wifeisafurd said:
Goobear said:
i saw the press conference on the PAC 12 web site
1) Articulate
2) Knows red is bad
3) Seems like a guy the donors can talk to
4) intelligent
5) Sounds development of student athletes on same page as Wilcox
Did not hear about winning as a football team at a national Level
Doesn't understand Cal campus culture by mentioning Chick-fil-a several times despite there being a campus boycott and hatred due to Chick's founder's politics. He sound like a guy that can do well with alums, coaches and players, but will have a learning curve with Campus stakeholders IMO.
Unfortunately you're right more than you probably meant.
I see a sharp, articulate, successful AD who understands how to turn around this department and is probably too good for Cal. I see the idiot intolerant left culture, sports-hostile faculty and do-nothing bureaucracy "Cal-ing" this up and running him off. I'm surprise Christ made this hire and even more surprised he took it.
You were probably thinking he should go along with the intolerant idiots to go along with the "culture" that is ruining the university and destroying major athletics at Cal. He need to challenge that toxic "culture," along with a lot of other toxins at Cal (the administration and hostile faculty being the big ones, but there are many others). He's just the kind of man who can and will stand up against the things that aren't working.
I have no doubt a guy like this AD won't put up with one ounce of BS from someone like Wyking Jones. That coach will either be gone or put on notice that he needs to win now or he'll be gone. An AD like this guy won't mess around. He'll have no problem rubbing some people the wrong way.
Unfortunately, that horrible "culture" at Cal will probably win and Cal football and MBB. The haters will come out of the woodwork, if they haven't already, to defend the despicable aspects of Cal's "culture," both in and out of the Athletic Department, in the name of political correctness, how-dare-you-challenge-my-coach-or-program, how-dare-you-make-us-do-work, or just "we hate white guys with a military background." You know that's coming, I can see it already. And if that side wins, forget it. Cal FB and MBB will never get out of the toilet.
I like this hire. I wish him well. And I give him about a 15% chance of succeeding. Which is actually far more optimistic than I was about the future of Cal FB and MBB before his hire.