Breaking: Eric Kiesau Reportedly Joining Washington Huskies
by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 11:34 AM PST
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PrintLet the pillaging and plundering continue: multiple independent sources are reporting that Kiesau has joined the UW staff.
Hearing it's a done deal, Eric Kiesau will be new WR coach at
#Washington, another big hire
Source: Kiesau on his way to Seattle right now. Will be announced before the end of the week.
As always, keep an eye on CGB for further developments. We're hearing rumors that UW will continue its poaching spree by bringing in Tedford and Oski while renaming the SAHPC the Sarkisian-Acquired Husky Performance Center. They have also expressed interest in purchasing Evans Hall.
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 11:36 AM PST reply actions 13 recs
I modified it slightly to reflect the unofficial nature of the reports. I’ll adjust accordingly when UW makes an announcement.
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Evans Hall
is an eyesore, I’d prefer is they take that from us.
Not before
Wurster.
UW will probably take VLSB and then the Doe Library.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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I assume that’s Sandy Barbour’s house being burned to the ground.
by harmonpreservationsociety on Jan 17, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
do you know something that we don’t?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
YOU BLEW IT ALL TO HELL
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 11:39 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
what the actual fck?
how does this possibly continue to get worse?
someone lock Gould in his house right now.
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I can make it worse
Cal OL target Joey O’Connor to Ohio State
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
A literal turn for the Ohio.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s always worse when Ohio is involved.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
i can potentially make it even worse =(
"I bet that Mike Conley could find Osama Bin Laden...if he was open." - R. Benson
Amen to that, brother!
Give Ron Gould whatever he wants immediately! By the way, I live really far from Berkeley and I can’t make it to many games, but I WILL be going to the Washington game.
Hucking Fuskies!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Suck on dese nuts TexAss!!!
by bearblueballz on Jan 17, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Take it all! we are fucked!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 11:42 AM PST reply actions
RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
Source: Kiesau on his way to Seattle right now. Will be announced before the end of the week.
no bear, no care
To mix my metaphors a bit, it’s almost like the Huskies laid an elaborate trap, cleverly let us entangle ourselves, and are now pulling the rug from under us. I just want to spit in Sarkisian’s smug, fat little face.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
lol
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Genyk is actually the highest paid of the assitants.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
No, he’s the lowest paid of the coordinators (after Michalczik and Pendergast, not necessarily in that order).
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oh special teams, right.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Gould to Oregon with Tedford.
Genyk and M to WSU.
all of players have vanished.
woe is cal.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 11:46 AM PST reply actions
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Oski six figures
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Wow. I know I said I didn't want to read CGB for a while but I am attracted to disaster
How the fuck is this possible!? We went from such high euphoria barely a week ago to the absolute nadir of the Tedford era.
Well we were never meant to go to the Rose Bowl.
I also now hate UW more than any thing in the world. I’ll root for Stanford (yes spelled correctly) over the Fuskies.
In other words, Go Bears!
We went from such high euphoria barely a week ago to the absolute nadir of the Tedford era.
Well we were never meant to go to the Rose Bowl.
Roy, it’s okay, take a deep cleansing breath. It’s not that bad. There are still plenty of Cal commits for next year, and 2012 probably wasn’t the season for a Rose Bowl run anyway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yea but half of those commits were WR who we desperately needed. And the chances of them sticking around now that Keiasu is gone? Ugh.
And the DL commits? Whoops
And Shaq Thompson? Yikes.
Yea we’re screwed
In other words, Go Bears!
Nadir != coaching changes 8 months before a game is played.
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--Thoroughbred
But it is when the two people essential to your entire recruiting class up and leave before you get those LOI. Tosh was supposed to coach these linemen and Keiasu was supposed to coach these wide receivers. They chose Cal because these two coaches were proven assets that were young enough to relate with them. While there is much more to choosing your college than one or two coaches, these one or two coaches were going to be the biggest impact on these kids’ lives and careers. I wouldn’t be surprised if our class just went to hell. We’ll keep Kline and the few Bears that were completely committed, but I don’t really have much hope for the 4 and 5 stars that joined the CalGang basically to ride the waves with their friends.
And while I partially agree with you, zoonews, about the general lack of faith being meh, but I can’t really keep my head up right now when we have a coach who hasn’t been able to win a ton of games (not entirely his fault), a great defensive coordinator no one expects to stay, and we just lost our two young position coaches who had a ton of talent and potential. Oh yeah, and a lot of recruits have lost their fire for Cal now that they have no idea who’s going to be coaching them.
We HAVE to make some really good hires in this next week or so. If we don’t have these positions filled by the signing date, I think our recruiting class drops from 9 to about 20ish. Which isn’t a complete nightmare, but isn’t the level of class we need to make that push for a Rose Bowl.
THIS
And it’ll be worse than 20ish. We won’t break the top 25 and we’ll be middling in the middle of the Pac.
In other words, Go Bears!
I feel so much more comfortable now!
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UW's goal...
…wasn’t their projected recruiting class ranked in the mid-40s prior to this going down?
Perhaps this is what they had in mind all along…
It’s just staggering that, given cuts in higher education, that the state of Washington has 1.2 million dollars to throw at 2 coaches.
There’s no way that UC can justify this much money in such an economy, not when we got the Regents gearing up for more cuts. I know that a chunk of this money comes from outside donations to the program, but from the outside, it nevertheless looks terrible in terms of the example it sets for the university’s supposed educational priorities.
My wife kept stressing to me last night: Cal without Lupoi is still THE University of California. Our Nobels didn’t disappear, our academic reputation, or even our element. Just an assistant coach, who is the flavor of the month right now, until he gets too old to relate to the kids he’s recruiting (likely to happen sooner, rather than later).
OTOH, Washington likely needs the boost to their ego by a good football team, since the university might not offer anything else…
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by Auricursine on Jan 17, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
UW isn’t a bad school, as much as I would love to give it shit. It’s no Cal, but it has some good grad programs and it’s definitely not Oregon or ASU.
As a husky
when you get rejected by Cal, you go to UW
Last time I looked
washington was only ranked about a dozen spots ahead of Oregon. That may change with the firing of Oregon’s president last month, and not in a good way.
Just about all colleges and universities better get ready for a lot of adversity as the slow developing global financial meltdown continues. I think many will go bankrupt and disappear. The states schools such as Cal will probably downsize in enrollment and quality.
Sorry to be a debby downer but anyone with three neurons in their forehead should be able to see it coming.
If ya can't get your Dick Enright, get your Dick Harter!
In response to paragraph three...
UW’s athletic department is self sustaining, almost entirely from football revenue. Our coaches aren’t paid for with state money, same with our stadium renovation. It’s all about dedicated alumni, tyee, and strong season ticket sales.
Go Dawgs!
FYI, UW Athletic Dept operations budget is independent of School'
it is self-supporting . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 17, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
maybe he meant 2012-2015, when this year’s recruiting class could have made a huge impact. 2016!
by slaphancock on Jan 17, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
REALLY
We just had a frustrating season and the staff is getting a shakeup. Shit happens. If this class isn’t the class we dreamed about then we make the push that next year’s will be, with committed coaches in place and plenty of playing time up for grabs. The lack of faith in our own program, people, facilities and traditions openly on display around the interwebs is getting disgusting.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 17, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
thanks for a level-headed post, zoonews. I think we all have a little Old Blue ingrained in all of us, so that’s where the negativity is coming from.
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
We don’t even know for sure who our own people are any more though.
I mean, yeah we’ll still be Cal and we’ll eventually get past this, but at this point, unless we hire someone amazing in the next few days, this is DEFINITELY a setback, and it’s clearly bad news.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
But football has setbacks all the time. For all we know Price will strain his vagina against Portland State and that’s that. Some of these recruits were merely leaning towards maybe talking to an insider about keeping Cal on the short list and that’s getting lost in the shuffle. And there are scads of assistant coaches out there and they are going to be evaluated and hired by the same people who evaluated and hired Tosh and Kiesau. YES IT SUCKS but geez, get a grip.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
HAHAHAHAHA WUT
For all we know Price will strain his vagina against Portland State and that’s that.
so awesome
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Really, “get a grip”? So I’m unhinged even though I say:
we’ll still be Cal and we’ll eventually get past this
Are you saying that any negative reaction to bad news is uncalled for? We must only see the bright side?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
There is a difference between agreeing that this sucks and asking questions and, say, calling for everyone’s head, perpetuating the prophesy that Cal is snakebit, tacitly belittling the athletes committed to the program as not good enough to win anything, and tweeting your athletic director to tell her that she is a twat.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 17, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Fair enough, but why are you directing that to me? I have done precisely none of those things.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, it came up in the flow of conversation. We see now how it looks like it was directed at you; it wasn’t intended to be.
WE ARE THE 0%
pshhhhhhhhhh! :-P
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
True...What's also true however is that...
It’s mathematically speaking….many times more likely that Cal’s AD is the one who would first suffer a strained “vagina”…Price having balls almost the same size as the pigskins he throws…Sorry…practicing some new found defense…(it’s a game after all)
The fact that we couldn’t keep around two of the most important people south of Tedford that would’ve helped us get to the Rose Bowl, doesn’t inspire ANY faith
In other words, Go Bears!
Maybe let’s see who he hires before we commit symbolic ritual suicide together. Because it’s not in his power to keep his employees under his command, despite the online rantings of 3rd year business majors who seem to have the real world all figured out.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 17, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Symbolic ritual suicide? Who are you talking about?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe one of them is a doom lord millionaire and can help us fund some coaches.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Alright.
Do we have any volunteers to sell your souls for this doom lord millionaire? Maybe we can get his kid to transfer to Cal, so he can graduate as an alumn and give us more money. Then we can hire Sark as our OC for 1 million, take back Lupoi for 750k a year + incentives, and Keiasu for whatever the fuck he wants.
Gosh; why the doom & gloom?
We just lost most of our coaching staff after a .500 year and a loss in a pinball bowl game, have a much less recognized recruiting class so far, and we (Husky fans) are mostly upbeat about the off season.
OK, we poached a couple position coaches; and BTW ucla and Alabama each poached one off of us. It happens in college ball, and if we had poached both your DC and LB coach (as we did from Tenn) then I would think you would have solid grounds for the meltdown.
Tedford hired good guys before, for what reason do you think he won’t go get another couple good guys?
by HuskyInExile on Jan 17, 2012 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not just the coaches. It’s the potential for a historically good recruiting class to fall apart, too.
by Missing Barry on Jan 18, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing that happens as a result of Tosh's actions actually matter.
