Just a quick question here. Does our MBB/WBB programs have comparable budgets to other BWC programs?

Wow. They should be unbeatable.

Recruiting is like getting your ingredients together for a meal. And it is good to get the best you can. But any good chef will tell you it is how you put them all together for the best meal is what actually matters. I don’t think there are any rankings out there that judge that part of the equation. I am fairly confident that we have a good staff in place to handle this situation well . but all in all, a very good bunch of recruits for our coaches to work with next season.

I agree with BGA for the most part. I do think that Les and his ACs are very good coaches. But Les’s style of play necessitates succeeding in the very difficult job of recruiting exceptional three point shooters or at least good outside shooters. I believe Les is rightly recognized as a “guards coach” and not as a big man coach. So when he has got excellent outside shooting going fo him Les’s teams are very fun to watch. If not… well not so fun. There is nothing more depressing for an Aggie fan than to see shot after shot from the three point range clang off the rim into the hands of the opposing big guy. And to make it worse bad outside shooting is contagious as the players press harder to try and make these difficult shots go in the basket. So this season we really have only TY who is a consistent three point shooter and even he has been off lately. All this makes for a reason not to go to an Aggie MBB game. Aggie WBB that is another thing. Much more fun to watch!

I know someone explained this before, but I really don’t get what a PWO actually is? Can someone please explain?

Interesting side story. We have family in Hawaii who work on the agriculture area (kona coffee farm) and they have sent their kids to Davis for years. They are mostly in the big island so don’t get to go to many Hawaii games, but they are definitely Aggie fans.

A former Post makes reference to Linda Katehi and (to my reading) may allude to the famous “pepper spray incident” being a result of her poor decisions as chancellor. Just for the record and in fairness to katehi we should keep in mind that she was never alleged to have “ordered the spraying of pepper spray” it just happened on her watch so she was rather charged as a NEGLIGENT SUPERVISOR of the davis cops who pulled out the pepper spray. Big difference! I know, too long ago and maybe irrelevant now, but the poor woman still deserves respect and accuracy over this one of the most sordid and bad memory events in UC Davis history.

Maybe the new University Mall will have place for this new business just like the old Graduate!

I personally loved RG and maybe he was under funded I don’t know. But my point was to make him an example of how a positional coach sometimes falters as a HC in college coaching. I’d say he’s doing quite well at the Rams. So no criticism of him as a coach or as a person.

I certainly hope that their new coach succeeds. We had a similar HC hire 10 or so years ago and it did not go well for us at all. Hiring a HC with no prior HC experience is a bit of a crap shoot, but we have been OK with it in the past. In fact I believe that Hawk was the only hire we made that did have prior experience as a head coach. So good luck to sac. Hope he works out and sticks around.

Micheal Vick + PAC?= 0
Sac State please get your act together you are embarrassing yourself.

Amazing how almost all of their team is a transfer. I wonder if this is the future of college athletics. No commitment to your schools or your team mates just I guess for the NIL and ASU is not a very highly rated institution. 121 vrs 33 UC davis and ASU gets UCIs best player and UCI is just below UCDavis in the rankings. So these athletes not not care at all about academic issues, just what they might get in NIL down the line. I findall,of this very depressing.
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IMHO I don’t think the administration intends to rely on the students for attendance support or even to increase under this new move. What they believe (hopefully) is that these new far more well known and attractive teams will attract folks from sac, woodland, Vacaville, Fairfield and even the east bay and that they will have an impact on attendance. UC Davis students will be UC Davis students no matter what you do. I have been to many cal and Stanford games where the student section is devoid of students. So this is not a davis thing it’s a student thing. And, when you really think about it, not a bad thing. As a parent I would like my kids studying before quitting that and going to the game. Again, IMHO"………

Yes this is a stunning move. How Rocko kept this under wraps is incredibly impressive. I do have a couple of thoughts: I think it is clear that the AD and the chancellor have agreed that the football program needs to move up to the FBS level. There has been a lot of talk on this forum about the lack of attendance at games by both students and the community. Why? Because of the lack of interest in the competition. What California kid really cares about Eastern Washington or most other Big Sky teams? Few. Same with regular fans. Much more interesting would be say UNLV, Hawaii or Air Force. So very good move.
Next: what to do with Sac state?
I don’t think we or the MWC should just freeze them out. They are our immediate rivals. I also don’t think Rocko just blindsided them.but I think they did themselves no favors with their announcement (in fairness read Sac Bee) early on that they were going to join the PAC? When at the end their football program crashed. At this point their credibility is basically gone.
We are the only Program who could have any effect in getting sac into the MWC. I say we try.
Lastly, I really don’t think funding for the stadium upgrades will be that difficult. Funders and the wealthy like to do big stuff. This is big stuff. And we have the folks out there who can do it.
Happy day for Aggie Fans all over!

The future is now:

“NEW OPENING!

The University of "…………..” has just announced that the position of “Associate Coach for Transfer Portal Analysis and Player Acquisition” is now open for applications.

QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MUST HAVE:
Division 1 successful athletic coaching experience
Either an MBA or JD degree from an accredited Institution
Either an undergraduate degree in psychology or sociology
Verified community volunteer experience I with the underserved
Verified experience in fiscal matters including monetary settlements (especially with players parents)
Verified history of obtaining major donations from all interested sources
No major heart or other stress related health issues

Compensation is open for negotiation”

Just hope we can hang onto Meyer. Cal just might to try pick him off like with Tedeye. Certainly did work for them getting Tedeye.

Maybe sac has reached the point of no return on this scatterbrained idea that they are ready for the “BIG TIME” and the FBS. All or much of which is probably the result of the local media (Read sac bee) pushing the sac president and the ad to go public on the whole idea. All of which was a pipe dream as was/is the idea that sac was/is going to build a new stadium in the first place. So all the happy excitement that this caused was crushed by one very bad football season and someone had to take the blame: Andy Thompson. Absolutely no class in this move at all. My worry for sac is: what very smart coach would want this job?

Most likely Thompson got a hefty raise. Also Stanford provides housing for faculty and coaches and/or a$3000 per month housing stipend. Stanford used to give the head football coach his own on campus house back in the day. My very first job: parking cars at Stanford football games. Got into 4th quarter FREE!

I find it very difficult to sign on to espn2 and I have an espn account. Won’t take my password. Have to get a special sign in code emailed to me and it rarely comes and when it does I am timed out. WTF is going on?

His dad Bo.was an absolute stud. If the son is anything close he will be the real deal.