Bruin Bites: Dan Guerrero and Rick Neuheisel Fail Edition
by Bellerophon on Sep 18, 2011 3:00 PM PDT
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As I discussed earlier, that loss to Texas was flat-out embarrassing. If you want to subject yourselves to more torture (courtesy of this dysfunctional, diseased culture of mediocrity under Dan Guerr-error), you can go through the discussions we've had about how pathetic this UCLA program was yesterday under Dan Guerr-error and Rick No-heisel's Reign of Error here, here, here, and here.
There is no doubt that Dan Guerrero has completely FAILED during his tenure as UCLA's athletic director, just as there is no doubt that, so far, Rick Neuhseisel has completely FAILED during his time as UCLA's head football coach.
If I was a staffer at Morgan Center (read: chumps like proven liar Mark Harlan), I'd be sweating right now. The debacle that is UCLA football is completely unacceptable. Neuheisel will be the second head coach Guerrero hired who has not panned out.
Simply put, Dan Guerr-error is on the hot seat, and if he and Rick can't turn this thing around fast, when we come after him and his job, I can guarantee that no one in Morgan Center will be safe from criticism. So boys, you better get to work or those sweet, sweet UCLA paychecks won't be coming in much longer. After all guys, you should know you're already on a short leash after your other failed, idiotic boondoogles (or did you forget #SFatPauley, #VetoSeto, and of course, Dump Dorrell).
With that, let's turn to this special edition of your Bruin Bites round-up of bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse after the jump.
- Starting with our theme, we're going to start with a few internal links: Bruin fans and BN posters are lighting it up, mashing out arguments for why Rick should resign now, why Guerrero needs to be fired, or eviscerating a poor attempt at defending Dan Guerr-error. Very interesting discussions throughout the Bruin Nation, both here on BN and throughout the interwebs.
- In one of the best pieces I've seen post- Texas, someone from the traditional sports media captured the sentiment around UCLA football perfectly. Jimmy Bramlett of LAist.com nailed it, noting that UCLA football is a "shame" that makes watching a game at the amazing Rose Bowl unenjoyable. He concludes that Neuheisel is unlikely to survive the season barring a miracle, and picks up on the one common thread in UCLA's culture of mediocrity that has lasted more than a decade:
It is apparent that Neuheisel will not be the head coach in January unless there is a miracle that would even leave the baby Jesus slack-jawed in awe. But what then? Who can Guerrero get to coach this program that isn’t even a shell of what it used to be.
There is something toxic going on in Westwood, something deeper than a mere cosmetic head coaching fix. I don’t know what it is. I can’t put my finger on it. But with a football program that can’t stop tripping over itself with Bob Toledo, Karl Dorrell and Neuheisel, there is one common thread: Dan Guerrero.
- Even a clueless buffoon like Bill Splashme has realized that Neuheisel is on a major hot seat and that yesterday's disaster against Texas is completely unacceptable. If you want to see a poorly-written group of one sentence paragraphs for why Rick is on the ropes, you can see Plaschke's article in the dying L.A. Times.
- ESPN piles on with Ramona Shelburne questioning if Neuheisel is the only person left at UCLA who believes this program can turn it around, complete with a lot of "I don't know" quotes from players at a UCLA program that sound clueless and without direction. As Shelburne indicates, we'll find out soon if these players believe in their coach or not: if they come out flat again, then it'll be clear that Rick really has lost this team and perhaps it's time to move on.
- In terms of football news, injuries to the offensive line are a regular occurrence in Westwood, and unfortunately Sean Sheller is once again the victim. ESPN's Peter Yoon reports that Sheller is out indefinitely with a broken right arm that will require surgery. In all likelihood, this means yesterday is the last time we'll see Sean Sheller, the sixth-year senior who missed two years to injuries, in a UCLA uniform. Really sad ending for this kid. Get well soon Sean, you'll be missed.
- The only silver lining to yesteday's thumping at the hands of the Longhorns was that UCLA discovered that punter Jeff Locke is also one hell of a field goal kicker (something I figured out after about 5 minutes of playing NCAA Football 12), after knocking down two field goals, one from 51 yards and another from 49 yards. But since this is a Rick Neuheisel team, he'll go back to a still-injured Kip Smith next week, who will promptly miss two short field goals instead of going with the healthy guy with the big leg.
