UCLA Wrap-up: Neuheisel Era Ends With a Predictable Loss, Coaching Search News & Notes
by Nestor on Dec 2, 2011 8:49 PM PST
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PrintSo that was that. The Rick Neuheisel Era at UCLA officially came to an end just a little while ago in Eugene. Chip Kelly's Oregon Ducks - to no one's surprise - rolled over the Bruins and on to the Rose Bowl. We have to give the Bruins credit for coming out and playing their hearts out but it's the scoreboard that counts. The good guys lost by a score of 31-49 (boxscore).
Patrick Larimore was a beast early on as his pick 6 gave the Bruins a little momentum early. A little while later in the first half a flea flicker from Kevin Prince to Nelson Rosario closed the score to 14-21. Oregon rolled to two more easy TDs to go up by a score of 35-14. The Bruins put up a bit of fight to end the half by holding the Duckies on a 4th down conversion and then use the field position to score a long FG. As mentioned during the second half thread, while the Bruins were down 17-35 the game didn't really feel close.
Still for those who still have held on to the mantra of "relentlessly positive" the Bruins kept giving them hope by making the Ducks go 3 and out in their first possession in the second half. Then the impossible happened as Taylor Embree ran for more than 5 yards with a Joe Fauria like high hurdle in a punt return that fired up the entire sideline. A few plays later thanks to huge Derrick Coleman rumble and a Prince keeper the Bruins got the score to 24-35. Then reality caught up.
The Ducks got a huge return on kickoff and then just drove up for an easy TD drive on the Joe Tresey defense pushing the score up 42-24. So even though the Bruins sensed a little momentum at spurts the game never felt close. After the Ducks dropped a TD on a 4th down conversion, Neuheisel inserted Richard Brehaut as a last ditch desperation effort. Didn't matter all that much as Bre ended up looking rusty and throwing his first pick of the season. Nelson Rosario caught a meaningless TD towards the end to make the margin somewhat respectable but it didn't matter much.
Thanks to Chianti Dan's incompetent leadership, I think many of us were resigned to loss from start to finish. Some additional quick game observations and some news on coaching search involving Chris Petersen and Kevin Sumlin after the jump.
It seemed the Ducks were being a little chippy early on because they were surprised that the Bruins actually showed up. They kept hurting themselves with lot of uncharacteristic sloppy penalties. Ducks were penalized 10 times for a total of 115 yards. But when the Ducks focused and locked in the mismatches were clearly apparent. The Bruins didn't help themselves much with sloppy turnovers (Johnathan Franklin had two fumbles) and a really erratic start from Kevin Prince, who took a while to calm down.
As I mentioned up top the Bruins played hard for their coach. They should feel proud of that. But as everyone knows moral victories doesn't count here on Bruins Nation. The game was also filled with dumb founding personnel decisions and playcalls that have been the hall mark of Neuheisel era at UCLA. But I don't really feel like going over any of that now. It's pointless.
As for Coach Neuheisel, I will close with gratitude for the amazing way he handled himself with class and grace and last few days. We wish it worked out but tonight's game served a perfect example on the national stage why we needed change.
So there you have it. UCLA's 2011 Pac-12 season is officially over with a record of 6-7 and a search for a new head coach. Speaking of that topic, I will close out this last post-game thread of Neuheisel era with two change related coaching hot-stove notes:
- The LA Times becomes the second traditional media outlet - following ESPN - to publish a report based on anonymous sources asserting that Chris Petersen will remain in Boise. The report claims that UCLA offered Petersen "nearly $4-million per season, plus nearly $3 million for assistant coaches." Those numbers are consistent with what we have heard on the background. With that kind of buying power, UCLA should not be settling for an inexperienced coach (who is the "flavor of the season), a washed up coach, a retread or someone who has been out of the game for years.
- Speaking of flavor of the season, report (I guess we can say tweets) is coming out of Arizona that ASU has backed off Houston coach Kevin Sumlin because apparently Texas A&M is gunning for him. Good. We don't really care much for Sumlin. Although Jon Gold blogged that UCLA may be targeting Sumlin, we have heard that Bruin boosters pursuing Petersen are not all that hot about Sumlin either (apparently it's Chianti Dan who is dreaming about Sumlin).
- Going back to Petersen bullet above interesting that two reports we have seen so far are coming from couple of outlets, that have been notorious for hit jobs on UCLA athletics (as chronicled extensively on BN) for years. Not saying it means Bruins still have a great shot (I don't really care to speculate at this point), but it's kind of interesting and worth noting until we hear from Petersen himself.
So there you have it. I don't feel a sense of angst from tonight's game. Again the blame for having this much ambivalence and apathy about on field results lie on the utter mismanagement by the worst led athletic department in America. That is all on Chianti Dan and his band of sorry lieutenants who have made UCLA football a national laughing stock.
The question is now whether few UCLA alums like Casey Wasserman, who are trying their best to save this program can do enough in time to bring in a good coach despite Guerrero's incompetence, and then finish up the second half of wholesale regime change. Discuss that and everything else related to Bruin football in this special post game, coaching hot stove thread.
GO BRUINS.
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Well, it as a respectful beat down.
I’d like Block and Wasserman to hire Petersen, oust Guerrero and hire Judge Cormac Carney as our new AD.
