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Football: From the press box
By Jonathan Okanes
Saturday, October 29th, 2011 at 9:34 pm in Football, Gameday.
The biggest news postgame is coach Jeff Tedford’s comments that he will evaluate the quarterback position, leaving the door open for him to switch to sophomore Allan Bridgford.
“We’ll see,” Tedford said. “We’ll look at the tape and make a determination with that.”
Tedford also revealed that linebacker Mychal Kendricks was suspended for the first quarter for violating team rules. Defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast said that Kendricks had thumb surgery last week and his reps were limited in practice.
Other notes:
- Zach Maynard threw for 199 yards, the first time this season he has failed to reach the 200-yard mark.
- Marvin Jones was held to just one catch for 11 yards.
- UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince became the first Bruins quarterback to rush for 100 yards since 1976.
- UCLA safety Tevin McDonald became just the fourth freshman in conference history to record three interceptions in a game.
- Cal WR Keenan Allen had seven catches for 83 yards.
- D.J. Campbell led the Bears with 11 tackles.
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October 29th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
It took JT EIGHT games to figure out the QB position is a problem????? Most of us neophyte fans saw this after four-five games. This comment is frankly, unacceptable. He needed to (in years past as well) rotate QBs to a) see if they can do better and b) prepare the backups for future contingencies. Doesn’t he remember how bad Mansion was after Riley got hurt last season? Brock wasn’t ready!!!!!
QB guru???? Not anymore, unfortunately!!!
October 29th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
let hinder have a chance if bridgford can’t get it done, or even boehm. why not?
October 29th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
I don’t recall KA saying anything about a QB change. Since JT doesn’t go to the bathroom without his permission, we’ll just have to wait for his confirmation. I just don’t think he’s ready to take the ball away from his brother yet. Maybe wait for ASU.
I’m still hopeful, though. I’ll take the under and say ZM throws no more than 7 picks in the Big Game.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Not the “We’ll look at the tape” line from a head coach. There’s nothing to see coach, your QB stinks.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
After the first game everyone said “maybe he’s nervous” and new excuses were added each game. I didn’t buy into them. Usually I feel better on Sundays because I can watch Aaron Rodgers and remind people where he went to school but GB has a bye this week.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Will the last one still watching turn out the lights please? Switched over to watch the Stanfurd-USC game way early. Now that was some football game. 3OTs. Doesn’t take mch of a coach to realize that our QB has fundamental technique issues, is an inaccurate pocket passer, doesn’t understand the offense etc, etc. The team does not play with passion and does not rise to the challenge. The very least the Teddy Bear should do is try the #2QB and send #1 to fundamentals camp with a one-way ticket if he can’t revamp his throwing mchanics. If he can’t do that and the coaches are not comfortable with a sprint left/right formation, then time to on to the next ****/***** rated Qf decamped and get ths program moving in the right direction. Oh, and the defense was really bad. With all Bruin WRs out, did did the coaches NOT realize that UCLA was going to put the pigskin in Prince’s hand and live or die with that. Whatever the Teddy Bear and the rest of the coaches are being paid is money better spent on educating students. The entertainment model they are generating is sure not working. Time to rid the southbay train for awhile.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Think our players are on drugs after that failure today. Nothing else makes sense.
If they were not high we have the worst coaches.
This loss was an epic stinker and can not be allowed to continue.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Let me be blunt. Zach Maynard sucks. He looks very rattled and throws too many interceptions. He needs to go. Tedford needs to step up and take responsibility for keeping a QB that can not & does not get the job done. If he doesn’t have a QB that can step up he needs to hand off and/or call option plays every play because Zach Maynard can not pass the ball.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
Zach Maynard is struggling becuz he only looks to hit his brother which sucks, M.Jones is the truth as well. He needs to touch the ball just as much as Allen. Maynard makes it way too noticeable that he is only looking to pad his stats by throwing to his brother. Marvins rec have gone way down this year because of Maynard.
October 29th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
It may be time for Tedford to go as well. he has done well but is unable to get big wins anymore, man they played Presbyterian this year, are you serious???????, and h doesnt give CJ Anderson the ball. Only the 5 foot nothing Sofele! They should split the reps!
October 29th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
What happened to Brock Mansion, not thinkin he is the answer but just asking?
October 29th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Cal looked pretty bad in all aspects of the game.
We allowed UCLA’s QB to get loose way too often. Is that a coaching issue?
Then the big RB went right up the middle for TD’s. And I thought our front 7 were supposed to be great.
The offense scored 14 points – but both off excellent field position off turnovers. OUCH!
October 29th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
“if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.” jeff, i think it’s broke. it’s time to fix it. if maynard starts, I’m not watching the game. try bridgford, or hinder o bohem. for goodness, sake, try someone else rather than maynard. obviously, he’s not the guy. I don’t know why he didn’t bench maynard after 2 INTs.
tedford is bringing to the program back to where he found it.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
did you ever notice that there aren’t any african american’s in the stands at oregon? man, how do they get a bunch of african americans playing for white folk? it’s modern day slavery.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Note how the Tedfraud supporters are silent, as they were when UW beat us because of poor coaching on the last drive, wehn Oregon beat us because of poor coaching in the second half, and when U$C beat us because of poor coaching from the get-go.
