Shocky1;842621515 said:
2017 point guard jade smith scored 14 points in navigating the st joesph notre dame pilots (8-1) down the runway 52-16 vs an overmatched westmoor (daly city) rams but got bitten 71-59 by the oakland tech bulldogs in the legends classic at haas pavilion
bay area's finest#
LOUMFSG2;842621145 said:
I know this notion that Monty had "taken the program as far as it was going to go" is pretty common, but I guess I don't understand it, given his track record at Stanfurd. With most coaches, you'd have to guess what might happen if a guy were to stay at the same school for 18 years, but with Monty, you at least have an example. You could easily say that after 6 seasons on the Farm, he'd taken that program as far as it was going to go. In fact, after his seventh season, you could have argued that not only had it plateaued, it had fallen off the cliff (Monty went 7-23 overall, and 2-16 in conference year 7). But despite that one bad season (his only losing season in 32 years as a coach), he proceeded to take Stanfurd on an epic run. And I think he had just as much distaste for the AAU system, was just as smug (or if anything, more smug) back then as he is now. But "if you win, they will come".
His first 6 seasons at Cal were more successful than his early years at Stanfurd. And I would say that his recruiting at Cal was on an upward trend when he retired. He followed his recruitment of Wallace with the Bird/Mathews/Singer/Rooks/Moute class, and then potentially following that up with a class of Rorie/Diallo/Poeltl. And I know some people seem to not want to believe that Monty (and his staff) landed Poeltl, and his coming to Cal was by no means a certainty. But I've spoken to folks to claim to know, and it sure seems like our staff believed he was coming.
And in some ways, that's all it takes for a guy like Monty. I had no idea back then how good Poeltl was going to turn out, but now that I've seen him for a year-plus, adding Poeltl to a core of Wallace/Mathews/Bird/Kravish could have led to a Sweet 16 run (or maybe more) last year under Monty. And while I see no reason to believe that Monty would have even gone after Brown, much less landed him, Rabb is a murkier question. Rabb made it pretty clear that a head coach "showing love" was pretty important to him, and it's hard to imagine Monty scoring well on that front. But to me, it also seems like at least a part of Rabb wanted to stay local. Maybe if Poeltl had come, and the team enjoyed a nice post-season run, he'd have found a way to justify it, despite Monty's shortcomings.
Anyway, he is here with Martin, and Brown too, and I'm gonna try to enjoy it while I can
Jeff82;842622427 said:
It has been suggested by others that when Monty came to Cal, he thought the program would basically recruit itself, as Stanford did during his later years, based on his coaching and the academics. That did not turn out to be the case. Socaltownie has suggested, and I agree with his assessment, that the recruiting bases for Stanford, a private school, and Cal, a public school, are different. In basketball, Stanford really has only one peer, Duke, whereas Cal competes against all the other high-academic public schools (UCLA, Michigan, Texas, North Carolina), several of whom have more robust recent basketball traditions than we have. That hindered Monty's recruiting, highlighted by the West Coast big men he didn't get. If he was sure he was going to get Poetl, it's hard to fathom why he would retire. Her certainly wasn't going to stay at Cal for 18 years, as he did at Stanford, just because of age. The obvious answer is that he was certain that Travis would get the job, and wanted to leave him a well-stocked roster. That's possible, and something that was basically torpedoed by the football fiasco and Sandy Barbour's departure. Still, I find it hard to believe that Monty, who lusted for years for a quality big man to build his system around, would leave if he was certain that quality 5 was coming. I still appreciate what he did for the program, in the wake of Braun's decline, and I'm now happy to see where Cuonzo Martin takes us.
HoopDreams;842622590 said:
[SIZE=5]Cal thrashes Davidson[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]and Domingo joined the party with 2 for 3 from deep, SIX boards, 2 assists and a block[/SIZE]
parentswerebears;842622621 said:
That was a fun game! It took me until halftime to realize who Gibbs was, he was such a non factor. The ball movement was better than it has been. And it seemed like they were hitting a higher percentage than in previous games.
Shocky1;842553605 said:
the draftexpress.com (which is written by guys with zero nba backgrounds whose primary jobs are working security for the gap) is of the opinion that 4 of the top 7 nba prospects in the pac 12 are california golden bears
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Top-NBA-Prospects-in-the-Pac-12-Part-Seven-Prospects-17-20-5245
but make no mistake about it, jordan "en fuego" mathews is the best shooter in the pac...there's something transcendently epic that freezes time forever when mathews squares up his shoulders & releases his 3 pointers with perfect rotation into the haas airspace, i can't breathe...let it fly, baby, let's do this
nothing to lose#
Shocky1;842622687 said:
st marys (11-1) comic booked 65-50 them utah valley wolverines at the gaels tiny crack house in moraga
rpi#
Shocky1;842622605 said:
left to right, jordan "creasy" mathews, tyrone "the chaser" wallace, jaylen "forgot to go to yoga today" brown, ivan "don't **** wit me" rabb, steven "the financial district" domingo, jabari "keep shooting" bird, brenden "no finish" glapion & cole "sky high break point" welle
gameday started on auspicious note with marcus green (for the 1st time this season) practicing slick azz entry passes to young ivee 40 minutes before tip off, dude can seriously deliver the rock
t-wall chased & harassed the nation's #3 scorer jack gibbs (26.6 ppg) in limiting davidson's highly talented leader to 7 points, game ******* over...the nba places a premium on point guards that can lock down opposing 1s
bears continue to take steps forward in lobbying the ball to rabb, rooks & the king (4 blocks, god save the queen), maybe we're not really the worst ******* passing team in the nation after all
thank you coach martin for not forgetting them walk ons, we love all of them bad azzs...they are not the saddest show on earth
lots of energy in haas pavilion tonite, are you gonna be there when pac 12 play starts friday nite vs colorado?
