Strykur said:

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89Bear said:

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Big C said:

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Wilcox is lousy at interviews / press conferences. He either does coach speak, or, when he's really frustrated. like in 2021 and 2022, he gets lock jaw.

But so what? What coaches say to the media in general is bs. What matters is how the team does. So far, we're sucking. Today was a disaster. Sometimes, Wilcox's teams rise out from the abyss, like in 2019 and last year.

I hope it becomes crystal clear, over the rest of this season, what we need to do. My biggest fear is that we end up in no-man's-land (a weak 7-5?), where the powers that be feel like it's not yet time to pay that big buyout.

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Rising "from the abyss" last year????

Let's look closely:
1. Beat a WSU team that finished 5-7. Won a close battle by 3
2. Beat furd who finished 3-9
3. Beat fucla who finished 7-5 and quit on Chippy
4. Lost 34-14 to a Tech team that was 6-6


That is what we are bragging about????? That was rising up????

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This is not the old PAC-12 where we had to scrape up wins against multiple playoff contenders to get to 7-5, I mentioned elsewhere that 7-5 with our schedule would be a disaster and should be grounds for immediate regime change, being a middling bowl team is not going to save us when the super league launches in 2030

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Strykur said:

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Big C said:

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But so what? What coaches say to the media in general is bs.

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Unless it's literal BS, which he just did in the damn presser

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LunchTime said:

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Big C said:

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Wilcox is lousy at interviews / press conferences. He either does coach speak, or, when he's really frustrated. like in 2021 and 2022, he gets lock jaw.

But so what? What coaches say to the media in general is bs. What matters is how the team does. So far, we're sucking. Today was a disaster. Sometimes, Wilcox's teams rise out from the abyss, like in 2019 and last year.

I hope it becomes crystal clear, over the rest of this season, what we need to do. My biggest fear is that we end up in no-man's-land (a weak 7-5?), where the powers that be feel like it's not yet time to pay that big buyout.

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This wasn't that.

He spent the entire press conference blaming the players.

That's not lockjaw or coachspeak. That's a supposed leader putting blame for his strategy on his team.

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89Bear said:

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Strykur said:

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89Bear said:

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Big C said:

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Wilcox is lousy at interviews / press conferences. He either does coach speak, or, when he's really frustrated. like in 2021 and 2022, he gets lock jaw.

But so what? What coaches say to the media in general is bs. What matters is how the team does. So far, we're sucking. Today was a disaster. Sometimes, Wilcox's teams rise out from the abyss, like in 2019 and last year.

I hope it becomes crystal clear, over the rest of this season, what we need to do. My biggest fear is that we end up in no-man's-land (a weak 7-5?), where the powers that be feel like it's not yet time to pay that big buyout.

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Rising "from the abyss" last year????

Let's look closely:
1. Beat a WSU team that finished 5-7. Won a close battle by 3
2. Beat furd who finished 3-9
3. Beat fucla who finished 7-5 and quit on Chippy
4. Lost 34-14 to a Tech team that was 6-6


That is what we are bragging about????? That was rising up????

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This is not the old PAC-12 where we had to scrape up wins against multiple playoff contenders to get to 7-5, I mentioned elsewhere that 7-5 with our schedule would be a disaster and should be grounds for immediate regime change, being a middling bowl team is not going to save us when the super league launches in 2030

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The "old PAC 12" had an amazing year last year. The prior 5-6 years it was a so-so conference that couldn't get a playoff team and had very few really good teams.

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calbear75 said:

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Wilcox has been on the cusp of winning for the past 8 years.

He's not a terrible coach, but his capability has hit a ceiling - he'll never be able to get over the hump because his details & decisions that can impact the game usually goes the wrong way. We are 7 points away from being 6-0. Same as last year, and maybe the previous years. We have enough data points to expose his inability to win close games.

But we're not 6-0, so what's the problem? Sure, too many penalties, OL talent bad, terrible kicker, etc. are not "his" fault, but hey, who's the HC? Who selected the staff? Who approved the recruiting? Who sets the discipline standard? Who is ultimately accountable on how the ship is run?

Just very frustrating that while we continue the fervor that is hopeful Cal football, being let down on a weekly basis is just cruel.

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TummyoftheGB said:

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For a variety of reasons, I've been neutral on Wilcox over the past few years. But this press conference has Mark Fox loser stink all over it.

One thing that really annoyed me, that hasn't already been pointed out by other posters is his calling out Nate Burrell for the 4 and 1 Pitt touchdown catastrophe. If the difference between turning the ball over on downs and giving up an uncontested 75 yard touchdown run comes down to one dude maintaining gap integrity, maybe the defensive scheme needs some rethinking....case in point, after looking at the replay of that touchdown, if Burrell had maintained gap integrity instead of being sealed inside by the tackle, the RB would have just romped through the B gap for the touchdown. Totally obvious the coaches got punked on that play--fair enough, it happens to all teams--but calling out the players for all his own shortcomings is inexcusable.

At this point, for me, Wilcox has to go, regardless of what happens the rest of the way.

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