Sf is a great news years eve city
Make it a vacation
by silverlakebruin on Dec 2, 2011 11:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I got pepper sprayed there NYE once
Lovely all in all
CRN
Always a True Bruin. Good luck in the future.
RN in the SEC? Saban and Miles would have him for lunch.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Me too.
Especially with more games to play. Why wouldn’t they/he make an announcement for recruits and for his team?
Go Bruins!
Maybe he's trying to milk the admin for something
Make ’em sweat a little
Thank goodness our four year nightmare is over.
Now let’s get the ten year nightmare of an AD out of Morgan Center.
We need a tough defensive minded coach.
I’m tired of being good losers.
FIRE CHIANTI DAN BEFORE HE SCREWS UP ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF FOOTBALL!
Did I miss the game?
All I saw was some 4-hour long Duck commercial with some football clips sprinkled in.
Seriously, though, good try by the players. CRN can end the season proud, I think.
Every time I watch our teams
I feel like screaming “don’t tase me, bro!”
Thanks, Chianti Dan.
by DrJay32 on Dec 2, 2011 8:56 PM PST via mobile reply actions
If Chris Petersen has really taken his name off the table,
Neither Sumlin nor Belloti are viable options.
Gary Patterson needs to be inserted in the conversation. He would be a home run hire!
Long live the Blue and Gold.
by 1991Bruin on Dec 2, 2011 8:57 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Much thanks
To the managers of Bruins nation. New this season to it and having this as a go to for the stuggles and frustrations has helped. I could almost say its like a counseling session. Keep up the great work. I appreciate everyones comments and insight
it's been a tough year for UCLA football.
But I’m really proud to a be a Bruin still as bad we we’ve been. The team gave a great effort tonight against an incredible team. It should have been like that all year, but at least they sent out Rick Neuheisel with a pretty solid showing. Proud of the team, good luck with whatever comes next Coach Neuheisel. We need change though, so our stupid administration better get it right this time.
I think we need Dan to go before we can bring in a great coach.
I agree with others who have wondered why a great coach would agree to work with Dan. I hope the powers that be are doing something about getting rid of him right now, so that we can bring in an AD that cares about our University and who is a person of quality that coaches will want to work with.
Go Bruins!
I agree...
but since it seems Dan Guerrero is NOT going to be fired, as ATROCIOUS as that reality is for me, it seems we have to just pray he gets it right.
Sorry. I cannot embrace your enthusiam.
No effing moral victories. This year has tried by Bruindom like no other.
no moral victories for sure.
but for what it was, I thought it was a good night. I’m 100% behind you in every way, I think UCLA needs change and people need to get fired, and I was super vocal with all of my friends about this fact. But I’m glad the team at least came out with some effort…But with that being said, I’m 100% behind everything you guys have been saying. But I’m not going to stop being proud of being a Bruin and supporting at the very least the guys on the field for trying their best.
Heck it's been a tough decade
But true fans stay with it through thick and thin
by diehardbruin on Dec 2, 2011 9:23 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Thanks Rick
Thank you for your service to UCLA Coach Neuheisel. You are a class act and a great Bruin.
ice Exhibitation (joke of a game).
Looking forward to Ill. or West. Mich. in the Fraft Fight Hunger Bowl. 7-7. Woohoo!
or SDSU or Iowa State or Temple
and we might be the first 6-8 team ever.
by Kenneth Powers on Dec 2, 2011 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
Block couldn't find the Rose Bowl w/o GPS
by hicalliber on Dec 2, 2011 9:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I know that this is a fami,y bliog.
but Kenyon, can you please tebag chip or laMcichael or Dr. pepper, or Pitbull.
Nice effort
But we were out-classed by a bunch of non-AQ undersized athletes. We will get there someday, but this next hire is key. I personally like Pat Fitzgerald, but we will probably hire Sumlin…which would be bad. Ugh.
Oh, and fuck Chip Kelly. That guy is Pete Carroll Jr.
by hicalliber on Dec 2, 2011 9:01 PM PST via mobile reply actions
+1
going for it on 4th and 3 while up 25 points and not kicking a field goal is pretty damn douche.
Disagree
What’s the point of a FG at that point? More coaches should think like he does. Plus, it’s football. If you can’t handle a guy wanting to score 7 instead of 3, you shouldn’t be playing.
Put another way, arguing for mercy is a loser’s mentality. We are only bitter about it because our guys aren’t strong enough to compete.
And check out what happened anyway? We stopped them and went and scored a TD. That’s how you respond to a guy who thinks he doesn’t need to kick a FG because he can’t be stopped. Not by crying that he wants to score points.
by GoldenGate93 on Dec 2, 2011 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
thank god!
I still think we should at least email Patterson
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 9:05 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Somehow the fat man will get his way
and the program will suffer even more. Without his 6 year QB Sumlin seems pretty average to me.
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that counts" - John Wooden.
how about the same
put all 3 of them on the boat and burn ’em boats
Kiffin's the worst
IMO. He’s got sleeze written all over him.
honestly Kiffin is a beast of its own kind
I dont even think the condoms like him
I want to see the Chianti Dan e-mail in regards to the Bowl game travel package and tickets.
And the term “exciting” UCLA Football will be used liberally
The Rick Neuheisel Era Is Officially Over
Man… I pulled for you early on. I really, really hoped, thought you’d be able to lead us for 20 years. Sorry it didn’t work out. Thank you. Good luck. Best wishes. God Speed.
