Cal Football Hires 4-time Pro-Bowler, Wes Chandler, as WR Coach

He was an awesome player and from all accounts he is a really good teacher at that elite training camp. Should be an outstanding mentor for the WRs. Great news!

All our returning and incoming WRs on scholarship are the speedy and athletic guys. They got the physical tools. Counting on Chandler to teach them sure hands and separation from DB.

And we have some impressive walk-on WRs in McGovern and Bouza, while they may lack the speed, hoping they become reliable targets like Loggy was in 2009. (although Loggy wasnt a walk-on)

Thankfully, it seems we traded in a Chevy for a Lexus as WR coach.

Good grief, does this mean we need to thank Sarksleazian?

My, Kodiak.

You are quite the busy bee today!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/01/19/washington.lupoi.ripple.effect/index.html?eref=twitter_feed

only concern is that he’s 55 so he might not “get” the young kids (or vice versa). Credentials are certainly great.

Hope Tedford can find another for DL coach get those commits back in the Calgang!

Here’s what Kenny Walker talking about his dad and the Tosh factor (via ESPN)

"My dad was a little bothered I think. He said he wished Tosh had told us earlier what was going on and didn’t get how he could sell another program so fast after being with Cal for so long. It’s definitely a weird situation and I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty confused right now. I feel like I’m basically having to start all over again but I have a visit set up for (Jan. 27) and we’ll see how it goes."

is why did it take him so long to find his way to Cal? He sounds like the Ron Gould of wide receivers, with the addition of a stellar NFL career to his name!

Perhaps it’s just taken this long for Chandler to realize his calling is college ball, especially under a Tedford-style boss? If Tosh Lupoi embodies all that is great and terrible about youth, then Chandler would seem to be an equivalent representation of age and experience—although I’m not exactly sure what the “terrible” in Chandler’s case would be.

I much prefer experience to youth, but given who we lost and, now, who we have gained, just out of a sense of balance, I guess I’m hoping Tedford finds a guy on the younger side to take over the D-line.

Neither they nor their parents can question what Wes Chandler knows about the NFL and what it takes to be a WR in the league. He’ll have credibility.

Given our poor budget for assistants, this seems like a good hire. It certainly fits the “journeyman and/or no demonstrated record of success at the FBS-AQ level” which, if I were in charge, I’d avoid. Can’t argue his collegiate success and it seems, as others have pointed out, his turnover was due to head coaching changes. Nonetheless, it’s not impossible to be retained as an assistant when the head coach changes, but it is less likely.

My friend is a small business owner, but he makes $25,000 less than the top employee and is the 3rd highest paid employee in the company. While he wishes he made more money, he realizes his business really needs these two higher paid people in order to succeed. Yes, I know sports aren’t like real life and college football is crazy, but it would be nice if others could feel and do similarly as my friend.

but Payton and Treggs were having a conversation that made it seem like Payton still planned on coming to Cal. ::fingers crossed::