[OutsiderFan]

I think the Gatorade bath following a victory over an FCS team was more than extreme, as is the attention UC East Bay is receiving from the Bay Area press and from the Pac-12. In addition, the UC East Bay coach is certainly not performing on a level to be the highest paid employee in the state. Nevertheless, we need to give credit where credit is due, and not become like some of UCB's thuggish fans who scoff at anything "f.urd." the UC system's highest paid employee is a decent to good coach. Having a winning season for nine of 10 years is an accomplishment. It shouldn't be derided.

Well, there is some merit, depending on your aspirations.  If you look inside the numbers, you'll see Tedford delivered much better results in his first five seasons than his last four.  Sure the team is 3-0 now, but it is a deeply flawed, poorly coached team.  I don't believe Cal will have more than seven wins in 2011.

The reality is Tedford had his most success when the Pac-10 had weak coaches.  He made hay on coaches like Willingham at UW, Koetter at ASU, to a degree, Bellotti at Oregon, Macovic at Arizona, the Teevens/Harris duo on the Farm, and he's feasted on the downtrodden Cougs (like everyone else). Now that the coaches are much better, he is struggling mightily.

Tedford is 17-19 in the conference over the last four seasons. 

[OutsiderFan]

I think the Gatorade bath following a victory over an FCS team was more than extreme, as is the attention UC East Bay is receiving from the Bay Area press and from the Pac-12. In addition, the UC East Bay coach is certainly not performing on a level to be the highest paid employee in the state. Nevertheless, we need to give credit where credit is due, and not become like some of UCB's thuggish fans who scoff at anything "f.urd." the UC system's highest paid employee is a decent to good coach. Having a winning season for nine of 10 years is an accomplishment. It shouldn't be derided.

Well, there is some merit, depending on your aspirations.  If you look inside the numbers, you'll see Tedford delivered much better results in his first five seasons than his last four.  Sure the team is 3-0 now, but it is a deeply flawed, poorly coached team.  I don't believe Cal will have more than seven wins in 2011.

The reality is Tedford had his most success when the Pac-10 had weak coaches.  He made hay on coaches like Willingham at UW, Koetter at ASU, to a degree, Bellotti at Oregon, Macovic at Arizona, the Teevens/Harris duo on the Farm, and he's feasted on the downtrodden Cougs (like everyone else). Now that the coaches are much better, he is struggling mightily.

Tedford is 17-19 in the conference over the last four seasons.