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Football: Martin update
By Jonathan Okanes
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 4:48 pm in Football, off-season stuff.
Had a brief phone conversation with Chris Martin a little while ago. He didn’t want to make any further comment other than what is in the press release but reiterated that his decision was strictly personal and had nothing to do with Cal’s football program or the university itself. He also said he has already committed to another program but didn’t want to disclose what the school is just yet. He did imply that the school is not on the West Coast. Martin said he would be at the new school by the end of this week.
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July 20th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
my guess is miami. they poached the sc guy as well.
July 20th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
florida guaranteed
July 20th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Many five stars are busts. This guy sounds like a mama’s boy, or seems to have trouble staying out of trouble in the east bay, or both. Why was he shipped out to Colorado for high school? Price and Browner are experienced and probably will do this year what could have reasonably hoped for for this guy. Move on. SC and Ucla also have lost top recruits.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
No need to badmouth the kid. He already helped us get some top notch recruits with his initial commitment. At least we know we didn’t lose him because of cheating like certain other programs.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
What a dissapointment. Typical Cal, as much as it hurts to type this. Every time it seems like we take a step forward something invariably happens. Please someone tell me Keenan Allen isn’t leaving.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Ragland – Whiteside – Martin – ??
July 20th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Pessimism is self fulfilling.
July 20th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Every program loses guys. It hurts today but will be forgotten right when summer camp opens.
What will really hurt is if the Bears lose more games than they win this fall.
If the team is good Cal fans will be happy and top notch talent will sign again this winter to be future Bears.
The Team and the new facilities are far more important than one person.
Best of luck to Mr. Martin.
Go Bears
July 21st, 2010 at 12:24 am
For those of you with a subscription to the BearInsider and had a chance to read Martin’s interview after his commitment this should not come as a surprise. In the interview Martin talked about how though he grew up in here in Oakland he not only disliked Cal, he actually flat out “hated” the school and had absolutely no intention of ever playing for it. But after his verbal commitment to Notre Dame fell apart following Weiss’s firing his ended up committing to his home town school because his mother literally had him promise that if he, for whatever reason, does not end up with his dream school, i.e. ND, he will stay home and go to Cal. Off course he talked about how he feels different about Cal and all after that but the bottom line is it is not unfair to say that his heart might not have been really on board with his decision to come to Cal. Now how much of that has to do with this mysterious personal reason to transfer, I don’t know but it might shed some light on it. In any case I still think his commitment helped Cal land some decent talent late in recruiting so that helps ease the pain a bit.
July 21st, 2010 at 7:42 am
Abe – good observations
If his commitment last year helped recruiting
will his decision to leave help this year’s recruiting?
Sometimes movement by a key recruit can create doubts.
Martin’s actions remind me of an UCLA OL recruit from Hawaii 2 years ago.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:41 am
That guy Havilli has turned out to be an underachieving behavior problem for ucla. Having an unwillingness to keep commitments reflects upon one’s character.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:17 am
Hasiak, not Havili. Stan Hasiak. He is starting for them.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:45 am
hasiak you’re right. havilli is the sc guy. thanks.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:54 am
i wonder if he found out he was going to have to practice at 7am, and decided to bail. i kinda thought that might be an issue. we need to get more kids into the stadium so they dream of being golden bears. too many local kids take off for greener pastures. it’s rather embarrassing.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Hasiak bailed out(or was encouraged) from the team last year. It would be a great turnaround for him if he starts.
I think he irritated fellow teammates last year.
Knowing how Martin feels towards Cal, the same could have happened here.
If Martin is as good recruiter as he says, Florida made a hit
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/07/22/ucla.guard.ap/index.html
July 23rd, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Dan: Read JO’s preview of ucla. Hasiak backup out for academic reasons.