Coach Wes Chandler: What To Expect With Wide Receivers In 2012 And Beyond
by TwistNHook on Jan 24, 2012 3:00 AM PST
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TwistNHook: Let's take a closer look and get people's thoughts on new WR Coach Wes Chandler. From Wikipedia (it's up today!):
As coach:
I don't know much about how good of a coach he is, but I am encouraged by his hall-of-fame-worthy NFL career. His accomplishments and experience on the field should resonate with recruits and their parents. He may not play xbox with the kids, but he will have plenty to tell them about how to excel at the next level.
Overall, I do not have strong opinions either way on this hire. I'll wait until I see the results on the field.
OhioBear: His short stints in the World League and the UFL don't appear to be of concern either. He spent only one year with the Frankfurt Galaxy as an assistant, but he left for a head coaching gig with the Berlin Thunder. (Sidebar: Former Cal QB Pat Barnes played for Frankfurt when Chandler was an assistant there.) Chandler then understandably bolted for the Dallas Cowboys.
On coaching at the college level:
You never waver from the basic fundamentals of teaching the game. You have to have patience with these players. They have have to be academically eligible to participate. When I was athletic director not one of the sports programs was allowed to pick up a ball until they had a one-hour tutorial. Today’s athletes have to study history or they become history.
On communicating with athletes in the age of Twitter and Facebook:
"The digital age of communication with people is huge. We see it in politics and, more importantly, we see it in football. At the end of the day, it’s about being able to sit down in front of a young man and his family and talk about the game of life. Not do it on the phone, not text him `Hello.’ Let them hear that come out of your mouth instead of reading it. There’s a tremendous difference. I can respect (social media). But the people who take advantage of the key recruiting aspects, they do it in person."
Chandler is definitely an old school guy and so far I like what I'm hearing from him. He's committed to developing the players as scholars and as young men, something more important than their development on the football field.
""First of all, all great players don’t make good coaches. Because you played the game at a high level and you were successful does not necessarily mean you can be a teacher. For me, I was a student of the game. I wanted to know everything about the position, the offense, the pattern, why it was going to be successful and what my role was in that particular play."When I started coaching — teaching for me is a better term — you look at each player differently, individually. They learn differently, have different skill sets. You want them to come together. The communication aspect is a major part of it. I expect to be able to talk to them and have feedback. It’s different when you coach it than when you played it. When you’re on that field it’s a different animal because players move, they’re not pawns. You have to translate what’s going on on the field.""
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I hear that atomsareenough
is discontent with the lack of recognition and credit under twistnhook. Just look at that cogent and intelligent statement about Coach Chandler. Clearly he deserves higher billing in the article.
Rumours are that UW Dawg Pound is offering to make atoms a regular contributor and a content coordinator (a position that CGB was unwilling to give)
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by CalBear949 on Jan 24, 2012 3:37 AM PST via Android app reply actions
But will the offer include a boat?
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2012 5:05 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yes
Its is a small boat but it is filled to the brim with JUMBACOS
Champions Win
by Admiral Akbar on Jan 24, 2012 8:34 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Mmmmm....Jumbacos....forget the boat.
If it was me I might just take the offer.
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 24, 2012 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
That is true. I am not willing to give those positions to atomsareenough.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID!
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If you need to start looking for replacements quickly less we start losing readers, I come with long blogging credentials and professional national-wide marketing experience. I do not just watch but study the game. Savvy with social media and mentors youths during my free time.
Not to mention I am cal alum and extreme loyalty to CAL.
I can care less about a boat. :)
get off me bandwagoners!
Clean Cut Media
by cleancutmedia on Jan 24, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
I can care less
You are certainly no atoms!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
This is true. I could not care less.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
…I do?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
you see the level of disrespect there?
Ohio Bear got two quotes! Two!
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Ha, thanks. However, I do not accept Jumbacos as payment. Just wanted to put that out there.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll think about it :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
New York Sentinels
isn’t that the fictional team for which Keanu Reeves’ character joined in The Replacement?
by LEastCoastBears on Jan 24, 2012 5:16 AM PST reply actions
I believe that was the Wasington Sentinels
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 24, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
Little known fact
Before being traded to the Chargers, Chandler was Warren Beatty’s primary deep threat on the “Heaven Can Wait” Rams.