When we lose to a Neuweasel-coached team that just was humiliated by a poor Arizona and had SIX starters suspended, when all of our scoring comes from two lucky fumbles, when we cannot again seem to stop the Pistol (was that Colin Kaepernick back there?), and when the passes are getting picked because they are not remotely close to the receivers, there is only one answer why.
Coaching.
Not the tree-sitters.
Not the refs.
Not unlucky bounces.
Not field goal kickers missing and getting thrown under the bus.
Not academics.
Not getting a QB used to the speed of the Pac-12.
Not injuries.
Just coaching.
We have the worst coach in the Pac-12. Arguably he is the worst coach in any BCS conference.
I said back in December that I predicted 5-7, and that I would not go to another home game with Tedfraud as the coach. Thank god.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Memo to Zach Kline and parents: You still have time to de commit from Cal. Why would you put your son in the hands of Coach T when he has shown over and over he has zero ability to develop a young quarterback and is just as likely to defect to a JC transfer (Ayoob) or a transfer (Maynard) to solve his problems?
Memo to Boehm, Hinder and Bridgeford: Have you considered transferring? See above.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Does anybody actually believe Tedford deserves this job? Let’s not forget he gets $2.9M per year for this slop. I don’t care how “nice” or “classy” he supposedly is. He has zero equity left in the tank. Nobody does less with what they have than he does. He can leave anytime and he can take Sandy Barbour with him. They make a perfect pair. What an outrage, what another absolute embarrassment. And what a shame for all these young men that have trusted him.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
Tedford = highest paid state worker at $2.3 MILLION
October 29th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
2010 figure
October 29th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Hey Zach Kline – SDSU is a great qb away from being the next Boise State. Steve W is right. Do yourself a huge favor and go elsewhere. Berkeley has become Loserville. Again.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:05 am
So sad watching our cubs lose to a ucla team that is ranked near the bottom in statistics within the conference. I just couldn’t watch the game anymore so I switched to the sc vs stanfurd game, yuck but at least it was a competitive game. Anyway Tedford was once a good coach but I think his time at Cal has expired a season ago. Remember that he is still the highest paid coach in the conference and his results are w/o a doubt unacceptable. If Tedfurd is known as an offensive guru and QB teacher, why is our offense so lackluster? And it has been for the past few seasons!!! I have followed Cal fb for a while and never have I seen the QB throw that many picks w/ our offense struggling. Seriously Sandi you got to do something about this fb program which getting dangerously getting close to becoming the doormat when Gibby and Holmoe were around. I don’t think Cal fans will miss Tedfurd if he gets the boot now or after the season. Please make a change!
October 30th, 2011 at 12:33 am
And I forgot to mention that how the heck did we allow Kevin lumpy Prince who is a poor mans version of the head pistol guy to gain that many yards??? Seriously?? I don’t understand why we didn’t dare him to throw since passing is his weak spot , the guy is like a 50% completion rate!!! Whatevr this shows the inept of our coach who again failed to make the necessary adjustments during the game. Good coaches make adjustments!!! Helloooo where are you Tedfurd?? And also we lost to a depleted squad too!!!
October 30th, 2011 at 12:48 am
its time for a new quarterback…sorry zack but if you play at this level you have to be able to complete passes to the sidelines…how could the coaching staff allow this to happen…it took them this long to realize this?…time for a change and for the coaching staff to take a long serious look at themselves…the bears are moving rapidly into the bottom of the pac 12!
October 30th, 2011 at 12:57 am
its time for a change in coaching and the qb….please!
October 30th, 2011 at 1:26 am
Tedford strongly needs to consider putting in a new QB to retain credibility with the public. Perhaps Bridgford is not as mobile as Maynard, but from what little I saw, he is much more accurate a thrower than Maynard. And BTW, has anybody ever seen Maynard roll of the pocket to the right? I have only seen about one-third of the total game time, but I have never seen hi roll right. If true, that makes it much easier for defenses to defend.
At least Cal has some hope at QB, as they have (and will have) a number of highly touted players who would seem to be able to handle that job. Unfortunately, the same is not true at running back. Isi is a very shifty guy, but he is stopped immediately when someone hits him. But we don’t have the talent level like we do at QB where we can hope that a new player will bring life to the running back position. I just don’t see that as coming true at running back.
October 30th, 2011 at 5:04 am
The game is too fast. He can’t follow the progression. He locks onto a person.
I’m talking about Tedford, not Maynard.
Last night was the perfect garbage time to put in Bridgford, the game was garbage.
But Tedford preferred to … what?
See if Maynard could suddenly do a performance 180, in the 4th quarter?
Mansion = Bridgford, no game experience and destined to fail because he was not allowed to be prepared.
Steve Levy .. WHERE ARE YOU??????????
October 30th, 2011 at 6:01 am
Do we really think Tedford will make the move to Bridgeford? As much as I think he should I don’t think he will. Last night was pathetic. It was embarassing to watch. This team is completely undisciplined, poorly coached, and plays with no urgency. Maynard has flashes but he is not the guy. Maynard is supposed to be athletic but he looks akward when he runs. Just hoping for 2 more wins and unfortunatley playing at AT&T for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (pathetic). I think Kline could be a 4 year starter type he’s that good. Boehm will be like a Sweeney and transfer after next year. I give up on this pathetic crap they roll out every Saturday. I guess ill tune in if I have time next Saturday. Any thoughts on next saturdays attendance for WASU? 25,000? Sad.
