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  1. So this kind of thing is a good reminder to spend an hour either booking a photographer /taking a picture/ finding a good picture of yourself to send out if you are going to get on a speaker circuit and the like. 

    I don't know how these things are booked normally but I imagine it is fairly cheap to do like Urban did and make sure you have a good picture for your speaking gigs. 

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  2. On 9/7/2023 at 1:00 PM, UNTBill said:

    I may be mistaken but I think Iowa St. had a 260 lb linebacker. 

    yeah a 260 lb linebacker in the big 12. On average, that league was getting a little better calibre of athlete than in CUSA. Exceptions acknowledged, the challenge is the same: find guys that can compete in this league at this level, while being flexible and creative enough to turn the guys you can get into an effective unit. 

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  3. 2 hours ago, Mike Jackson said:

    Is  empowered to do so?  Who makes the final call when it comes to hiring a DC around here?    Because if Morris had done his homework on the roster before reviewing the staff they proposed to big in with him, does he bring in a guy that wants to run a 3 man front?

    this three man front is different than the 3-4 schemes that want space eaters. 

     

    The three stack we have is built to take advantage of quick linebackers and fast safeties. Was any of that on display? Maybe the one time Logan Wilson flew in and stripped the back for a fumble. That was about it. 

    Iowa State doesn’t have monsters up front and did well. It took time, and like any scheme that’s not in Georgia or Alabama, there will be weaknesses. 

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  4. The good news is that Morris said all the right things and seemingly is working on what failed: basically what you want. It is mighty refreshing to hear him get into details --- "tackling", "we'll be in the three-stack", "there were times they had a high safety and still tackled us in light boxes", and other things. Now, winning a press conference is lower in priority than winning on saturdays so that can only fly so far. 

    I'm expecting a win, as we all should be. 

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  5. 37 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

    Spavital and Bloesch both joined the Cal staff in December 2022. I guess Bloesch was hired six days later, if that is what you mean. 🤷🏻‍♂️
    But yes perhaps they wanted him for the run game.

    yeah like, I realize the post was Bloesch-heavy and he’s *only* the OL coach but my understanding of the whole thing was that his reputation as  run game / OL guy and leading an offense was pretty good. Spavital had that starlet rep but that was tarnished after TX ST and whatnot. 

    So like Spavital comes in but he’s also familiar with what MB did here and wants some of that too, etc. 

    Long story short I don’t think we are all saying anything different. For us, the MB connection is a thing, but for Cal fans they obviously are looking at the OC first. 

  6. 10 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

    Confused by your statement they brought in Bloesch to improve the offense when they brought in Spavital for that, right? 

    So Spavital was there already, but Bloesch was brought in for his OL/run game knowledge. So he was brought in for that reason and I *think* Spav wants to incorporate some of what NT was doing last year. I mean NT had a very good offense after all. 

     

  7. Wrote a sketch of it here in anticipation of a longer post on MGN. 

    Long story short, we need a backup big, another ball handler (preferably two) and another scorer or two. Like, they can be cross roles like Kai being a scorer/shooter/ and ball handler. 

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  8. 4 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

    I’m confused, is this celebration supposed to be for the basketball team or the few fans on this board that show up? Some of you seem to be taking this personally. Jared is right, media exposure is important to the future. Celebrating the NIT title while introducing our coaches is a great idea because they are tied together in the storyline. Random Wednesday means we have a better shot of getting in front of the eyes that will be watching sportscenter and the like that evening. The stories you don’t want spread are what you release on a weekend. 

    Yeah might as well stay in CUSA and play on Tuesdays too. 

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