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• "the 59ers could have hired Mike MacIntyre instead of Sonny Dykes" - I don't think this is true.  My recollection is that Barbour reached out to MacIntyre and he turned her down
  

Well, I don't think anyone outside of the principles really knows. Cal did hire Dykes first. Story among the weenie faithful is that Barbour preferred Dykes for the offensive fireworks. Of course it is possible that she preferred Dykes because McIntyre told her he thought he had better offers coming down the pipe.

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• "the 59ers could have hired Mike MacIntyre instead of Sonny Dykes" - I don't think this is true.  My recollection is that Barbour reached out to MacIntyre and he turned her down
  

Well, I don't think anyone outside of the principles really knows. Cal did hire Dykes first. Story among the weenie faithful is that Barbour preferred Dykes for the offensive fireworks. Of course it is possible that she preferred Dykes because McIntyre told her he thought he had better offers coming down the pipe.