Even if we keep our entire recruiting class and make Ellis flip and pick up Armstead and then hire the Ravens’ defensive line coach, I’ll still hate Tosh. His actions and complete lack of respect are what infuriated us.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 11:48 AM PST reply actions 5 recs
And to make matters worse, UW will probably make a run at Gould
Since they lost their RB coach.
Oh and they’ll probably crush at as Memorial.
Things are looking dire for Tedford.
In other words, Go Bears!
Man
Seriously, I hope UW goes 0-12 again.
…and fuck all these moneygrubbing backstabbers who are bailing on us.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i can understand tosh leaving for 3x salary. but the whole recruiting shaq thing is so shady, it sucks.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
So what happened to Shaq now? Is he still Cal or has he flipped? I’m expecting the worse
In other words, Go Bears!
unknown, but COMPLETELY UNINFORMED SPECULATION i’m expecting him to leave.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Apparently he’s gone from solid Cal to 50/50 between Cal and UW.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, I understand it quite clearly, but there’s no reason on earth for us to have to respect it. There’s no higher principle or anything involved here, so let’s call it what it is. Moneygrubbing. Dolla dolla bill y’all.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I’m going to make sure I negotiate equivalent or worse salary at my next job.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Sounds promising
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Can you coach receivers or a defensive line?
No, but for a small fee I’m willing to write up a resume that says I can, and apply for work at Stanfurd.
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by DC Trojan on Jan 17, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Excellent, you’re hired.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
My whole point is, if you left your current employers in the lurch at the worst possible time at a job you were evidently well loved at and respected, getting accolades, and lots of people were depending on you, because you got a pay bump, don’t expect plaudits from those people when it comes to your character.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I still don’t agree with the timing objections. This is when the coaching carousel happens. Just play NCAA 12 to see for yourself!
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah . . .
but in my version of NCAA 12, Cal wins Rose Bowls and National Championships . . .
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I get your point...it's rational.
“but”….excluding feelings here, Tosh didn’t get “a pay bump”…he got a pay increase of 300%! An increased responsiblity/title for resume-career building…He was also rumored to get a boat…which frankly sounds kinda funny if you leave out feelings for a moment..He also was in a no win situation as far as timing is concerned…if he waits till loi day? he’s a traitor to the yound men he lured to Cal…if he waits a year? the job likely isn’t still available…if he takes it with 2 weeks before loi day he’s blasted as a traitor? It’s a business and entertainment sport after all…the wind blows…see; D.Martin to UCLA! Just saying…
Well, the young men would still ostensibly be at Cal at least. That’s the worst case scenario? If he waits a year? The DC coordinator position at Cal possibly opens up. Who knows. If he wants to leave for money, let’s all be honest that it’s about the money, is all I’m saying. It is a lot of money at least.
BTW, as I pointed out, D. Martin went to UCLA over a month ago.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
That's when UCLA had an opening.
And it was somewhat weak that he left before our bowl game.
Well, unlike us, you had plenty of time to replace him.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
jobs are jobs are jobs. just because sports are involved and there is emotional attachment from fans doesn’t mean that the coaches have that same attachment.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Clearly not! And that’s fine, but then I don’t see the need toss around phrases like, “he’s still a true Bear” or anything. Fuck that noise.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
I sincerely hope Tosh and Kiesau become unmitigated disasters at UW and that they never get hired again. And UW gets hit with a death penalty.
I especially wish the worst (not health wise but job wise) to Tosh.
Bitter? YES
In other words, Go Bears!
Yikes, keep in mind Cal had good recruiting classes before Tosh as well. Maybe it’s time to back away from the keyboard?
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--Thoroughbred
OR maybe in a couple years we can hire tosh back as our def coordinator? assuming he hasn’t completely burned all bridges.
whose domicile? our domicile!
by hardtobecalfan on Jan 17, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
See above.
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Gould has been here longer than Tedford. I think he’s been sought after before. If he leaves, either the money is truly absurd, but more likely something else is terribly wrong.
his wife is in the Athletic Department, so, yes, it’d take a lot to unsettle Gould
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
I blame Bill Gates.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
UW has a full staff now
Retained last year’s RB coach I think
nope, they’ll hire Shaq Thompson next
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
nah, we'll beat them
Their defense was utter crap this past year and will continue to be utter crap. Our players will be motivated. Unless Bad Maynard shows up, I like our chances at home.
Things will get worse
This is cal football we’re talking about. They will get worse. This is only the beginning. If you think this is as bad as it gets, you have no idea.
Some hellfire and brimstone quotes from the 18th century usually help get me into the proper mood.
The body of the sinner will endure unutterable and tormenting pain in the flames of hell. And the Soul will be filled with such astonishing & inconceivable horrors, that no words nor tho’ts of ours, can any ways reach into . . . .this punishment both of loss and sense, will be perfect and unmixed—extream and intense,—constant also, without the least Mitigation:—and eternal without end.
—Jonathan Webb, 1726, Cal fan.
by slaphancock on Jan 17, 2012 11:56 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I feels good now
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Inure yourselves then to the thought & contemplation of these things. Attend to the fearful representation of hell, which God hath been pleased to exhibit in his Word. Frequently revolve in your minds the fearful and astonishing miseries of it.
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by slaphancock on Jan 17, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
BTW atoms, now you know why Cal fans are always preaching doom
This is what happens when something good happens
In other words, Go Bears!
Some pessimism is at least a reasonable reaction to this news, because it’s actual bad news. Pessimism in the face of good news is dumb.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You still don't get it.
Good new equals bad news a couple days later for Cal football. There is no such thing as good news. Hence doom.
There’s no reason for that to be true.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Why should bad things happen to Cal?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, we’ve had some bad luck, but it’s not destiny.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
It’s only been 60 years of bad luck. Why would anyone read anything into that?
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I don’t blame people for feeling that way, but the bottom line is, there’s no rational reason for bad things to consistently happen to us.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
Until they won’t anymore.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Wow! We fired our DC, our OC was poached by Alabama
and most of the staff had turned over. We’re pretty upbeat about the replacements.
You lost two position coaches . . . and the Cal FB program is facing the proverbial fire?
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, CB81. The Red Sox won the World Series. Anything can happen.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 18, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
A team with a massive fanbase and payroll won the World Series?
Devil you say.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
A team with new facilities and a new stadium could go to the Rose Bowl? Inconceivable!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 19, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
My thought
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Tatonka?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I hate Washington more then any other school period. I already marked my calendar.
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by berkeleyboy510 on Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM PST reply actions
welp
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
If we don't sell out Memorial next year against UW and score like 120-0 against them, it's all for naught
But knowing Cal it’ll be half empty and UW will deliver another last second loss and Tedford will be fired
In other words, Go Bears!
Timing...
I understand Lupoi leaving to coincide with the hiring of Wilcox, but Kiesau’s timing is more puzzling.
What are the rumors suggesting about Kiesau’s departure, was it just money? Or is he pissed because he got cut off in the parking lot by Tedford, or he didn’t like his new office in Memorial?
Grrrr…
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
Nothing puzzling about the timing
Washington OC just got hired by Alabama yesterday. Current WR coach got promoted to OC, thus opening a spot on the staff.
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 12:48 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Well, it looks like he's getting the
OC position instead. Point remains the same.
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 12:51 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
HOLY PAYDAY, BATMAN
RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
Kiesau making 240k at #Cal. Will make between 700k-800k as OC at #UW on a 3yr contract.
https://twitter.com/#!/RGBearTerritory/status/159366846951337985
no bear, no care
oh, so he IS getting a promotion. OC, not just WR coach.
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
#Cal AD is handcuffed as far as money is concerned.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
except
Cal’s pay is in line with all the other public universities in the Pac-12, including Oregon.
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Nope
With a few exceptions, the pay for assistants is in the mid-200Ks and position coaches in the mid 100Ks for Pac-12 teams (public schools).
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Time to pony up . . . or not.
Would be very kind of you to simply allow us to pick and choose . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
Football is worth the investment
Why spend the big bucks on the SAHPC and the stadium renovation, only to withdraw your investment in the actual product? Unless of course you are setting up a certain coach to fail, in order to replace him.
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Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Hell
We’ll even take POOR billionaires!
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe you will, but I’m too classy for that.
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Unless they are demolishing the SAHPC and stadium, I don’t think they are withdrawing their investment.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Except I think Sarkisian just dug up the SAHPC in its entirety and transferred it to the UW campus. It was a clause in Kiesau’s contract.
Kiesaus “If Tosh gets a boat I want the damn SAHPC!!!”
That's FUNNY!
Really do wonder if they tossed in a boat; makes for a great story . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:13 AM PST up reply actions
Unless of course you are setting up a certain coach to fail, in order to replace him.
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So, that was larger than anticipated.
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I really wish this hadn’t been posted. It’s basically an open sign saying “HEY GUYS, TAKE OUR COACHES IF YOU WANT!”
We’ve become the Oakland A’s of the PAC-12, we have some good coaches on the cheap then Sarkbrenner comes in and offers them a bunch of money, a boat, and jumbacos.
"Our sturdy golden troll"
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
At least we have a new stadium!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Will be very interesting to see two new stadiums open in the conference w/in a year.
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
Did UW recently get purchased by a Saudi Prince?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Colombian drug cartel
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
University of Abi DUBi.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
lol
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
The money came from the new Pac-12 media contract.
This is also where WSU got the money to pay Leach 2 mil plus incentives after paying Wulff only 800k per year. All Pac 12 schools got a major infusion of cash from the joint TV deal. Where is Cal spending their cut?
Vlaanderens Mooiste
$650,000 base
I do not believe he hit any of his incentives that went along with his contract
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 17, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
It is unbelievable how much UW has to spend on coaches. They’re also currently undergoing a facilities upgrade. This can’t all be Pac-12 network cash…so where was this money before?
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
It must be the money saved by not having to heat the pools now.
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Truth about Husky spending
The Husky football program is 100% free of public dollars and the school’s general budget. It is 100% self-sufficient. The new stadium upgrade is funded by 100% private donations. Also, Bill Gates is not booster.
by Huskies_USMC on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
thanks for reminding us that you’re super rich. we all noticed this in the last 48 hours.
by stevvy89 on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
lol this
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHAHA
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
The Husky football program is 100% free of public dollars and the school’s general budget. It is 100% self-sufficient.
huh? Are there any BCS football programs that don’t make money? Lots of ADs break even or lose money because football is funding other sports but football makes money pretty much everywhere.
