As good as any Clippers' coach in the 1980s
LA Times' Chris Dufresne joins TJ Simers in becoming one of the first traditional media reporters in Southern California to unload on Karl Dorrell's listless football program:
You wonder whether Dorrell can ever get his 15 minutes as long as USC is hogging 45 minutes of every hour glass.
There would have been a different measuring device had Dorrell taken over UCLA as USC was being shepherded by Paul Hackett or Larry Smith.
Dorrell, as he stands, is any good Clippers' coach in the 1980s standing next to Pat Riley.
Last year's home win against Oklahoma was a barometer, if only because Oklahoma was vulnerable and, as it turned out, beatable.
That Bruins triumph got lost, though, in the subsequent thunderclap of two terrible defeats and a 10-2 year that became almost invisible.
The alternative to beating Notre Dame is falling to 4-3, which puts the Bruins on a crash-course toward 6-6, a trip to the Lackluster Bowl and more off-season grumbling.
The coach's job is safe as long as Dan Guerrero is athletic director and Dorrell can keep players out of handicap parking spots.
Someday, though, and we don't know when, UCLA will have to step up and win a game like this, across the country, and then win one across the city.
For now, it's off to South Bend, to another fall day, to witness something that promises to fall short.
Anyways, as Chris points out right now, Dorrell is nothing but a pathetic figure like those hapless Clippers head coaches from the 1980s. And comments like that from someone else besides TJ Simers is a good indication that pressure is building on Karl Dorrell.
He is going to be under more pressure than ever this coming Saturday.
It's a good thing. And it shows the grumbling that is being generated through forums like ours are being heard. These journalists are not operating in a vacuum and they know exactly how an overwhelming majority of UCLA football fans are feeling about Karl Dorrell's underachieving performance in Westwood.
GO BRUINS.
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i'm glad to hear other sportswriters are finally
dufresne didn't even rip kd. he just said the truth and the truth about kd hurts (if you're a kd supporter more than a bruin fan). i was so relieved to read this.
by babyblue98 on Oct 19, 2006 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

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