calumnus said:
CalBearForever said:
I was troubled by his mention of Chick Fil A as well. Politics aside, he has spent his career on the east coast where Chick Fil A is prevalent. I refuse to support that company.
He'd just been hired so really had no time to do any research but had he substituted In N Out he would have had students lining up at the entrances to Memorial.
It's a matter of learning about local culture so I'll give him a pass on this.
I'm sure Dykes really believed that Pigskins and Pearls was going to be a great hit with our female fans. It was not.
It is concerning. He only has one chance to make a first impression. He seems to be lacking in cultural/political awareness and football/basketball coach hiring/firing experience. The first impression with Dykes was that he was a bad cultural fit--but since he was hired, most of us realized we had just better start rooting for him to succeed. We are in the same situation--there are areas of concern, but the guy has been hired so lets all root for the guy to suceed and hope he surrounds himself with others who can fill his knowledge gaps.
So some folks are troubled by the mere mention of Chik Fil A and find him "Lacking in cultural awareness", you've got to be kidding me. Only since the intolerant Left in CA went so far off the rails that only the most Politically Correct in all things are acceptable.
What I see is a strong leader and that is what we need most. And I would bet his leadership and values are very much aligned with our football coach.
We had a PC sports marketing department last year under former athletic "leadership" which was actually happy when we lost to UCLA so they didn't have the bother and extra work of a bowl game interfering with their Christmas Holiday. No more of that..