October 30th, 2011 at 6:21 am
“We’ll look at the tape and make a determination with that.” He needs to look at tape? To see what? 0TD/4INT = Bench.
October 30th, 2011 at 6:40 am
I was there, and our band dominated theirs.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Eric says the “Tedfraud supporters are silent”. His name is Tedford, he has the all-time win record at Cal, & criticsm of him can be strong but should not be mean-spirited. I am a Tedford supporter, & am silent because I can’t think of anything supportive at the moment to say. I do think JT needs to have a true offensive coordinator again. Maynard is trying his best & crtiicsm of him should not be mean-spirited. But I will never understand why Allan Bridgford was not put in for the 2d half in the USC game & for the 2d half yesterday. It looks strange.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:37 am
Great seeing all these posts! I agree with almost everyone except the previous loser. His name is indeed TedFRAUD, not Tedford. I’ve been WAITING 4 games now to see these types of posts. It’s like a blind date… you know right away if she has potential or not. For Maynard, I gave him a game or two…. NO MORE. I knew after the Oregon game it is a LOSING CAUSE to keep that garbage around. I’ve been keeping shut just waiting for this. I was rooting for UCLA yesterday (or rather for MAYONAISE to throw more picks which he happily did for me). I am that passionate of a Cal fan. Fire TEDFRAUD NOW. If not at least play one of your “highly recruited QB’s”. Why the HECK are they NOT READY? EXPLAIN THAT TO ME TEDFRAUD!
October 30th, 2011 at 7:41 am
When was the last time a Cal QB threw four or more interceptions in a single all by himself, and what was his name?
October 30th, 2011 at 7:45 am
Jordan Rodgers looked pretty damn good for Vandy yesterday. Tedford should be fired for NOT RECRUITING HIM. Hello! did u forget u coached his brother u idiot?????
October 30th, 2011 at 7:50 am
Bobsac – please point out where I said a single that was “mean-spirited” about Maynard. I feel bad for the guy; he thought he was coming to Cal to learn to be a QB. Instead, he is learning that, like Ayoob, Longshore, Riley, and Mansion, he will have no chance to get a professional football job.
So you stay silent when the team performs poorly?? What kind of fair-weather, band wagoning fan is that? Don’t you want the absolute best for Cal? So when you are seeing total lack of skill at the coaching level, isn’t that precisely when you are supposed to shout the loudest?
Was it being “mean-spirited” when numerous national spoorts writers called Tedfraud a fraud for throwing Tavecchio under the bus, and refusing to take responsibility for the fake injuries, in the Oregon game? Is it “mean-spirited” to call out that the coach, correctly noted as one of the highest paid public officials in California, has only trended down notwithstanding the increasing number of NFL draftees and highly rated recruiting classes?
Why didn’t he put in Bridgford in the second half yesterday or the U$C game this year? Uh…
- why didn’t he bench Riley in the U$C game last year?
- why didn’t he bench Longshore when Longshore was injured in 2007?
- why did he split the QB duties in 2008, screwing up both QBs?
- why did Ayoob continue to start through 2005 when Levy was available?
- why did he start Longshore over Riley against Miami in the 2008 bowl game, and why did he insist on constantly throwing when Best was running roughshod?
- why in the 2004 Holiday Bowl did he insist on Rodgers throwing against Texas Tech when (a) 3 out of 4 starting receivers were injured, (b) JJ Arrington was unstoppable, and (c) the way beat that Texas Tech was to keep its offense off the field?
Why? Because he is a QB GURU!!
As for Tedfraud, I forgot to add the following excuses:
- “he isn’t Holmoe.”
- “he has the all-time winning record at Cal.”
- “he just needs to shake up the coaching staff and needs a new OC” (how many OCs have there been since 2005?
Like we haven’t heard those before.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:00 am
I went to the game today,..hoping to watch Cal defeat the Bruins and solidify their stake as a “middle of the pack” Pac-12 team. What we got…was a clear signal that Cal remains in the bottom third of the conference. Cal was not even competitive against a woefull team that came into the game reeling.
This game was lost for 2 reasons…awfull QB play from Cal…and Cal’s defense inability to stop Kevin Prince from running the ball on the same play over and over again.
What’s always been amazing to me, is Tedford inability to recognize the team’s strength and weaknesses and put his team in the best position to win. For example…Maynard has been terribly inconsistent all year long…when Cal is facing a 3rd and 3 yards or less…how often did Cal pass vs run in those situations? I don’t know the actually stats…but in watchning the game it feels like Cal was throw 80% – 90% of the time in those situations…and because of Maynards erratic accuracy issues…Cal rarely makes a positive play. I keep wondering why Cal tends to run on 3rd and short, when their running game is stronger than their passing game?