- Turning to other football news, former Bruin Brian Price is back on the football field after two surgeries to keep his hamstrings properly attached to his pelvis, injuries that threatened not just his football career, but made the former Bruin stand-out wonder if he'd ever walk again. Great to see Brian is back and you have to love his nasty attitude (something that current UCLA football players are sorely lacking):
"People labeled me as done," he said. "I was like, 'I can't buy into that. I've got to make a comeback. I've got to stay positive.' Nobody really understands, but people are going to understand one day because I'm going to have a voice.
"I'm going to make people feel me. I'm going to make people feel my pain."
- Turning to something other than football, the men's basketball television schedule was announced yesterday, with 22 games being selected for broadcast.
- Finally, turning to a winning program, UCLA's women's soccer team kept their undefeated season alive by taking Loyola Marymount down 3-1, with freshman Kylie McCarthy and Samantha Mewis (2) notching the goals for the Bruins in a second-half comeback victory over the Lady Lions.
With that, try to enjoy the last few hours of the weekend before we get back to the work-week, despite the nasty taste in everyone's mouth following Dan Guerrero and Rick Neuheisel's latest major failure in Westwood.
GO BRUINS
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If UCLA loses
to a reeling Oregon St team next week, they’re just done. MAYBE there’s a 7-5 ish turnaround if they win that one and build some momentum.
Not good.
Then DG would have an excuse to keep RN.
Regardless of the circumstances and performance
I don’t think it’s right to root for our boys to lose, just so one of our former Bruins will lose his job.
Well, it comes down to pick your poison then.
Moot point. After these 3 games, I doubt very much if We will win 7. 5 is being very generous. We barely beat SJS. OSU and WSU were always winnable, but now not so sure. My guess is that we will win 5 and RN will be terminated. I can hear Reagan saying to Carter, “There you go again.”
Didn't DG just get a raise?
I am not certain but I think I recently read that Dan just got a bump in salary.
My personal opinion is that even if UCLA fires Rick he will be replaced by another cheap hire and once again the Bruins will get exactly what they pay for.
I'm not sure if UCLA, the institution, deliberately hires cheap because they want to save money
I thought the UC Board of Regents has to approve a salary for a head coach? And that may be an obstacle.
I don’t know, the reason I say this is because it makes very little sense from a financial point of view to on purposely hire a cheap and poor quality coach. Think about it. If you are giving a coach a contract of 5 years and paying him 1.2 million per year, it does cost a lot in the long term to go through multiple poor coaches who do little to bring in additional revenue (because they suck and this causes less fans to watch games, buy tickets, and merchandise) and also can be costly because they are fired after the 3rd or 4th year and the university has to buy out the rest of their contract.
An analogy is like buying a cheap watch and an expensive watch. It makes sense for anyone to buy a $500 pair o dress shoes and keep it for many years instead of buying a pair of cheap $80 dress shoes watch that lasts for 3 months before it rips apart.
But if they ARE deliberately choosing cheap coaches and buying low quality shoes just because they “think” they are saving money, then well, they really are idiots. They need some real financial consultants in Morgan Center then.
Bureaucrats are making the decisions
You are correct in what you are saying but you are forgetting that UCLA is run by a bunch of bureaucrats with zero business sense that do not make logical decisions. They just want to hire a coach for a certain low dollar amount believing they are saving money. They did not take into account the amount of additional money that a top dollar coach will make the university by bringing the football program to greatness.
No, it's a UCLA problem
Cal has had no problem finding a way to find big money to spend on Tedford.
From what I could find at USA Today and the Examiner, he made $2.8 million in 2009, followed by $2.3 million in 2010.
Last time I checked, we both have the same institutional issues (academics and the UC bureaucracy), so while Cal is doing a wholesale renovation of Memorial Stadium, has some sharp uniforms, apparently something resembling brand promotion, and is building new athletic facilities, what the f**k is our excuse?
Oh yeah, we have that f**king failure Dan Guerrero in charge. It’s a DG problem, not a UC problem.
by Bellerophon on Sep 18, 2011 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
There is no reason we should be on an uneven playing field with Cal. We are sister campuses in the same university system. What is the difference between us? Their administration is pushing them forward. Our administration is holding us back.
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The Chicago Cubs come to mind..
..a franchise that has had 100 years (or more) to get back into a World series let alone win one. and they have failed. One would think that some genius would have the forethought and wherewithal to put together a plan to build up a program (either the Cubs or the Bruins) that would produce a winner. But so long as they put your butts in the seats and can make the kind of money they do on UCLA athletics, there’s no real motivation to do so.