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
Best wishes
To Rick Neuheisel, no matter where he goes next in life.
Good luck Rick Neuheisel
wish you the very best moving forward.
Passion Bucket Overflowing
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
Good luck Rick
As for Chianti Dan….we really need to get this retard fired. The guy has zero leadership, saavy…you name it. If it is true that he is aiming for Sumlin, the guys is hopeless.
We must get it right this time or else this program will crumble even further. It’s a shell of itself but still can be rehabilitated.
Nice choice of words
The high school where I teach has banned the “r” word. Ever think about those of us with learning disabled relatives? It doesn’t take much effort or creativity to use an appropriate term…
by Idaho87 on Dec 2, 2011 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Best to RN and family
He ran a clean, no-sanctions program, exhausted himself trying to improve our situation; but we also desperately need innovation
I really did think that Dan would be canned
if he got/gets an official “no” from Petersen, and that Block would use the time to line up ADs……but now, not so sure thats going to happen.
I should be working right now...
he's only a few years younger than our university
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 9:10 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Thats crazy isn't it?
Thought neuheisel could have been our joepa 30 years from now. guess not tho
Chianti Dan has been sucksessful...
…at making UCLA athletics into UCI athletics. No football and a pretty damn credible baseball squad. Any truth to the rumor that Dan G and Isiah Thomas have never been seen in the same room or on camera at the same time? Just sayin’
Why Hasn't Petersen come out and said that he's staying in Boise
Somebody from Boise’s blog said that the new AD has spoken on CP’s behalf so he can focus on coaching this weekend. I won’t believe CP is sticking to Boise unless he is still committed to them by the early part of next week.
Even this coaching search is typical UCLA (of late)...
…. snatching defeat from the hands of victory.
Because he's considering leaving or working out a new contract...
and until a new contact is inked he’s a free agent.
Their AD hasn't said anything ...
beyond that his goal is to keep Petersen in Boise, nothing along the lines of ‘he is staying in Boise, period…’. Though I have been away the past few hours.
formerly bruinhoo
RN all class to the end.
Great last interview.
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 9:12 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Petersen might not be motivated by money...
BUT I am sure that if you start telling his assistants that he is turning down a package that would more than double their salaries and give them a housing allowance… CP might stop being a douche about it.
It is WELL KNOWN that Guerr*error* did his best to screw up the Howland negotiation… get him out of the Petersen negotiations
by beanandcheeseburrito on Dec 2, 2011 9:12 PM PST reply actions
Thank you, Rick. You had me drinking the kool aid when you walked the Rose Bowl turf.
Now can we swish and spit chianti Dan already? His Hail Mary pass to Petersen is looks like it’s going to fall harmlessly to the turf.
from ESPN
LOL Larry Scott said he was disappointed in the championship game
Why do you hate them?
Because they have no pity on UCLA for being terrible at football and recognize us for what we are?
I could understand the hate if we were 11-1 and they were calling us frauds. But for calling a spade a spade, I just don’t see it.
by GoldenGate93 on Dec 2, 2011 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Screw Herbie
See my comments over the years.
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 2, 2011 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
I hope that you're not hating Chip 'kelly.' And if you are, I really wonder why....?
I just added herbstreit to the list of people i hate. It now reads kiffin, carroll, kelly, herbstreit
Maybe you were talking about that notre dame kelly…..anyhow, Your team played with great effort and pride. THEY made the PAC12 respectable and your university IS to be respected. Thank you all, find a place to place guerrero and lets do this thing again next year. Would you accept the challenge of a rematch (fuck $c)?
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
I'm sympathetic to you
I was at the game when the Seahawks mde the playoffs at 7-9. Stuff happens and we don’t have to reevaluate whole systems just because of the occasional fluke like Herbstreit says. If not for this game the Bruins would be 6-6 and nobody would be debating a bowl. Now go Bruins and show either the MAC or the WAC that the PAC12 is boss.
It will be somewhat reminiscent of Walt's NIT victory..
..where the detractors claimed UCLA could start chanting, “We’re #65! We’re #65!”
I didn't watch Herbstreit's comments, nor am I interested...
But to be honest, when you have 35 doggone bowl games, what do you expect. There are a number of lower tier bowl games that could do worse than picking UCLA.
I'm so sorry, Larry. USC is on PROBATION!!!!!!!!!!!! So, NO, they can't play. I'm so sick of this discussion.
Oh, yes! YOU are the one that split the conference along the lines it was split. Live with it.
Damn...
…there’s being kicked when you’re down and adding insult to injury and rubbing salt in the wounds and then there’s the four letter network’s, the most influencial sports network, beat down of our program. It’s almost better, from a PR standpoint, to have gone 5-7 and stayed out of the light…almost. REMEMBER THIS, and last years Oregon game, and this years USC and AZ game, and 2005’s USC and AZ game, and 2006’s BYU, and 2007’s Utah game. WE ARE WAY BETTER THAN THIS BS. We need balls, brains and braun to lead this program. TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE WILLING TO GO TO WAKE A SLEEPING GIANT AND DEMAND CHANGE!
"And they did it without DeAnthony Thomas."
