Has anyone else noticed this?
I went to a Cal game recently, and at a timeout on the floor, Coach Madsen was sitting on a chair, surrounded by what looked like at least 40 people! The five players who were in the game, were also sitting on chairs. Standing behind them were the rest of the roster, and all the assistants, and a few managers.
I checked the roster, and that is 21 players. Is this the largest roster in Cal history?
I checked the list of staff members and there are 12 on staff, not including all the students who hand out towels and liquid refreshment to the players, the managers, as we used to call them. Is this the biggest staff in Cal history?
Did the NCAA make new rules to accommodate more players? The staff looks larger than ever. Are they all on salary? Who pays for all of this?
I used to laugh when Coach Ben Braun used to have his players sit on chairs at a timeout, and meanwhile, he would huddle with 4 of his staff and discuss strategy. With about 30 seconds to go in the timeout, he would run over and give his players a sentence or two of coaching, and then send them back into the game.
Please excuse the rant, but all this boggles my mind. I'm a fan from the Newell era, where the program had about 45 players on scholarship, and 18 of those on the roster, plus one paid assistant (who was usually out scouting or recruiting, and not attending Cal games) and the other assistants were PE instructors or coaches of minor sports volunteering to help coach the varsity at practice but never were on the floor at games.
I went to a Cal game recently, and at a timeout on the floor, Coach Madsen was sitting on a chair, surrounded by what looked like at least 40 people! The five players who were in the game, were also sitting on chairs. Standing behind them were the rest of the roster, and all the assistants, and a few managers.
I checked the roster, and that is 21 players. Is this the largest roster in Cal history?
I checked the list of staff members and there are 12 on staff, not including all the students who hand out towels and liquid refreshment to the players, the managers, as we used to call them. Is this the biggest staff in Cal history?
Did the NCAA make new rules to accommodate more players? The staff looks larger than ever. Are they all on salary? Who pays for all of this?
I used to laugh when Coach Ben Braun used to have his players sit on chairs at a timeout, and meanwhile, he would huddle with 4 of his staff and discuss strategy. With about 30 seconds to go in the timeout, he would run over and give his players a sentence or two of coaching, and then send them back into the game.
Please excuse the rant, but all this boggles my mind. I'm a fan from the Newell era, where the program had about 45 players on scholarship, and 18 of those on the roster, plus one paid assistant (who was usually out scouting or recruiting, and not attending Cal games) and the other assistants were PE instructors or coaches of minor sports volunteering to help coach the varsity at practice but never were on the floor at games.