He meant the entire athletic department.
There is no money coming from the UW’s general fund into the Athletic Department.
Look at it this way
Now they get 62000 a game, whereas if they start selling out all their games, the additional people will provide at least an additional $3 million in revenue per year. Cal hasn’t figured this sort of thing out yet, apparently.
Your stadium upgrades are being funded in large part through University issued bonds… which are borderline public bonds.
Right, that’s what I said. Here’s the funny thing about bonds, they have to be paid back priority… so if the revenue falls short (noooo, that never happens) then what?
Why didn’t the boosters step up to begin with? Why go with bonds if the moolah and good will was there?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Welp
If you want to spin this as a sort-of positive, it’s that expectations will be sky high at UW for the next couple of seasons. Another 7-6 season won’t cut it. They’re going to have to win 10 games and win the North division a couple times after committing this much money.
by minesweeper on Jan 17, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Think you will find we're more patient than that.
We will NOT ve happy if we’re spanked again by every ranked team we play . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:21 AM PST up reply actions
Overpaid
But I wish Kiesau well. He was good, but he’s not that good.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Well
there was that vaunted Colorado offense that he led.
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Agreed, he seems more replaceable as WR coach than TOsh as recruitier.
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--Thoroughbred
But the WR’s LOVED him.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Excpet that we’re desperate at WR after several WR recruits in the last few years failed to pan out. Thus, we need the WR recruits more than ever.
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Ok who would be the best two coaches to hire so that we could keep our recruits around?
Someone suggested Lorenzo Alexander for DL. I like that. How about Jerry Rice for WR lol.
In other words, Go Bears!
I get targetting alumni, but I’d doubt active players would retire from the NFL to coach/recruit. I LOVE ’Zo, though
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
best?
if i’m allowed to dream lol
Jimmy Robinson for WR (Cowboys this year, Packers the last 6 or so)
Pepper Johnson (Patriots) for DL
Pain Train as a GA / Recruiting Assistant
"I bet that Mike Conley could find Osama Bin Laden...if he was open." - R. Benson
This.
Pain Train as a GA / Recruiting Assistant
or AD. Either way.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
i want ess eee cee guys.
and pain.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I’d like Oklahoma State’s WR coach, but OKSt’s benefactor is a billionaire.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I’d love for him to throw out a few ‘GO BEARS’ when he commentates on NFL games for SkySports—just to confuse the crap out of the Brits
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Not a Tosh-level betrayal yet...
While this spells (moar) DOOOOM for us and more hatred for UW (congrats, I hate you more than I hate USC!), for the time being, I’ll congratulate Kiesau and wish him well.
But if I find out he left without saying a word to the WRs and tried to sway a recruit while still a member of the Cal staff, so help me God, Kiesau will feel the full fury of my fist being shaken in his direction.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 12:13 PM PST reply actions
I hate UW more than I hate the Furd.
I felt bad for them during the 0-12 campaign. I was cheering for them with a new coach and what not. Then I moved to Seattle and noticed how asshole and completely out of touch with reality Husky fans were. And then the three losses in a row to them made it worse (and made them my 4th most hated team). But this easily vaults them up there as #1
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I wanted to like UW, really, I did.
My GF (also a Cal alum) is a grad student there, so we wanted to make UW our distantly second favorite team.
Then we went to the Cal game at Seattle, got booed, got the stank eye, and got to listen to a fan scream for Bigelow to be “broken” for betraying them.
And now the Lupoi mess…
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Were you sitting next to me then? Cause I heard the same shit about Bigelow.
In other words, Go Bears!
Maybe. Did you see an incredibly good looking scientist sitting next to you, decked out in blue and gold? Like, so good looking that everyone kept staring at him?
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Then congratulations. I have officially enriched your life.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Why the hate?
This is the game. It is not new. You guys loved it when Tedford got picked from Oregon and when recruits like Coleman and Bigelow were turned from UW – no? I get the disappointment, but this is a competitive business. we made our moves and now you get the counter opportunity. Personally, I hope you pick off some Ducks as that entire staff is making peanuts and overshadowed by Chip
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon
when recruits like Coleman and Bigelow were turned from UW
Not really a comparable situation. There was nothing underhanded about that, they just changed their mind. Had none of the past couple days stuff went down, I could easily see the same thing happen to say…Ellis McCarthy. Wouldn’t have gotten the same reaction.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t hold a grudge against Kiesau or Bigelow for leaving.
The difference is Tosh left without a word to his players and tried to sway Shaq to UW while a member of the Cal staff. That is slimy and I’d love to see someone defend that.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oops
Supposed to be “against Kiesau or Ellis McCarthy”
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Wishing them well? At a rival school in our division? No, thanks. I hope he enjoys his precious money and loses every game.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Wishing them well? At a rival school in our division? No, thanks. I hope he enjoys his precious money and loses every game.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
and tried to sway a recruit while still a member of the Cal staff
This is starting to get repeated, but nothing I’ve seen suggests it’s accurate.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
(You are implying Tosh did this, right?)
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t in the room, so I can’t confirm it, but seemingly reliable sources have Shaq saying Tosh at an in-home visit saying “I’m going to UW, would you consider it there?”
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
I was there. I can confirm.
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I can confirm that Twist exists.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I am a Jumbaco salesman.
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Jumbacos don’t need salesmen! They sell themselves!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Which makes Twist’s lack of sales even worse.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
or jumbacos in their hair
"I bet that Mike Conley could find Osama Bin Laden...if he was open." - R. Benson
True story
My ex was actually into me putting Jumbacos in her hair.
I tried it, but it was too kinky, even for me.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 3:28 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
seriously. f that guy
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That’s not the quote that I read. The quote that I read said he told Shaq on the visit he was considering the UW offer, and only asked him about the second part after he took the job.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
If that’s the case, then “swaying” recruits might be a little strong.
I still think it’s a sleazy move to keep a recruit who was interested in your old program and your new program more updated with your career move than your own players. Plus, I think that shows Tosh’s true motives during those final visits.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 3:43 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Um, ok. My bad for going by what’s actually been reported…
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
I think the point is that Tosh was clearly leading Shaq/testing the waters. There’s no need for Tosh to keep Shaq more updated than his own players.
Did he outright say “hey Shaq, I’m leaving in a few days, here’s why UW is awesome”? No. But it’s still a slimeball move.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
Well, we don’t know how it went down. What if Shaq asked him to his face if UW offered him a job? The context matters.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Then Tosh says, “I’m torn right now, but let’s focus on Cal. Even with me, Cal still has….”
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
And there you have it
Kiesau making 240k at #Cal. Will make between 700k-800k as OC at #UW on a 3yr contract.
On loan from the Rishi DBD collection...
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM PST reply actions 7 recs
Bwhahahahha
Amazing. Serious LOL and rec. Gallows humor is the best.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Might need a lot more than that. I don’t think the SAHPC and stadium renovations are anywhere near paid off yet.
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Time to add more #pessimism
Cal won’t make a splashy hire. We’ll get some also-rans and ruin everything
In other words, Go Bears!
Hey! We like you! We like your coaches so much we hired two of them . . .
and kidding aside, it is good for a program when assistants get promoted; makes the Head Coach and/or school more attractive to ambitous assistant & position coaches.
BTW, Tennessee has more cause to bitch; we hired their DC & LB coach on a straight lateral basis w/o much of a big raise . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but Wilcox and Sirmon were west coast guys that Tennessee probably knew would go back that direction at some point.
by Mallrat92204 on Jan 18, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
that’d be an upgrade. he’s Wolverine!
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Then Michigan rolls in and steals HIM
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
ok, then it’s DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I expected this comment to be made by WolverBear.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Our bio program will analyze his DNA and learn how to legally convert our players to be able to heal and do as much as him. Then we’ll discover that UW bought the scientists who created it and their research.
by Maxdarkfire on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
This comment was not anticipated by me.
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Do you think they’ll throw the new hires in the pool???
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Bring back Holmoe!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, we're all hanging out here now?
I guess I’ll be Mr. Sunshine.
Guys, we’ll be fine.
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by Rishi on Jan 17, 2012 12:23 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
You had me at ‘hanging’
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Should I buy a cotton suit? I’ve been debating myself for a while!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Looks almost exactly like the one I got married in.
http://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/suitinganddressshirts/italianchinosuiting/PRDOVR~66240/66240.jsp
Posts fretting over coaches leaving are the new DBDs. By arranging the Tosh to UW move, the CGB mods have pulled off the greatest troll of all time. All in the name of getting us to click on front page posts.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I’m stealing your DBD material and posting it here.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
in teh game of trolls, twist wins
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously.
Our basketball team is 1st in the Pac. Our football team had a winning record and went to a bowl game. Our recruiting class will be top-25. We have a new stadium with facilities that would make Coach Harbaugh’s private bathroom look like an outhouse. It is a fucking GREAT time to be a Golden Bear, whether or not Tosh and Kiesau think so. I BELIEVE IN THE BLUE AND GOLD.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
So how the hell does the rest of the Pac get all this extra spending money but not Cal?
I mean sure we built the SAHPC but the money wasn’t from the TV deal IIRC.
WSU hired Leach with a lot of money
UCLA hired Playoffs Jr and some assistants
ASU probably pays Graham more than Erickson
UW fuck them
Why don’t we have the money?
In other words, Go Bears!
We blew our load on awesome commercials to air on ESPN and PAC12 Network.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
But we’ve been running the same “What do you see? UC Berkeley” commercial since 2006!
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Bring back Whose Domicile! And the old timey bear one!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
sadness. lupoi is in that commercial. you can read his name on his back.
whose domicile? our domicile!
by hardtobecalfan on Jan 17, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
We just bought a kick-ass stadium and training facility. I assume our credit is a little maxed out right now.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
UW is building theirs as we speak.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
lower interest rates..i blame the subprime fiasco and therefore blame wallstreet
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
So is the UW's
the city and state said NO
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 17, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
What are you talking about?
Oski debuted new duds at the basketball game on Saturday!!! He looked SHARP.
