[OutsiderFan]

Oregon has asked permission to interview Wilcox.  The same Wilcox who stopped recruiting this year.  Only 10 recruits all 3 stars.  Oregon fans will revolt

I call bullshit on this. Cal fans are the worst. No fan base has a greater sense of entitlement to ratio of accomplishments. 

Most of the fan base has been calling for Wilcox to be fired since probably the TCU loss.  The recruiting class looked like it might be decent at that point. They had a star QB and RB, as well as Jaxson Moi committed.  Late in the year thee are reports Wilcox isn't happy at Cal - and why should he be, given how impossible the school and city of Berkeley has made things on the football program - and his name is being linked to other jobs, like Oregon. Now, Cal fans are all butt hurt over the fact Wilcox is seemingly shopping himself.

The fact is Wilcox is in limbo without a contract extension at the moment and has to be looking out for his own career now. Cal has no clue what it is doing, only makes life difficult on the Head Football Coach, and everyone who knows this stuff - like Oregon fans - are well aware one's record at Cal has to be judged with a sizable grain of salt. IOW, if he were at a place like Oregon, Justin Wilcox absolutely would recruit better players, and absolutely would win a lot more than he did at Cal.

After Tedford's lousy graduation rates, Cal raised the bar on who could be recruited to the school, not even bothering to consider that better athlete support on campus and more priority on academics from the Head Coach might have increased graduation rates. Cal isn't Stanford and it loses just about every recruit it competes with Stanford for who is looking for the "40 year decision" for their college choice. Stanford fans know there are precious few top level football talents in that pool, so if Cal misses on them, they can only sign players a talent tier below what even Stanford gets.
Yet, even with lesser talent, Wilcox's team beat the tar out of Stanford this year, and has won the axe 2/3 seasons.

Wilcox would get Top 10 classes at Oregon. His teams would be physically tough and if they outperformed their talent as his Cal teams have, they will be an annual conference contender. I don't think Oregon would do any worse with Wilcox as Cristobal - who was a 27-47 Head Coach at FIU - to be honest. Wilcox arguably has a better resume now than Cristobal did when he was hired.

[OutsiderFan]

Oregon has asked permission to interview Wilcox.  The same Wilcox who stopped recruiting this year.  Only 10 recruits all 3 stars.  Oregon fans will revolt

I call bullshit on this. Cal fans are the worst. No fan base has a greater sense of entitlement to ratio of accomplishments. 

Most of the fan base has been calling for Wilcox to be fired since probably the TCU loss.  The recruiting class looked like it might be decent at that point. They had a star QB and RB, as well as Jaxson Moi committed.  Late in the year thee are reports Wilcox isn't happy at Cal - and why should he be, given how impossible the school and city of Berkeley has made things on the football program - and his name is being linked to other jobs, like Oregon. Now, Cal fans are all butt hurt over the fact Wilcox is seemingly shopping himself.

The fact is Wilcox is in limbo without a contract extension at the moment and has to be looking out for his own career now. Cal has no clue what it is doing, only makes life difficult on the Head Football Coach, and everyone who knows this stuff - like Oregon fans - are well aware one's record at Cal has to be judged with a sizable grain of salt. IOW, if he were at a place like Oregon, Justin Wilcox absolutely would recruit better players, and absolutely would win a lot more than he did at Cal.

After Tedford's lousy graduation rates, Cal raised the bar on who could be recruited to the school, not even bothering to consider that better athlete support on campus and more priority on academics from the Head Coach might have increased graduation rates. Cal isn't Stanford and it loses just about every recruit it competes with Stanford for who is looking for the "40 year decision" for their college choice. Stanford fans know there are precious few top level football talents in that pool, so if Cal misses on them, they can only sign players a talent tier below what even Stanford gets.
Yet, even with lesser talent, Wilcox's team beat the tar out of Stanford this year, and has won the axe 2/3 seasons.

Wilcox would get Top 10 classes at Oregon. His teams would be physically tough and if they outperformed their talent as his Cal teams have, they will be an annual conference contender. I don't think Oregon would do any worse with Wilcox as Cristobal - who was a 27-47 Head Coach at FIU - to be honest. Wilcox arguably has a better resume now than Cristobal did when he was hired.