Will Ron do the right thing?

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HKBear97!
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m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.
Bearly Clad
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It would be hilarious if we fired Wilcox and swooped in to hire Jason Eck (UNM) or Jason Sumrall (Tulane) before UC Los Angeles can. But, given his public statements since being hired, I think Rivera has already put together a shortlist of whom to call if/when he makes a change
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calumnus said:

Strykur said:

What does mean though, make Rolovich the coach?


Interim: Rivera head coach. Rolovich or better Troy Taylor OC.

*** is this board's fixation with Rolovich?

1. Harsin is the coach. When the offense does well it is on him. When it does poorly it is on him.

2. Rolovich overall record: 33-33. Conference Record 19-22. Consistent over both his teams. Why do we perceive the guy as some guru?
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HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.
There's a massive delta between having input and running the show. I believe he gives advice but, at the end of the day, it's on the coach to make the calls and fail or succeed on his own merit. It's not micromanaging it's just giving advice. There was an NFL team, can't remember the particulars, and their ownership or GM demanded a particular play be called and it ended up being a pick-6. Rivera isn't doing that, if his advice is listened to and fails or the coach ignores it that's still on the coach. We need to get a coach where he either is so good there's no need for outside adjustments or can incorporate them seamlessly to be successful. At the end of the day this is just one game but the body of work tells us that Wilcox ain't it and we need some relief
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HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.

There is faith in Ron because he was the best we were going to get and he is our only hope. You either have faith or you give up. He is a good hire. The best hire we could make probably by a longshot. But guys with his profile succeed and a they fail. Frankly, when he has been brought up as a coaching candidate before this board has had a much more mixed reaction. Those that now think he is definitely going to turn things around do so because the alternative is unthinkable to them.

We won't know anything about Ron positively or negatively until this offseason other than the fact that he loves the university and is trying as hard as he can.
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BearlyCareAnymore said:

calumnus said:

Strykur said:

What does mean though, make Rolovich the coach?


Interim: Rivera head coach. Rolovich or better Troy Taylor OC.

*** is this board's fixation with Rolovich?

1. Harsin is the coach. When the offense does well it is on him. When it does poorly it is on him.

2. Rolovich overall record: 33-33. Conference Record 19-22. Consistent over both his teams. Why do we perceive the guy as some guru?


Here's my reasons for Rolo (and I rarely if ever say this on this board, but I very much believe I'm right in this situation)

1. You hire the person who is most likely to keep JKS. Period. I don't care if Rolo ends up not being the long term answer. Short term, this program's main goal is to keep JKS. He is that much of a program changer. From here on out, every single decision made needs to be made with JKS in mind

2. Cal is uniquely situated to dominate poly recruiting (due to our geography, diversity, academics, weather, etc). We can no longer rely on CA recruiting (for various reasons). The poly pipeline is our lifeline. We need a coach who can completely lean into that.

I think Rolo has shown sufficient competence as a HC (at very tough places to be successful at) where we know he's not going to be awful. There are also more superfluous reasons I like Rolo (such as he's a bay guy, he's inventive, he's a QB guy, etc) but none of these are that important.

Get me the guy who can keep JKs and keep the poly pipeline flowing. If Rolo is simply competent and he can do those two things, we're gonna win 8-10 games JKS' second and third year.

You'd be crazy not to just take that and say thank you and worry about the long term later.

Now if RR has someone on his list who is more likely to keep JKS and keep the poly pipeline going, I'm absolutely open to whoever that may be. But with the available information we have right now, no one here on this board can name someone more qualified to accomplish points 1 and 2.


movielover
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Are alums ready to increase his NIL $$? (What does he get now?)
Rushinbear
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BearlyCareAnymore said:

HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.

There is faith in Ron because he was the best we were going to get and he is our only hope. You either have faith or you give up. He is a good hire. The best hire we could make probably by a longshot. But guys with his profile succeed and a they fail. Frankly, when he has been brought up as a coaching candidate before this board has had a much more mixed reaction. Those that now think he is definitely going to turn things around do so because the alternative is unthinkable to them.

We won't know anything about Ron positively or negatively until this offseason other than the fact that he loves the university and is trying as hard as he can.