So, until the mindset over at the Jay-Dee Center changes, expect this to continue through mediocre coach after coach after coach after coach.
By the way, I would not exactly say that the new Cal uniforms are sharp. In my considered opinion, they’re only one step above the Oregon Dux manhole cover pattern jerseys.
I'm glad to see you're back
And I agree that uniforms are a matter of personal choice and style. But, as someone who grew up in the Bay Area, and who has a lot of family and friends who are Cal people, I think these current uniforms (especially the gold uniform with white pants) look a lot sharper than anything else the Golden Bears have worn in quite some time.
I would like to see their helmets return to the simple navy blue with gold Cal script rather than the kind of lame stripe they have going on now.
But even if you think their uniforms are ugly, they’re smart enough to make a bit of a change (because for whatever reason, these young recruits think that kind of stuff, esp. Oregon, is cool) and every recruiting advantage (within the rules of course) helps.
On second thought..
..perhaps i was a bit too hasty about the Cal uniforms. I think I got confused with the ones they wore a couple of years ago? Dunno. But a second look tells me they are WHOLE LOT BETTER than the O-DUX abortions.
Your point about the kids thinking uniforms are cool counting more than we sclerotic old men is absolutely valid. Still..one thing to be grateful for is that UCLA has not gotten onto the hip-hop uniform bandwagon. consistently tasteful.
As for being back, I drop in form time to time but am afraid to post too much because of my innate cynicism.(That’s the way it is with an old guy.) You all are correct about incessant negativism but I think the inability for the AD to tell CRN he would have to move on was a misstep; we’re only prolonging the agony.
Of course, the prevailing sentiment here about telling DG it’s time to go is right on as well. The problem is systemic.
Geezers Unite!
The uniforms are awful.
Oregon’s uniforms used to be classy. Now their just nonsense. If I was a Maryland alum, I would only attend a game with a bag over my head.
There is a reason why teams use “throwback uniforms.” It’s because they generally looked better. Could you see Sandy Koufax’s classic windup and delivery with baggy pants that sagged down below his heels?
Should I seek help??
Woke up this morning wanting to die.
Please get rid of Guerro and Neu now!!!
Yes
And if you don’t have anything intelligible to add, do not post here.
by Nestor on Sep 18, 2011 3:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Our football program is a joke...
Aside from us being homers we are a complete joke from outsiders.
Bruin Nation is covering an irrelevant football program. What else is there to say until some major change is made? we can talk all the analysis and stats all we want. But ask an outsider or hater(SC) and all they need to tell you in one word about UCLA football…SUCK.
Not even the mighty bruin nation can do shit about it.
we have been irrelevant for years.
You wont get another warning
If we see you spam this place with one more gibberish rant you will be gone. We understand letting it out a bit in a post game thread but the way you have been spamming since then hijacking thoughtful frontpage posts is unacceptable. This will be your last warning.
by Nestor on Sep 18, 2011 6:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What Would Rick Do?
RN says he’s a UCLA fan, too. I believe him. What would he — as a fan — do if UCLA’s coach over the last 4 years was 16-24 despite having strong recruiting classes? What would RN do if the current coach kept starting the wrong QB, kept a dominating runner like DC off the field, had a defense that couldn’t tackle? What would RN do if the coach kept putting in frozen hands receivers and punt returners whose highlight films are fair catches without fumbles?
What would RN do? He’d demand the guy be FIRED on the spot. What will Dan Guerrero do? Continue to pocket his undeserved paycheck and let RN slide because, after all, he’s got another year on his contract and DG doesn’t want to have to pay it off by firing RN.
I wrote a polite letter yesterday to Chancellor Block. I want UCLA to be like the ‘Furd, not like San Jose State. But if RN and DG had any integrity, they’d be handing in their resignation letters to Block now, and allowing a new AD and HC to come in and clean house. The alumni, the current students and the current players all deserve better.
thank you Bellerophon!
What did we gain by keeping Norm Chow around for the end of our last 4-8 season? What will we gain by keeping Rick until the end of this season? An obvious decision is staring Guerror in the face. Even the commentators hinted that Neu has lost this team, saying that “the atmosphere in the huddle was completely flat” maybe getting BLOWN OUT on national TV twice a year will do that to a program. I can no longer watch Sean Westgate do belly flops trying to catch superior athletes while Owa sits and watches. I can’t Prince throw 3 picks in one quarter while Brehaut sits without a helmet on. I can’t watch a twelve men on the field penalty on 3rd and 1 when we have Derrick Coleman on the team. We have athletes. We don’t have a coach.
by Strathmore&Gayley on Sep 18, 2011 4:35 PM PDT reply actions
One interesting thing at the student section
Someone started to flap his wings like the fans did in the movie Angels In the Outfield. You know when someone does this, your program is as good as ****ed.
