"coaches, i'm going to outwork you today!!! #the season never ends"

-travis decuire

I'm getting the impression that if you want, you can start for us..........bb,fb,........................hell it don't matter.

travis decuire formally offered oscar frayer after today's mc state championship game at sleep train arena in sacramento



cal family#
bay area's finest#
50 yr decision#

unless you are a 80+ yrs old retiree going into town for a dentures fitting, a recent unemployed arizona grad looking for work at the chipotle on speedway or applying as a border agent for the dangerous anti-cartel beheadings unit, or a bears fan catching a game at mckale, there's really no reason to ever visit a dump like tuscon

border towns like el paso, tuscon & nogales ain't that wonderful

several hundred wildcat fans primarily students rioted tonite in unsafe tuscon after the bb team lost a ncaa bb game to winsconsin

when you're a mediocre academic school in a dump like tuscon & your bb team loses too, there's apparently not much left to celebrate in the college experience other than that upcoming job fair interview at the chipotle on speedway

it's not like a police record for disorderly conduct is gonna keep you from a high paying & rewarding career in the service industry with that coveted arizona diploma

extra guacamole & lettuce please, no soft drink, would you like chips?

Question about the "Monster Class": Does it only apply to the 2013 class, or is it an ongoing thing? Because I just visited ESPN's Top 100 players list for 2014. Stanfurd signed three of them. UCLA signed three of them. Arizona signed three of them. Mike Montgomery signed none of them.

Shocky1;842298392 said:

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travis decuire formally offered oscar frayer after today's mc state championship game at sleep train arena in sacramento



cal family#
bay area's finest#
50 yr decision#

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Great to hear. He will be a great addition to what we have and hopefully what we get in 2015. Now we need to close the deal on him.

student athlete ivan rabb was schematically swarmed/boxed in & denied entry passes in scoring 10 pts with 16 fiercely competed boards & 3 redunkulous blocks as lou richie's bod dragons (28-5) were silenced 71-61 by the mater dei monarchs (35-0) in the california open division state championship game at sleepy azz train arena in sacramento

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student athlete ivan rabb was schematically swarmed/boxed in & denied entry passes in scoring 10 pts with 16 fiercely competed boards & 3 redunkulous blocks as lou richie's bod dragons (28-5) were silenced 71-61 by the mater dei monarchs (35-0) in the california open division state championship game at sleepy azz train arena in sacramento

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Now we just need to close the deal with him.

Wait. That is a theme here.
Go boys- go get us these top recruits!!!

Crickets from the golf course?

bobo, did not see any crickets today at estancia but did see a cute desert gecko

circle of life#

j gatsby would gaze across the sound at the green light from the dock of his one true love daisy's mansion



"gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us...it eluded us then but that's no matter...tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...and one fine morning..."

"so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"

-f scott fitzgerald

i gaze across the bay at the blue light that represents the bright future of cal basketball...anything is possible with relentless hard work & grinding and an unbreakable vision of the future (even a dumb azz caddie at sfgc can play the world's top 100 courses)



*****justin cobbs
*****jeff powers
*****richard solomon
*****david kravish
*****ricky kreklow
*****tyrone wallace
*****christian behrens
*****garrett galvin
*****richard moute a bidias
*****sam singer
*****kameron rooks
*****jabari bird
*****jordan mathews
*****cal student managers
*****cal dance team & cheerleaders
*****academic mentors & tutors
*****jay john
*****barry parsons
*****scott thom
*****matt scherbenske
*****mitch elkins
*****theo robertson
*****john montgomery
*****gregg gottlieb
*****travis decuire
*****mike montgomery (and the good looking montgomery women, annie & sarah)
*****chancellor nicky d & his crew

thx to all of these high character individuals who have come together to represent cal basketball at the #1 ranked public university in the world & also let me have a small glimpse inside the program this season

cal basketball is moving forward...nothing great in life is ever achieved without incredible hard work & determination...biggie & sinatra understand this struggle
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=notorious+big+with+frank+sinatra&FORM=VIRE4#view=detail&mid=8F4EC55F24FA688ED5F78F4EC55F24FA688ED5F7


cal family#

"sinatra understand this struggle"

Frank stands tall and outside a comparison discussion concerning Cal BB.

C'om.

1947;842298757 said:

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"sinatra understand this struggle"

Frank stands tall and outside a comparison discussion concerning Cal BB.

C'om.