The scheme of the defense against the pistol offense was horrendous. DEs and OLBs were consistently fooled by the fake handoff to the RB and did have have enough speed to keep the QB from “turning the corner”…which is surprising because Kevin Prince is NOT particularly fast. Just like the Nevada game last year….Cal never had a defensive scheme to stop the run and force UCLA to pass….just shocking!
October 30th, 2011 at 8:18 am
(I posted this on the 3rd quarter stats thread, but some of you may have missed it, so apologies for the double post)
Let Sandy know:
e-mail: athletic.director@berkeley.edu (they do respond, btw)
Twitter: @gobearsAD
If Sandy is at basketball practice tomorrow, we should all tell her that it’s time to FIRE TEDFORD!
All of us who are season ticket holders pay for his salary. Enough is enough!
October 30th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Wake-up Bear fans! What makes you think a quarterback change is going to improve anything? Look at the list Ayoob, Longshore, Riley, etc. Tedford can’t identify, recruit, or train QBs or a decent offense for that matter. Here’s the key indicator: No Cal QB improved under Tedford’s guidance. Most get worse.
Don’t muddy the water attacking the symptom with a QB controversy. Attack the cause…TEDFORD! We need to send a clear message: TEDFORD MUST GO!! Sandy is 4+ years late recognizing this. She has one last chance to recognize this or we should insist she be fired as well.
October 30th, 2011 at 9:19 am
I’m not a big fan of Tedford but its foolish and low class to tell a recruit to go to another college because you are a fan of that school.
Boise State and SDSU are jokes academically, and Kline probably wanted a real college, in a distinguished conference or he would have considered them.
October 30th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Why was the QB not changed, even for a series?
Are QB’s Bridgford and Hinder so bad they can’t even be allowed a few snaps when a guy is playing terrible?
Lots wrong with the performance yesterday but QB was the most glaring.
Come one, do our coaches and players have no pride?
At least show some fight, smarts and effort.
Brutal.
October 30th, 2011 at 9:32 am
When it comes to recruits, they should not choose a school only for a coach.
Cal is a great school, with brand new facilities and to come only because of a coach is not a good choice.
If Tedford is no longer the coach, there are a lot of good assistant coaches Cal has in place and a good coach will be hired. Look at our basketball coach, a HOF coach and proven winner.
If you come to Cal to play football the program and its supporters will always be pushing for the best and to be the best. Long term investments into the program have been made and will continue to be done. Football is the life blood and Cal knows that and is fighting mad to be the best. Cal alumni will not rest until the Bears are back on top. That, any recruit can count on.
October 30th, 2011 at 9:50 am
We simply sucked. Our defense was mediocre. Our offense looked horrendous. So many penalties. Our coaches and players are both to blame. We need a change. Tedford is a great coach, but sometimes a program just needs a change or a new infusion of energy.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:07 am
Daveinthe Hills;
I don’t think Sandy will be at the basketball practice.
She’s afraid to leave the house.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:16 am
To “FireItUp”: “Tedford is a great coach, but sometimes needs a change or a new infusion of energy”. Have you followed Cal for the last 7 years? Where in all that time has Tedford shown any signs of greatness? The Aaron Rogers years are now the exception rather than the rule. I’m willing to speculate that other factors contributed to the success of those teams inspite of Tedford.
To “ConcordBear”: Your eternal optimism is soothing. But if you let it get in the way of making some well-grounded difficult decisions, we will remain the sub-par to mediocre team Cal has been for decades. If I was a highly touted recruit, I would place coaching, playing time and exposure to the NFL as my highest priorities. BTW – When we say “Tedford”, I think most mean “Tedford/Staff”. Perhaps there are some talented assistants that another head coach could better utilize, but if there are they won’t stay long under this regime.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Tedford is blind. He needs to look at tape to make a determination?? Why the heck didnt he give another QB a shot in the 3rd quarter after the 3rd interception??? There was absolutely no effort from the team and it starts at the top. We need more than a new coach — we need new leadership.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Maynard will start next week. Unless Tedford said Bridgford is starting then nothing makes me think he’ll make the switch.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:36 am
I came close to driving down to the game yesterday but didn’t, glad I made the right decision there. Also, I was in the ATO Friday and was this close to buying tix for the wsu game next sat, then I thought I better wait to see how the team performs against ucla first. I am glad I waited and saved myself a few hundred bucks because there is no way I would pay money at this point to watch this product. Way too many frustrating problems to enumerate…broken record.
BUT, basketball is on the way and with Mike Montgomery leading and players like Jorge Gutierrez and Harper Kamp you know that what you are gonna get is WELL worth the money. So let’s fill up Haas this season and hang another banner (or two) at the end of it!
Go Bears!
October 30th, 2011 at 11:00 am
Did Chip Kelly need to look at tape to pull his QB at halftime yesterday?
Kelly pulled his QB at halftime yesterday – LEADING 15-10. By the way, that was his starting QB who took the Ducks to the National Championship game last season. Would Tedford EVER do that? Kelly said his offense wasn’t playing well and he thought that would jumpstart the offense. Was he worried about Thomas ‘ psyche. Nope he was focused on his other 100+ players in his program and he was focused on winning. Man, I LOVE that guy.
That one move by Kelly contrasted with us watching Maynard’s NINE turnovers against PAC 10 (sic-Utah is a joke) tells us EVERYTHING we need to need about our coach.