Thank you, Marcus, for your insightful commentary. The guy was only out of the game in teh 2nd Q. Effing moran . . .
he is too busy trying to hook up with another friend's wife...
to have time to give insightful commentary
by beanandcheeseburrito on Dec 2, 2011 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Nestor you should have some more sex. Maybe you won’t be so fucking bitter about life. Do you really have to use predictable? Stop fucking rubbing it in. We all knew we had no chance in this game. Get off your high horse. What makes you an expert on anything besides being a douchebag.
While you are not going to post here again
I am leaving this up. You know for someone who writes for the Daily Bruin (note sure if you still do but you certainly were on their staff), I am surprised you couldn’t come up with wittier stuff to make your point. Despite your emotions you didn’t have a point. Calling tonight’s loss "predictable" is not "rubbing it in." It’s what everyone expected. You can’t really call it “rubbing it in” when I specifically noted how much we appreciated the effort and expressed gratitude to CRN.
As for yourself, I am saddened to see this kind of reaction from someone associated with our alma mater’s newspaper. Perhaps it’s another data point on the sad state of journalism today.
My life is actually pretty great. Thanks for your concern though. Good luck kid.
by Nestor on Dec 2, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
You right and rec'd. Rec the Nes, too, I do.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
Out of line
We all have one thing in common here…we want to see UCLA WIN! And although Nestor’s article may have been a bit pessimistic, it is bit hard to be optimistic after this season. He said what every bruin fan was thinking. Ya they played hard, but I think we are all tired of “moral victories”. Besides that there is never the need to attack someone’s personal life especially if it is over the internet and there is no validity in what you are saying. Can’t get more cowardly than that.
That's the kind of juvenile rant
I’d expect from an $C dropout
by DrJay32 on Dec 2, 2011 9:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
logic check, please!
Do you really have to use predictable?
We all knew we had no chance in this game.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
Al Golden?
The LA Times is saying that we’re now going after Miami’s Al Golden after being turned down by Petersen.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-1203-simers-ucla-oregon-20111203,0,648472.column
Thoughts on Golden?
Why do people like golden
Fours years in the Mac, one it once
6-6 his first year at miami
by silverlakebruin on Dec 3, 2011 1:01 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yes
I can get behind him but this “scoop” is coming from Simers who has no clue about anything associated with UCLA sports. So no … haven’t heard anything credible about pursuing Golden.
I'd be good with Golden
Although, in my mind, he’s definitely a Tier 2 candidate, but he’d be a good hire.
Get that cat from Iowa State! Mfkr can coach and inspire young men and its COLD bacck there and Iowa is a 4 letter word.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
really? sark? please!
He’s shown what he can and can’t do.
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 9:29 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
That's the problem with simers' "take"
He thinks we should do it to “poke” sc in the eye- as if the best chance we’ll ever have of putting one over on the trogans is by hiring a coach that’s “theirs.”
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
So much for Miami
emerging from this scandal
link needs a warning:
Simers ahead. And fawning over sarkisian no less…
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 9:30 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Sorry
Sorry, not 100% familiar with which writers are believable/not d-bags. :) haha
He'd be my second pick probably
of coaches we can get. I’d like that hire if we can’t get PetersEn (I am going to put the E in caps for awhile till I remember lol).
Not to be a Debbie Downer..
..but this coaching search is turning out to be a Post-Dorrell 2007 redux without the Dewayne Walker in the mix (yet). We are now 0-for-2 in Petersen offers and we passed on Golden four years ago when he was at Temple. (I do not buy for one millisecond the P.R. crap about him re-animating that program.)
The guy is a stiff, 27-34 at Temple, fercrissakes, and underwater at Florida.
I have a plan: when Donut Chianti Dan does this all over again in four years with XCRN’s failed successor, can we give Petersen a pass? I mean, if you ask a hot chick to the Winter Ball and she says “no” and you ask her to the senior prom and she declines, THEN SHE IS NOT INTERESTED. END. OF. STORY. The guy loves Boise, fishing, his truck, and the sticks.
We need the flashiest, gaudiest, used-car-salesman/coach available. I mean a guy that wears deafening plaid, drives mile-long Caddys, belches smike from inch-thick Cohibatators, wears boulder-sized diamond pinkie rings, cavorts with starlets, and pipelines all of his SUV-driving, handicapped-slot parking players to hugely lucrative NFL careers. We need a guy that unctuously oozes sleaze and glad hands the press with witty, double entendre..
.. and murders opponents by a million points every Saturday.
The point will be to produce winners and have Donut Chianti Dan vapor lock over the prospect of having his ultra-successful football coach end up in a motel room with a live boy or a dead ingenue.
Yeah, that oughta work.
(O.K., O.K., I was just blowing off steam. But that is not far from the truth. We woulda had Dennis Crum after John Wooden retired except for the fact that JD-Doo did not cotton to the fact that Denny was a womanizer. You guys asked IF JD-Doo had any problems, well, that was one and it launched us on a skein of [respectfully] bumblers beginning with Eugene Rope-Tow.)
This was pure joy to read.
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 2, 2011 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting post! I didn't realize that was JD's objection to Crum.
But it was certainly an unforgivable mistake not to hire him. Bartow, though, was not a bad coach, just not prepared for the pressure cooker. Another reason to have offered the job to Crum, of course, because he would have been prepared for it.
