agree w/#24. It’s Feb and you are rereading interviews 5 times or more? Find something good to do in your life and let this thing play out.

Such a shame that we have to rely on what the coaches tell us they are planning to do. Is it a foregone conclusion that they will deviate from those pronouncements? If so, why? Given that the staff is completely new, I prefer to see the product on the field before making assumptions and jumping to conclusions. Especially when credibility is being questioned.

I totally agree with you as to what makes sense, and I have stated so in my prior comments. But we have no experience in seeing what these coaches actually do so all we have to go on is what they say. Dykes seems to be a very good coach, but rather unconventional in a few areas, and I suspect his long-time assistants are the same. Who knows how unconventional they really are, at this point.

Franklin says he will evaluate his QB’s on the same basis and he didn’t say he would more greatly value longer future eligibility as an exception to that rule. I will just repeat his statement on this subject of how he will evaluate his QB’s, which worries me some — “To me, they’re all the same. Doesn’t matter if they’re a walkon or scholarship. I’m going to watch them and once I decide this guy’s not ready or may never be ready, we’ll have that conversation and those need to go away.”

I should add, that if Dykes and Franklin want to get rid of either of their two elite freshmen QB’s, which I agree with you that no coach should realistically do and which I don’t expect them happen, I think they will quickly change their minds once they hear the response from the alumni.

Honestly, I think you’re reading wayyyyyyy to much into that statement.

The team has a total of 7 QB’s, all with varying amounts of eligibility left. No coach is going to suggest to a RS Freshman (ex: Kline) or a 3rd year Soph (ex: Boehm)to leave the program after a few weeks of spring practice. After all, they need to develop a stable of solid QBs.

I imagine that the staff might tell an older guy (ex: Hinder) that they will not see much, if any, playing time, and if they want to see playing time they might look elsewhere. That happens around the country, especially with a new staff.

I enjoyed JF’s Q&A with both Franklin & Buh.

Sorry if I misjudged you. I just thought that your control needs seemed suspiciously high. Go in peace.

Based solely on this interview, I think he’s more likely than not to cut a guy loose, especially one he didn’t recruit, if they aren’t getting The System and even more likely if they are a JR/SR. I think he’s better off, even if he as an exception clause that he’ll keep a FR with potential, not saying that up front.

So, under my view, which I think you generally agree with, Klein and Goff, both being freshman (with Goff entitled to a redshirt year), they should be given more leniency in their evaluation than the other players, because they have more time to develop at Cal. Goff, because he would have five years to develop at Cal, would be given more leniency than Klein, who only has four. Still find it very hard to see how Cal could tell them now to go elsewhere, given their credentials, but on the other hand I thought it was clear early on that Brock Mansion, another Elite 11 QB, wasn’t very good and would never develop into a good QB for Cal. He would have been better off playing elsewhere if that was really important to him.