And to SteveW – your comments about SDSU and Boise State are “Cal arrogant” on so many levels and the reason so many other fan bases dislike Cal. Most these recruits go where they can play, win, and have the best shot of getting to NFL. Especially a supreme talent like Zach Kline. Also, SDSU’s last 2 freshman classes had GPA cutoff at about 3.85. Not exactly Cal-level, but certainly not a … What did you call SDSU? A joke academically? Steve, SDSU’s not the joke.
October 30th, 2011 at 11:10 am
You know Bridgeford should start next week, but he will at some point take the field with VERY little on field game experience. As so many have mentioned here, many opportunities have been squandered to get his feet wet and get used to the speed and intensity of being out there. So we may see another Brock Mansion situation with Bridgeford and whoever else will be next in line.
The constant and the problem is not TRULY our QB… It’s our coach. Which I may soon start referring to as “your coach”, lol.
October 30th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Hey Jon @ 36-
Great point on leadership. Remember a few seasons ago when Tedford said the reason the team folded down the stretch the season before was a lack of player leadership? Didn’t he buy books the next season’s senior leaders (a la Phil Jackson) and “mentor” them on leadership.. How’d that one work out? Tedford is priceless. He wouldn’t know leadership if it hit him in the face.
Why doesn’t he get his buddy Urban Meyer out here as a consultant to take a look at things and provide some advice? Yeah I know Meyer is busy with his ESPN commitments, more of a rhetorical suggestion. Does Tedford get this is a red stage alert at this point?
We are looking at another losing season with no bowl game- one with more serious BLOWOUTS to the good teams. I called this before the season. Were it not for Presbyterian, we would be looking at a worse season than last- and we still might. Who are we going to beat? And this is a seriously down year in the conference after the top 2 teams. Just more pathetic.
October 30th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Bridgeford should ask to start and if refused he should turn in his scholarship and transfer. Tedford needs to be fired.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Why would we want 6 wins? That helps Tedford retain his job and we get embarassed on nat. tv…AGAIN!
October 30th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/102911aaf.html
Can anyone find more info om tedford saying theres a possible qb change coming? If all this is based off of “we’ll see” then were gettng our hopes up for nothing.
The mike singletaryesque we’ll look at the tape comment can be interpreted as yes we will possibly change qbs. I have a bad feeling Maynard starts.
Shaq thompson dont watch the rest of the games. Just trust that Jon Gruden (in the fantasy world i live in) will be oyr coach by the time you and kline show up.
To add my thoughts on the kline comments….
Coach tedford has not successfully developed a SINGLE qb hes recruited out of high school. All came in highly touted.
After watching our gane and the stanford game could you blame a kid like kline if he jumps ship to a place like stanford?
I went to Cal bc i wanted to compete with top people intellectually. I felt like a degree and honours from Cal would be my national title if you will. If i were a top football instead of academic recruit in high school i would be lying if i said i would o to cal. I would ho somewhere i could compete with the best talent in practice and play for championships.
A few years ago tedford was getting us close. And i could see cal being a good pitvh to kids who want to be on the biggest stage. Not now.
The shaq thompson thing was inevitable. If this continues dont be surprised if kline decommits.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Sorry about my crappy typos. The ipad keypad is a pain
October 30th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
To Tedford Supporters:
I honestly would like to hear why you still support Tedford.
Is it the success with Aaron Rodgers? That’s ancient history now and the exception rather than the rule.
Is it the Bowl Games? Is it the win-loss record of prior seasons? Being invited to a patsy Bowl game because you win 6 games against teams with losing records is not much of a accomplishment in my book. Look at the quality of Cal’s wins over the last 7 years. With only a few exceptions, all the wins were against poor quality teams.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
In addition to the poor play i also have a bone to pick with tedford on closing practices. It really has been a disservice to the alumni. Ticket prices sky high, less than good graduation rate, what ever happened to kaelin clay? No vision as far as developing solid qb backups.
Ive been clamoring for bridgford to get a drive a half. But of course that hasnt happened.
Imagine bridgford starts next week? Hes been setup to fail.
Next year other than keenan allen what receivers will we have?
Since tedford showed up the nfl alumni connection to the school has even diminished.
Sandy barbour fire yourself. You deserve it for extortioning money from alumni to save baseball when you knew the tv deal money was coming in.
Sandy leaves, tedford offered ad position and a new coach that has some presence and moxy. Someone that isnt a robot that seems to encourage an emotionless team and style.
Qb guru circa ten years ago. If he were a qb guru we wouldnt have maynard throwing pick after pick and WORSE looking like a defeated little kid emotionless sitting alone on the bench.
Keenan allen will be a pro bowler. But to get him we got jamarcus russell.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
To those high and mighty posters who say that the most talented recruits should firs t consider the quality of the school and the education they are going to get, I say what a load of crap. Last time I looked, only 48 percent of Tedford’s 2004 class even bothered to graduate. I really feel bad for some of the promising qb recruits like Riley, Longshore, Sweeney and Mansion who were never given a chance to develop under Tubby Teddy.
