BearlyCareAnymore said:
Shocky1 said:
fred, the more u talk, the more i want u to go the gym & do some sit ups for ur overhanging beer belly
the bears are targeting a 7th win this saturday, the fact that u don't understand the financial picture in berkeley and/or the available coaching options along with the true costs of a total rebuild (ucla will lose 19 games between 2025 & 2026) makes that a very disrespectful question to someone who is donating more than his general manager salary to cal athletics
I appreciate all the support Ron Rivera has given over the years and all that he still gives.
I don't have a huge issue with his answer although I think it could have been more tactful. He could have just said we will deal with that after the season. Right now we are trying to win the Big Game. But he isn't going to answer that question now and I'm not going to make a huge deal out of the phrasing of his answer.
But it is not a disrespectful question. He is our general manager and how much he donates has nothing to do with it. A GM has to expect to field questions about the future of his football coach at any moment in the best of circumstances. If the program is going well it will be about keeping him. If it is going poorly it will be about whether you want to keep him. That is the job. It's a reasonable question of any GM at any time.
It is the job. He was specifically put in charge of football operations. And if we are being honest to evaluate the HC and staff and make decisons around their employment. Ron does a lot of things that go unnoticed but matter. But the big thing that literally anybody that follows Cal football understands is the football has not met the hopes. I would say expectations but there are apparently few that have them.
He will be judged in the end by the performance of the team primarily. The performance has been poor to mediocre. Given the performance and the fast approaching end of the season it is very reasonable to ask the GM about the job security of the HC. Everyone knew he would not provide an answer. But the question is a valid one. What decisions Ron makes around the HC now and going forward are going to be the biggest factors most fans will consider when evaluating his performance. If Wilcox is the HC on Monday Dec 1st IMO Ron will have failed his first big test.
The prior Cal administrations mismanaged and did not support football. Not anywhere close to what is required if you want to actually win games and have fans pay to come watch. Now they are paying the price. Cal IMO has a decision to make. Take football seriously. Or stop asking for money to support an enterprise they have no intention of supporting to the necessary level.
It is unfortunate that the finances are not sufficient. Then shut it down. Stop with telling the fans to support a product that the University fails to support.
JMO but Wilcox has been a failure as a HC. Good guy. The players seem to like him. He has not brought scandal. He represents the school fine and many like him personally. That is all good stuff. But to stay for 9 years you also need to perform other parts of the job well. He has not met that part. Not even close. Cal is not paying Wilcox around $5m annually because he is a nice guy. Winning also matters. So asking Rivera about Wilcox's job security is a valid question even though nobody expected an answer.
We'll know the answer soon enough though. The regular season ends in 9 days. Looking forward to Ron's end of season review of the program.