Guerrero’s failure to hire Mike Leach for what were obviously personality/culture issues has to rank as even more unforgivable than JD’s mistake. First of all, Leach would have changed the culture of UCLA football to high-scoring offense, smashmouth defense and no excuses. What, I ask, could be better? Second, Leach was unemployed, out of coaching and actively looking for a job. Instead of offering Petersen 4 million and getting turned down, we could have gotten Leach for 2 million plus incentives. Maybe less, if we had gone after him weeks ago.
Will someone please tell me why Guerrero doesn’t have to pay the same price for failure that Neuheisel did? If you are the highest-paid athletic director in the conference, the standard should be much higher than it is for the third-lowest-paid coach. Clearly, Block is the real problem here.
by Seth Chandler on Dec 3, 2011 2:04 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think he is leaving
But I hope he does if Petersen doesn’t come (not convinced he said no).
How ironic
Rick came in with the reputation for being slick and maybe not clean. So what does he do? He becomes an ultra conservative coach who runs a very clean program. Either way, thanks for giving your best, Rick. All the best.
I would rather have a team that loses
50-0 than a team that cheats. I am very proud to be a Bruin, and very proud of RN, he will always have integrity and thats what counts.
Thank you, DC.
You earned it DC. Top 10 of my favorite Bruins. Fought very hard, especially the last two seasons.
Best of luck on the next level.
I played against him in high school
Got ran over pretty good…. no shame in that though.
The stadium was in standing room only and most of that was filled.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
send RN to get Petersen
Or Patterson. He really bleeds blue and gold and wants what’s best for ucla football
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 9:33 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
That would be beyond classy of Neuheisel to do
And it’d be a huge statement to whoever he tries to recruit. Not gonna happen, though, unless it’s Neu’s own idea.
If we were to consider a trogan
I’d take fisher way before del rio
by bornagainbruin on Dec 2, 2011 9:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Normally, I wouldn't exclude an entire class of people,
but in this case it’s pretty close – because I like Jeff Fischer. But I’m almost certain we don’t want an ex-NFL guy right now.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Or an ex-NFL trogan
I just don’t want a trojan. If we were going to get a trogan, we should go all the way and go after Cheatie Petie. I really don’t want anyone who is or every was confortable wearing ketchup and mustard.
Thank you Rick indeed
Things did not work out as planned or we hoped, but he ALWAYS conducted himself as a Bruin.
On a side note, I’m surprised I haven’t seen this name thrown around more: Vic Fangio. He’s clearly a proven commodity. Maybe not as HC, but the guy has proven he can COACH at the collegiate Level and in the NFL. What recruit wouldn’t want to play for a coach like that? Plus, we saw what he did with Stanford’s defense. Despite him being in the NFL, I think the money we’re offering plus an opportunity to be HC could lure him our way. Don’t get me wrong though, my desire is still for Chianti Dan to go after a PROVEN Top Tier coach (Bob Stoops, Mark Richt, Brett Bielema). If Michigan was able to lure Rich Rod away from his alma mater, we definitely should AT LEAST be able to make serious runs at some big names.
Maybe not $4 million/yr
However, I would at least like to see his name in the mix.
Honestly, that is some serious money
If we are throwing down that kind of money, we need a serious coach. With the names that are dropped in the media (cable, walker, etc) I have to ask: Does dan think A-level money on a B-level coach gets it done? It forces me to question whether dan thinks of this as an A-level job. He can’t convince any candidate of that, no matter how much money he offers, if he doesn’t believe it himself.
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
forreals guys...
think about that – 4 million a year. 5 years = $20 million, with bonuses and others on top. You can make close to a quarter billion in 5 years. damn.
a quarter billion
Would be 250 million, not 25 million
by bruinfan11 on Dec 2, 2011 10:34 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
LMFAO
MY BAD I do not deserve to call UCLA my alma mater sh*t.. I mean quarter of a 100 million. got myself too excited, blame the Chinese method of counting money
Maybe a British billion?
Nevermind, that’s even more.
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 2, 2011 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
in my mind
I was thinking 100 million, which is in Chinese 1 Yi. Yi is directly translated to billion in English, but 1 billion is actually 10 Yi.
20 million USD ~ 125 million RMB, for what it’s worth
Another name
Although much less “proven” I REALLY like what I’ve seen out of Manny Diaz too.
It' pretty disappointing to me
that we don’t hear anything about this direction. I think a guy like Kirby Smart would be sweet. That guy knows what championship football looks like.
Word is Smart will wait out Richt for the Georgia job
Before this year, it seemed like he wouldn’t have to wait long.
Douchebag Heisman Barkley
They just showed on Sportscenter what Barkley was teething during the game. How I WISH I could sack that worthless piece of shit myself.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Dec 2, 2011 9:48 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I Mean "TWEETING"
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Dec 2, 2011 9:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'd believe teething
From that baby
by DrJay32 on Dec 2, 2011 9:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
How does guererror stil have a job
When his two football picks are two of the four worst coaches of all time at UCLA?
Ridiculous
by bornagainbruin on Dec 2, 2011 10:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
We'll need to stick this graphic to his chest
His Scarlet L – for Loser.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
How does DG have a job after this!!?
Get a clue Block! Fire Dan!
by Flem on Dec 3, 2011 8:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
To Bruins Nation
•Congratulations, your team showed up and played with fire and heart (as I fully expected, unlike the idiotic national media. I’ve been saying for a week it was not going to be a blowout, and was going to be a close conf game).