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You know what the title of that book should be? "Yes, I Can If Frank Sinatra Says It's OK". Frank calls the shots for all of those guys. Did you get to the part yet where uh... Sammy is coming out of the Copa...

there's a couple of minutes left in the arkansas game at haas...i'm sitting in goldman's seats on the floor next to bill walton & vandalus and the atmosphere is decidely festive

a bears territory party is going on

so looking across the floor at the good looking montgomery women, it's surprising to see mike's wife sarah apparently crying with her daughter anne's arms lovingly wrapped around her mom...a beautiful but bittersweet moment

slow realization for me that this might truly be mike's final game at haas

i dunno, maybe sarah lost her lucky 7 iron that day on the uphill par 5 finishing hole at orinda cc

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Is that how you won over your first girlfriend at Cal? The one you sometimes mention? Licking your eyeball, I mean.

That would melt any Playmate's heart.

mike montgomery has been the most successful head basketball coach at the university of california, berkeley during the last half century

2008-09 22-11
2009-10 24-11
2010-11 18-15
2011-12 24-10
2012-13 21-12
2013-14 21-14

mike's legacy will also include cleaning up the ben braun academic cesspool, the creation of the meb fund, and a team of talented high character coaches & student athletes

and he did it all with a sly grin on his face & the full support of his family


cal family#

a river runs thru it

cal's current bb recruiting is as fluid as a rapidly moving river (and yes, there are dangerous rocks underneath the currents)

with my 3rd favorite austrian who had an actionable arizona offer, american hs preps including the #1 player in the 2015 class & the best player in minnesota along with several elite west coast wings, an amazingly loaded 2016 class with several key top 50 targets describing cal as their dream school, 2 2017 bluechippers already leaning towards the bears, former recruits who might want to discuss transferring back to cal & even perhaps an already identified grad transfer possibility, cal bb is naturally evolving into a dynamic spawning ground

some of these details need to remain not visible (for now) below the pounding currents

this thread was started because of the need for greater energy & transparency with respects to cal bb recruiting...the common connector between all these potential future california golden bears is that they are high gpa/character student athletes that will proudly represent the #1 public university in the river

stoopid dumb azz playahs that want to ball out (and not focus on creating a lifetime of achieving their unique dreams via hard work in the classroom) need not apply (we ain't oregon)

this is cal basketball#
breath of fresh air#

congratulations to:

*****mike montgomery
*****travis decuire
*****gregg gottlieb
*****john montgomery
*****theo robertson
*****jay john
*****cal academic tutors

for successfully cleaning up the ben braun academic cesspool as evidenced by the bb team's recent apr of 955...with the current roster of true student athletes, this # is likely to escalate toward 1000 in the future

who are these bears?

alan crabbe-3.3 gpa@price (honorary team member/current playing w/portland trail blazers)
justin cobbs-3.39 gpa@bishop montgomery
richard solomon-3.5 gpa@price
david kravish-4.1 gpa@lee's summit north
tyrone wallace-3.5 gpa@bakersfield
ricky kreklow-3.72 gpa@rocky bridge
jeff powers-excellent student@delasalle
garrett galvin-4.0 gpa@torrey pines
jabari bird-3.0+gpa@salesian
jordan mathews-3.55 gpa@santa monica
sam singer-3.4 gpa@ransom everglades
kameron rooks-3.5 gpa@mission hills
roger moute a bidias-3.0+ gpa@notre dame
amhaad rorie-3.6 gpa@lincoln & montverde academy
idrissa diallo-3.4 gpa@cathedral

cal fans can expect every player listed above to either leave cal with a degree and/or a nba contract...hopefully the bears' future nba players will eventually return to cal like former nba all star shareef abdur rahim, 3.8 gpa@cal, to graduate

of the 300+ ncaa d1 bb teams, cal is among the most academically elite programs along with duke, stanford, the ivy leagues & the service academies

the above is the MOST IMPORTANT stat sheet in cal basketball

cal family#
50 yr decision#



this is the difference between basketball factories that use up & then discard their workers (leaving them unemployable on the streets) and legitimate collegiate instituions of higher learning with an academic purpose

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mike montgomery noted today at his press conference that travis decuire has been the key to turning around the "academic thing" at cal...td has been responsible for hiring the learning specialists and "making sure that are kids are in a position to graduate"


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world

at the washington game in drizzly seattle i met travis decuire's dad (former all state 3 sport athlete) & his extended family including some of his parent's friends

i asked decuire's dad, who is as fiery & loud as me, what was travis' gpa in hs

he laughed & told me

i'm not gonna share that # but let's just say that the travis of today probably would not recruit the travis of yesterday

206#

Shocky:
I'd like to give you, and guys like Vandalus, other meb supporters, and other mbb backers a salute and word of appreciation.

You stepped up a good while ago to infuse a sense of positive energy, not to mention money, into our program. At a time of transition like now, you are remaining steady with that support, as evidenced of your recent (continued) posts. This is the strength and continuity that any transition requires and it's folks like you who provide the rest of us with the finished product we all cheer for.

