Clearly, OTB is in hibernation mode out of utter embarrassment now that Cal has shown they will likely win the rest of their games.Big C said:drizzlybear said:Big C said:HoopDreams said:Matt is the ultimate hooper4thGenCal said:Matt Bradley gives his all and represents the program very well on and off the court. Very respectful and appreciative young man - raised well by his Dad. Matt will return to complete his education/gain his degree for next season.drizzlybear said:
I'll admit that at the time I probably would've taken Vanover to stay over Bradley. But MB pretty quickly showed last season that he is an all-around special player. I expected him to contend for POY this season and I, too, wondered if he might not leave early. But i think he will stick with this team for at least one more season. Is he Cal's best offensive player since Ryan Anderson?
He's very fun to watch (did you see the fist to the chest he gave to Coach Fox near the end of the game last night?). Plus, he looks like Mike Tyson, which is a plus.
Love his intensity, confidence, heart and swagger
Earlier in the thread someone mentioned Jorge. The two are in the same class and for me, that is very rare air
If we keep this team together and add a couple good pieces, next year can be a very successful season
Next fall, when assessing our team's prospects, it's going to read like those old college football pre-season mags, which would say something like... "The good news is that Oregon State has more returning starters than any other team. The bad news is that they will be starting the same players that finished 2-10."
We'll need a couple of guys to take it up TWO NOTCHES next year, instead of the more typical one notch. It'd be nice to find somebody decent with a little length, too, in case Thiemann only takes it up a half notch.
But there are those of us who believe this team's record does not reflect its abilities. In my view, the season started in earnest for this team with the UCLA game. Granted, we're 1-7 since that time. BUT, if you accept that we truly have been competitive with the conference's stronger teams over that stretch, and if Cal is able to start winning a few games over these last couple weeks, then maybe we're already one notch above a typical 2-10 team?
As others have said, we already know, largely, what next year's team will look like. I think it will be a middle of the PAC team. That's not enough, but it's significantly better than where we've been the past four years. The question then will be what the next step looks like after that (post-Bradley and GA). That will all be about the development of Brown, Celestine, Thiemann, Bowser, and the guys coming in this year and next. Time will tell.
OaktownBear takes a couple of days off from posting and some people rapidly become emboldened (I mean, we actually won one game, too, I'm not discounting that.).
Reminds me of, only a couple of weeks into the lockdown last spring, suddenly there was wildlife roaming through the suburbs.
#deadpan
