The problems include admissions but go way beyond that. The recently fired coach did not develop relations with coaches and clubs and was in general a lousy recruiter. It wasn't that long ago that Cal had 5 star recruits and respectable standings in the Pac 12 but the last two disastrous coaching hires completely demolished the program. I'm a Cal grad and have watched games going back over 50 years. Even in the lean years, and there were many, the team had players that were fun to watch. Not the case, recently. But, with the portal and NIL basketball teams can be turned around quickly, and that is what Madsen must do. So, a Stanford grad as Cal basketball coach, and a Cal grad as Stanford football coach.
I have NO knowledge if these coaches would be interested, but I think both Lou Ritchie and Frank Knight would strong adds. The idea came from what Sacramento State football did with the Folsom HS coaches, Sacramento State basketball adding Loren Leath. Adds some local credibility and excitment in addition to what Madsen is bringing.
Can't go much worse than 3-29, so Im going to assume hes better. He will recurit, he was West Coast ties, hes from here. Mark Fox was the worst hire, did not recurit and was not a west coast person, fit matters more than anything in college.
mick cronin isnt a west coast guy, andy enfield isnt a west coast guy, dana altman isnt a west coast guy and sean miller (this current zona team he recruited) those are who he is chasing.
They do not have 8 California scholarship players, they have 4 scholarship with 2 walkons (hyder and ragsadale didn’t play a minute) ……Thats 6 total…….2 scholarship Bay Area kids both from BOD, Robinson is a walkon……5 of their top 8 in their rotation are from 2 Ireland, Germany, Cananda and Australia
all i said was guys from california. which there are 8.
Been a long coaching drought since likes of Braun, Montgomery, and Martin. And Martin was smart enough to realize I gotta get out of this mess when he bolted for mizzou. Can’t even fathom Braun getting fired for a nearly .600 winning % now. Place is a political cesspool of everything that is wrong with our current state.
I think keeping in focused on the basketball program, I would say it started going down the last year with Cuonzo, who left a pretty bare roster, then Wyking didn't do anything in two years and Mark Fox followed it up with four poor years.
Martin benefited from Montgomery and then had nobody coming back and this was pre transfer portal. He left a big void. His timing was perfect….. for him.
Talking strictly athletics.Forbes ranks UC Berkeley best public university, 2nd overall in the US
UC Berkeley is the top public university and the second best overall in the United States, according to Forbes’ 2022 America’s Top Colleges list.dailycal.org
It may be woke but it aint broke.....in fact it appears to be thriving in most things except athletics
According to Forbes senior education reporter Emma Whitford, the America’s Top Colleges ranking considered factors such as alumni salary, which makes up 20% of the ranking model. Other factors include student debt, graduation rates and the number of Pell grant recipients each school enrolls. These numbers are gathered from two different data sources, Whitford added.
Their non revenue and Olympic sports are pretty top notch traditionally, they have one of the most robust sports programs in the country for better or worse
Same with Stanford. Rowing, swimming, badminton, rugby. Honestly akin to club sports.
what does woke have to do with athletics? what is the opposite? how does that translate to basketball?
It was Larry''s thinly vailed attempt to throw Politics into the mix.
Cal is a bottom feeder of the PAC-12 for many reason, admission requirements being the main for recruiting and the administration putting education before athletics. But with the right coach and recruiting/portal they can be a team that has a winning record. No bubble, I live in the real world outside of conspiracies and delusions.
You don’t know cal well. Admissions for athletes is nothing like it is for even athletes going to UC Davis. Stanford draws a tight line and doesn’t budge. Cal does not and never has. Cal was never the bottom feeder. They are now.
Dude, Cal has been a bottom feeder for the last 6 years. And were a middle of the pack team before that. Last time they won the conference was when is was the PAC-10!
Cal has a history of success. Sandy Barbour was a nightmare for that school. Anybody who knows cal athletics has an understanding of the mess she made.
Barbour hired Montgomery, one of Cal's best hire's in recent years. Far better AD than MW or the current clown. But there's another reason you don't like Barbour
Barbour fired tedford and hired sonny dykes.
Tedford was trending downwards and had them on the brink of probation due to low APR scores…….Dykes did fine everywhere else don’t think he was the problem
Im a diehard Cal football fan, they sucked ass 2010,11 and 12…..he gambled Otis and the NC crew of kids which failed, he lost Tosh his ace recruiter, cycled thru hella offensive coordinators and was about to be on probation for shitty academics……..why you stick with that at the time ? Who sticks with a dude who’s losing and about to put you on probation?