WHAT?! How the hell did I miss that? Photos please.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Three words: Board of Regents
Cal and UCLA are burdened by bureauracracy.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon
by Gekko Mojo on Jan 17, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If that’s a serious question, apparently the AD has been running something like an $11M average deficit for a decade, or something along those lines. So…yeah, it was spent years ago.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Tedford speaks
johnbreech John Breech
“Tosh and Eric have decided to take other jobs and we wish them the best,” coach Jeff Tedford, more reaction coming. #Cal
https://twitter.com/#!/johnbreech/status/159370826267901952
no bear, no care
Tedford is so old-fashioned
being classy and all.
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if not that at least dick cheese or cum dumpsters
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
You mean he didn't go all Samuel L. Jackson on us?
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
For all we know, Coach Tedford was heartbroken over losing Tosh. He’s that kind of guy, maybe?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
"Maybe you all are homosexuals, too!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woqc6s6BkUU
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LOL! I like your posting style.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Basically the only thing to say.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
johnbreech John Breech
“We exhausted all of our resources to try to retain Tosh and Eric… But they course to take advantage of new opportunities,” Tedford #Cal
1 minute ago
Glad that they tried.
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Well at least the next hires will know that he won’t gut reaction blast them like all of us want to do. I can sense underlying tension in that statement.
by Maxdarkfire on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I heard they are goin after Blas now
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by berkeleyboy510 on Jan 17, 2012 12:28 PM PST reply actions
if you’re joking, I’d like to email you a punch in the face
If this is for real, I apologize and would like to email a pee-in-the-face to Sark
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
don’t play like that.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Well yesterday we lost all our DL commits, today the WR
Tomorrow probably all our OL!
This has been a great start to the work week.
I know this isn’t Tedfords fault but I can’t help feel like he has lost control of his staff.
Sure assistant coaches come and go but like this?
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:30 PM PST via mobile reply actions
He forgot to add fertilizer to the money tree—rookie mistake
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Sandy and Tedford statements
http://calfootballblog.com/2012/01/17/statement-from-tedford-and-barbour/
HEAD COACH JEFF TEDFORD
"Tosh and Eric have decided to take other jobs, and we wish them the best. When people have career opportunities they make decisions based upon a wide array of reasons that are important to them. We appreciate their contributions to Cal football, and we exhausted all of our resources to try to retain Tosh and Eric within the confines and continuity of our coaching staff, but both chose to take advantage of new opportunities. We will proceed to replace them with quality coaches who will continue to stand for what the University of California and our football program represent, just as Tosh and Eric did."
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS SANDY BARBOUR
"Tosh and Eric are outstanding football coaches that did a terrific job during their tenures on the Cal staff. We certainly valued everything they brought to our football program and appreciate their time with us. We did all we were able to do to have them remain at Cal and appreciate our community’s willingness to assist in that effort. We remain excited and confident about the direction of Cal football under the leadership of Jeff Tedford."
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM PST reply actions
Subtext: We’re poor and can’t pay you squat. If you’re good, you’re better off going somewhere else where they have tons of money to compensate you.
Again…Cal’s compensation to their coaches are in line with those of other public universities in the Pac-12 (with the exception of now UW).
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That other tweet said we’re 11th in the pac-12 in assistant coach salaries.
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by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Look it up
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by CalBear949 on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Also
we’re not talking about a jump to $300K or $350K…we’re talking $500K and $700-800K…that’s LSU/Bama country.
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Is the pool of other P12 public universities the relevant comparison? I mean, we don’t just play those teams, and we are theoretically competing for talent with the entire country.
Also, there are cost of living considerations in the Bay Area that affect the raw numbers.
I’m not opining on what’s fair or good or right. I’m not informed enough yet to feel strongly about what we should be paying our staff. But if the argument in the original post was that we are financially disadvantaged in hiring coaches, then there seems to be a wider array of factors to consider.
1) Yes because public and private schools have different levels of fundraising. Also, private schools don’t publish their AC’s salaries. There are also only 2 of them in the Pac-12.
2) Yes I agree with the cost of living thing but again, we’re not talking about a $50 or 100K difference
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Right. What I’m saying is if the reality is that private schools can pay coaches more, then that’s a competitive disadvantage and it’s something we have to deal with. Hopefully we can compete despite the disadvantage, but if it’s there, it has to be acknowledged.
also, we paid $321 million for a stadium and we can’t afford coaches?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, seriously.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I find it surprising that they have $321 million, but not, say, $325 million.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
They’ll give more when we win. But we won’t win until they give more. It’s a classic Mexican Standoff.
WE ARE THE 0%
We should just sell drugs
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
they’re all going into lab rats at the moment, curing cancer and all that useless stuff.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
We do..it’s called recruiting season. We give the fans a little taste, and then BAMN…take it away
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe some donors don’t feel the coaching staff is worth the $? With something like the SAHPC, at least it’ll be around for years and years – long term investment that will benefit many coaching staffs. I could easily see a donor not wanting to fork over $100k (or whatever size donation we’re talking about here) on a staff that’s fielded a mediocre team the last couple years….
(This does not mean I agree with that view or have it myself, just bringing it up)
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well, if they have anyone better they’d like, and want to pay for, then by all means let’s get it done. We even have openings now.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh and Eric have decided to take other jobs, and we wish them the best. When people have career opportunities they make decisions based upona wide array of reasons$$$.
FTFY
Large number of rea$on$.
Thanks To$h and Kie$au.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks To$h and Kie$au.
hey now, some people like her music
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
thank god there aren’t any $s in Gould
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They’ll just have to change the font color.
by puresilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS
Gou£d to Manchester United DOOOOOOOOOOOM
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
people should rec more
that was splashy
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 17, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Wait there was more...
…the Cal football program will not stand idly by while a Sandusky-like scandal unfolds under our watch. And so, we felt it was best that these coaches leave on as good of terms as possible.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Too soon?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
uhhhh..
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure what Sandy meant by that.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
It’s all about the spin, right?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
Finally a statement!
Sure it was cookie cutter but it is nice to finally see Cal and Tedford say something.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’m actually surprised that it wasn’t entirely cookie cutter. We learned that we hit a resource ceiling for paying those guys, and that an increase for Tosh would have raised a proportionality problem rippling throughout the staff.
seemingly a bit odd…
We remain excited and confident about the direction of Cal football under the leadership of Jeff Tedford.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
covering her bases, and putting down talk of firing tedford for this.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
seems like the AD shouldn’t even respond to the lunies calling for his head for assistants making personal choices.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
But sadly, the crazies have just gotten that vocal nowadays.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like a vote of no confidence. Kind of like an NFL GM saying, “We are not making any coaching changes at this time.”
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Fire Tedford, hire Justin Wilcox from UW
Wilcox brings Tosh and coach K back to Cal.
All Husky fans feel our pain.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This is a joke
However I would like to see us poach a few UW coaches now.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I could definitely see it happening a couple years down the road…
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Isn't it basically
Cal football program is bigger than 2 coaches?
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Well, that’s stating the obvious.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Bring back Gladstone.
Bring back Gladstone.
As DLIne coach?
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by minesweeper on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
LOL. Hey Washington! Do you need a new Band Director? I’ll do it for $500K.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Does UW need a new blogger?
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by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:48 AM PST up reply actions
UW is now paying with cash, boats, and jumbacos
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:38 PM PST reply actions 12 recs
Awesome
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I laughed way too hard at this.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Damn those Huskies!! Now they’ll be 7-5 and go to a lower tier bowl game every year!!!!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Finally a Bear w/ sense of proportion.
that’s actually a fairly likely outcome this coming year . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 12:50 AM PST up reply actions
You know what?
I believe in Sandy Barbour. She’s shown that she’s the Honey Badger of AD’s and she won’t take this laying down. I’m going to see who we get to replace Tosh and Eric before going all postal.
Lawrence Ross
by alpha1906 on Jan 17, 2012 12:44 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Isn’t this Tedford’s search? Sandy would just sign off on salaries and searches for HC’s right?
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Also, JT is busy wrapping up recruiting right now. I’m sure he’s getting a ton of help with the coach search
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't say wrapping up recruiting is quite right
More like, trying to hold the recruiting together.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:55 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Agreed. I get all the doom and furor, but I’d rather just accept things and move on. This all may end up being a blessing in disguise. Where there is change, there is opportunity.
And, BTW, all the DOOOOOOM is probably not helping recruits feel excited about staying.
Chin up, roll on, go Bears.
too rational. I WANT TO SCREAM AND KICK AND SCREAM AND TWEET
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t feel any doom FWIW. Just annoyance and frustration.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
This all may end up being a blessing in disguise. Where there is change, there is opportunity.
We’ll see.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
I agree in principle
But disagree with anyone who calls people Honey Badgers. Shit’s so 2011.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 17, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So are we postponing MBC's recruiting post again?
Matter of fact we may just want to scratch it until all are coaches are done leaving or Feb 1st.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:47 PM PST via mobile reply actions
what we SHOULD have
is an MBC Coaching Search post..
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Bob Condotta says Dawg Pound offered him 500,000 in recs and a boat.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
They took MBC, but left us with Twist?
They truly are bastards!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
DOOOOOOOOOM
"Our sturdy golden troll"
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
We need to get back at them where it hurts the most. We need to beat them on the battle field. You can spend all the money in the world for the best generals and the best weapons but there is nothing more demoralizing then to get your ass wooped at your own game after thinking you could buy your way to victory. We need to show heart on that field and in the process carve theirs out.
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by berkeleyboy510 on Jan 17, 2012 12:52 PM PST reply actions
We are currently riding a 3 game losing streak to them
So we better fucking beat them, this just adds more urgency to that now.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Breaking News: Ohio State has decided to play Washington on Sept. 15
Cal will play Presbyterian for second consecutive year, but this time at renovated Memorial Stadium.
great, they bought our schedule too
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Silly
we couldn’t afford Presbyterian at this point.
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UPDATE
We are now playing Presbyterian @ Presbyterian.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
We needed the money so we had to schedule them
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 12:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
seriously?
Isn’t Presbyterian in one of the Carolinas???
I would be worried about this game.
By the way, I thought it’s typically a 2 for 1 deal when playing a non-BCS team.
by LEastCoastBears on Jan 17, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
UPDATED: This just in. They are taking the newly renovated stadium too.
We will be playing Presbyterian in People’s Park.
After Washington is done with their little buying spree, there could be some good or better replacements available at the Cal discount rate.
Get that Cal alumni card ready!
