I truly hope this is personal and *not* coaching staff related (Baldwin/Edwards).

Ouch!

I hope he's alright.

And our vaunted WR corps is now gone.

****in brutal....... best of luck to him.

I knew this was coming. I called it months ago. Best of luck to that young man. Sucks to lose him and Stovall but... NEXT BEAR UP!

Fortunately, our WR recruiting has been going really well.

CalBear916 said:

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I knew this was coming. I called it months ago. Best of luck to that young man. Sucks to lose him and Stovall but... NEXT BEAR UP!

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What made you feel like this was coming and for you to call it months ago? This really is a brutal hit to our WR corp. Stovall and DRob were our best receivers!

socaliganbear said:

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I truly hope this is personal and *not* coaching staff related (Baldwin/Edwards).

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The timing strikes me as this being a personal matter. This is around the near the end of the first term of summer classes so maybe something happened.

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socaliganbear said:

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I truly hope this is personal and *not* coaching staff related (Baldwin/Edwards).

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The timing strikes me as this being a personal matter. This is around the near the end of the first term of summer classes so maybe something happened.

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Well, for his sake I actually hope it's not personal. That would be unfortunate. But hard to discount that the rumor of his transfer was strong before last season. Basically like what happened with Aaron Cochran. People knew he'd been sniffing around, then the rumors died down, then he left the following season.

In terms of production it's not like we're losing DeSean Jackson or Keenan Allen, and the fact that the pass-happy coach that recruited him is no longer here certainly factors into things.

damn

Great - excitement level for this year went down by a factor of 5.

For a boy from Georgia, the loss of coaches from generally the same area might be tough. Maybe he simply misses home, but I think he is making a grave error by not finishing his education at Cal. We have a much more balanced team looking forward. A veteran line which should give our QB more time to go through progressions and more opportunity for Robertson to create separation. Our defense ought to be far superior to what we experienced the last four years. If we enjoy good health defensively we are going to be opponent's worst nightmare. In all, it stacks up to be a pivotal year and one where DRob could cement his future with the NFL.

HAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAH

(I'm not laughing at him. I'm laughing because everything is just so sh*tty. We can only go up from here.)

It's going to take a few seasons to purge the remnants of the Dykes era at Cal because it was that awful.

Best of luck to DRob.

He had liked a few tweets after the season was over about him possibly transferring, then locked his account soon after. A few other hints also lead to that assumption as well.

i have bad vibes on this. ng for ouur offense

That was the other thing. I heard he didn't see eye to eye with Baldwin at times.

CalBear916 said:

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That was the other thing. I heard he didn't see eye to eye with Baldwin at times.

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where's Nevada78 who wanted to bet me a hot dog!

Cal = Chicago Cubs before World Series win

Every OC is stubborn in a sense. You don't get to this level without belief in what you are doing.

DRob was probably the ONE guy we couldn't afford to lose.

I'm beyond disappointed. Sadly, not terribly surprised.

MinotStateBeav said:

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Every OC is stubborn in a sense. You don't get to this level without belief in what you are doing.

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But does that innate stubbornness sometimes cost more that we have to spend at particular moment in time?

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UCBerkGrad said:

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DRob was probably the ONE guy we couldn't afford to lose.

I'm beyond disappointed. Sadly, not terribly surprised.

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That guy is Pat Laird.

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And so goes drob out the door

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For a boy from Georgia, the loss of coaches from generally the same area might be tough. Maybe he simply misses home, but I think he is making a grave error by not finishing his education at Cal. We have a much more balanced team looking forward. A veteran line which should give our QB more time to go through progressions and more opportunity for Robertson to create separation. Our defense ought to be far superior to what we experienced the last four years. If we enjoy good health defensively we are going to be opponent's worst nightmare. In all, it stacks up to be a pivotal year and one where DRob could cement his future with the NFL.

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family issues. He probably puts back turning pro one year or more by going home, but family is first.

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UCBerkGrad said:

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DRob was probably the ONE guy we couldn't afford to lose.

I'm beyond disappointed. Sadly, not terribly surprised.

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That guy is Pat Laird.

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Thank you, now I feel better. I hope Laird kills it this season, and he should.

Why? You don't change your offense to fit one guy. You do find ways to make that guy successful within your offense.

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CalBear916 said:

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That was the other thing. I heard he didn't see eye to eye with Baldwin at times.

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where's Nevada78 who wanted to bet me a hot dog!

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We still go to a bowl this year. Wilcox is building a strong team which is greater than the sum of the parts.

And the bet is two Top Dogs...

Go Bears!

MinotStateBeav said:

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Why? You don't change your offense to fit one guy. You do find ways to make that guy successful within your offense.

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Gotcha on the first part
But apparently the second wasn't happening from day 1 I heard

travelingbears said:

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CalBear916 said:

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I knew this was coming. I called it months ago. Best of luck to that young man. Sucks to lose him and Stovall but... NEXT BEAR UP!

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What made you feel like this was coming and for you to call it months ago? This really is a brutal hit to our WR corp. Stovall and DRob were our best receivers!

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For me it was purely anecdotal, but D-Rob never really clicked except for parts of the Davis Webb year, and didn't seem a great fit with Bowers. Seemed to be a fish out of water -- our team identity seems to be blue collar, and he's a Ferrari. With Stovall leaving, I was kind of pleasantly surprised D-Rob was still with us. This is purely just feel. I have no real facts to back it up - just internet proof.

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MinotStateBeav said:

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Why? You don't change your offense to fit one guy. You do find ways to make that guy successful within your offense.

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Gotcha on the first part
But apparently the second wasn't happening from day 1 I heard

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How is that possible? He played a total of what..1 or 2 games. I don't deny he has fewer opportunities to make a catch than the previous regime, so that is probably a lot more of the issue..but that's speculation and I don't want to put words in anybodies mouth. Personally I would rather have an offense that leans on a running game and has a passing game that works off of it. TBH we don't have a QB right now to be throwing the ball 50-60 times a game either.

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Blueblood said:

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CalBear916 said:

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That was the other thing. I heard he didn't see eye to eye with Baldwin at times.

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where's Nevada78 who wanted to bet me a hot dog!

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We still go to a bowl this year. Wilcox is building a strong team which is greater than the sum of the parts.

And the bet is two Top Dogs...

Go Bears!

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We're building that Wisconsin team. But Wisconsin always seemed to have NFL caliber receivers and running backs to complement the rest of the blue collar team. We need to get some of those in the next recruiting cycles.