You have stated your opinion and have stated that you can disagree with others. I hope you can accept that I can disagree with your opinion, but am not sure of that.

In my opinion, it is perfectly fine to question fine to question a scheme that has a coach has planned before he has a chance to execute it. Others on this blog with respect to the article Jeff has written about his interview with Buh have questioned Buh’s proposed scheme as well I have, primarily on the basis that he is imposing it in part, because that is what he knows best, rather than it being best for the team given our circumstances.

In past discussions about Tosh=gate, you consistently misrepresented what I said and I called you out on it. You essentially did not agree with me that putting better talent on the football field will make it more likely than not that Cal will do better in football, will have better attendance, and will thus generate more revenue from football and, if memory serves me correctly, misrepresented what I said about that (probably saying that gate receipts WOULD happen rather than it was more likely than not that they would happen).

I will do so again with respect to what you said above.

1. I never said anything about “not inspiring confidence.” That must have been someone else, but I’m not going to spend time to look up who did say that, if that comment was even made by anyone.

2. You also recently made a referenced to someone being “a self-proclaimed football expert.” I never said that, or even close to that, about any aspect of football, and I even prefaced my remarks that I did not know as much about offensive football than defensive football. I did state my opinion about some aspects of football that made sense to me, but that hardly equals my stating I was a self-proclaimed expert and football. Following your lead on this, consistent with everything else you said, once a coach says something, you have to either agree with that or just shut up, because you don’t have their credentials on the matter and/or their experience in dealing with it.

You seem to have a habit about misrepresenting my remarks to try to support your arguments, which actually I don’t think make much sense. But go ahead and continue to misrepresent what I said and I’ll respond accordingly, telling you again and again where you misquoted me. Pretty soon people will just ignore what you write because you just don’t state the truth and they will easily notice that if they review what I wrote.

You are absolutely correct that this blog exists so that people can express their opinions, regardless of what others may think of them. But it also exists so that people who disagree with those opinions can express their views as well.

I stated my opinion. I don’t think its appropriate to be posting comments about ‘not inspiring confidence’ when we have not seen any evidence of the product being put forward. I think we should give the new coaching staff the benefit of our support until such time as there is evidence suggesting it is misplaced. That was my point.

Your point about calling for Tedford’s head misses the point entirely. Most of those calls came after the evidence was piling up that JT’s system was not working. We are starting with a clean slate here. Its a completely different situation.

Maybe you could just email Buh and ask him a follow-up question or two. If it is true that Dyke’s said (I believe to you) that he tries to mold his offense to the QB with the most and best skills, why doesn’t Buh do the same with his defense instead of being locked into the 4 -3 system. As I pointed out, in light of Dykes apparent flexible offensive philosophy, which is Buh so comparatively rigid?

If you can get Buh to respond to this question and others you may have, if you can report back I’m sure that I would not be the only one interested in reading what he had to say.

Thanks for your help. You are a very good reporter and I really liked most of your questions to Tedford, Barbour, and Buh, though I thought you could have gone a bit farther about Tosh-gate, which most know is my pet peeve. Also it’s great that you take a few moments to occasionally respond to people who make comments on your blog.

do you know football or do u know a system?

worried.

If true, the defense should similarly adapt their defensive philosophy to what positions they have the best and deepest level of players. In recent years, that has been at linebacker. I believe that was a primary reason given why Cal switched from the 4 – 3 to the 3 – 4 a few years ago.

Again, I think that following a philosophy of adapting your style of football to what your players do best (or, very similarly, where you have the best and deepest level of players) should be followed across the board. Perhaps others, including Coach Buh, could counter that we are just as strong and deep on the defensive line, or perhaps even stronger, than we are at linebacker. That is fine. He can say anything he wants and his opinion deserves our respect, but not automatic agreement with.

I for one love this blog bc of all the different opinions and personalities.

Bluengold i like your post sans the final remark. You make good points. I think buh will do well.