HoopDreams said:
And he will look up to the rafters and see ....
stardust
CVBear01 said:
I noticed that tonight when i went to look at Grigsby's jersey. What happened to all the retired jerseys?
And worse, they let Gary Franklin of all people take Grigsby's jersey out of retirement.
EricBear said:
I just received confirmation that Al Grigsby was actually at the game. Yet no acknowledgement whatsoever. Dude's jersey is retired and his son was playing against us, but nothing publicly to recognize Al or generate any excitement.
I give up.
Big C said:
Eric, was it "reliable confirmation"? Because we were sort of looking around and there were so few people there that I think one of us would've spotted him.
(Okay, so this is more of a snide remark about how few people were in attendance, but still... )
As the above poster said, there were so few people, it would be hard to miss him. I did a quick scan thinking he might be there, but did not see him. That's too bad they didn't announce it. It might have been the loudest cheer of the night with runner up taking the lead after being down 18 points.EricBear said:
I just received confirmation that Al Grigsby was actually at the game. Yet no acknowledgement whatsoever. Dude's jersey is retired and his son was playing against us, but nothing publicly to recognize Al or generate any excitement.
I give up.
Riley Grigsby played 4 minutes against Cal, scored no points and had one rebound.Mama Bear said:
Absolutely no mention of Grigsby, father or son. Thought it would be a nice gesture by Seattle coach to let his son play on the same court as his father--but there I go, getting sentimental.
Why do they need a sponsor to regularly announce other Pac-12 scores? Seems like a very easy thing to do. As you noted, they have been doing it intermittently.HoopDreams said:
I don't recall a former player announcement this year, but not sure.
another thing they only do sporadically, is announce other Pac12 scores. That's another low hanging fruit. Can't they get a sponsor for that? (football dropped it for a year or two, but brought it back)
Golden One said:Why do they need a sponsor to regularly announce other Pac-12 scores? Seems like a very easy thing to do. As you noted, they have been doing it intermittently.HoopDreams said:
I don't recall a former player announcement this year, but not sure.
another thing they only do sporadically, is announce other Pac12 scores. That's another low hanging fruit. Can't they get a sponsor for that? (football dropped it for a year or two, but brought it back)
Well said. Thank you for posting your thoughts on this. I feel much the same way.calalum81 said:
Al Grigsby was at the game to watch his son last night. He was sitting about 2/3 of the way up the chairback seats behind the Seattle bench. He seemed to be keeping a low profile by not sitting courtside or lower down. But he was moving around the section talking to different people. I know this because I was watching him during the times the game didn't deserve my attention.
I was a big fan of Al Grigsby (who wasn't?). He gave 6 years to the Cal program. Even Jason Kidd deferred to him, saying it was Al Grigsby's team.
Darryl Imhoff, Kevin Johnson, Al Grigsby, Jason Kidd. Those are the four retired numbers for the men's Cal basketball team. How could Al Grigsby not be recognized in one of his rare visits back to Berkeley? It's a shame, and I'm embarrassed to be a supporter of Cal athletics today. How can we ask former players to "Come Back to Cal" and support the program when oversights like this occur?
I will continue to support the Cal basketball team through this frustrating period. There will be better days ahead. But today, I'm not a happy Bear.
Eric, it is Cal basketball. People are just indifferent until the narrative changes. So are the prople that run Cal basketball.EricBear said:
No, we can't.
This is also the 60th anniversary of the '59 Championship team. I have heard nothing about any sort of event/celebration/recognition. At this point I have to assume it will come and go.
No big deal I guess. A bunch of Benjamin Buttons were on that squad. They are getting younger, we can fire it up for the 70th anniversary when they are back in playing shape.
I swear to God I was not a crank like this prior to BearGreg asking me to get involved with BI.
EricBear said:
I just received confirmation that Al Grigsby was actually at the game. Yet no acknowledgement whatsoever. Dude's jersey is retired and his son was playing against us, but nothing publicly to recognize Al or generate any excitement.
I give up.