come on, let's do this
fentons#
socaltownie;842622731 said:
In other news, Washington "could be a really good team" Huskies lost to UCSB. Frustrated by the Gaucho's zone I would say at this point our Frosh are better than their Frosh ;-)
Shocky1;842620750 said:
the bears competed with the required relentless intensity that is necessary for championship basketball for a full 45 minutes tonite at the deafening john paul jones arena against the #5 ranked team in the nation at the university of virginia
yeah, the guys got a long nite in front of them with a bus ride to washington dc, a couple of hours of sleep at an airport hotel & then a 7:00 am flight back to the bay area but they should be very proud of their collective effort
until this epic game i kinda wondered if this squad had the heart & killer instincts to potentially win the pac 12 championship, that question has been answered
time to move on, the bears gotta learn from this ncca game like experience & battle for another win vs davidson on monday december 28th to wrap up the preseason with a 10-3 record
resilience#
Shocky1;842623720 said:
"going into that game (virginia), i read somewhere would cal be tough enough?...that was a question mark for me too...it wasn't about talent, would we be tough enough?...we did what what we needed to do from that standpoint...our guys grew up...it wasn't a case of a moral victory...we lost a game i felt we should've won and i take the blame for that as a coach...in losing a game like that, i'm able to get maybe another half an hour of sleep because the effort was there...there've been some games we won and i couldn't sleep because i didn't think we played well...i thought our guys played a good basketball game...i was interested to see how it would carry over today (davidson), coming off the holiday, coming off a painful loss...i thought our guys did a good job bouncing back"
-coach martin
who knew that coach dykes could play the guitar & that coach christopher cold play the sax/flute?
socaltownie;842623776 said:
Yeah or that apparently Stefan Nastic dropped off the Serbian team and is playing bass.
#thingsyoulearnclikcingthroughto2:16
Shocky1;842621615 said:
top 15 player in the 2018 class 6'8" miles norris is a major targeted recruiting priority for the cal staff...norris scored 10 points for a balanced mater dei catholic (chula vista) as the crusaders marched over the chula vista spartans 50-29 & 12 points as the crusaders kicked to the curb the steele canyon cougars 59-58
unlike oregon & washington, cal is the #1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world
cal's started at the bottom class (2018)#
Shocky1;842605635 said:
indian valley's finest twosome#
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world (including china palace)
Shocky1;842617862 said:
the cal basketball staff is actively scouting ernie sears, a 6'3" 160 lbs athletic high motor combo guard in the 2017 class from bishop alemany from mission hills (home of kam rooks)...sears is more of a wing than a point guard at this time
ernie is a high energy guy just like his dad who played for the bears back in the day & has grown 2 inches in the past year...sears is continuing to show improvement in his jumper & is an excellent student athlete with academic ambition (harvard is also on his radar)
yeah, cal's touch the sky class (2017) is expected by the coaches to be a large group of 4-7 guys due to the expected departures at that time & ernie sears is gonna be seriously evaluated for potential inclusion
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world:gobears:
Shocky1;842544115 said:
who is the earliest morning riser within the cal basketball program?
that would be marcus green, the assistant director of basketball operation...the high energy/good energy dude eats breakfast with the guys at the training table every morning, serves as a big bro on a lot of topics from school to girls & is a relentless class checker to ensure everybody is where they gotta be in addition to his operational support of the director of basketball operations marco harris
marcus grew up in the chicago area, was a 4 year letterman & 2 time team captain at purdue along with graduating with a degree in organizational leadership & supervision and later played professionally in buenos aires, argentina which has got a lot of curvy brunette yoga females
there's an app named waze which provides info in real time the location of police officers & traffic accidents...a couple of the bears told me that they got a code name for marcus that they text to each other when green is on the prowl
moms of prospective recruits gotta feel reassured that their sons are in good hands with marcus green keeping an eye on everything...let's be real here, coach martin is usually sleeping while marcus roams berkeley before the dawn every morning
this is cal basketball#
parentswerebears;842622621 said:
That was a fun game! It took me until halftime to realize who Gibbs was, he was such a non factor. The ball movement was better than it has been. And it seemed like they were hitting a higher percentage than in previous games.
Shocky1;842624189 said:
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winter break#
