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Musk and his idiocy. Can’t trust anything on Twitter anymore.
He even still alive?
Dang it. This was kind of deflating. We better hope for better luck with this hire.Context:
Sonny Dykes running out of chances to get Cal defense fixed
Cal is moving on to another defensive coordinator, but this isn't as simple as hiring a new assistant coach and hoping for the best.
There definitely seems to be a theme. I sure wanted 2022 to be a recurring level of competitiveness, but I’m having a hard time seeing why that would be the case. Here’s to a big hire who turns the defense into a formidable unit.
Dykes is always gonna be a tempo, play fast no-huddle offense. The D is always gonna give up a lot of points because there will be a lot of possessions for opposing offenses. To win games, the D must force turnovers. It is Ok to give up 35 points as long as the D wins the turnover battle & sets up the offense.Context:
Sonny Dykes running out of chances to get Cal defense fixed
Cal is moving on to another defensive coordinator, but this isn't as simple as hiring a new assistant coach and hoping for the best.
7 returning starters and had one of the worst defenses in the country with few defensive injuries.
Lots of teams run a 3-3-5 well...just not Joseph Gillespie.
It is not the scheme but the execution and deployment by Gillespie IMHO.
It is unclear to me how a good offensive coach cannot recognize well schemed and coordinated defense. An offensive coach evaluates and schemes against defense as his job, to beat each defense on a weekly basis. His offense is schemed to most effectively beat defense.Context:
Sonny Dykes running out of chances to get Cal defense fixed
Cal is moving on to another defensive coordinator, but this isn't as simple as hiring a new assistant coach and hoping for the best.
Yes, the only thing we did consistently well defensively in 2022 was get turnovers when it really mattered. That's great and you need turnovers, but your defense can't live and die on timely interceptions.
Cal has had significant budget restrictions which are not applicable at TCU. Nonsensical to bring this up.
Cal was paying Sonny the same money Auburn was paying their head coach. He was among the top 40 paid coaches in the country. I’m not sure I’d say that’s some kind of budgetary constrained freebie situation…
Lol I don’t believe that
Sonny is too classy to go into detail abt this publicly (more than he has, and certainly not yrs after the fact), but he was miserable at Cal from the first step on campus. He had limited resources. Little support. And stuff like that (the band reserving the field) happening on a regular basis. Commitments to facilities made to him prior to the hiring were never honored. You could go on and on. He found himself in an impossible position to succeed and it was untenable. But, alas, he handled the whole situation with class.
