Comments on: Football: Martin update

By: covinared

covinared — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:29:02 +0000

Dan: Read JO’s preview of ucla. Hasiak backup out for academic reasons.

By: Calduke

Calduke — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:48:12 +0000

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/07/22/ucla.guard.ap/index.html

By: Calduke

Calduke — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:57 +0000

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

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:54:23 +0000

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.

By: covinared

covinared — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:45:37 +0000

hasiak you’re right. havilli is the sc guy. thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:17:29 +0000

Hasiak, not Havili. Stan Hasiak. He is starting for them.

By: covinared

covinared — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:41:18 +0000

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.

By: Calduke

Calduke — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:42:07 +0000

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.

By: abe

abe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:24:58 +0000

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.

By: Bears

Bears — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:14:37 +0000

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