Let’s not delude ourselves here. Boehm this year and Kline next year chose Cal because they believe it gives them the best chance to pursue their dream of playing in the NFL. In light of recent events, I am just thinking maybe they might want to reconsider their commitments. Tedford ain’t going anywhere. He’s here thru 2014 at minimum because no one can afford to buy out his bloated contract.
October 30th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Maynard has had his chance. Just look at what Jordan Rodgers of Vanderbilt has done these past two weeks: a transfer from Butte College, like his brother (to Cal), Rodgers started his first game against Army and won last week. In his second game, this past weekend, he and his team just lost by 3 points to #10 Arkansas. Some players have it; some don’t. It is time for a change in quarterback at Cal. It is time to start preparing for next season.
October 30th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I don’t usually post on websites, but today I feel compelled to. I also have generally supported Coach Tedford and still believe he brought a lot to the Cal football program. I am an ESP season ticket holder. But, unless Tedford clearly announces during the week that he is going to start Bridgford, I won’t be attending next week’s game just to subject myself to the embarrassment of what he is putting on the field. If he hears this message from enough of us, maybe he’ll actually do something.
October 30th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if rodgers’s brother WAS recruited and Aaron told him to run as far
Away as possible.
October 30th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
In balance I am still supporting Ted. Much has to do with expectations and keeping it real. It’s been 52 years since the last Rose Bowl, hoping to get back isn’t a strategy. Coach is a good offensive coordinator, unfortunately his personality and DNA don’t allow for much motivating leadership on the sidelines. The only time we’ve seen any emotion was the Riley/OSU fiasco, and that was ugly. Yes, hard-headed, doesn’t read any of this so called fan wisdom, loyal to a fault with his ill performing QB’s, ultra conservative in play calling, but a terrific recruiter, the prime mover for the new SAHPC, generally good with the media and the Cal bureaucracy, and someone who looks good in sunglasses and a Cal hat…Heck this is college, lighten up. Looking forward to the new Memorial Stadium, and the Zack Kline era.
October 30th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
Agree with steve w. if we want top football recruits we better be damn good at football. Most of us went to cal for academics not sports. If i were a top athlete wirh nfl dreams cal would be falling on my list. We need to fix this
October 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Shaka you make some good points. Tedford is the highest Paid public employee in ca. Those are the expectations. Current ciaches arent paid fortu years ago wages. Tedford gets rose bowl money.
October 30th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
dont’ settle for nothing less than a pac-12 championship and you don’t do it scheduling weak preseason teams to play—don’t try to emulate Ben Braun….try to emulate Mike Montgomery…he did it his first year–by COACHING! You can’t teach an old dog new tricks…let’s move on with a new coach and possibly new athletic director!
October 30th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
I am a Tedford supporter. I appreciate all he has done for Cal. It’s time for Tedford and Cal to part ways. If we had looked bad against Utah I would have said that should have been his last game. Let him coach the season and part ways with as much dignity as possible.
Beat Stanford!
October 30th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Steve W, Juancho and anyone else who suggests that recruits decommit because of yesterday’s fiasco is no Bear fan. Blakestreet, refusing to buy a ticket until you see how a team performs makes you the very definition of a you a fair-weather fan.
Being an alumnus, a fan or a sometime ticket-buyer does not “entitle” you to a victory. Go to the game or watch on TV, and root for your team and enjoy some recreational time with friends and family. If you think you’re above everyone else and entitled to anything more than admission to a game and some entertainment, then pick another team to root for.
I’m not happy with the current state of the Bears — some great points have been made on this string, especially regarding letting another QB try to show what he can do — but I will always root for the Bears to recruit the highest quality people (both as athletes and as students) and to excel on the field.
October 30th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
8HS,
If it takes some high profile recruit de commits to make the Cal administration wake up and recognize that the HMS Tedford has foundered against the rocky shoals, then maybe it’s necessary. I posted my thoughts because I genuinely feel sorry for all these elite quarterback recruits who have come to Cal and haven’t had the proper coaching development to realize their potential.
BTW, the stakes have been considerably raised for us fans. It costs about three times as much to attend a Cal game than it did 10 to 15 years ago. Tedford undoubtedly helped raised our expectations and convinced us to open our wallets to support a new era. I am not going to sit back and root, root, root for the team no matter what, and I can give you 2.8 million reasons why I won’t.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
67 comments on a single post? This situation appears to have woken a few hibernating bears.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
H8sred my comments arent based on one game. My comments are it doesntvsurprise me an elite prospect like shaq favors orgon now. And if kline decommits i wouldnt be surprised. I love my school. But im not pollyannic.
The more mediocre our program becomes the harder it is to convince elite prospects to come here.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Everyone agrees that it’s time for a change then lets all petition Sandy to MAN UP and get us on the right track again. JT either change the quarterback or stay at home. By the way Pendergrass has a hard time if a team doesn’t run a pro style game it’s like who has a key on the quarterback and who has the running back ? I heard the safety’s had the quarterback in this game which makes zero sense THIS IS COLLEGE start thing like it and adjust.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
In order to effect a change, it’s not enough to merely continue one’s support and hope that somehow someday everything will automatically correct itself and become okay. If there are changes to be made (this football program indeed does) and you want to bring about those changes by being “heard” by whoever makes the decision, taking more drastic measures such as boycotting and voicing negative opinions are perfectly within the reasonable scope of what a concerned fan can do without having to be labeled as so and so as you above did. It’s the dynamics of applying pressure and incentives that curb and encourage certain desirable decisions, not status quo. I am a fan of the Bears, but I would keep applying adversarial pressure so that Sandy makes the changes that this program desperately needs.