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
This is what Cal gets
40 years of neglect. Not investing in football, not investing in the department, not outreaching to alumni, not doing things right at AT&T, not having enough donors to pony up and make these big investments. Everything that’s happened over the past two days is what happens when your school refuses to fully commit to football.
Washington is in the exact same situation. Expensive renovations, down team, bad recruiting. But they have donors willing to pony up and a school willing to spend. This shows how far we have to go as a program.
The SAHPC was a start. But the SAHPC isn’t going to coach this team.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 12:57 PM PST reply actions
And I should be clear
The donors did a lot to rebuild Memorial. But now we learn what it means to play with the dogs.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I would argue that UW's move took everyone by surprise
they are paying LSU/Alabama level money to their assistants. That’s really unheard of for the Pac-12.
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Yeah the exclusion of U$C is implicit.
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They’ve always spent a lot on coaches. Nick Holt was one of the highest paid DCs. Washington has a big, big donor base.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Nick Holte was high
but the other coaches are $100K to $300K.
Now, UW has a DC at $700K, a DL coach at $500K and a OC/WR coach for $700K.
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They’re using every penny of that Pac-12 TV contract.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Sure
I am just saying that it’s the first shot and Cal just happened to be the target.
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I hope not
cause UW would offer SAHPC $1 million to be part of the staff.
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Is it fair to say Cal grads are proud, but they’re not necessarily proud enough to throw down $$$ for a school that may have kicked a lot of them in the nutes, one way or another?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
the majority of the donations go towards academics. I know my small donations go towards the College of Engineering.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
If this is how Cal fans think, be prepared for this to happen over and over again.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t there a thought, when graduating, “WE SURVIVED!” which seemingly wouldn’t coincide with “give us more money to be greatr?”
I have no idea, I just worked at a Cal research department 80+ hours a week while my colleagues put in 90+.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’m a donor, happy to give, but I also don’t want to give and feel like I’m just throwing money at an broken system.
Yeah, see. UW donors (and a lot of other fanbases will throw that money.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
that's the difference between us and the legacy programs
At legacy programs, donors give and give and give, regardless of whether they think the system is “broken,” because they believe that if they keep giving, they will buy influence. Or better seats, at least.
That and in many places (not Washington, necessarily), there’s no competition for the sports entertainment dollar.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with everything that you just typed
So the question is, how does Sandy and Cal fix this?
As you said the SAHPC is a start but it isn’t going to coach this team. I am a little worried at who Tedford picks to replace these guys. The last time we had to fill a lot of coaching voids we ended up with Daft, Cognetfi, Ludwig and Marshall.
A coach is only as good as his staff and we have seen how bad things can get with some subpar coaches. Hopefully Tedford can find some diamonds in the rough but if we can’t afford to keep our own young up and coming coaches, how can we afford to hire someone else’s?
So that leaves us with older retread coaches who have bounced around with middling results (Marshall) or really young and unproven guys from smaller programs who may not work out.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Who was a rehire and looking for a job
Because Hawkins was fired.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 1:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Need to address two things
1) Institutional support (money)
2) Tedford needs to make it a good culture for coaches to work in and want to be at, including a winning tradition
(1) is the big problem right now
(2) despite rumbling and rumors, I still think Tedford’s taken care of this.
It’s called value…I like the article on BT about how Tedford has always recruited well but Tosh added an extra dimension due to his youth and use of social media.
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They can’t. Not until a Phil Knight-type figure rolls around and pledges big time bucks to the university. Someone who thinks the SAHPC is a minor investment and can help pony up to ensure all coaches are safe and secure.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
The last time we had to fill a lot of coaching voids we ended up with Daft, Cognetfi, Ludwig and Marshall.
No. Last time we had to fill a lot of coaching voids, we got Kiesau, Michlzick, Ambrose, Arroyo, and Blasquez.
That was because we had to purge all the shitty hires before them
I dot really count Coachs M and K because they had coached at Cal with Tedford before and both were looking for new jobs because their HC had just been fired.
by SDBear on Jan 17, 2012 1:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Also
evidence that UW just bought out Avinash.
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I don't think it's entirely "neglect"
UW and Cal are entirely different places, and Seattle and the Bay Area are entirely different places. Also, as others have pointed out elsewhere, UW was really really good not too long ago.
I went to grad school at UW. Seattle is the kind of place where everybody is expected to sit in the same kayak, and talk up how great things are even if the kayak is about to go off a giant cliff. We’re too smart for that, and I love that.
I’m talking about a series of incompetent administrations that put football on the backburner (WAY on the backburner) to the point where we had decrepit facilities and constant coaching turnovers.
That in turn eroded the fanbase, when we probably should have one of the strongest donor groups in all of the Pac-12. We’re stuck having to make up for this.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Putting football on the backburner seems like pure stupidity, because investment in football generates the funds to pay for everything else.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
I liked the “UW model” in the post-Willingham era. Without going to USA Today, I believe the ratio of HC pay to all assistants was something like 1:1, which has allowed them to go out and get some talent (Coach M for a minute) and Nick Holt (had our number for a bunch of years!) at the assistant levels. Now they’re getting experienced, highly acclaimed D1 coaches who seemingly pair well with the younger-ish Sarkesian.
Not as much of a fan as the current “Cal model,” and that comment wasn’t in regards to Tedford’s abilities/performance. Frankly, we’re lucky Tosh and Gould have stuck around as long as they have.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
That's a lot of money they're throwing around...
I really don’t like this salary escalation that UW is forcing down everyone’s throats.
USC, Texas, the SEC, and others have been doing it for years. I think we’re behind UCLA and UDub in terms of public universities. Even a school like Mizzou paid their assistants more, and of course cost of living blah blah blah
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
For a kiesau, yes. For a Norm Chow or the like, no. I think Texas at one point had a $1 million dollar DC?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Muschamp (now HC at Florida) but he was also “Head Coach in Waiting”
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Not true
UW yes, but Cal is totally in line with most of the other teams in the Pac-10…
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brb
re-affirming my commitment to Berkeley and driving out to Top Dog for lunch
go bears.
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by nativeson on Jan 17, 2012 12:57 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Top Dog just got bought by UW
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
interestingly enough, they left the name intact to spite us.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Here’s a good comparison:
“Doug Nussmeier’s hire has yet to be officially announced at Alabama as the new offensive coordinator at Alabama but that should happen soon. The Tuscaloosa News reports he should earn around $600,000 a year with the Tide.”
-$600K for an OC that lead a good offensive attack last year. (25th, 33.4pts/game overall in scoring)
“BearTerritory is reporting that Kiesau is leaving Cal to take a three-year deal at UW that would pay him roughly $700,000-800,000 a year.”
-More money by at least 100K for an WR coach shifting to OC that lead a mediocre offense last year (53rd, 28.3pts/game overall in scoring, but includes Presby. outlier)
Ummm… ok. but you gotta give props for Kiseau for getting paid big $$$ even though he was very much average.
Well, this helps the Huskies in 2 ways because it also screws us.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
ugh
I wouldn’t put Kiesau in the same category as Lupoi, because position coaches almost never turn down a coordinator job at a similar program.
If he tries to steal some of our recruits, then he’s a backstabber.
I’m pretty sure Sark didn’t just bring him there because he liked the way he playcalled.
Those recruits are about to hear how nice the view is from the stadium.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Why do your troll your own fansite? I'll never understand you.
…but i’ll never quit you either…
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Why
Why are we paying SEC money to Kiesau and Lupoi? I can see the argument for Lupoi because of his recruiting, but I really did not think Kiesau was all that great (Colorado days). It sickens me.
If that’s the case, I got trolled. I though our master troll was supposed to protect us? WHERE ARE YOU REDONK? DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT MOVING TO THE DAWGPOUND!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Do you have an email address for REDONK?
We’re hiring for the DFawg pound, or so the rumor goes . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 1:07 AM PST up reply actions
How much did they pay him to become one?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
by Rishi on Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm a UW student, but still root for Cal
because I come a family of Cal grads (my dad was a pretty involved alumnus). I just think it’s a messed up situation as a whole, but that’s college football. I really don’t see these hires having a huge impact on our (UW) record this year because Sark is still a coach who makes some very questionable calls and the defense is absolutely terrible. I have no idea why any recruit would choose our school over Cal, but I am biased.
the question is why should we.
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Honestly...
I’m glad they’re gone of that’s what it would have cost us to keep them. That said, I’d rather have kept them at their current positions. Everyone seems to think Clancy’s leaving, meaning Lupoi would have had his shot with a little more patience. Cal would have also had a couple more years to save up some money for his raise. But no way in hell would I support paying Lupoi over 3x as much to keep his same responsibilities. Keiasu is being grossly overpaid at UW. He came back to Cal from Colorado as a WR coach from being an OC for a reason — the position fit him better and he excelled at it. Looks like he’s going to have to learn the lesson twice. But at least he’s getting paid more to do it.
He came back to Cal from Colorado as a WR coach from being an OC for a reason
Well, it might have something to do with how he did as an occordinator, but the bigger factor was that the staff was fired. So…yeah, generally assistants need to find new jobs when their HC gets canned.
As for Tosh, he isn’t getting a promotion to dcoordinator, but they are making it sound like he’s getting more responsibility in the position at UW – he’s getting some coordinator responsibility.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Who knows, in a year or two
We might be calling for Kiesau and Lupoi to be fired. This is a lot like the Nick Holt hiring. We grossly overpaid him and the fans quickly turned on him. Husky football fans are really quick to judge and not forgiving.
I think Tosh going to UW was bad for UW, but worse for Cal. So fuck your program. I’m sure you’re a nice guy and all, and don’t take this personally, but fuck your program, your coach and your boosters.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 17, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Completely understand
It’s unfortunate that Cal alumni don’t spend nearly as much as UW alumni do. I personally do not like the program the amount of money spent has not translated to wins on the field.
Fun fact: Kiesau was my high school’s quarterback when I was in school.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
I blame myself.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
I know I'm not the only one who thinks this
But it seems pretty clear to me that Sark and the rest of those UW are targetting the Cal coaches to try and poach the Cal recruits. They can’t offer the kids money outright, so they pay the staff and hope the kids follow.
Sad, but I guess that is BIG TIME college sports.
Still, I think we have a new depth of sleaze and excrement in the conference.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
by SoCal Oski on Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
I blame Sarkbrenner
Throwing money at our underpaid coaches!
HOW DARE HE!
