Official Bill Walton Officiates at the Funeral of Cal Basketball Thread

5,608 Views | 65 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by bearister
jsherr
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Imagine if we were "healthy". We might have 5 wins already.
Jason Sherr
jsherr@calalum.org
Big C
How long do you want to ignore this user?

Right now, I'm thinking that if this game somehow ended 79-50, we could declare it a moral victory.
Big C
How long do you want to ignore this user?

C,mon Bears, let's take advantage of garbage time to get to 50!!!
bearister
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Cal failed to cover by 11.5. I was wrong. Cal would have covered a 40 point spread.
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside
KoreAmBear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
We're struggling to score on against their walk ons. Get Fox outta here.
Big C
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Big C said:


Right now, I'm thinking that if this game somehow ended 79-50, we could declare it a moral victory.

I would've loved to have dropped 50 on 'em tonight, but this team just can't put it in the hoop.

Knowlton, if you're reading this: A tarmac opportunity approacheth!
stu
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Kuany did good things tonight - he's one guy who has improved quite a bit in his time at Cal. Wish he could stay here another 4 years.
CaliforniaEternal
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Knowlton needs to be tarmacked before Fox. I wonder if that loser clown JK went to LA or if he's hiding somewhere in shame.
HoopDreams
How long do you want to ignore this user?
After games I usually post about players who have good games, but today it's hard to say any player did

The closest were brown with 10 points and 3 steals but he had no assists to 4 bad unforced turnovers

And 2K with 14 inefficient points and 5 rebounds

But everyone else had really bad games, and I think uvcla bench players out scored our (mostly) starters

Worst road series in memory
HoopDreams
How long do you want to ignore this user?
KoreAmBear said:

We're struggling to score on against their walk ons. Get Fox outta here.


Well there was only 1 walk on at the end. Many of those players were ranked including a top 30 player

Just shows how deep they are
KoreAmBear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
stu said:

Kuany did good things tonight - he's one guy who has improved quite a bit in his time at Cal. Wish he could stay here another 4 years.
2K would be a good guy off the bench for like 10-15 minutes. That he has to provide a lot of scoring makes it really hard for us. Same thing with Lars. Same thing with Newell. Etc.
Big C
How long do you want to ignore this user?
CaliforniaEternal said:

Knowlton needs to be tarmacked before Fox. I wonder if that loser clown JK went to LA or if he's hiding somewhere in shame.

I certainly can't argue with that, but Fox has two years left on his contract, whereas Knowlton has -- what, twenty-two?

I would love to amp up the heat on L'Affaire McKeever until Knowlton decides it's just not worth the hassle to be here... and then we buy him out at a fraction of his remaining contract (actually should be do-able in the current climate)... or even just fire him for cause and let it play out.

But realistically, we might have to let him hire a new hoops coach next month and hope he doesn't blow it again. If you have a better idea that might work, I'm all for it.
CaliforniaEternal
How long do you want to ignore this user?
The crazy thing is, senior figures in the Cal administration think highly of JK. I wish I were making that up, but amazingly it's true. The consensus is he's doing a good job which actually calls into question their sanity.
sonofabear51
How long do you want to ignore this user?
OK, then who are these seniors and how can we put the heat on them?
Start Slowly and taper off
calumnus
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Big C said:

CaliforniaEternal said:

Knowlton needs to be tarmacked before Fox. I wonder if that loser clown JK went to LA or if he's hiding somewhere in shame.

I certainly can't argue with that, but Fox has two years left on his contract, whereas Knowlton has -- what, twenty-two?

I would love to amp up the heat on L'Affaire McKeever until Knowlton decides it's just not worth the hassle to be here... and then we buy him out at a fraction of his remaining contract (actually should be do-able in the current climate)... or even just fire him for cause and let it play out.

But realistically, we might have to let him hire a new hoops coach next month and hope he doesn't blow it again. If you have a better idea that might work, I'm all for it.