October 30th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
I can’t say anything in support of what I saw at the Rose Bowl yesterday. It was a very uninspired performance from a team coming off of a good game and believing all they had to do was show up. As far as Coach Tedford goes, he has next year, there is no way we should fire him now, he is the reason for our upgraded facilities and he deserves the opportunity to utilize them. After all, Cal=Class.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I don’t think Tedford should coach in the new stadium. We can thank him by putting his name on the field or at the entrance.
The person I would really credit with the facilities is Aaron Rodgers. JT lucked into him when watching a recruiting video for someone else from Butte College (TE Garrett Cross). Since that time, Tedford’s tried to find the next QB to carry him. He’s definitely not coached any of the guys following. And guys like Aaron Rodgers don’t just come around all the time. We can wait for a QB that he can “develop”, but in my opinion, we won’t get to the next level without a real coach.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
So without Tedford, the facilities would have never been upgraded? ever? How much did he actually contribute to getting them upgraded? Was it something that no one else would’ve brought up or could’ve gotten done in the foreseeable future? I am just trying to figure out why Tedford is always credited for it without any qualification.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
I would glady trade those upgraded facilities for a football team that plays with intelligence, heart and desire. I have been going to games at Memorial for 25 years now and can’t think of one real complaint I had about the setup. The old place had a lot of charm, and I don’t give a crap about luxury boxes and individual seats.
I just don’t see any reason to believe that Tedford is going to right the ship with those new facilities. Tedford has been firing his assistant coaches all along, so I am assuming that he, among all people, would have to understand why the axe would fall on him. Besides, he should never have to worry about money again. That’s more than most of us could say if we ever got the pink slip.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
It all begins with your coach. He learned at Oregon how to enroll players into “gimmee” type educational programs in order to keep them eligible. What he did not consider is how he created a culture for players which made things easy and undisciplined. That’s one of the biggest problems with your program now. There is no heart, no discipline and no fortitude. The only bonanza that came from your “resurgence” was in Social Welfare courses along with American Studies, Sociology and Ethnic Studies.
October 30th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
bear4life Says:
October 30th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Everyone agrees that it’s time for a change then lets all petition Sandy to MAN UP and get us on the right track again.
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HAHAHAHAHA…great one.
October 30th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Easy Ed- I appreciate the class in your comments in #71. But I want to make one point to you (and others who credit Tedford for the new facilities) and ask you all one question …. But please humor here for a minute before I get to my question …
So these facilities are not paid for. Not yet. Not by a long shot. They require a LOT of people going to the games, spending BIG money for tickets. They also require a LOT of big-time, big dollar alums and fans buying luxury seats and the astronomical surcharges associated. Do you agree? Does that make sense?
There are going to be LOTS of empty seats next fall and in falls to come, as long as Tedford is here. There a LOT of alums and donors that are saying enough here.
So my question to you Easy Ed and others- if you credit Tedford for getting all this facilities upgraded, who will be to blame when these facilities are in deep debt with no promise and no hope to pay them off?
October 31st, 2011 at 12:07 am
I am a Tedford supporter. Don’t forget the success his teams have had outside of QB. All those running yards, many with mediocre QB performance. The Aaron Rogers teams also had strong defensive play. The tradition of fullbacks, many unheralded WRs performing in addition to Desean and Keenan. The incredible balance on offense. Tedford has been good for Cal.
It’s time for a change. In the last few years, in addition to the floundering at QB, there is little evidence of coaching improvements. Teams don’t get better later in the year, strong starts are rare, half-time adjustments and comebacks are even rarer.
Tedford keeps adjusting with no success. We hoped for Joe Paterno, we got Phil Fulmer without the titles.
October 31st, 2011 at 4:42 am
Tedford deserves credit for the facilities. He came in and coached extremely well. We were scared of losing him. He threatened to leave if we
Didn’t upgrade everything so he could recruit. Don’t be so short sighted bear fans. Just because he isn’t a cut throat coach doesn’t mean he didn’t build this stadium. He
Deserves ar least one year, even if i can’t stand jt as a
Coach.
October 31st, 2011 at 5:02 am
Sorry, Roll but those are two separate issues.
The play of the Bears, which is the reason for the stadium, a place for people to watch the games, is atrocious. Tedford as coach is failing badly.
As to the stadium upgrades, the means for paying depends in large part on people voting with the wallets to attend games. And the failure of the first part, Tedford as coach, the Bears as a team, can lead to failure on the second part, paying for the stadium.
If people don’t buy tickets or reserve hugely expensive seats, from where will the money come to pay for the upgrades. The success of the team filled the stadium in numbers never before seen. The failure of the team – of Tedford – will lead to empty seats: no fans, no money.
All on TEDFORD, the mega-millionaire, the highest paid employee of the State of Calfornia.
But, have no fear, his existence as coach is based upon a contract, not a vote of the fans.
October 31st, 2011 at 6:41 am
First time to comment here.