HRMPH!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
USC + Seattle = Douche
Probably something to do with the money and change in weather.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 17, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
The word in the papers in Seattle
is 700 – 800k over 3 years, so 333 – 366k a year. I think people around here are assuming 700 – 800k per year.
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 2:32 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Do you have a link on that?
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Yes I do.
Whether or not you believe it is up to you. seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2017260557_kiesau_joining_staff.html
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 2:43 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
doesn't sound definitive, one way or the other
A web site that follows Cal, BearTerritory.com, reports that Kiesau is leaving to take a three-year deal at UW worth $700,000-800,000 and will be the offensive coordinator for the Huskies. (And to clarify, this could be the total on the deal, not what he would be making annually).
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
So, basically, the Seattle Times is relying on Bear Territory.
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But Bear Territory is relying on the Seattle Times!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Good point.
I must swapped a ‘w’ for the ‘c’ at the front of ‘could.’
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 2:54 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
700-800 K.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I think UDub looks around and says, we need to be better than Cal and, not only that, we need to step on their throats as much as possible so we can take annual swings at the Pac12 crown. That involves getting extremely strong in CA recruiting and making life hell for a CA team like Cal. Out of any team in the conference, I’d say UW is most like Cal.
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I could see UW figuring out who they should try to beat, and picking Cal based on Pac-12 North, California recruiting, not-being-Oregon, etc.
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I wasn’t around to experience this, but when UW was awesome, USC and UCLA were a) down and b) UW was recruiting SoCal very well? Even Willingham was a CA guy. Makes sense to think they’re looking for a strong foothold in CA if they ever want to return to the Fuskies of old.
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I agree that UW and Cal are the most similar schools in the conference.
I’ve always rooted for Cal after UW, and likely still will. I can understand why you all might not feel the same.
I have no idea what your point is, other than (perhaps) make an excuse for UW.
My feeling is basically this: I don’t mind our coaches getting better jobs (or better-paying jobs) and improving their life. That’s great.
But the timing on these is clear: UW wasn’t just after our coaches, their potential, and filling holes in the UW program. The timing was designed to also steal recruits from us for THIS CLASS. In fact, I would wager that was a major concern.
So, in a sense, it’s another version of Pay to Play. It’s underhanded, it’s sleazy, it’s unethical, and it sucks.
But so what, right? They can do it, so they did. Still don’t make it kosher.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
What makes you think we would make these hires for just 3 or 4 recruits?
Do you think we should have waited until after signing day to hire all of our coaches? How does that make any sense? I’m not exactly sure when you think coaches can switch jobs without it being sleazy.
Timing
If it was all about the coaches, why not wait and either try and buy them after LOI day, or perhaps make the announcement then?
Look, congrats to you guys for buying the coaches. You must all be very proud. But don’t try selling that nonsense about the timing being just a coincidence, because it simply doesn’t fly.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
Waiting til after LOI day would be a slap at the recruits and would be opposite of the norm of what is a relatively common occurrence (coach swapping)
Don’t you think?
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon
By that logic, a coach could never leave, because he’s always beholden to the players in some way.
It seems to me that a coach leaving a week or two after LOI day is no more a slap in the face to the players than if he leaves before spring camp opens, midway through a season, or immediately after a bowl game.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
agreed. but I think it might be a slap in the face if the coach were to leave in the middle of the game, in the middle of a play, right after slapping a few players in the face. So, at least that didn’t happen.
by slaphancock on Jan 17, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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What kind of logic is that? Maybe we should add, “at least he didn’t go on a shooting spree and kill everybody before he left”.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
We need coaches to recruit and such too.
Can you imagine how much crap Sark would get if we didn’t hire new coaches until after signing day? Sark didn’t do this attempting to screw Cal over, that’s just a by product of doing what’s best for UW (hiring coaches as soon as possible).
by UW11Bowdown on Jan 17, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Can you imagine how much crap Sark would get if we didn’t hire new coaches until after signing day?
In other words, it was important to sign the coaches before signing day because the hires impacted recruiting. How is that different than my point that the only reason the hires were done now was to benefit recruiting?
Sark didn’t do this attempting to screw Cal over, that’s just a by product of doing what’s best for UW (hiring coaches as soon as possible).
Giving Sarksleazian the benefit of the doubt here, I’ll accept that he didn’t do this with the express and sole intent of screwing the Cal football program over. But there is no way he didn’t realize that these coaches had good relationships with very highly touted recruits whom he coveted, and that hiring these two specific coaches (as opposed to, say, the Oregon D-Line coach, or the receivers coach from Utah) had a potential to influence those recruits.
All in all it seems to back my initial contention that the timing of these hires was specifically designed to purposefully try and also win these recruits. If Sark couldn’t get them in the previous months, he’ll try now by buying their main recruiters.
Basically, you seem to agree with me, and your conclusion is “tough break, Cal.”
Just seems a bit sleazy to me.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
I believe that Sark decided he wanted Tosh and Kiesau for these positions without thinking about what recruits they would bring this year.
Once he decided who he wanted it was in our best interest to try and get them as quickly as possible, because we need as much recruiting power as possible.
Is Shaq or Payton really worth $3,000,000? That’s about how much we’ve garunteed Tosh and Kiealu will be making. I don’t think Sark was thinking in terms of individual recruits when he made his decision.
Shaq and Payton are probably worth a few hundred grand by themselves, maybe more over four years. Plus Tosh and Kiesau are good coaches, which is apparently worth several hundred thousand a year. Plus whatever other recruits they get over the next few years…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
You are really overvaluing individual recruits.
You really think that two recruits are worth around 10% of what our head coach makes?
Depends on the recruit
De’Anthony Thomas will likely have been worth millions to the UO athletic department by the time he leaves.
Well, yeah. I mean, your coach is supposedly worth more than he is making in salary, right? If there were no excess value generated then it wouldn’t be worthwhile for the institution.
Put it this way. If your program is generating $35-40 million, then what do you think the value of a star player is?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahah, he wasn’t trying to screw Cal, it’s just a happy side effect.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
If it was all about the coaches, why not wait and either try and buy them after LOI day, or perhaps make the announcement then?
Dude, there is no reason or incentive for UW to do this. Coaching changes happen before LOI day all the time. You might be right that they’re trying to do that, but this particular claim just isn’t good evidence that it’s true. There is nothing suspicious or unusual about the timing here.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
It may happen, but it’s meant to fuck with our recruiting as well, let’s not kid ourselves.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah...
I’m usually not paranoid, but UW has been trying to put doubts in the heads of our recruits.
They sent out a press release awhile back saying, “we’ve completed x of our y staff. Now we just need a defensive line coach with proven success coaching, experience with Wilcox’s system, and the ability to recruit nationally.”
Gee whiz, who could do all of that…?
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
So you want the Huskies to try
and sign their recruits without a complete coaching staff? You expect them to screw themselves to spare Cal’s recruiting class? That seems like a pretty unreasonible position.
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 2:38 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Sure, it’s a series of dick moves, but they’re all legal in the dirty world of college football. I think we’ve seen how far “class” takes us in college football.
And good luck trying to change things so everyone plays at our fairly high level of class.
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Sure, it’s a series of dick moves, but they’re all legal in the dirty world of college football.
Ummm … that’s sorf of why I said, “But so what, right? They can do it, so they did. Still don’t make it kosher.”
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
In other words, we’re butt hurt but we wouldn’t be if we were the poachers.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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When have we done something like this?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
No hard feelings, but we’re aiming at Rose Bowl wins more often than every fifty years or so . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
Might be true. I’m waiting to see if they do actually poach any recruits, and if so, how many. If no Cal recruits end up at UW, that’s going to be a hard claim to make, so we’ll see.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
The Problem is Revenue generation
This list shows that washington’s football is #27 and even their basketball team is #64. Our football team is #66, that is pretty big gap between the two schools. I now live in Seattle area and have to say they are smug and arrogant and believe they are the reclaiming theirs. It had been a good run for the last 10 years living with the quiet lap dog, I hope that the NCAA makes a stop over on the way of home from Oregon and shuts this mutt up.
http://businessofcollegesports.com/2011/06/20/which-football-and-basketball-programs-produce-the-largest-profits/
One good turn deserves another
Is there anything of value from the hu$kies we can take?
Huck the Fu$kies!
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let’s take a win from them when they visit next year. seriously.
by stevvy89 on Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
So this.
I’d love to get that one.
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Maybe this was just a move so we could hire Quinn Tedford
by harmonpreservationsociety on Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM PST reply actions
You can’t buy them, UW took em all.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YAY FOLLETT
Zack Follett @ZakarianFollett 9m
Resume is off and away, time to pray.. Up up and away! Oh it’s a glorious day! Praise our Lord! #calgang
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 17, 2012 1:15 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
sweet.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Get your ass here now, Zach.
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*Zack
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+’s are energetic, competitiveness, loyalty, passionate, big play guy, rushed the passer very well, forced a lot of fumles.
-‘s are that he’s never coached before and he’s never coached or played DL.
Fairly substantial negatives, but for our budget might be the kind of move we have to make.
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if he’s down for it, I’d bring him in as an Assistant of some sort for this year. I don’t know if he knows anything about DL coaching (or LB coaching for that matter)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Coaching what? Dline? Has he even been a grad assistant?
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Hard to imagine a GA makes substantial strides in recruiting.
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Wasn’t Tosh’s recruiting part of what got him promoted to DL coch?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
*coach
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK
Greg Biggins @GregBiggins
“I was fine with Tosh leaving but now Coach Kiesau is gone too, man that’s my WR coach. I got some serious praying to do,” Cedric Dozier
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I blame Tim Tebow.
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3 years for 700-800k
that is not per year, left for modest raise and OC title
not what everyone else is saying. everyone else is saying per year. Per year more likely b/c if its 700k for 3 years, an OC is making less than Tosh, a position coach.
also
in line with what they are paying Wilcox.
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Absolutely per year
you don’t pay Tosh as a DL lines coach for $500k and then pay the OC $250K.
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ok, then common sense is lost
way too much. If this is the direction of the PAC 12, I fear we are in for a bumby ride back to the bottom. Fucking dawgs.
by ginandbearit on Jan 17, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Side note
Cal is probably going to beat UW next year. Huge holes on the Husky offensive line, the loss of Chris Polk, and the joke of a defense + Cal’s number 1 defense (with most starters returning) = Maynard just has to not screw up.
I hope our O-line gets pumped and just abuses Tosh’s new family.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 17, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
For being a UW student it seems like you didn't watch that many UW games.