Will God send some heavenly bears from the sky to help the Bruins win the pennant? I mean Pac 12…
I'm really bummed for Sheller
Back in the spring, I was pretty optimistic about finally seeing our healthy first string offensive line getting a chance to play together: Baca, Sheller, Maiava, Ward, Williams.
Alas, that lineup played together for almost 3 quarters. Almost. FML.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
I was really happy when I heard that he was eligible for this season.
He was one of the guys, last year, that always seemed to get the job done. Now this.
I hope he recovers quickly and completely. he will be missed.
Been a Bruin since birth
Some good news?
Brehaut named starter per Gold:
http://twitter.com/TheCoolSub/status/115593454951743489
I know this shouldn’t be a surprise for anyone but honestly, I was still happy to see this
by shipphappens on Sep 18, 2011 6:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The reply to this should be
“Duh”, but as we know, we can’t take anything for granted this year. Who would have thought that Price would start against UT, let alone remain in the game for so long?
I think CRN must have been dreaming of a Prince led miracle
win reminiscing over last year in Austin and giving Prince a shot at redemption. A completely healthy and well practiced Prince might have performed better, but CRN should have realized Prince was neither physically nor mentally ready to start a high profile game like this one.
Agreed
That’s why I blame Neu more than Prince. Prince is a gamer who wanted to play and gave what little he had on Saturday. His coach should have known better. I don’t know what he is thinking.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
+1
How many games has Prince started that he was healthy and well practiced? I would bet, not more than one or maybe two. I have always been a Prince backer, at least up until last week. Brehaut should have started, period. Prince should have been pulled after the first interception. His passing wasn’t sharp to say the least and his running, though good, was terminated prematurely either by design or fear of injury. Either way, he should not have been in there. Not yesterday anyway.
Been a Bruin since birth
I can't say I'm happy to say this
Prince must be in a coma, and have had at least one limb amputated. Otherwise, he would be named the starte, based on what’s happened in the past. Poor Kevin. I hope he gets out of the ICU soon.
The team has no drive, or urgency to succeed
I think this has a big part to do with the audience size. There’s gotta be a reason you play to win other than to raise your stats and get drafted. I think a big part of that is playing for your peers, playing for the community, and living up to expectations. As much as CRN can fill a passion bucket, it continually empties when you play in a half filled Rose Bowl. That’s Guerrero’s responsibility, and he’s failed miserably at that. Look at the Basketball seating debacle and the countless times where we had fairly local games both at the Staple Center, and Arizona. Other schools bussed their students to the game, UCLA didn’t. Look at the mess with the Girls Basketball team, having a higher seed, but playing at the home court of the opponent. Or look at the dilapidated condition of Robinson Stadium. It’s a bunch of self inflicted wounds from Guerrero.
CRN failed as head coach, and he was much worst than Dorell. However, the one consistency through this whole decade of missed opportunities was Guerrero. It feels like Guerrero has been smooching to get a promotion in a higher position in the NCAA, but this has cost the university dearly.
by wingsabre on Sep 18, 2011 6:32 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
If the team has no drive nor urgency to succeed
responsibility for that has to be pinned on the coach, no? The low attendance has to to hurt team morale,but ultimately, its got to come down to the head coach, I think.
I'm not contesting that fact. I'm saying it's not all CRN's fault either.
The program as a whole has been stuck in mediocrity for more than a decade. CRN hasn’t been there that long. The same theme, the same issues have been there even before Dorelle, or CRN. Neu is essentially a dead man walking. Unless a miracle happens, he’s gone. The issue is, how fundamentally broken the system is at Westwood, and Guerrero is as much part of the problem these years as Neu. Replacing the head coach will only be a superficial fix. More has to be done.
I don't get it with the administration.....
shouldn’t they know football is the major revenue source for college sports? As much as it want UCLA to excel in academics and the minor sports venues, where they like football or not, its a huge part of the national big school environment, so shouldn’t the admin want the Bruins to excel in football for school pride and money?
Yes, the administration should know that abandoning football is the wrong choice.
