golf magazine
my favorite public course in colorado is tom doak's innovative redesign of the city of denver's municipal commonground
What is he supposed to write? "The UC Berkeley Bears intercollegiate athletics are doomed, so come on down. We will be traveling across country to play against teams with double or more funding than we have. Enjoy."
Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
HearstMining said:The answer to the above question is "probably not". I assume he attends every home football game to schmooze with donors, paying little or no attention to the game. For away games, I'll bet he stays in Colorado Springs and doesn't even flip on the TV.Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
He can't be - I'd hope the donors would be tearing him a new one if he interacted with them. If they support this nonsense then we are really screwed.
DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
No one is laughing at us. They don't care enough about us to laugh.Econ141 said:calumnus said:KenBurnski said:
He seems like he enjoys trolling the fanbase and I'm not kidding. He's a dick.
Yep he hates us. He's got a guaranteed contract paying him $1.3 million annually through 2029 whether he flies in from his home in Colorado Springs to work or not, so he doesn't. He is just laughing all the way to the bank.
He's not the only one laughing...the rest of college football is laughing at us too. What a tone deaf idiot. He'd score more points saying we are not close to where we need to be. Unfortunately, I think he actually feels proud that we've won a few games. According to him, he's hitting it out of the park. Carol falls for it and will sign him to a max extension before she leaves.
It's not ludicrous because being better than Wilcox is a very low bar.oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Taylor just won a PAC-12 road game outside the Bay Area. Wilcox last did that in 2019 and likely never will again.
oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
How did Wilcox do against an otherwise 0-11 Colorado team last year?
When was Wilcox's last PAC-12 road win? Will he ever have another? When was his last come from behind victory?
Taylor is Bear. Don't ever forget that. He took over a bad situation at Stanford.
To Wilcox's credit he last lost to a FCS team in never while Taylor did it in 2023. It's still early and remains to be seen which Furd team under Taylor is the norm and which is the anomaly.calumnus said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Taylor just won a PAC-12 road game outside the Bay Area. Wilcox last did that in 2019 and likely never will again.
calumnus said:oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
How did Wilcox do against an otherwise 0-11 Colorado team last year?
When was Wilcox's last PAC-12 road win? Will he ever have another? When was his last come from behind victory?
Taylor is Bear. Don't ever forget that. He took over a bad situation at Stanford.
Taylor has never beat Cal or Stanford. We can go back and forth all day with this. Y'all just want to keep pissing in the wind?
Tune in to part 2 where Wilcox discusses posts by lame fans on social media.
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/wilcox-interview-part1
oski003 said:calumnus said:oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
How did Wilcox do against an otherwise 0-11 Colorado team last year?
When was Wilcox's last PAC-12 road win? Will he ever have another? When was his last come from behind victory?
Taylor is Bear. Don't ever forget that. He took over a bad situation at Stanford.
Taylor has never beat Cal or Stanford. We can go back and forth all day with this. Y'all just want to keep pissing in the wind?
Tune in to part 2 where Wilcox discusses posts by lame fans on social media.
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/wilcox-interview-part1
We digress. This thread is about Knowlton who you are continuing to defend whether intentionally or unintentionally. I guarantee you that Taylor will never have as bad a record as Wilcox does. The difference is, if Taylor continues to lose he will be fired before his contract is complete whereas Wilcox continues to lose more games than he has won well into his 7th season and is on contract through year 11. That is on Knowlton.
We can all see the future trainwreck that is going to be the Cal Athletic Department budget. The least fans and donors should be getting from him and his staff is a realistic assessment and a plan forward. All we get is "I'm on the ACC scheduling committee, isn't that great!" and "football is closer than ever to turning it around!" while we give up 52 points.
This guy is a clown.
This guy is a clown.
calumnus said:oski003 said:calumnus said:oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
How did Wilcox do against an otherwise 0-11 Colorado team last year?
When was Wilcox's last PAC-12 road win? Will he ever have another? When was his last come from behind victory?
Taylor is Bear. Don't ever forget that. He took over a bad situation at Stanford.
Taylor has never beat Cal or Stanford. We can go back and forth all day with this. Y'all just want to keep pissing in the wind?
Tune in to part 2 where Wilcox discusses posts by lame fans on social media.