Would everyone please remember that jT came to Cal and won with the recruits of the Tom Holmoe era, often referred to a the Holmoecaust? The best years were with many of those who committed to the Bears during some of their worst won-lost seasons.
Tedford did coach up some excellent players. The won for him when they didn’t for Holmoe. Good players will come to Cal, even during down years.
Our coach ought to get two seasons in the new Memorial and SAHPC before we cut him loose.
I have been a Bear fan since watching the first game of my freshman year in 1965 when Notre Dame took the bears out to the tune of 0-49! Through thick and (mostly) thin I root for the Bears.
I am a fan. College football is a game. every game has one winner and one loser. The fun is in the contest, competition, when our guys prevail it is more fun. But if one wants guaranteed wins and unending superlative performances of super elite athletes then choose and SEC team and root for them.
GO BEARS, Beat Stanford
October 31st, 2011 at 9:23 am
JO – 80 comments on a blog post. As someone who used to work in marketing, this is a good time for you to get on the phone with the people you sell advertising space to and renegotiate.
October 31st, 2011 at 12:36 pm
With age comes wisdom, sometimes, as proved by Old Bear 71. The JT era, like the Waldorf era long ago, is obviously in decline. The question is, will the trend start heading up again? The Big U needs to see JT through his contract, & extend or renew it at the end if there is improvement, & not do so if there isn’t. It’s really quite simple. Also quite simple–JT needs to find & keep a good offensive coordinator so that he and we might enjoy the years remaining on his contract.
October 31st, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Rollonubears / Old Bear 71 / Bobsac:
Seven years of questionable coaching decisions, and skillset are not enough for you? How about seven years of declining recruit quality, quality wins, and fan/TV support?
Remember the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the outcome to be different.
Use your Cal degree to identify, analyze, and solve the cause. Though, I still can’t explain Tedford’s initial success, everything since strongly suggests to me some other factors were at play in that initial success.
October 31st, 2011 at 2:16 pm
4 more games this year…12 more next year…then we get a different coach? Why can’t we stop the qb keeper? Isn’t it the simplest play in the playbook, even simpler than dive right? Did Prince even complete a pass more than 20 yds down the field?
Jim Harbaugh ran 3 BRILLIANT and successful plays on 3rd down yesterday: a PA pass play to the TACKLE/TE, a QB sweep, and a PA pass play to the NT playing HB!! Tedford used to have this type of creativity and imagination. Remember the brilliant pass play to Boller at MSU in 2002 for a TD? Those plays used to be somewhat commonplace, at least once a game we’d see something new. For the last 3+ seasons we see the same flat boring play calling almost every play of the game!
Cal football is very boring right now on the offensive side of the ball and if I don’t feel like shelling out $65 plus parking/food/etc for a boring product that does not make me a fair weather fan, that makes me intelligent. I love the Bears at least as much as everyone else here, I was brought to Memorial as an infant, born aug. 29th, probably within the first couple weeks of my life. I have Cal blood in my veins, but that does not make me blindly faithful to the sinking ship that is Tedford. I am not a fair-weather fan for not attending games coached by a terribly disappointing and frustrating coach. I still want Cal to win and be successful but, just like at the end of the Braun era, I do not hope the team continues in mediocrity indefinitely. Those last few years of Braun were terrible. Who can say the last 3+ seasons of football haven’t been.
Since #2 ranking in ’07 Cal football is 28-26, 10-18 on road/neutral. Take out the non-fbs teams and i think we are sub .500. For how much longer is this acceptable?
October 31st, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Haas is still struggling and not what it should be thanks to Braun. We are witnessing the same thing with Tedford and the football program. There is a lot of anger and frustration here. I say that’s good because many have passion and care. But apathy is next. When apathy sets in- which happened during the Braun snoozefest of mediocrity, it is hard to get passion, fans and their dollars back. This is happening and has been happening the past few seasons under Tedford. And it ain’t improving anytime soon under Tedford. There is way too much evidence to the contrary.
November 1st, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Apologize for posting this on all threads but I think I find it just that startling.
http://www.ubbullrun.com/2010/01/fly-on-wall-at-maynards-clemson-visit.html
November 1st, 2011 at 8:21 pm
BEAR FANS!
The fog of Rodgers is lifting and the wretched, unthinkable truth is now coming into focus.
Bizarre secrecy (closed practices), overt hostility towards the media, subtle intimidation disguised as sturdy benevolence, a bizarre attachment to sunglasses, repetitive propaganda, overstatement of achievement, a near cult like following, flagrant nepotism (his son was installed on the team), scared colleagues (Barbour), nefarious courtship of valuable foot soldiers (KA), all while living in a remote compound far from his people (Lafayette).
Tedford has become a bloated dictator.
Rise up Golden Bear faithful, rise up.
November 2nd, 2011 at 5:06 pm
This thread ought to continue for the balance of the season and let’s see where we all stand and how 2012 bodes. Excellence in coaching is about leadership, clear communication, and getting more results than the sum of the parts. “Kaizen” or constant improvement should be in the everyone’s DNA, from the team to the coaches to the equipment manager.
Coach Tedford, how do you think you are doing and what are you doing to address your honest answer?