•Your qb, Kevin Prince is one tough kid. He took a pounding and didn’t lose his nerve or poise. I think he did the best he could under the circumstances and with the resources at his disposal.
•That Rosario catch might just have been one of the best catches I’ve seen in the last 4 years against us. Awesome potential there.
•Chip Kelly goes for it on 4th down rather than kicking a FG because it’s a LESS DOUCHY thing to do. The chances of making it are far less than making a FG, usually. So most of the time the other team gets the ball with good field position, rather than us running up the score with a FG. Also, it burns more time off the clock so we score less in the end. It’s LESS DOUCHY that way. You can hate Chip Kelly all you want, but not for that.
•I’m glad Rick Neuheisel is no longer your coach. I fully expect your program to recover in the next few years — it will be good for the conference and good for Oregon, too. We like having a stronger conference.
•Good luck in your bowl game, if you do go, and kick butt on behalf of the PAC-12!!
Originally posted in AtQ by GameDayTribe
If ya can't get your Dick Enright, get your Dick Harter!
Chip Kelly is a dbag......
…..but I wish he was our coach. We could use a dbag for a while that scares the crap out of the AD
Rosario "Awesome potential there"
Yeah, we’ve been saying that for all four of his years though.
by Kenneth Powers on Dec 2, 2011 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
Well
he does have over 1k yards this year, along with some fantastic catches. He catches the ball well in traffic has decent speed, good hops. He is almost useless after the catch. He’ll make it on an NFL roster somewhere as a hands guy. Just don’t throw to him when he’s wide open in the flat :)
yeah
he stops moving after catching the ball. Great hands though
Ducks kicker is less effective than going for it
I get your point, but Chip Kelly still acted like a douche. Bitching to the refs that the clock didn’t expire. The man wanted to hang 70 on us.
In some ways, I like that attitude. In some ways, it’s uncalled for. Style points are unnecessary at this point.
by DrJay32 on Dec 2, 2011 9:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure if it was style points
or just disposition. It seems like guys like that (Harbaugh comes to mind) almost have blinders on in a football game. During the game, they have one speed and will not take their foot off the pedal until the end.
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Good luck to you guys in the Rose Bowl
There is only one Pac-12 team I wouldn’t root for in the Rose Bowl – it’s not you guys. ;-) Hope you run up 50 on the B1G 10 rep.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
I personally like
That Kelly goes for it on 4th. No fear, no mercy. Sucks when you’re on the other side of it, but oh well. Good luck in the Rose Bowl.
I've got nothing against Kelly.
I agree that going for the field goal would have been more douchy. Good luck at the Rose Bowl. I love the kind of football the Ducks play.
by Seth Chandler on Dec 3, 2011 2:11 AM PST up reply actions
No problem with Kelly.
He coaches like that so his players have the die-hard mentality that they have. I’d do it too.
Rosario's one-handed catch is the #1 play of the day on ESPN's Sport Center. I wish he would have more 2 handed...
Catches during the regular season!,
Sheesh
there is just no way you could imagine this situation this evening if you were told before the season UCLA would play in the Pac 12 championship game. I just shake my head.
If DG is not out……….What then?
As Alumni, or aluminums as the trogans refer........
…..it is our obligation to make sure DG is replaced. Pressure is critical. Regardless of who the new coach is – DG is a cancer on UCLA. Has to go.
What other conference
gives one team home-field advantage in a Championship game? Not saying it impacted the result, but aren’t most others played at a (mostly) neutral site?
by BruinFanGA on Dec 2, 2011 10:08 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I'm pretty sure
Larry Scott was worried about selling out the game, and knew that Oregon has prolly the most passionate fans. It was a no brainer decision for him.
I wish YOU guys would've hosted. I know I could use a good excuse to get to a warmer spot than Autzen was tonight.
I mean, you guys played well, real well, I thot. But its now midnight and my toes are just now getting unthawed.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
There probably would have been
the same proportion of Oregon fans to UCLA fans.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
All of the big ones are.
SEC is Atlanta, B1G is Indianapolis, ACC is Charlotte, Big XII was rotating (no more title game), and Big East doesn’t have one.
Problem is Pac-12 fans don’t travel very well and it’s a quite large geographical area. Seems like University of Phoenix Stadium and the future Farmers Field would be great sites for this game.
by Kenneth Powers on Dec 2, 2011 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
He was afraid of an ACC Championship game situation
where the neutral site is < 1/3 full, as was true for some of the mid-late last decade ACC games. Doubly true on a Friday afternoon/early evening game, rather than a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon game allowing for more fans to travel.
formerly bruinhoo
If you were in a group that anyone in the city of Tampa was aware of, your group was offered free tickets for the ACC Championship game
I was a volunteer for pre-Superbowl stuff, along with about a thousand other people. Each volunteer was offered two free tix, or maybe it was four. They literally couldn’t give those tickets away.
is this true? (ESPN)
“A conference source told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Monday that UCLA earned $6.3 million in revenue under the old television contract, but will earn more than $15 million next season.”
I didn’t know it was 15 MILLION, I thought it was around 6-8 million from the contract
And, you guys get some nice scratch from tonight's game, too, right?
/gooddownpaymentonanewAD
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
Petersen no official word, my 1.5 cents...