And yes, Chamberlain’s government should have known that appeasment in Munich was the wrong choice.
Oh they want it to excel
the way you want your lemonade stand to make you a millionaire.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
by tasser10 on Sep 19, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps the fall in revenues by fewer butts being in the seats this year
will be a major wake-up call at Morgan Center. If it ins’t, then both Guerrero and even the Chancellor should be replaced.
by bornagainbruin on Sep 19, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Technically no. The Pac-12 deal has given the school money
They may break even, so they’ll just stay in limbo while other schools get ahead.
Does anyone have
Urban Meyers e-mail address?
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that counts" - John Wooden.
Tackling in practice...
The old adage, ‘you play the way you practice’ is so true in this case. We are not tackling in practice, so we don’t do it in games very well.
Question: What the hell is the Scout Team there for?
I say, let ’em go at it. Things are not working as is, they need to take more risks and this is one of them.
+1. There is just no room for excuses this year for two reasons:
1) Depth. There is absolutely no excuse to skimp on going “live” in practice, especially considering our depth is as good as it’s been in years.
2) Look at other teams, such as SuC. SuC has cut way back on practicing “live” due to their perceived lack of depth, yet they haven’t had nearly the tackling issues we’ve had.
Could it be that our coaches don’t know how to coach, instead of just not practicing enough the right way?
by bornagainbruin on Sep 19, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy Lasorda's Pre-Game Speech
I have no idea what Tommy told our guys BEFORE the game, but here is the actual transcript of the POSTGAME speech given by Coach Harris of the Adams University Atoms:
“Y’know When you were a baby, in your crib, and your father looked down at you, he had but one hope, someday my son will grow to be a man. Look at you now, you just got your asses whhhipped by a bunch of god damn nerds, NEEEEEEERRRRRDDDDDS.Well if I was you I’d do something about it. I would get up and I would redeem myself, in the eyes of my father, my maker and my coach.”
Now THAT’S a speech!
Pitt and Cuse
With their moves to the ACC and UCONN & Rutgers seeking membership into the ACC, the OU/OK St/UT/TT move is gaining steam.
If so, without major changes in how things are done, we’ll continue to be an irrelevant program.
Subtraction by addition
We automatically drop 3 places in conference hierarchy.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Agree
UCLA must decide whether they want a high profile program or if being irrelevant is perfectly fine
We are part of U.C.L.A.
And we need to let the rest of the gang know that irrelevance is not acceptable.
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Campaign RN for AD!!
IIRC this had been brought up before. I think most would agree that RN has a lot of heart for all things blue and gold, and that he is a great spokesman for our beloved university. With that said, maybe RN is the right guy for the wrong job. He may love coaching, but even he’s gotta know that he ain’t getting it done and Bruins deserve better. I gotta believe that Neuheisel loves UCLA too much to not face reality. I think we’ve said it before, “he gets it.” So maybe we don’t campaign for RN to be fired, but we just campaign for him to replace DG and just have DG fired.
I coudn't support that.
Too conservative (read scarey). No creativity. May even give dirty looks to risk taking (read winning) coaches within our program. Nope. Back to the NFL or practice law. Same consideration Karl got – zippo. Leadership wise, Rick has become Walt Hazzard to me… great player, yet, Hazzardous to our program.
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
Go Lakers! Go Dodgers! Go Angels!
But Lasorda has credibility with the Dodgers and with MLB
We Bruins might support Neu is this role, but what other schools/conferences/media/public would take him seriously at this point?
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
I'm not sure that matters.
How can any other schools/conferences/media/public take Guerrerror seriously? But you’re probalby right. Neither of them should be the AD.
If you were granted one wish by the magic genie, who would you have as athletic director? (No, you can’t say Ethical Pat.)
Bellerophon: Re: "My Poor Attempt at Defending Dan Guerrero"
I ask only one question. Would we be having this discussion about Dan Guerrero and what you call “the culture of mediocrity” if our football team was having good success? If we had gone 8-4 last year instead of 4-8 and were now 3-0 this year would we be talking about “the culture of mediocrity”.
What is really driving all of this is the poor showing of our football team which is understandable, because along with basketball that’s what most UCLA fans care the most about. You know as well as I that we wouldn’t be having this discussion if our football team were now successful. If you want to blame CRN that’s fine, because he’s the coach, and he’s responsible for the performance of the football team.