Do we know whether Wilcox has incorporated even one of Ron's suggestions? How could we tell? If Ron gave him direction, it sure didn't look like it last night. Or, Ron gave him bad advice. Riiiiiiiiiight.
Rushinbear
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Rushinbear said:

BearlyCareAnymore said:

HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.

There is faith in Ron because he was the best we were going to get and he is our only hope. You either have faith or you give up. He is a good hire. The best hire we could make probably by a longshot. But guys with his profile succeed and a they fail. Frankly, when he has been brought up as a coaching candidate before this board has had a much more mixed reaction. Those that now think he is definitely going to turn things around do so because the alternative is unthinkable to them.

We won't know anything about Ron positively or negatively until this offseason other than the fact that he loves the university and is trying as hard as he can.

Do we know whether Wilcox has incorporated even one of Ron's suggestions? How could we tell? If Ron gave him direction, it sure didn't look like it last night. Or, Ron gave him bad advice. Riiiiiiiiiight.

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.
annarborbear
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The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily step down.
Strykur
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Rushinbear said:

Rushinbear said:

BearlyCareAnymore said:

HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.

There is faith in Ron because he was the best we were going to get and he is our only hope. You either have faith or you give up. He is a good hire. The best hire we could make probably by a longshot. But guys with his profile succeed and a they fail. Frankly, when he has been brought up as a coaching candidate before this board has had a much more mixed reaction. Those that now think he is definitely going to turn things around do so because the alternative is unthinkable to them.

We won't know anything about Ron positively or negatively until this offseason other than the fact that he loves the university and is trying as hard as he can.

Do we know whether Wilcox has incorporated even one of Ron's suggestions? How could we tell? If Ron gave him direction, it sure didn't look like it last night. Or, Ron gave him bad advice. Riiiiiiiiiight.

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.
You missed Dook which is now looking like a difficult game
Golden One
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Rushinbear said:

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

That doesn't change anything. Wilcox will still be a terrible coach and the sting of the shutout loss to a bad FCS team is still there.
Golden One
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annarborbear said:

The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily steps down.

I don't think Wilcox has enough integrity to voluntarily stop down. His greed and his ego just won't let him.
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annarborbear said:

The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily steps down.


When was the last time that someone as incompetent as your HC walked away from money as a gesture of good faith? Sometimes successful people do this to avoid tarnishing their reputation when their skills are on the wane. If the person in question had self respect, he would've resigned several seasons ago.
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Rushinbear said:

Rushinbear said:

BearlyCareAnymore said:

HKBear97! said:

m2bear said:

Well, will he?

It's why he's here, right?


Why so much faith in Ron? He said during the sideline interview he attends all the practices and has input with the staff. That didn't seem to help with game prep this week, did it? Besides, his best days are well in the past.

And let's not forget there are $10.5 million reasons why it's pretty unlikely Wilcox is going anywhere anytime soon.

There is faith in Ron because he was the best we were going to get and he is our only hope. You either have faith or you give up. He is a good hire. The best hire we could make probably by a longshot. But guys with his profile succeed and a they fail. Frankly, when he has been brought up as a coaching candidate before this board has had a much more mixed reaction. Those that now think he is definitely going to turn things around do so because the alternative is unthinkable to them.

We won't know anything about Ron positively or negatively until this offseason other than the fact that he loves the university and is trying as hard as he can.

Do we know whether Wilcox has incorporated even one of Ron's suggestions? How could we tell? If Ron gave him direction, it sure didn't look like it last night. Or, Ron gave him bad advice. Riiiiiiiiiight.

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

Then I would put money on us taking a loss to winless-in-the-ACC Virginia Tech.
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Strykur said:

m2bear said:

I wish we had the Syracuse coach.

Now that guy is good!

He took over a program in the doldrums and made them nationally relevant, and a bunch of dumb****s on here think this program is beyond correcting


Ok man. Go get your coach. And what makes you think the people in charge even know how to correct this stuff? Because it's mistake after mistake. Contract extension after another. It's bizarre you think it will be corrected. In 4 years no less. Which it seems is everyone's timeline. Like I wrote in another thread - there's a difference between dreams and delusions.
Rushinbear
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Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

That doesn't change anything. Wilcox will still be a terrible coach and the sting of the shutout loss to a bad FCS team is still there.

What if we win those two games? It's possible. Duke? Not so much.
Golden One
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Rushinbear said:

Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

That doesn't change anything. Wilcox will still be a terrible coach and the sting of the shutout loss to a bad FCS team is still there.