The O-line will be decent and while losing Polk hurts, we have plenty of capable running backs.
Watch the Oregon and USC games. The OL was inconsistent all year. Callier and Cooper are definitely not the same as Polk.
They aren't the same, but they aren't neccesarily a huge drop off either.
That inconsistent OL didn’t stop our offense from being great (against average to above average teams). Obviously it could be better, but I don’t think it is the huge weakness you are making it out to be.
Kelemete is gone and Tanigawa is coming off a torn ACL. They did fairly well at blocking against below average-average lines, but I really think next years Cal DL is going to be the best in the conference.
self-deprecation, it’s the cal way.
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by boomtho on Jan 17, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
classic Cal self-deprication. it’s how we deal with disappointments year after year. if Cal self-deprication were a recruit, Cal would be a 5star ESPN U top 10 recruit… which UW would then try to steal…
Top 10? We’d be #1 overall, what are you talking about.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
Wish I could match your optimism
We’ve lost to them 3 years in a row, twice when we should have won because we were (IMO) the better team.
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That's it.
Time to burn something.
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Let’s burn down Raleigh’s and Intermezzo!!!!!
Oh, wait.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hey. No one loved Raleigh’s more than me. I just love my comedy more. I have integrity like that.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Nope. Too much structure for my style of drinking. However, I was a loyal customer from 1998 through this year.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
From Gorcey
While #Cal’s at it, hiring @Lazer_15 as the WR coach wouldn’t be a terrible idea …
by LouisMurphy'sLaw on Jan 17, 2012 1:22 PM PST reply actions
I thought I read somewhere that Mac was coaching in the high school level
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Anyone know what Chase has been up to all these years after his Saints stint?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
FUCK! Ducks have expressed interest in rope coach
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:22 PM PST reply actions
Great Mike Leach has expressed interest as well
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
puahahahahaa
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we're actually pretty cheap re: assistants
unless this rope is made of hemp… that’ll get us thinking
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 17, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Weighing in
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
by Rishi on Jan 17, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
RFECD
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Our recruits just need a little time to digest this and see who the replacements are. We can get good replacements in time for them to be reassured by signing day.
by VermontBear on Jan 17, 2012 1:23 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Face it everyone
No way to compete with ridiculous $$$ like that. Whatever.
Move on, work like demons on this class, hire some great guys to take us forward.
And yeah, I’m booking flights for the game this year and those fatass alums behind me better stand up and represent!
GO BEARS!!!
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by 1988goldenbear on Jan 17, 2012 1:23 PM PST via mobile reply actions
means he’s an trojan.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Who says fight on a lot?
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
………………………Cal?
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#trollon
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm
Also seems to like UCLA.
High up on the list #8clap
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
I know it must kill you to lose these recruits
and I honestly feel bad. BUT NOT ONE OF THESE FUCKERS IS CONSIDERING OREGON. we can’t even get leftovers
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 17, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
he’s claiming his account was hacked and neither fighton nor the 8clap were his comments.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 17, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
"Wait somebody has hacked my twitter this is not me"
https://twitter.com/#!/AzizShittu/status/159389213123551234
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 17, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
someone post some good news
please. just make it up and sound convincing.
Jerry Rice in talks with Tedford to become WR coach
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
I just saved 15% on my car insurance.
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desean has a year of eligibility left!
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, everyone knows he went to Long Beach Poly, not Cal
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Never understood the furor about that stuff. Always assumed it happens because you can’t list a school you didn’t technically graduate from.
They do it all the time.
Even DJax has done it now and then. But mostly, he says LBP.
California has not sunk into the Pacific Ocean…yet
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
1. New Memorial will be open next season.
2. SAHPC is ready.
3. Our stellar recruiting class from last year is still here.
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by sec119 on Jan 17, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Cal Men’s Basketball is in 1st place.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Serious attempt
Zach Kline started class today. If he turns out to be what he could be, that makes up for a lot.
Good QB >> good anything else.
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I guess the way I’d put it is that OL is essential to great QB. So I will add that Michalczik remains on the staff, and that Tagaloa reconfirmed his commitment last night.
i’d say having a good OL makes it really easy to have average to above average QB play. and if we could get Pac-12 average QB play consistently, we would’ve won a lot more games recently.
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Rice news okay
but isn’t Montana calling our recruits and telling them to stay with Cal?
Not like UW wronged him
He just go stuck behind a guy that broke basically every school passing record last season.
by pranaferox on Jan 17, 2012 3:19 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
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What does this guy enjoy?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Tales of the numbers
UW:
Total Athletic Budget (2010): $61,640,598
Football Revenues (2010): $33,919,639
Football Expenses (2010): $19,207,560
Cal:
Total Athletic Budget (2010): $69,345,912
Football Revenues (2010): $24,433,654
Football Expenses (2010): $17,407,575
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We're so effin f'ed
I think when Raleigh’s burned down it was a sign we should have noted at the time.
…time to back away from keyboard maybe?
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I doused keyboard with gasoline
and am about to immolate: but don’t worry, I’m fine.
He’s gone? Should somebody file a missing persons report???!
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by LouisMurphy'sLaw on Jan 17, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Not so worried...
This will pass. If we can save baseball, I’m sure we have enough Cal Alums to raise the pay scale. It just took a thorn in the side first.
some Notre Dame fan is trying to recruit Treggs to ND now on twitter. someone stop him!!!
by LouisMurphy'sLaw on Jan 17, 2012 1:42 PM PST reply actions
Irish_Fan_In_MI Kyle Redmond
@BryceTreggs any possibility we see you at #ND now that the OC and WR coach at #Cal is heading to #UW? would love to have you in #NDnation
by LouisMurphy'sLaw on Jan 17, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
The balance of power shifts to the Northwest
Greetings to the Bear nation from a snowy white Seattle. I have been looking over some of your kind comments sent our direction and must admit I feel your pain. I’ve always been a fan of Cal and hope you guys can make life hell for Oregon and USC. Unfortunately this is the current state of affairs for college football. Money talks and it seems we have a bunch up here because our boosters have decided to open their wallets just a bit wider after our defensive nightmare against Baylor. Sark has been rather greedy in rebuilding a rather weak defensive staff to almost biblical proportions in less than 2 weeks. The new “Dream Team” in college coaching is how SI referred to it. New defensive coordinator from Tennessee along with his best friend who just happened to be the top recruiter at Tennessee. The top recruiter at Oregon State. The top recruiter at Cal and now just to twist it a bit more the 2nd best recruiter at Cal. I’m beginning to see a pattern here just 2 weeks before signing day…
That having been said, we still have to play the games. So, there’s that.
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by that do you mean the Game of Trolls?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Now I think I know what it must have felt like
to be part of the rebel army and get bitch-slpped by darth vader. Where are you yoda?
Suck on dese nuts TexAss!!!
by bearblueballz on Jan 17, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting tweet is interesting
Resume is off and away, time to pray.. Up up and away! Oh it’s a glorious day! Praise our Lord! #calgang
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
other than being enthusiatic, is there any reason to believe he would be a good coach? Not getting the love fest here
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
I'd love to see him as a GA
but he’s simply not qualified to be a full coach yet.
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - R. Feynman
my thought as well
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 17, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Any reason to believe he wouldn’t be a good coach? He certainly got the most out of his physical abilities at Cal, I thought. Definitely worth giving a shot to as a GA, I think.
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
No reason to believe he wouldn’t be. But he probably needs some training before he’s ready for it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Right, that’s why you hire him as a GA!
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
In all seriousness
Do you think Tedford will go after Randall Carroll? He’d have a year of eligibility and he would be the burner the team needs.
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LOL.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
I gotta say this: I have to hand it to Sark and the Huskies. They knew what they wanted, had the money, made an aggressive play and came out on top. Well played. They managed to lure away two of Cal’s best recruiters and position coaches, thereby strengthening their staff and ability to recruit while weakening an in-division conference foe. Gutsy and shrewd. It’s like Microsoft or Google hiring away Jony Ive and Scott Forstall away from Apple.
I also can’t blame Kiesau or Lupoi for leaving. That kind of money is life-changing and they are only looking out for their (and their families’) best interests. It’s too bad that they are leaving to an in-division conference opponent (it may have hurt less had they gone to Florida or Texas or Ohio State), but it is perfectly reasonable to understand their motivation.
At this point, I think that we should all take a deep breath and remember, college football is just a game played by 18 to 23 year olds. The sun will rise tomorrow. I can see how perhaps Tedford and Barbour probably could have tried to preempt this kind of thing from happening, but in the end, we probably couldn’t have matched the money from UW.
I think what will be important to note is how Sandy and Tedford bounce back from this and respond. Is it more of the same or is something done to retain the valuable pieces we have left (Coach M, Gould) and bring in some new talent.
Take a look at what happened to the Bruins this off-season. Mora Jr. was hired and everyone over at BN went ape-shit. But he’s quietly put together a good staff, has done a great job of recruiting and things are looking up for them.
These changes present us with an opportunity. Look at what happened with the baseball team last year — they were on their way to being eliminated, but then their fortunes changed with some hard work and perseverance.
Let’s wait a few days to let the dust settle. February 1 will come eventually and we’ll end up with a class we can all be proud of. Let’s remember that our football team is representing the best public university in the world and that’s something that we should continue to be proud of, more so than the number of five star recruits we can attract.
I understand the frustration here. I’m feeling down about it as much as the rest of you are, but I’m trying to maintain some perspective. It’s not the end of the world.
by daveman on Jan 17, 2012 2:23 PM PST reply actions 7 recs
hurray for level-headed Bears! you’re a good Cal fan, daveman.
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
I also can’t blame Kiesau or Lupoi for leaving. That kind of money is life-changing and they are only looking out for their (and their families’) best interests. It’s too bad that they are leaving to an in-division conference opponent (it may have hurt less had they gone to Florida or Texas or Ohio State), but it is perfectly reasonable to understand their motivation.
Agreed, though Tosh recruiting Shaq right away doesn’t feel right to me.
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yes thanks. btw. the end of the world happens in December of this year.
In a classic Cal twist, the end of the world will occur as we are getting ready for the Rose Bowl after a miracle run through Pac 12 play.
classic Cal twist
Don’t know what I did, but I’ll take it!
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Isn’t more private $ than public $ being pumped into UC? ARE WE STILL PUBLIC?!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I think that the Federal Government percentage has increased more recently. I seem to recall an article saying that Cal now receives more money from the Federal Government than from the State of California.