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/wilcox-interview-part1
We digress. This thread is about Knowlton who you are continuing to defend whether intentionally or unintentionally. I guarantee you that Taylor will never have as bad a record as Wilcox does. The difference is, if Taylor continues to lose he will be fired before his contract is complete whereas Wilcox continues to lose more games than he has won well into his 7th season and is on contract through year 11. That is on Knowlton.
Currently, Taylor's record is worse than Wilcox's. I agree with you that Wilcox's extension is ludicrous. This conversation is happening because you wrongly annointed Taylor as an upgrade to Wilcox. I sympathize with your desire for something new because you want Cal to win more than 45% of their games and especially more conference games. Both Cal and furd will have easier future schedules. Let's see how both coaches do moving forward.
Considering producing 18x24" "Fire Knowlton" signs to hand out at Memorial during the SC game. Who wants one?
right now, we don't have a choice. and, taylor's record at Furd has too few n's on which to base a reliable projection JW has 7 years worth and it's a bad projection with nothing on which to base optimism.oski003 said:calumnus said:oski003 said:calumnus said:oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:Right, the amazing talent from Shaw that went 3-9 last season and 1-8 in conference play. Jury may be out but it's very likely he is a lot better than Wilcoxoski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
In the latest edition on Knowlton's Notes out today, our illustrious AD writes the following about our football team: "We've shown signs of promise in every game, and I know we are close to putting together the type of complete performance that coach Wilcox and our team are working toward." Is this guy watching the same games we are? Does he realize the season is 60% over and we're playing like crap? I tealize he can't say negative things publically, but he shouldn't make outlandishly positive statements either. He is living in another world.
I cannot stand him. The positive outlook would be a little more tolerable if he were not the one who put in this desperate situation. The original contract extension Knowlton gave him after the great Cheezit "accomplishment" (embarrassment for the rest of us) was through 2023. In other words, we could have fired him last year after his third bad season and hired someone like Troy Taylor.
I do think we can continue to improve but Know nothing ignores the fact the schedule does not get easier and our opponents are improving too.
Sagarin has us #57 in Predictor but #65 in Recent which means we are trending down (relative to the rest of college football).
Troy Taylor, despite playing with David Shaw's recruits at a wealthy program, is 2-4. He may end up being a better coach than Wilcox, but the jury is out.
Besides a comeback win against mediocre over-hyped CU, they beat Hawaii and lost to Sacramento State, along with losing to every other team on their schedule. Looks like they are just inching towards winning the ACC next year, right? From 2010-18, Stanford was winning 8-12 games every single year. Is the job that hard that he can't beat Sacramento State? The jury is still out. To conclude he is better than Wilcox is ludicrous negabear baloney.
How did Wilcox do against an otherwise 0-11 Colorado team last year?
When was Wilcox's last PAC-12 road win? Will he ever have another? When was his last come from behind victory?
Taylor is Bear. Don't ever forget that. He took over a bad situation at Stanford.
Taylor has never beat Cal or Stanford. We can go back and forth all day with this. Y'all just want to keep pissing in the wind?
Tune in to part 2 where Wilcox discusses posts by lame fans on social media.
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/wilcox-interview-part1
We digress. This thread is about Knowlton who you are continuing to defend whether intentionally or unintentionally. I guarantee you that Taylor will never have as bad a record as Wilcox does. The difference is, if Taylor continues to lose he will be fired before his contract is complete whereas Wilcox continues to lose more games than he has won well into his 7th season and is on contract through year 11. That is on Knowlton.
Currently, Taylor's record is worse than Wilcox's. I agree with you that Wilcox's extension is ludicrous. This conversation is happening because you wrongly annointed Taylor as an upgrade to Wilcox. I sympathize with your desire for something new because you want Cal to win more than 45% of their games and especially more conference games. Both Cal and furd will have easier future schedules. Let's see how both coaches do moving forward.
calumnus said:oski003 said:calumnus said:oski003 said:DoubtfulBear said:oski003 said:calumnus said:Golden One said:
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We digress. This thread is about Knowlton who you are continuing to defend whether intentionally or unintentionally. I guarantee you that Taylor will never have as bad a record as Wilcox does. The difference is, if Taylor continues to lose he will be fired before his contract is complete whereas Wilcox continues to lose more games than he has won well into his 7th season and is on contract through year 11. That is on Knowlton.
Bingo.
The Knowlton apologists are part of the problem.
They are in the same FANTASY LAND.
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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