He wants to stay at Boise but now that Ucla and perhaps others have waived $4mil at him to leave he’s reconsidering and wants Boise to pay him more than they would like. Not 4mil but more than they have offered so now he’s on the fence.
Here's a link to the ESPN article reporting that Petersen "officially" turned down Stanfords offer.
Petersen himself released a statement.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6008976
LOL for a second
I thought you were trolling posting a link to Petersen turning down our offer and I was like I don’t see UCLA in this entire article…
I don't know how to use all that nice stuff to
block paragraphs on the iPhone, but I felt this needed to be posted. RN didn’t do well, but he is a bruin through and through. Per gold:
During the slow waltz off the field, Neuheisel grabbed prize pupil Brett Hundley, the wunderkind freshman quarterback who was called the savior by UCLA fans before the season, and drew him close.
“You take this team to a different level,” Neuheisel said. “You hear me? A different level.”
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 10:15 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Touching
And sad, that he’ll never get to work with his prize recruit. Let’s hope the next guy in fulfill Neuheisel’s dream
Agreed
I really would like to see Neuheisel remain involved with the program, and UCLA in general one some sort of level. Good or bad, he definitely brings discussions about UCLA to the front page (lol most often for bad but hey), as opposed to Karl who ran the football team like a division 3 community college. AND IN LA ffs
Awesome.
I wish we could keep Rick at some level.
by LavinRuinedCollege on Dec 2, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
RN loves UCLA
Let’s hope, that even though he didn’t get to take us to the promised land, that he’s laid the foundation for it.
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Can We Forget About Chianti Dan for 1 Night
and congratulate our guys for putting up a fight and coach Neuheisel ending his career with class? We won our spot in the Pac-12 championship game fair and square. Sure we came up short, but we didn’t get embarrassed either.
I’d take Oregon Ducks to the Rosebowl over SUC anyday.
GO BRUINS!!!
I would love to be able to forget that guy for a lot longer
by Westwood is the best wood on Dec 2, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Ok....
…but not so sure we won our place as much as SUC cheated their way out of the championship game.
I'll give ya that
hahaha but definitely earned it over Utah and ASU
Absolutely not
I love the passion Neu showed tonight, and it wasn’t an absolute egg like we have laid at times over the past decade.
Great.
Yay.
But I can’t get past the nuclear wasteland that is the Morgan Center — headed by the biggest Homer Simpson AD of the land.
I can’t forget about him for one night. For one week. I am reminded about him nearly every time I deal with UCLA athletics. I used to be a major donor, but stopped all support 2.5 years ago after an interaction with Dan. Until he is gone, so is my financial support. And I can’t forget it.
Even for one night.
Yo
I think that’s cutting it too close man. REALLY? Give Homer some credit – at least the nuke plant never went nuclear. I can’t say the same about Morgan Center.
You mean the "nucleon" plant?
LOL!
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 2, 2011 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
I think everyone would like to hear that story
character evidence of sorts
Don't fret over XCRN too much..
He’ll land on his feet. Remember, he’s got 250 large to cushion the blow next year and, if his successor runs up a good record, there’ll be a lot of “didn’t exactly leave the cupboard bare” comments. (Cf. thread above about Hundley.)
That said, he’s a class act; just could not get the job done. The only sadness I have for him is that he’d probably have worked for free and been successful at his alma mater versus a lucrative contract elsewhere.
He'll do well in the NFL
and make lots of money. Really, this situation isn’t going to work out bad for RN. There was bad blood between him and UCLA after he was passed over and he still had the specter of the Washington allegations floating over him. Both of those issues are over and done; he has been embraced by Bruins (especially over the last week) and ran a sparkling clean program. It is too bad that the cleansing of RN didn’t come with enough wins on the field, but I came out of this with a lot more respect for RN the man off the field.
play your best players
I obviously would like a great coach to turn our program around, but more than that, I would just like to see the best guys starting and playing every game. Kevin Prince is not good enough to start at the peewee level more or less at a major D1 university. If you play guys like him, Embree, Westgate, etc etc you will lose. The most important rule of sports is play your best players. So yes, let’s get a great coach, but for heavens sake, can we just play the best player at each position for once and be done with it?
Watching Franklin lay the ball on the turf
always made me wonder why James & Jones didn’t see the field more?
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that counts" - John Wooden.
Hearing these rumors about Petersen are disconcerting. I still believe Chianti Dan's big hire is
DeWayne Walker. The “big” part of the hire is going to be that we’re paying him $2.5M.
Never underestimate the incompetence of Chianti Dan. DeWayne Walker and a bunch of overpaid assistants.
Look for it.
didn't you hear
D walker is going to get an extension for turning the corner while the needle was moving at nmsu
by bruin578 on Dec 2, 2011 10:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I think you're giving dan way too much credit here
My guess is he’ll just promote Mike Johnson to HC lmao
watch us win the bowl game
and dan will sign Mike Johnson to a 10 year contract right after!
by Objection Penguin on Dec 2, 2011 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
it's funny because it's so possible!
or wait, it’s not funny because it’s so….. ahhh nevermind
I had a similar thought
And to justify it all, CMJ at HC means some sort of “continuity” in the program. Then he will be our guy with NFL experience! This will help DG’s vision be realized. lol
Lavinized again.
