BearSD said:

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KoreAmBear said:

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okaydo said:

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Grrrrah76 said:

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Maybe I jumped the shark.......

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Jumped the gun, not shark.

Jumped the shark essentially means the point at which something great goes bad. So it wouldn't apply to Cal.

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It's when the Fonz was attempting to jump some sharks from a ramp on waterskis. Ayeee.

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Yes, so "jumped the shark" = taking the off ramp (heh) from normalcy to absurdity. Going from a typical sitcom episode in which "the guys" are having fun on vacation to a scene in which one of the guys, still wearing a leather jacket, is on waterskis and jumping over a shark that pops up out of the water

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I was curious on his status and reason for leaving, but honestly good riddance. He screamed and bleed blue and gold. I thought he was a lifer, but to leave after all that talk? Will wait again and find out who are starter is 3-4 games into 25' season like we always do. And then again in 26' season because wilsux never truly gives the nod

BarcaBear said:

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Bruh, you're clueless about Mendoza's talent. If he was as bad as you pretend he is, then he wouldn't have been top 3 portal QB, and a top 10 QB period

Indiana, after their season, would not have gone after him. His stats were ridiculous considering the gaping Oline letting defenders make Mendoza eat dirt so much

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*** cares, go bears forever

You should have told that to the person I responded to, bruh

Enjoy flaming down, though. No need for you to get so wound up.

dimitrig said:

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We dig this guy out of obscurity, give him a chance to succeed, and then he turns around and leaves.

Thanks for nothing.

All of these guys are mercenaries these days.

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Are you still with your first employer? Would you advise your kids or loved ones to stick with their first employer?

Why should others be stuck to spin their wheels under incompetent management? Wilsux has proven to be incompetent at managing the offensive side of the game. Why shouldn't Cal's offensive players with NFL ambitions seek better coaching elsewhere?

Also, way to ignore Nando's own hard work that prepared him to take advantage of the few opportunities presented to him. He was clearly the better than Ben Finley, yet Finley got the nod when Sam Jackson V went down. Nando also spent the offseason working out with his teammates and improving his game, only to have Wilsux take the ball out of his hands at key points in winnable games and give them to Chandler Rogers for obvious running plays. In spite of Wilsux's poor decision making, Nando still led the Bears to six wins, including the Big Game comeback. (Frankly, for at least the latter half of the season, it appeared the team had tuned out Wilsux and company and were playing for one another.)

oski003 said:

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01Bear said:

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dimitrig said:

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We dig this guy out of obscurity, give him a chance to succeed, and then he turns around and leaves.

Thanks for nothing.

All of these guys are mercenaries these days.

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Are you still with your first employer? Would you advise your kids or loved ones to stick with their first employer?

Why should others be stuck to spin their wheels under incompetent management? Wilsux has proven to be incompetent at managing the offensive side of the game. Why shouldn't Cal's offensive players with NFL ambitions seek better coaching elsewhere?

Also, way to ignore Nando's own hard work that prepared him to take advantage of the few opportunities presented to him. He was clearly the better than Ben Finley, yet Finley got the nod when Sam Jackson V went down. Nando also spent the offseason working out with his teammates and improving his game, only to have Wilsux take the ball out of his hands at key points in winnable games and give them to Chandler Rogers for obvious running plays. In spite of Wilsux's poor decision making, Nando still led the Bears to six wins, including the Big Game comeback. (Frankly, for at least the latter half of the season, it appeared the team had tuned out Wilsux and company and were playing for one another.)

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The offense choked many more times in key moments with Mendoza at the helm than with Rogers at the helm. Putting Rogers in every blue moon is incredibly low on the chart for reasons our offense failed in key moments.

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Sure, but that's on the coaching and Wilsux's inexplicable decision not to have a dedicated OL coach.

You're not really doing any favors for yourself here, Coach Wilsux.

01Bear said:

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oski003 said:

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01Bear said:

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dimitrig said:

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We dig this guy out of obscurity, give him a chance to succeed, and then he turns around and leaves.

Thanks for nothing.

All of these guys are mercenaries these days.