THANK YOU.

It was a great run
thank you Mike Montgomery

my 1st gf at cal (the it dept here refuses to post any fotos of her) who later appeared in the playboy girl's of the pac 10 issue once told me something about life that reasonated with me as one of life's universal truths

she told me "that you are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem, there's nothing in between"

jay john told me that "the meb fund has been in existence for 16 months and through the donations of our donors we have been able to upgrade the program...every dollar donated goes to help a meb student athlete in one way or another...for example, monies from the meb have gone to renovate the gold gym in the rsf so mbb, wbb and vb have a branded facility when the has pavilion floor is unavailable...the meb fund has paid for a feasibility study to upgrade the audio visual experience for our fans, i.e. a center hung scoreboard coming in the 2015-2016 season"

cal bb's brand new dedicated practice facility, the gold gym


"additionally monies have been used for the following upgrades: the player's locker room, video software equipment, new cameras, ipads for all players and staff (to deliver video and academic information), salary bumps for our strength trainer and academic personnel, funding a trip for 50 cal students to the pac 12 tourney in vegas and graphic enhancements in haas pavilion...at some point we will need to renovate our players locker room and lockers also...obviously, the monies are well spent and have directly enhanced the student athlete experience"

benefits include breakfast meetings with monty, preferred tixs to cal home & away games, a bunch of cal swag & another tax deduction

currently there are around 20+ of us supporting the meb...at the #1 public university in the world & the lifetime of opportunities it has created for us, this # show grow to 100+

not everyone is in a position to support the meb but if you can, give jj a call & have a conversation...don't passively wait for others to do the heavy lifting, make a difference

roar a little bit

cal family#



ryan anderson's parents told mike when he took the cal hc job that a major factor in ryan's decision to declare for the nba & not return to cal was the crappy housing situation for their son in berkeley

so mike went to the major bb donors & they purchased a house for all the bb basketball players (except for the freshmen which must live in the dorms for a yr) near haas...our players now have a terrific living situation (ok, would be better if a few raiderettes lived there too but get over it)

to remedy these type of infrastructure problems in the future (which have held cal bb back during the last half a century), mike enlisted jay john to start the meb fund....this fund is never started without the enlightened forward thinking of mr cranky pants



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in speaking with other meb fund donors today (http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+limousines+we+are+very+busy+people&qpvt=the+limousines+we+are+very+busy+people&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=562866E831FE45E6A4C5562866E831FE45E6A4C5 ), the support is clearly for either travis decuire or utah hc larry krystkowiak

the odds of sandy barbour hiring some mid major coach who made his rep recruiting a team full of 2.5 gpa dumb azzs, anyone over 50 yrs old (cal bb needs a high energy young leader that will relentlessly recruit & build strong relationships with aau coaches) or some random nba/cal player are basically slim & none without risking the support of the meb fund donors (and we are all esp fb donors too & also financial supporters of other programs of the university)

on the other hand, if j kidd wants to take a several million dollars paycut & return to cal...

Shocky1;842299454 said:

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my 1st gf at cal (the it dept here refuses to post any fotos of her) who later appeared in the playboy girl's of the pac 10 issue once told me something about life that reasonated with me as one of life's universal truths

she told me "that you are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem, there's nothing in between"

jay john told me that "the meb fund has been in existence for 16 months and through the donations of our donors we have been able to upgrade the program...every dollar donated goes to help a meb student athlete in one way or another...for example, monies from the meb have gone to renovate the gold gym in the rsf so mbb, wbb and vb have a branded facility when the has pavilion floor is unavailable...the meb fund has paid for a feasibility study to upgrade the audio visual experience for our fans, i.e. a center hung scoreboard coming in the 2015-2016 season"

cal bb's brand new dedicated practice facility, the gold gym


"additionally monies have been used for the following upgrades: the player's locker room, video software equipment, new cameras, ipads for all players and staff (to deliver video and academic information), salary bumps for our strength trainer and academic personnel, funding a trip for 50 cal students to the pac 12 tourney in vegas and graphic enhancements in haas pavilion...at some point we will need to renovate our players locker room and lockers also...obviously, the monies are well spent and have directly enhanced the student athlete experience"

benefits include breakfast meetings with monty, preferred tixs to cal home & away games, a bunch of cal swag & another tax deduction

currently there are around 20+ of us supporting the meb...at the #1 public university in the world & the lifetime of opportunities it has created for us, this # show grow to 100+

not everyone is in a position to support the meb but if you can, give jj a call & have a conversation...don't passively wait for others to do the heavy lifting, make a difference