We need 1) an investigation of his actions/lack of actions in the McKeever scandal and 2) We also need to put pressure to have the basketball hire taken out of his hands and given over to a search committee of Cal basketball alumni not of his choosing (ie guys like Monty Buckley).
drizzlybear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
HoopDreams said:

After games I usually post about players who have good games, but today it's hard to say any player did

The closest were brown with 10 points and 3 steals but he had no assists to 4 bad unforced turnovers

And 2K with 14 inefficient points and 5 rebounds

But everyone else had really bad games, and I think uvcla bench players out scored our (mostly) starters

Worst road series in memory


On paper, it figured to be a tough trip. It turned out even worse.
drizzlybear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Let me take a moment to salute those of you (masochists though you may be) sticking with it. Talk about thick and thin. These days must be the thinnest ever. I understand those who can't do it. But for those who are still riding with the Bears on this journey from hell, I say: Roll on, you sturdy Golden Bears!
sonofabear51
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Great. Thanks for the badge of courage, but losing by 72 points over a weekend trip to LA is not acceptable. Unless you are the jackasses in charge. Which they are and apparently it is OK.
How much money and power is enough?
Start Slowly and taper off
smh
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Big C said:

It wasn't until recent decades that I knew that he actually liked Cal/Berkeley.
well sure, when he was a bruin his sister was at cal (northside euclid hall co-op)
< story about the day brother bill and i faced off on etch VB court goes here >
OdontoBear66
How long do you want to ignore this user?
bearister said:

Walton: "Cal has a tremendous staff over there."



Yup, he would love them to stay forever. Pencil in a "W" or two every year.
HearstMining
How long do you want to ignore this user?
smh said:

Big C said:

It wasn't until recent decades that I knew that he actually liked Cal/Berkeley.
well sure, when he was a bruin his sister was at cal (northside euclid hall co-op)
< story about the day brother bill and i faced off on etch VB court goes here >

His sister Cathy and I both lived at Ridge Project (now Casa Z) starting autumn, 1974 - a big place so I didn't really know her. Bill and his wife dropped by that winter, he was wearing a cast - I think the first of his many foot injuries. Suddenly she was gone that spring - the story was that she joined the Moonies.
HoopDreams
How long do you want to ignore this user?
sonofabear51 said:

Great. Thanks for the badge of courage, but losing by 72 points over a weekend trip to LA is not acceptable.


Well, lets not do that again!
bearister
How long do you want to ignore this user?
sonofabear51 said:

Great. Thanks for the badge of courage, but losing by 72 points over a weekend trip to LA is not acceptable…..


What kind of a sick, twisted, demented f*** does that type of forensic accounting of the Bears' point differential in the SoCal beatdowns?

I can't answer that question, but what I do know is that you gotta really respect that.
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside
polarbear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
This weekend down south reminded me of the old cartoon short "Bambi meets Godzilla", Cal being Bambi of course, being flattened when Godzilla's (USC, UCLA) foot steps on him. Or the old SNL Mr. Bill skits where each time Mr. Bill (Cal) meets Sluggo (USC and UCLA) and squeaks out "oooohhh noooooo, he's gonna be mean to me!
drizzlybear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
I think I remember him saying his father attended Cal.
TummyoftheGB
How long do you want to ignore this user?
It's.....

Springtime for Hitler, and Germany!

Winter, for Poland and France....
southseasbear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
drizzlybear said:

I think I remember him saying his father attended Cal.
Yes, his dad attended Cal.
Fire Knowlton!
Fire Fox!
Put Wilcox in a hot seat!
dimitrig
How long do you want to ignore this user?
eastcoastcal said:

KenBurnski said:

'Mark Fox has been a class act this year' lol this commentary is better than these edibles
And then did you hear what they said about Knowlton???? Why are they insisting on praising them so much?


UCLA is hoping we keep Fox and Knowlton
Econ141
How long do you want to ignore this user?
dimitrig said:

eastcoastcal said:

KenBurnski said:

'Mark Fox has been a class act this year' lol this commentary is better than these edibles
And then did you hear what they said about Knowlton???? Why are they insisting on praising them so much?


UCLA is hoping we keep Fox and Knowlton



They could care less - we are literally not even in the same league (starting 2024) and figuratively now.
mbBear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
bearister said:


43.5" vertical
#1? Michael Jordan 48".
Wait, did you just like something Philly?
bearister
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside
Refresh
Page 2 of 2
 
×
subscribe Verify your student status
See Subscription Benefits
Trial only available to users who have never subscribed or participated in a previous trial.