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Are you still with your first employer? Would you advise your kids or loved ones to stick with their first employer?

Why should others be stuck to spin their wheels under incompetent management? Wilsux has proven to be incompetent at managing the offensive side of the game. Why shouldn't Cal's offensive players with NFL ambitions seek better coaching elsewhere?

Also, way to ignore Nando's own hard work that prepared him to take advantage of the few opportunities presented to him. He was clearly the better than Ben Finley, yet Finley got the nod when Sam Jackson V went down. Nando also spent the offseason working out with his teammates and improving his game, only to have Wilsux take the ball out of his hands at key points in winnable games and give them to Chandler Rogers for obvious running plays. In spite of Wilsux's poor decision making, Nando still led the Bears to six wins, including the Big Game comeback. (Frankly, for at least the latter half of the season, it appeared the team had tuned out Wilsux and company and were playing for one another.)

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The offense choked many more times in key moments with Mendoza at the helm than with Rogers at the helm. Putting Rogers in every blue moon is incredibly low on the chart for reasons our offense failed in key moments.

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Sure, but that's on the coaching and Wilsux's inexplicable decision not to have a dedicated OL coach.

You're not really doing any favors for yourself here, Coach Wilsux.

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This is a conversation about Mendoza. I am neither attacking nor defending Coach Wilcox here. Grow up.

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LunchTime said:

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The comments disparaging this guy shows how little these gladiators actually matter... Really reminds me of that Oregon player's article on how ****ty Oregon (and really all) sports fans are.

I have never understood caring about some NFL players because he went to Cal, but we treat Gonzalez, Lynch, Rodgers etc like they didn't abandon the team for some reason.

As though the last college uniform you wore is the only uniform you wore...

"Oh no! He's wearing a different shirt! A DIFFERENT SHIRT! BOOOOOOOOOO"

it's all just absurd.

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I think the issue with FM is not so much that he left but the way he did so. For example, even though he transferred to Nebraska (and even though he played for the Rams) I cheered on Ferragamo in the NFL. To my knowledge, Ferragamo did not bad mouth Cal to any recruit. He didn't leave us in the lurch as we still had Steve Bartkowski and a year later we would welcome Joe Roth.

Had FM informed the coaches of his intentions before the SMU game, they could have worked with CJ Harris and EJ Caminong to prepare them. This would also have allowed the coaches to begin exploring the portal for his replacement before they committed to other schools. And then there is the issue of him taking it upon himself to contact our committed QB and talk him out of ;honoring that verbal commitment.

FM will never be held in the reverance we have for Gonzalez, Lynch, Rodgers, et. al.

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Wait. He was discouraging recruits from coming to Cal?

dimitrig said:

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southseasbear said:

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LunchTime said:

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The comments disparaging this guy shows how little these gladiators actually matter... Really reminds me of that Oregon player's article on how ****ty Oregon (and really all) sports fans are.

I have never understood caring about some NFL players because he went to Cal, but we treat Gonzalez, Lynch, Rodgers etc like they didn't abandon the team for some reason.

As though the last college uniform you wore is the only uniform you wore...

"Oh no! He's wearing a different shirt! A DIFFERENT SHIRT! BOOOOOOOOOO"

it's all just absurd.

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I think the issue with FM is not so much that he left but the way he did so. For example, even though he transferred to Nebraska (and even though he played for the Rams) I cheered on Ferragamo in the NFL. To my knowledge, Ferragamo did not bad mouth Cal to any recruit. He didn't leave us in the lurch as we still had Steve Bartkowski and a year later we would welcome Joe Roth.

Had FM informed the coaches of his intentions before the SMU game, they could have worked with CJ Harris and EJ Caminong to prepare them. This would also have allowed the coaches to begin exploring the portal for his replacement before they committed to other schools. And then there is the issue of him taking it upon himself to contact our committed QB and talk him out of ;honoring that verbal commitment.

FM will never be held in the reverance we have for Gonzalez, Lynch, Rodgers, et. al.

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Wait. He was discouraging recruits from coming to Cal?

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Yes.