Cal Rolls Past UT Arlington For First Win

Thus starts Cal's double digit win streak and surprise run to the Final Four.

Yes! This will allow our players to breathe a little bit.

Interesting that in the same game two of our seniors scored career highs and our third senior came within one point of a career high.

BC Calfan said:

---

stu said:

---

Interesting that in the same game two of our seniors scored career highs and our third senior came within one point of a career high.

---

Yes interesting that the player that our coach has been "asking to do too much" didn't play and we won our first game of the season---in easy fashion. Also interesting that coach said our injuries have been the cause of our poor play but we just won our first game of the season with only one scholarship point guard---who may have had his best game ever.

It's almost like it's the coaching that's the issue, not the personnel.

This is why the in-season firing needs to happen. The Askew injury shook things up and we got an easy win. Imagine if we shook things up even more and got Fox out.

---

Our offense and OL looked better after Musgrave and DeClure were fired.

dimitrig said:

---

BC Calfan said:

---

stu said:

---

Interesting that in the same game two of our seniors scored career highs and our third senior came within one point of a career high.

---

Yes interesting that the player that our coach has been "asking to do too much" didn't play and we won our first game of the season---in easy fashion. Also interesting that coach said our injuries have been the cause of our poor play but we just won our first game of the season with only one scholarship point guard---who may have had his best game ever.

It's almost like it's the coaching that's the issue, not the personnel.

This is why the in-season firing needs to happen. The Askew injury shook things up and we got an easy win. Imagine if we shook things up even more and got Fox out.

---

Yep. This team should be at least .500 right now given our crappy schedule. A coaching change might help the players enjoy their season again.

---

I haven't seen every game, but what I did see, and what all or nearly all the posts in this forums have said is that the players have played very hard in every game. So far, there is no quit in these kids. Players don't play hard for that many games, especially so many losses in a row, unless they believe in what they are trying to do. I think that the players have enjoyed playing this season, just maybe not the first few results, and it is the fans who are not enjoying the season.

I mean, Cal wins its first game of the season, without their best player, and the negative comments outnumber the positive comments on this fan forum maybe ten to one. It seems to me this forum has become a contest to see who can make the most snide comment every day. Can't you guys relax for a moment and savor the first victory for these kids? I remember a phrase that describes it best for me, "Fair weather fans".

SFCityBear said:

---

dimitrig said:

---

BC Calfan said:

---

stu said:

---

Interesting that in the same game two of our seniors scored career highs and our third senior came within one point of a career high.

---

Yes interesting that the player that our coach has been "asking to do too much" didn't play and we won our first game of the season---in easy fashion. Also interesting that coach said our injuries have been the cause of our poor play but we just won our first game of the season with only one scholarship point guard---who may have had his best game ever.

It's almost like it's the coaching that's the issue, not the personnel.

This is why the in-season firing needs to happen. The Askew injury shook things up and we got an easy win. Imagine if we shook things up even more and got Fox out.

---

Yep. This team should be at least .500 right now given our crappy schedule. A coaching change might help the players enjoy their season again.

---

I haven't seen every game, but what I did see, and what all or nearly all the posts in this forums have said is that the players have played very hard in every game. So far, there is no quit in these kids. Players don't play hard for that many games, especially so many losses in a row, unless they believe in what they are trying to do. I think that the players have enjoyed playing this season, just maybe the first few results, and it is the fans who are not enjoying the season.

I mean, Cal wins its first game of the season, without their best player, and the negative comments outnumber the positive comments on this fan forum maybe ten to one. It seems to me this forum has become a contest to see who can make the most snide comment every day. Can't you guys relax for a moment and savor the first victory for these kids? I remember a phrase that describes it best for me, "Fair weather fans".

---

While I agree that we should be a bit more positive about a win, I strongly disagree with you about the players enjoying a 0-12 start to the season. No player I ever played with would have enjoyed a start like that and I doubt you know any either. I think you just wanted to stir it up again with that post. If you were serious you must think the players will enjoy losing another 16 or 17 games then. I don't think so.

bearmanpg said:

---

SFCityBear said:

---

dimitrig said:

---

BC Calfan said:

---

stu said:

---

Interesting that in the same game two of our seniors scored career highs and our third senior came within one point of a career high.