I don’t even think Chianti Dan can pick a good bottle of wine. What can we do to get rid of him tomorrow? Does Mr. Wasserman read this blog?
by BrendonBruin on Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Go Texas A&M !
Take Sumiln, please! I couldn’t think of a worse possible hire than Keenum’s Coattail Rider! Take away the temptation from Chainti Dan!
Anyone see Matt Barkley's twitter comments?
What an arrogant a-hole! So infuriating. And I went to Mater Dei, and i STILL hate him. I hope he fails as miserably in the NFL as Leinart has. Ugh.
what'd it say
for those of us that don’t have Twitter
Matthew Barkley
“No power = No Pac12 Championship game. Prob won’t be missing much..”
Matthew Barkley
“Awesome, power’s back on! Lookin forward to watching some Pac5 SoCal HighSchool football tonight! "
It’s not even that bad, but the guy just oozes arrogance, sleaze, and entitlement.
He's a douche!
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that counts" - John Wooden.
I think less of u$cock fans
that hold him up on a pedestal praising him like he’s Jesus’-second-coming. All those pictures of him standing up there waving his little toy sword directing the band and students. Jokes prolly on them, Barkley prolly doesn’t even think much of them, other than a stepping stone to the big game.
I played against Mater Dei his junior and senior, he is every bit the self-entitled douche he appears to be while on the field.
But he is talented as hell.
What did he say?
"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen
Barkley has, hands down, the most punchable face in football...
The Perfect embodiment of what it is to be a Trojan.
Any time I hear his name, all I can think of is the shot of him on the sidelines a few years ago at the end of the USC/UCLA game after Carroll went for the deep pass and got the touchdown when the game was already well out of hand. I’m sure you could find it on youtube or somewhere, but that look…it’s true, he’s the douchiest douche in the history of douches…
My hat goes off to the guys who fought tonight
I wish Neuheisel the best. Tonight there were flashes of what some of the talent on the team can do. With the right coaching this team is capable of being very good from the get go.
I’d like to think that the people with power (read $$$) around the program are trying hard to lead the administration to a top choice.
Are any of the Top tier coaching names that have been suggested connected in anyway to UCLA? I guess what I’m asking is, is there anybody that seems like a great candidate for HC that is connected to UCLA in some form?
Did anybody read this?
http://insidesocal.com/ucla/2011/12/i-just-got-off-the.html
Makes you feel bad for the guy. Wish things could’ve worked out for him.
No. Let him run or raise money for the UCLA Fund after he is done with Football, maybe
But nothing in his 4 years in charge of Football gives me any confidence that he could competently manage the athletic department.
formerly bruinhoo
I do think he'd be a good fit as a QB coach and recruiting coordinator
I just don’t think he’s a very good head coach. But he can coach up a quality QB (see the Troy Aikman years) and for all the BS people give him for “yelling” at his quarterbacks, I think he got as much out of Kevin Prince as he could. Sure, he squandered Brehaut’s talent and potential, but that is more of a head coaching decision than a QB coach decision (i.e. if he was limited to working with and coaching the QBs techniques, getting them mentally prepared, going over reads, rather than deciding who plays and who doesn’t, he’d be fine), and he’s a great recruiter and fantastic ambassador for UCLA.
I’d love to see him come back to the coaching staff in that rather limited role, but I suspect he’ll find his way back to the NFL.
Unfortunately, the coaching search is looking like deja vus...
Nevertheless, I did like the names produced by the 2007 search firm. I only wished the “genius” would have listened to them. My current fear is that we have not yet used the firm this time, putting all of our eggs in the inevitible annual CP ego fest…I also fear that now we will contact them, but it will be too late to hire any of their suggestions…I hope I am wrong..Now, I am left with relying on pure luck that we hire a worthy coach…
I wonder how Neuheisel would have done with 2 million to spend on assistants.
It was not a well-coached team, but assistant coaches do a lot of the actual coaching. The biggest problem with this team was its horrible defense. What if Neuheisel could have gotten a defensive version of Homer Smith?
At this point, UCLA should give Neuheisel another year and fire Guerrero
Guerrero has screwed the pooch so badly that all we are going to get is a coach who will give us mediocre results coaching against people like Chip Kelly, Mike Leach and the Lane Kiffin/USC machine. There is no chance that he will hire anyone remotely in that tier at this point. And we are not going to beat teams coached by people like that with the fourth- or fifth-best coach in the Pac-12.
So rather than face five years of mediocrity (or 20 years, if we get someone like Donahue) and then do this all over, we might as well give Neuheisel a chance to see what he can do with Hundley and a decent defensive coordinator. I would seriously rather risk having one more awful year than lock ourselves into a cruddy hire.
coaching search
Looking dismal right now, leach and Petersen off the table. The discussion is now switching to second tier candidates, (golden etc). Guerrero is totally fucking this up. Shoulda started looking for a coach months ago. Not commiting to non reciprocal road games with Texas. Guerrero you dipshit.
by Strathmore&Gayley on Dec 3, 2011 4:28 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Why the F__K is he talking about Sumlin??? God this sucks!!
Isn’ there better out there?? God.
Nestor, thanks for this post...
One of the best post-game recaps I ever read, negative comments notwithstanding. Not much else to say from my perspective, other than wanting the pain to stop. With the ongoing coach search debacle, no end it sight to that either.
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