What if we win those two games? It's possible. Duke? Not so much.


Frankly, it's hard to be optimistic after last night's disaster.
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movielover said:

m2bear said:

I've never seen a team quit on a coach like I did tonight.

Absolutely no point in not firing Wilcox tonight.

The players already did tonight. We'll see if Ron heard them.


Why so? Unimaginative play calling?

Just 24 hours ago I was reading about BI wanting to extend Wilcox' contract 3 years.

No. Really?

lol
Strykur
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Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

That doesn't change anything. Wilcox will still be a terrible coach and the sting of the shutout loss to a bad FCS team is still there.

What if we win those two games? It's possible. Duke? Not so much.

Frankly, it's hard to be optimistic after last night's disaster.

I will mention, beating BC would be amusing but to think we are in a universe where we would lose at home to Duke in football, is incomprehensible
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annarborbear said:

The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily steps down.


It is cute after all these years people still think our coach is going to walk away from millions of dollars of buyout money.
Strykur
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BearlyCareAnymore said:

annarborbear said:

The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily steps down.

It is cute after all these years people still think our coach is going to walk away from millions of dollars of buyout money.

Some coaches (like Dabo or Chip) have gobs of cash and can walk away from grumbling fans just to send a message, Wilcox is not that
Trumpanzee
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Nope
Calfan92
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Faydn Ott's stats this year at Oklahoma:

9 carries
17 yards
Strykur
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Calfan92 said:

Faydn Ott's stats this year at Oklahoma:

9 carries
17 yards

Others definitely feel differently but I am despondent about how we handled him and affected his career, almost as much as I also am on the state of our program
Golden One
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Strykur said:

Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

Golden One said:

Rushinbear said:

What happens if we beat BC and UNC? Just sayin'.

That doesn't change anything. Wilcox will still be a terrible coach and the sting of the shutout loss to a bad FCS team is still there.

What if we win those two games? It's possible. Duke? Not so much.

Frankly, it's hard to be optimistic after last night's disaster.

I will mention, beating BC would be amusing but to think we are in a universe where we would lose at home to Duke in football, is incomprehensible

It was incomprehensible that we would lose by 34 points and get shutout by SDSU. With a Wilcox-coached team, we can lose to anyone anytime.
Golden One
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Strykur said:

BearlyCareAnymore said:

annarborbear said:

The question now is just how important is having even more money to Justin Wilcox. Is greed all he wants to be known for looking back on his life? He can still be a quasi-hero if he will admit that this just isn't working and voluntarily steps down.

It is cute after all these years people still think our coach is going to walk away from millions of dollars of buyout money.

Some coaches (like Dabo or Chip) have gobs of cash and can walk away from grumbling fans just to send a message, Wilcox is not that

After 9 years at Cal, Wilcox has more than enough cash to live quite royally for the rest of his life.
movielover
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Clearly the team and coaches were unprepared and not focused. Did their heads get big being 3-0, were they partying in San Diego Friday night?
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movielover said:

Clearly the team and coaches were unprepared and not focused. Did their heads get big being 3-0, were they partying in San Diego Friday night?
This is a good theory. Inexcusable if true, but would make perfect sense given the results. and it would still be on Wilcox
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bearsandgiants said:

movielover said:

Clearly the team and coaches were unprepared and not focused. Did their heads get big being 3-0, were they partying in San Diego Friday night?
This is a good theory. Inexcusable if true, but would make perfect sense given the results. and it would still be on Wilcox
Having been through a similar scenario, I would be understanding of this if the coaches use the outcome to motivate the guys going forward but that is all out the window if we see the same **** in Boston
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m2bear said:

As you can tell.

The players have quit on Wilcox.

It's not hard to see.

just a week ago everyone was marveling at how the team got up for an opponent. so at some point this week everyone just decided screw it?

we have a freshman qb and 40 something new players. ups and downs are expected. granted, this was a pretty significant 'down', but there is still everything to play for.

now, if BC boatraces us as well, then you may have an argument.
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Why is Ron here?
movielover
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m2bear said:

Why is Ron here?


Where'd the defense go?
Trumpanzee
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Stayed in the locker room.
Strykur
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Trumpanzee said:

Stayed in the locker room.
Defense was still in the locker room at kickoff but came out after halftime
 
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