---

Yes interesting that the player that our coach has been "asking to do too much" didn't play and we won our first game of the season---in easy fashion. Also interesting that coach said our injuries have been the cause of our poor play but we just won our first game of the season with only one scholarship point guard---who may have had his best game ever.

It's almost like it's the coaching that's the issue, not the personnel.

This is why the in-season firing needs to happen. The Askew injury shook things up and we got an easy win. Imagine if we shook things up even more and got Fox out.

---

Yep. This team should be at least .500 right now given our crappy schedule. A coaching change might help the players enjoy their season again.

---

I haven't seen every game, but what I did see, and what all or nearly all the posts in this forums have said is that the players have played very hard in every game. So far, there is no quit in these kids. Players don't play hard for that many games, especially so many losses in a row, unless they believe in what they are trying to do. I think that the players have enjoyed playing this season, just maybe the first few results, and it is the fans who are not enjoying the season.

I mean, Cal wins its first game of the season, without their best player, and the negative comments outnumber the positive comments on this fan forum maybe ten to one. It seems to me this forum has become a contest to see who can make the most snide comment every day. Can't you guys relax for a moment and savor the first victory for these kids? I remember a phrase that describes it best for me, "Fair weather fans".

---

While I agree that we should be a bit more positive about a win, I strongly disagree with you about the players enjoying a 0-12 start to the season. No player I ever played with would have enjoyed a start like that and I doubt you know any either. I think you just wanted to stir it up again with that post. If you were serious you must think the players will enjoy losing another 16 or 17 games then. I don't think so.

---

I see your point and I can almost agree with it. I have mixed feelings about it. I've competed in single sports, like tennis and golf, where you have no one to blame except yourself, and I have played on a basketball team which lost nearly every game in one season. I hate losing more than anything, and I take it out on myself, when I or my team loses. I remember as a senior in high school, we had a terrible coach, a pedophile who knew nothing at all about basketball, and we had no plays. We had a few good players, and we thought it would be our year. We were lousy. We had fights in the locker room after some of the losses. At one point we played the best team in the city, and we were down 26-0 at halftime! I had never played or seen a basketball game where one team failed to score in a full half. We ended up losing by 26, as the other team eased up on us. After the game, one teammate came into the locker room boiling mad. We got into it, and I think I started the fight, which got bloody. He blamed the coach, and while I agreed that our coach was awful, I said we could have played better, and he thought I was saying he did not play well. Our teammates broke up the fight. 3 years ago, I went to that player's high school reunion, just so I could apologize for starting a fight with him. I didn't know if he would slug me or what. When he spotted me, he ran over and give me a big hug, I told him why I came to apologize for starting that fight, and he said he didn't remember having the fight at all.

What I should have posted was that the current Cal players don't enjoy the loss when it has happened, but something is bringing them back for the next game, with about the same attitude, the attitude to play hard. My senior team was certainly not playing hard after a number of losses. What do you think is making these Cal players play so hard night after night, even with all the losses?

dimitrig said:

---

oskidunker said:

---

Utsa was not very good, easily the worst team we have played.

---

Well, yeah, they lost to us.

---

I'll take it. I was there. We got a decisive win, and they did beat USF. I'll be there for the Utah game. Maybe we''ll surprise a few teams.

stu said:

---

SFCityBear said:

---

What I should have posted was that the current Cal players don't enjoy the loss when it has happened, but something is bringing them back for the next game, with about the same attitude, the attitude to play hard. My senior team was certainly not playing hard after a number of losses. What do you think is making these Cal players play so hard night after night, even with all the losses?

---

Man, it's hard to see a hanging curve like that and not snark it out of the park. But I'll resist and just say our players love the game, love Cal, and trust themselves and their teammates.

---

DITTO

stu said:

---

SFCityBear said:

---

What I should have posted was that the current Cal players don't enjoy the loss when it has happened, but something is bringing them back for the next game, with about the same attitude, the attitude to play hard. My senior team was certainly not playing hard after a number of losses. What do you think is making these Cal players play so hard night after night, even with all the losses?

---

Man, it's hard to see a hanging curve like that and not snark it out of the park. But I'll resist and just say our players love the game, love Cal, and trust themselves and their teammates.

---

That works for me. Thanks Stu.