Comments on: Football: Mike Pawlawski to join Cal radio team

By: Steve W

Steve W — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:28:51 +0000

Me thinks the BruinsNation readers must be spoiled rotten if they complain about one of the best newspapers in the country with arguably the best sports section. Let them spend a few months reading the Chronicle and then spout off on how bad the Times is. Last year, ,columnist TJ Simers was relentless in his criticism of HC Rick Neuihisal before he was canned. Is there even one columnist in the Bay Area who cares enough to cover the Bears?

By: Will

Will — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:10:23 +0000

You may be envious of the Times coverage of the Bruins, but UCLA Fans sure are not. BruinsNation bashes the quality of the Times all the time.

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:54:21 +0000

Steve – Great post. I hope Will is taking lessons from you.

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:53:25 +0000

Will – LOL. Nice try for your first football related post ever. Wow I can see why you don’t post that depth of football knowledge more often. LOL. If Wayward fails to have a “solid” season you predict the team will still win 6-7 games.

Which ones Will?

Your season will deteriorate as quickly as you can say UCLA 2011 loss and Texas 2011 loss.

By: Steve W

Steve W — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:19:38 +0000

ZM has shown little ability to light it up against the top level teams. He looked pretty horrible last year against SC, Oregon, and UCLA. And let’s not forget that Marvin Jones won’t be around this year to bail him out with great catches on poorly thrown balls.

It’s all going to come down to the patchworked O-line and their ability to open holes for the running backs. If we can limmit ZM to around 20 throws a game and punch out 150 yards or more on the ground each game, 8 wins are possible.

BTW, I recommend the ESPN Pac 12 blog for staying up to date on Cal and other teams in the Pac 12. Ted Miller does a nice job of reporting on the conference and throws in any available Cal coverage from the local media. I live in LA, and I am envious of the way the Times covers the Bruins and Trojans down here.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:39:46 +0000

It’ll all come down to Maynard. I have faith in the D to put together a solid season….and Maynard MIGHT be able to have a solid season with his experience. But if he fails to live up to that….we’ll be looking at 6 or 7 wins.

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:11:56 +0000

“Especially when you are going to stay within the law as we will.”

Ike Curtis

Jelani Gardiner

By: daredevilfan

daredevilfan — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:05:27 +0000

Great insights Wehofx and Larry. Any other thoughts from the gang? A couple of DL injuries sound scary, but they don’t sound too bad. I do hope we get a new person to focus on recruiting. I believe it is more important than most people realize. Especially when you are going to stay within the law as we will.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:16:25 +0000

I feel good, ok maybe “better” about ZM at QB than last yaer. They should try some plays like the one Kaepernack scored on in the 9er game, with Maynard.

RB is in great shape. OL scares me. That is our biggest weakness heading into the season. LB will be awesome this year. DBs too. DE needs to watch out for injuries, but some DT’s can move over, so again, not too concerned.

Implementing the TE is LONG overdue. That is what this offense has been lacking. Plus common sense would say that using the TE would take some pressure off the QB and young WRs, not to mention helping to set up the run.

I see 8 -9 wins with hard work. A little luck, 10 wins are possible. I think this team will overachieve, and I’m usually more pessimistic than that.

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:45:02 +0000

Hey rookies. Listen and learn.

The economics being as poor as they are do not allow the newspapers the same ability to pay a staff of journalists. It is not uncommon for a paper to have one (or at the most two) sports journalists.

The rest who write get paid small amounts for each story/blog they submit. I know for instance one Bay Area paper has a young intern writing for the 49ers. He doesn’t even attend the games unless he pays for it on his own. He gets under $100 per story. He gets no access to the lockerroom for interview purposes.

He watches the game on TV and then writes up the story. I wouldn’t be surprised if JO had the same thing happen to him and JF isn’t facing the same situation.

What doesn’t help is your HC runs the program like the Taliban. You are asking for coverage from journalists who get to see 10 minutes of a practise. How much do you expect them to report.

YOu guys are nothing but a bunch of whiny crybabies. You know the real problem is with your HC and his paranoia that someone may take videos of his playcalling and post it all over You Tube. Frankly the only thing accomplished by placing his plays on video is to assist insomniacs.