Dan Guerrero’s role is not to coach the football team. His role is to hire and fire coaches. So if you want to blame him you have to make the case that it was an obvious mistake for him to hire CRN at the time he was hired. I don’t think you can make that case. Or you have to make the case that he should have fired him before this season started. There might be a case made for that, but most people at Bruins Nation thought that CRN should be given one more year.
If you can’t make the case that Dan Guerrero’s decision to hire CRN was a poor decision based on what was known at the time he made it or you can’t make the case that Dan Guerrero’s decision not to fire CRN is based on obviously poor judgment then I don’t think you have a case against Dan Guerrero. This is a specific problem with the football team, and I think it misses the point to turn it into some generalized problem with the whole UCLA athletic department.
The issues with how this AD has been run
Has been chronicled all through offseason. It’s not just about results on the football field. You can’t assert that B and others are just blasting AD over football after the methodical case they have been building for months. Just one fanpost from you during the season doesn’t do much to counter it.
It’s what you get when you show up here just for the season. You sound out of touch and uninformed.
by Nestor on Sep 19, 2011 5:14 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Roger T, you have a great point.
If Guerrerror were doing a great job, would there be such a loud call for his removal? No. I think I can safely make that an absolute, unconditional no. As we used to say back in the old days, and pardon the crudeness, if my aunt had balls, she would be my uncle.
That’s the good thing about hypothetical questions – they can be tailored so that the answer is what you want it to be. Unfortunately, reality sometimes interferes. We have a do-nothing athletic director who hired CTSS (sorry, Coach Neuheisel, but I have come to the point where I just can’t use the title “coach” with you) but hamstrung him from the outset by requiring him to have assistants he didn’t select or want. This is the same guy who presided over the Pauley renovation disaster, who wouldn’t back up our brilliant women’s basketball coach when the tournament sites were named, and who wouldn’t do what had to be done to keep that coach. This is the guy with a baseball background who won’t do what has to be done to refurbish our home baseball field. I believe that all of this reality and more are detailed elsewhere in the annals of the BN. (I love the word “annals.” I wish just once I could see an actual “annal,” but I digress.)
I reiterate. You have a good point. If Guerrerror were doing a great job, we probably would not be calling for him to be fired. Let’s continue this thread. What else is happening in your alternative history? Suppose UCLA had been established in East Los Angeles instead of Westwood? Would we have an on-campus stadium by now? Suppose Coach had taken the job in Minnesota. What would our basketball program had been like? What if monsters from outer space came and ate everyone? Well, I guess if monsters from outer space came and ate everyone, that would pretty much end it.
by Fox 71 on Sep 19, 2011 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The monsters from outer space
would eat the Trogans first, at least.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Your middle paragraph
That’s the opening argument for the prosecution.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Study the Texas film - not what the Bruins did but what Texas did on defense and offense!
Texas replaced the two coordinators.
Texas planted their starting quarterback on the 3rd string.
The Texas defense came hard on 2nd and 3rd and long.
Texas went with new quarterbacks who looked like they knew what they were doing.
Our QBs are so busy trying to read the late signals from the sidelines that they don’t have the time to get settled and execute.
Let Texas be the model of a program that turned it around quickly. I’m serious about this one.
I would suggest that you send this post to someone, if there were someone to send it to.
No one in authority thinks anything is wrong with UCLA football.
Hundley??
Does anyone feel we should see what Hundley can do?? I know he wants to redshirt if not getting too many touches, but when do we abandon the past and start looking to the future??
Bruin 1986
No
The best thing Rick can do for the program at this point (besides resign and decline his buyout) is to leave 4 full years of eligibility for Hundley for the next regime and red-shirt him. The last thing I want is for Rick’s philosophy infecting this young man’s mind.
Tracy Pierson was on 710AM last night
He said Hundley isn’t close to being ready, mainly because he doesn’t know much of the playbook and doesn’t have his timing down. Accuracy also an issue.
by bornagainbruin on Sep 20, 2011 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
BN Twothpny is So right man!
1. Jeff Locke is our whole entire team.
2. Rick becomes the new AD with heavy recruiting responsiblities. Cash bonus’ on the table for BN & BG and others to review.
3. Our play book looks Twiggy, svelte.
4. DG becomes our go to Pac-12 meetings guy. DG, lots of food & spirits.
5. Make sure that KP remains in the mix. We all know about injuries.
6. Keep our Freshman QG redshirted. We don’t to waste what could be our future.
Go Bruins
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