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Zhorn96

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  1. I asked on one of the Cal paywall sites and they haven’t heard any whispers about DeRuyter doing anything but coming back to Cal. They’re going to poke a few people to see if there is anything there but if it’s him, it’s been super quiet
  2. Wilcox doesn’t run the Cal defense... He’s got input but DeRuyter was the play caller til this shortened shit storm of a season. Sirmon calls the plays now. Cal is running DeRuyters contract down cause Wilcox’s bestie Sirmon came to town and Sirmon can actually recruit. DeRuyter is a good game day DC who has actually shown he can make adjustments at halftime. He doesn’t recruit much but if all Texas needs is a DC for a year or two to call plays and keep things competent? DeRuyter wouldn’t be bad. Won’t recruit for shit and is definitely a step below the names mentioned in terms of flash but Texas would be solid defensively... turning Cal’s D around after the heaping steaming pile of shit that Sonny Dykes left is no small feat
  3. was going to say exactly that. "I dont know shitso I'll lay this turd in my premium page and PAY ME, BITCHES". Whatever, they dont know shit
  4. You think Urban lasts 40 years? He’s going to drop dead any moment, I doubt he sees 2030. And working at Jax is bound to speed that clock
  5. If we’re reaching for names, we can come back to DeRuyter. Dude calls a good D. Can’t recruit for shit but don’t know that’s needed at this point
  6. I'm going to throw this out there again that SC just poached Cal's Director of Recruiting Strategy. His name is Marshall Cherrington... If they take Bryan Carrington for a similar role, everyone will be confused by the 2 names and it'll be a mess. https://247sports.com/college/usc/Article/USC-Trojans-Marshall-Cherrington-Cal-Bears--158832654/
  7. SC poached Cal's guy, his name is Marshall Cherington...wonder if that's the confusion
  8. same. I'm giddy about the pole assassin/monkey/Banks saga, I'm not even sure I care what happens on the field at this point
  9. Holy fuck this is the greatest thing I have ever seen
  10. When I was younger I wouldve agreed but I'm old enough now that thats disgusting. The obvious solution is to just not ask how old and roll with it
  11. half your age plus 7 is basic stuff. Don't think you need a spreadsheet for it
  12. They werent terrible students but those days are over at Cal. They're closer to ND and Stanfurd these days in who they admit. Think they're allowed 1 sub 3.0 gpa admit per class or something these days. And frankly, considering Cal's budget challenges and struggles to hold onto top notch faculty, I suspect Texas's academic rep is closer to Cal's than most realize these days
  13. Having been a Cal fan my entire life, I wouldn't wish that on anyone
  14. pretty sure Gabe's friend is pole assassin
  15. So... Coleman being retained? Or Brees in as QC coach?
  16. This is the correct response. Cristobal is a horrible horrible game day coach. Tosh can't call plays to save his life.
  17. Ok, maybe he only makes $325k, that’s what I found when I went digging on the Cal boards. Regardless, he’s not good. Pass
  18. He has been an OC in the past and had a rep since he coached at SC and UW... both fan bases were delighted when he left. Started at Cal as QB coach if I remember right... dicey. Shifted to TEs... meh. You’d hope he’d have decent NW or Poly connections for recruiting... meh. Hard. Pass. Cal’s total assistant pool is under $4m I think and $400k for TE coach grates.
  19. Hahahahahaha oh my fucking god no. Cal fans would do backflips to get him out of town. So so recruiter, so so coach, so so many mehs. On the plus side, he’d be cheap, I think he makes $400k or so at Cal. jesus, whoever suggested that should punch themselves in the face
  20. DeRuyter would be a vast improvement over Sirmon from a pure DC perspective... but Texas can do better than either. DeRuyter is an excellent playcaller and runs a solid 3-4 D. He, along with Becton and Wilcox, turned the pile of steaming dogshit left by Sonny Dykes into a functional defense in 1 year and a pretty salty, if marginally talented defense in 2 years. Problem with TDR is that he doesn’t recruit for shit. He doesn’t like it, he’s not very good at it... it’s one of the reasons why Wilcox wanted to ease him out. Sirmon is an outstanding LB coach... look at what he did with Evan Weaver and Jordan Kunasyk before that. The TDR system means your ILBs get tackles and those 2 LBs piled up 160-180 a year. But he has a shit rep as a play caller. Failed at Louisville and at Mississippi State. As I said previously, he and Wilcox are as tight as they come. They played together at Oregon, they coached together numerous times, their families are basically one extended unit... Sirmon is a good recruiter but not a world beater. He recruits the Northwest for Cal and has pulled some really solid guys. But does Texas need to dip into Washington? Nope... there are only a couple guys a year they might want so can’t imagine it would be worth it. Sirmon transitioned to play calling this season but Cal only got 4 games due to COVID... small sample size and not terrible but nothing special... Texas needs to move on from any thoughts on Sirmon. TDR would be a solid choice in the short term IMO but expect zero recruiting from him...
  21. Harsh but fair in all seriousness, Cal's football culture under Wilcox is all about the OKGs "Our Kind of Guys". Smart, team oriented, love football and love smashing people in the face. No quitting. So maybe fewer high star guys but once they play hard and for each other. Becton drives a lot of that off the field and off season.
  22. yup, thats it exactly
  23. First post...Texas grad but I come from a Cal family and grew up in the Bay Area so I follow Cal and the Pac 12 closely. As I was wading through this post, I saw a bunch of Cal mentions. For those interested... Peter Sirmon has a lot of Sark connections but he is besties with Wilcox at Cal and their families are super tight. Wilcox pushed out Ted DeRuyter at DC so Sirmon could take over despite the excellent job TDR did. Sirmon is an excellent LB coach but is seriously meh as a DC Torre Becton is a fucking home run for Sark. That dude is a badass and is a big part of the culture at Cal. He takes no shit from the players and demands toughness, grit and accountability. No prima donnas allowed... Cal is short on talent but every team they play hurts afterwards. SC tried to poach him in '19 and he turned them down, not surprised he has been picked off, he is one of the best. Saw some questions on who Tosh Lupoi got to Cal. Basically, all the big names Cal got during his 4 years there ('08-11). Keenan Allen would be the headliner but there were a bunch of others. He also had Cal lined up for a monster class in '12. Cal didn't/doesnt pay and Sark picked him off to go to UW for an extra $150k. Story is, Tosh confirmed the deal in his car, walked into Shaq Thompson's house for an in home and before telling Jeff Tedford that he was leaving for UW, proceeded to trash Cal and poach Thompson to UW. Shaq was considered a Cal lock before that and Cal was in line for a top 5 or 6 class nationally that year before Lupoi jumped. It wouldve included Arik Armstead and 4 top 50 national players, 6 or 7 top 112. The class fell apart after that...they kept 2 of those dudes. re: Sark... I hope the alcoholism was why he was so incredibly mediocre at UW and SC because he was really average. Shit in game coach. Maybe he has learned and/or maybe the booze was the cause but he was pretty underwhelming before. And dont give him too much credit for turning UW into a 7 win team 2 years after they went 0fer... they have a ton of cash and always have had excellent facilities. Willingham sucked but they had some decent players... Anyways, just my 2 cents
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