And if Cal is going to tap into fictional football teams, then there is no question in my mind that Eric Taylor should be the next Offensive Coordinator. Taylor might even be able to coax along a Riggins brother or two; what they lack in Xbox skills, they make up in “shotgun” engineering—both of the beer-can and firearms variety. This undoubtedly would help the Bears recruit throughout Big-12 country.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Jan 24, 2012 7:28 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Since people are worried that Tedford can’t fire up his players, Eric Taylor would be great.
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose!!
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
by HeyAlumniGo on Jan 24, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
You mean Kyle Chandler?
Is he related to Wes?
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 24, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor. Great motivator.
Don’t think he’s related to Wes Chandler.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
by HeyAlumniGo on Jan 24, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
They appear to be a UFL team.
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Safe to assume that Chandler isn’t the “passing game coordinator” that Kiesau held (seemed to call most of Cal’s plays?) and that Howard won’t be the “recruiting coordinator?” Does this mean we’ll have Coach M calling plays and, if so, will he be in the booth?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
...or maybe, with a more experienced veteran coaching staff....
maybe Tedford might return to the booth and call the plays?
probably not. but you never know…
Kenwick Thompson is now listed as recruiting coordinator. There is no passing game coordinator, although Ron Gould continues to hold the run game coordinator title.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Jan 24, 2012 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
He was, which I think was an element of To$h’s discontent.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
play calling
I think Tedford will be in the loop on all the play calling.
Coach Chandler
I like everything I hear about Coach Chandler: his priorities, his teaching philosophy and his experience. I coached for 3 years at the JUCO level, I was the only coach on the staff with D1 experience and had ‘fred’ with the players for that simple reason. I had been where they all wanted to go. For two of my years we had an ex 49er all pro/superbowl winner on the staff and he had more fred than any other coach, including the head coach (who was a great guy and knew football). In the end, kids look up to the people who have been where they want to go…I think Chandler s a fine addition to the CAL family!
by Biff Tater on Jan 24, 2012 10:11 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Cred vs. fred
I really don’t like spell check on these posting boards…the word ‘fred’ in the previous post should be replace with ‘Cred’!
oh thank God...
…..I thought there was another term out there to learn.
Great thoughts there. I hope that Chandler can be a beacon to some of our recruits and players on what to do to get to that next level.
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I thought
we were the beacons for the recruits and players. How could it possibly be otherwise? That’s the whole reason I signed up yesterday…
The only reason I bleed is to get the red out of me.
like your tagline, but you realize blood is blue before it leaves the body?
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 24, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
That's actually
the layers of skin and veins that make it look blue. Whether it’s oxygenated or not, blood cells are all different shades of red. So I get the stupid red blood out and keep the blue veins in. It’s the Cal version of the hokey pokey.
The only reason I bleed is to get the red out of me.
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loving the hire
also theres some guy that always comments on the cal articles on the espn pac12 blog that is really fucking annoying. i hope he never finds his way to cgb but he’d get banned anyway. think his sn is GooooooooooBears. only bringing it up cause he has been constantly bashing the new hires and blaming “Tedfraud” and “Butch Barbour”. anyway, chandler is tight and that’s all that matters.
If he managed to find his way here, we would just troll the shit out of him until he left by posting the Jeff Tedford Honorary Shrine thread and talking about how much Sandy Barbour has done for Cal Athletics.
If he posted here, I’m fairly sure he wouldn’t be able to last an hour without getting banned for trolling.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, Amy...
I have that script on the other site that just blocks all her posts from “MoreNCSComing” or whatever that is by replacing all her posts as “troll blocked”.
It’s an obsession for he/she/it that goes way beyond the unhealthiness of Sark’s yet-unconfirmed seal bashing.
The only reason I bleed is to get the red out of me.
Unconfirmed, but disturbingly undenied.
by mrjpark on Jan 24, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I think Amy is male. I think its a shortened form of AMythicalChampionship, which was the first name he/she/it posted under.
And if Amy came here, they’d probably end up getting banned, but we’d have some fun first.
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Fair point.
To further your point, everybody on the internet is, in fact, a male. An oversight on my part.
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This should have been your first clue.
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It was fantastic."
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Stop doing Pat Barnes these injustices!
(Sidebar:Former Cal QB Pat Barnes played for Frankfurt when Chandler was an assistant there.) Chandler then understandably bolted for the Dallas Cowboys.
1) Pat Barnes was a very good QB for us – definitely in the top 3 QB’s of the last 20 years.
2) Pat Barnes was with the Raiders in 1988, not in Europe. He didn’t play for Frankfurt until 1999, when he took them all the way to a World Bowl championship.
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