roar a little bit

cal family#




ryan anderson's parents told mike when he took the cal hc job that a major factor in ryan's decision to declare for the nba & not return to cal was the crappy housing situation for their son in berkeley

so mike went to the major bb donors & they purchased a house for all the bb basketball players (except for the freshmen which must live in the dorms for a yr) near haas...our players now have a terrific living situation (ok, would be better if a few raiderettes lived there too but get over it)

to remedy these type of infrastructure problems in the future (which have held cal bb back during the last half a century), mike enlisted jay john to start the meb fund....this fund is never started without the enlightened forward thinking of mr cranky pants
*******************************************************

in speaking with other meb fund donors today (http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+limousines+we+are+very+busy+people&qpvt=the+limousines+we+are+very+busy+people&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=562866E831FE45E6A4C5562866E831FE45E6A4C5 ), the support is clearly for either travis decuire or utah hc larry krystkowiak

the odds of sandy barbour hiring some mid major coach who made his rep recruiting a team full of 2.5 gpa dumb azzs, anyone over 50 yrs old (cal bb needs a high energy young leader that will relentlessly recruit & build strong relationships with aau coaches) or some random nba/cal player are basically slim & none without risking the support of the meb fund donors (and we are all esp fb donors too & also financial supporters of other programs of the university)

on the other hand, if j kidd wants to take a several million dollars paycut & return to cal...

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Larry K would be solid (as would TD). Did the limo crew discuss Tad B at CU? I think he has done a decent job - though I don't know if he is willing/focused on dumb azz players.

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Larry K would be solid (as would TD). Did the limo crew discuss Tad B at CU? I think he has done a decent job - though I don't know if he is willing/focused on dumb azz players.

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both are excellent coaches that value academics

tad boyle is over 50 yrs old, was born in pueblo (coiorado is his dream job)l, all of his starters are returning next season (although spencer dinwiddie has changed his course & may declare for the nba) and his current compensation package pays him $1,490,020 with a $500,000 buyout clause if he leaves before april 30, 2015

larry krystowiak is under 50 yrs old (barely, he's 49), is not mormon, played & was a hc in the nba, played for mike montgomery, has turned around the utah program including 5 guys on this yr's pac 12 all academic team and his current contract pays him $950,000

Shocky1;842299503 said:

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both are excellent coaches that value academics

tad boyle is over 50 yrs old, was born in pueblo (coiorado is his dream job)l, all of his starters are returning next season (although spencer dinwiddie has changed his course & may declare for the nba) and his current compensation package pays him $1,490,020 with a $500,000 buyout clause if he leaves before april 30, 2015

larry krystowiak is under 50 yrs old (barely, he's 49), is not mormon, played & was a hc in the nba, played for mike montgomery, has turned around the utah program including 5 guys on this yr's pac 12 all academic team and his current contract pays him $950,000

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OK...to be fair Larry is just 2 years younger than Tad but lets not quibble. The difference in salary is probably a big deal. Having spent time on the front range, I agree, hard to move away. Both deserve feelers to see if they are frustrated - one thing about CU is that it boggles the mind how meddling the boosters are in university matters. One never knows if Tad may have crossed swords with someone he shouldn't.

Shocky, just curious...who do you personally prefer, DeCuire or Krystowiak? (This is assuming, of course, that Larry K would be interested in leaving Utah for Cal.)

Shocky, would hiring TD help with Rabb and some of the upcoming Bay Area classes?

I like Larry K, too. I do get the feeling that Utah would pull out all the stops to keep him, though. Their attendance dramatically increased last season and losing him wouldn't sit well with their fan base.

Appreciate the direction Monty has taken the program and the dedication and support of the MEB fund

Keep the positive momentum going, with Monty and the funds support I'm confident in the future.

Both TD and LK sound like good candidates to me.

Would lob to see Theo stick around and Greg and John Monty too

Really like our staff, think they get it and believe they have the passion to take this thing to new heights

Do they have the talent to win recruits and then games to become championship caliber?

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Shocky, would hiring TD help with Rabb and some of the upcoming Bay Area classes?

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Shocky, how do I make my old vinyl car top look like new?

get a human being who CAN RECRUIT OUR LOCAL TALENT PLEASE.

When are the MEB fund people meeting with Sandy?

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I like Larry K, too. I do get the feeling that Utah would pull out all the stops to keep him, though. Their attendance dramatically increased last season and losing him wouldn't sit well with their fan base.

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I could envision that living in Utah isn't Special K's promised land....

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Shocky, how do I make my old vinyl car top look like new?

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i dunno, have you tried just walking, hitchhiking or maybe "borrowing" your neighbor's wheels?