[OutsiderFan]

Wow, just wow!  The B.ears are in a China syndrome meltdown over this.

So if they are overreacting to the loss of their highly-successful recruiting coordinator are we underreacting to the loss of ours?

No.  California is a MICKEY MOUSE operation.  Although, that really isn't fair to Mickey.

First of all, Tosh Lupoi wasn't the Recruiting Coordinator.  I mean he all but was, but didn't have the title.  That's one of the reasons he left.  Tedsel was unwilling to given him that title because he was so young or something.  Second, Stanford wouldn't be dumb enough to allow one assistant position coach to have all the essential relationships with virtually every key recruit, including those outside his position group, so it was in a position to have its whole class fall apart if that coach left, and even if it did, it would make sure he was respected and proactively compensated.  Third, Stanford wouldn't (I hope) have a head coach that would admit to his team faking injuries and then blame the most valuable assistant coach on staff for it publicly, when he had nothing to do with it.

The Linebacker coach, Kenwick Thompson was the official Recruiting Coordinator.  But the reality is he didn't do much recruiting. 

Stanford losing a recruiting coordinator is no big deal, because Stanford knows how to plan and manage its program.  Stanford is a very well run organization that holds people accountable to performance and rewards achievement.  California's AD is a horribly awful joke and a scourge to California tax payers.

The Lupoi situation is just another graphic piece of evidence that demonstrates what an incompetent manager Tedsel is.  Here's a metaphor to put into context the degree to which he f*cked up the Lupoi situation:

Tedsel is up to bat in a baseball game.  The defense has been taken off the field.  The ball is on a tee.  All he has to do is knock the ball forward of his bat and he can circle the bases.  Not only does he swing and miss, he ends up a quadriplegic for life.

Tosh Lupoi is a California alum.  He played for California, and was there six years after a medical redshirt.  He also played at De La Salle.  He was a GA at California.  He absolutely bled Blue and Gold.  He was a DL coach, capable of bringing in talent at arguably the most important position on the field, from all over the country.  He has a magnetic personality and recruits LOVE him.  How did Tedsel manage him?

* He threw him under the bus for faking injuries against Oregon. 
* He never gave him public credit for his recruiting.
* He wouldn't give him the Recruiting Coordinator title.
* He didn't proactively give the guy a raise when he was making $165k and bringing in potentially a Top 5 class on the heels of the #14 class.
* He allowed him to interview at another school before this key recruiting class was locked up.
* He didn't provide any assurances that California could match UW's offer.
* He allowed arguably the most valuable coaching asset on the West Coast, with deep connections in California's backyard and nationally, to go to a division rival that must recruit in California to compete and gives UW a national recruiting platform.
* He's turned off thousands of his last loyal supporters for letting this happen.
* California tax payers will be on the hook for California's facility spending spree as interest in the program now sinks to Holmoe levels, only in a fancier stadium.

The whole situation should make School near Oakland very easy to recruit against, even with new facilities because it proves A) how incompetent California is and B) that the program is not committed to winning. 

[OutsiderFan]

Wow, just wow!  The B.ears are in a China syndrome meltdown over this.

So if they are overreacting to the loss of their highly-successful recruiting coordinator are we underreacting to the loss of ours?

No.  California is a MICKEY MOUSE operation.  Although, that really isn't fair to Mickey.

First of all, Tosh Lupoi wasn't the Recruiting Coordinator.  I mean he all but was, but didn't have the title.  That's one of the reasons he left.  Tedsel was unwilling to given him that title because he was so young or something.  Second, Stanford wouldn't be dumb enough to allow one assistant position coach to have all the essential relationships with virtually every key recruit, including those outside his position group, so it was in a position to have its whole class fall apart if that coach left, and even if it did, it would make sure he was respected and proactively compensated.  Third, Stanford wouldn't (I hope) have a head coach that would admit to his team faking injuries and then blame the most valuable assistant coach on staff for it publicly, when he had nothing to do with it.

The Linebacker coach, Kenwick Thompson was the official Recruiting Coordinator.  But the reality is he didn't do much recruiting. 

Stanford losing a recruiting coordinator is no big deal, because Stanford knows how to plan and manage its program.  Stanford is a very well run organization that holds people accountable to performance and rewards achievement.  California's AD is a horribly awful joke and a scourge to California tax payers.

The Lupoi situation is just another graphic piece of evidence that demonstrates what an incompetent manager Tedsel is.  Here's a metaphor to put into context the degree to which he f*cked up the Lupoi situation:

Tedsel is up to bat in a baseball game.  The defense has been taken off the field.  The ball is on a tee.  All he has to do is knock the ball forward of his bat and he can circle the bases.  Not only does he swing and miss, he ends up a quadriplegic for life.

Tosh Lupoi is a California alum.  He played for California, and was there six years after a medical redshirt.  He also played at De La Salle.  He was a GA at California.  He absolutely bled Blue and Gold.  He was a DL coach, capable of bringing in talent at arguably the most important position on the field, from all over the country.  He has a magnetic personality and recruits LOVE him.  How did Tedsel manage him?

* He threw him under the bus for faking injuries against Oregon. 
* He never gave him public credit for his recruiting.
* He wouldn't give him the Recruiting Coordinator title.
* He didn't proactively give the guy a raise when he was making $165k and bringing in potentially a Top 5 class on the heels of the #14 class.
* He allowed him to interview at another school before this key recruiting class was locked up.
* He didn't provide any assurances that California could match UW's offer.
* He allowed arguably the most valuable coaching asset on the West Coast, with deep connections in California's backyard and nationally, to go to a division rival that must recruit in California to compete and gives UW a national recruiting platform.
* He's turned off thousands of his last loyal supporters for letting this happen.
* California tax payers will be on the hook for California's facility spending spree as interest in the program now sinks to Holmoe levels, only in a fancier stadium.

The whole situation should make School near Oakland very easy to recruit against, even with new facilities because it proves A) how incompetent California is and B) that the program is not committed to winning.