As it gets more funding from the federal government and less from Sacramento, UC Berkeley is effectively morphing from a state university into a federal university, according to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.
It's really not the end of the world
It’s a blow, and we will lose talent, but there have been teams in this coach’s administration that have had wonderful seasons with recruits that were less heralded than the ones we’ll be putting on the field for the next several years.
I do think it’s a critical time for the Tedford era. There’s more than enough raw material here to build a quality product, despite the setbacks. But whether that will happen or not is an open question, given the results of the last several years.
Nevertheless, the current state of affairs still looks quite good compared to the average over my lifetime as a Bear fan. If the trajectory isn’t going to be quite as smooth as I was expecting, I’m still going to try to appreciate it. There’s nothing better than a Saturday afternoon in Memorial Stadium. We should be grateful to have that in our lives again. Go Bears.
by Reef on Jan 17, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Daveman please!
Can’t I hate Trash Lupus for stealing recruits he worked for Cal? Please? Too much sobriety!
IT WAS LUPUS ONCE!
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Cal has been a doormat for 50 years
Because of this attitude. We just got bent by a conference rival and Bear Backers just throw up there hands and say “let’s just take a deep breath”.
We are moving into new $300 million stadium. Why do we have the 2nd lowest assistant payroll in the Pac? Why is JT making over $2 million and his most productive assistant $160k?
JT, Sandy and Birgeanau has plenty of explaining to do. I want specifics. Don’t let them off the hook.
amen brother
Hard to believe that these kids and their families would toss a chance at one of the best universities in the world for the migration of a couple of coaches (who probably won’t be there long).
But we know that from years of perspective.
I love how some of the commits are still rock solid. We will get what we get and make the most of it.
GO BEARS!!!
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by 1988goldenbear on Jan 17, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Fun
http://www.twitter.com/adamgorney
Three-star WR #Cal commit Kenny Walker said he has “some homework to do” and that #UCLA and #Washington are also being considered now.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 17, 2012 2:34 PM PST reply actions
It's always DOOM in California
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Those sunrise and sunset times are not calibrated to Cal standard time
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I ask again
Make some more positive sh*t up! Now!
Wait...
…you mean UW didn’t just buy that?
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OK I was going to wait until next season...
But we should just do it now…hire Justin Wilcox as Head Coach
I don’t know he seems like a perfectly reasonable candidate to me (extensive coordinator experience, has connections that can be used to get position coaches, some Cal history) We might as well start debating this new HC thing now…
by Mallrat92204 on Jan 17, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
If he does well, lots of folks expect that to be serious talk soon . . .
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 1:46 AM PST up reply actions
Wilcox
I mean his resume could be better but his defenses at Boise were great. Even though Boise played a weak schedule the defense held up when they played BCS teams.
His defense this past year at Tennessee was ranked 27th in total defense and 36th in scoring defense, which sounds good to me considering Cal’s roster on the defensive side is more loaded than Tennessee’s roster.
Wilcox seems like the best coordinator with west coast ties, lets just take him now.
New Memorial! New HC!
by Mallrat92204 on Jan 18, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Well I am moving on from being mad
I am ready for Tedford to fill these positions, sign a recruiting class and keep it moving.
Are we going to have a top 10 recruiting class still? No and we probably won’t have a top 25 class as well. However, we should have a good group of kids coming in, along with the last two good classes that we have brought in so the immediate future looks a lot brighter than the past.
All Cal can do is beat UW with the kids we have and go to a Rose Bowl.
You’re so right. When the UW wins the Rose Bowl the kids will come…to Seattle! We have not won the Rose Bowl in 10 years but with the NCAA coming down with new rules just before they announce Oregon’s many violations that will hopefully chop the legs off the worst fans in the country I think that will change soon.
OH NO TEN WHOLE YEARS YOU POOR POOR DEARS
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
can we start Kline nao plz?
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM PST reply actions
Also this puts a lot of pressure on Sleezy Sark and this staff
UW is in win now mode and if they don’t produce a Pac12 champion within the next 4 years somebody is getting fired.
You don’t pay out all of this money for 7-7 or 8-4 seasons.
I’m thinking if he doesn’t make significant strides and plays in at least in Pac 12 championship in the next 2 years, he’s gone. They’ve given him everything he can ask for (new coaches, new stadium, loads of cash), so he’s absolutely out of excuses. His situation is similar to being the manager at Man City (yes, a soccer reference). “Here’s everything you wanted and asked for. Win or get fired.”
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I think he will have more than two years to get to a Pac12 CCG. I can see them giving him four only because next season they wont be playing at home.
FUCK THIS SHIT
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Beat Furd
Beat UDub
Everything else is gravy.
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by secret ASian man on Jan 17, 2012 2:57 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
i’ve been DYING to beat S. Utah. smug S.O.Bs have it coming.
by stevvy89 on Jan 17, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re getting less clever with your handles. Next time, try to make it more relevant to the current situation and more accurately critical about our program and/or blog.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Sooooo...
A couple weeks ago we were pissed about the team underperforming and laying yet another nationally televised egg. This week we’re pissed that someone came and overpaid for coaches from that program?
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gotta love the wild swings of emotions from doom to doom.
by j.lee on Jan 17, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Indeed. Just wanted to make sure I was keeping up in my fandom.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't be anything but
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 17, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
I totally start singing your username.
se-cret… AA-sian MAAn
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 17, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
By any measure Tosh was a great recruiter, which is why the underperforming can be underperforming in the first place. Also, by and large his area of coaching has been a strength.
Kiesau is a minor loss as a coach, and being upset is more the potential loss of recruits, another member of the staff who can relate to high school players, and the general hangover from yesterday.
Just trying to lighten the mood with some DOOM humor. Or, DOOOmor as I like to call it.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
You beat me to it!
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"overpaying" for coaches
It’s not clear to me that UW is “overpaying” for coaches. Rather, I think that the Pac-12 coaching salary structure is starting to adjust to the new influx of TV dollars. It started with the head coaches (see the new hires) and now it’s trickling down to assistants.
It’s too bad we weren’t more proactive about adjusting salaries first, but it’s possible that budget/political realities made this impossible for us. But I bet everyone in the Pac-12 is paying their assistants 2x their current salary in a few years.
Good point. I just hope they’re overpaying.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
To me, the question of overpaying for Kiesau isn’t his salary in the abstract, it’s paying that amount of money to someone with his record. I get that this is pretty much what they had to pay, given what Wilcox is making, so maybe it’s just a matter of whether they made the right choice or were disproportionately attracted to the idea of getting some quick recruits and pillaging a conference rival.
I think Tosh is worth every penny of what he’s making.
As a Coug, I'd just like to say welcome to hating UW.
A couple of key points to remember:
1. Purple is a terrible color for anything not just for a football team.
2. They will literally make barking sounds.
3. If you ever trash talk them their fall back comeback will be something about how they won half a national championship 20+ years ago.
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep in."
by kelly20210 on Jan 17, 2012 3:29 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
If you ever trash talk them their fall back comeback will be something about how they won half a national championship 20+ years ago.
well fuck we have no comeback then.
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I remember the 1991 game versus UW like it was yesterday. I was more proud than bitter after the game, but looking back on it, damn, we should have won that, gone to a Rose Bowl, and taken away their half a championship.
Man, you guys are making this too easy. It sounds like you just got the death penalty. We lost two coaches ourselves in the last three weeks and what did we do? Go and get new coaches. Geez, guys…this isn’t anything new. Buck up!
Oh, I remember the 1991 game like it was yesterday also. I also remember being on the 50 yard line of the Rose Bowl a month later as we kicked the crap out of Michigan and won the National Championship with the most dominate defense the PAC-10 has ever seen.
It might be living in the past but at least I have a past to live in.
…what are you trying to accomplish with your trolling, exactly?
by Missing Barry on Jan 17, 2012 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
There is actually an awesome comeback.
0-12. Live it. Love it.
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep in."
0-12. That sucked big time as a Husky fan but we’ve beaten you every game since so how awesome is your comeback?
Why are you here?
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by sec119 on Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm here because you guys are genuinely funny!
Admit I’m having a hard time understanding while watching you ‘all toggle between rational, sarc and ’DOOM,’ but it’s quite entertaining.
and despite losing a couple coaches, when I look at our two teams on paper (last year’s team, current coaches, wild guess on recruits, schedules) you don’t appear to be in bad shape.
by HuskyInExile on Jan 18, 2012 2:00 AM PST up reply actions
If you ever trash talk them their fall back comeback will be something about how they won half a national championship 20+ years ago.
We’re so fucked
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And what is your fall back? Cougars haven’t won anything and your school is still in Pullman and will always be in Pullman. Who the hell wants to even drive through Pullman? Go Dawgs!
Mike Leach apparently.
It’ll be fun when Leach gives a giant FUCK YOU to your new defense.
by CaliforniaBone on Jan 17, 2012 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Is your life really so empty that you have to try to make yourself feel important by coming to a Cal website not only to gloat at our misfortune but also to taunt WSU fans? What a sad little person you are.
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Is it you?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
YOU KNOW I’M ILLITERATE, DAMMIT! Why must you reveal my secret to the world!
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This is good
Not_Coach_Lupoi Not Coach Tosh Lupoi
Red rover, red rover, send Arroyo, Gould, Pendergast, Michalczik, Ambrose, Thompson right over. #profit
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Then you might like this
Not_Coach_Lupoi Not Coach Tosh Lupoi
Look, I gotta do what’s best for me and my family. Obviously, not the #calgang family, I mean my own real family! Lol
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 17, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Trollin so hard!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Hard trolling is a art
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
At least they’re leaving Blasquez…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 17, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
Someone who is obviously out-trolling you. Step it up, Twist!
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This is kinda funny
So, as I was saying… We’re a family here at U-Dub. It’s among the universities of the world & I can’t see myself anywhere else. #dawgpack
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People, it’s a BUSINESS. Gotta look out for ourselves. It’s just like that documentary I saw recently. Think it was called Game of Thrones.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 17, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Frankly, if I were Sark, I would’ve gone after Gould instead of Kiesau.
In NFL at one point or another
Gould: Echemandu, Arrington, Lynch, Forsett, Best, Vereen
Kiesau: Jackson, Hawkins, McKnight (Colorado)
Don’t give him any ideas! Haven’t we given them enough these days?
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