[2006alum]

Charmin leaving for a far lesser job is interesting.  Then Kiana Smith days goodbye.  
Cal men hire a new mbb coach and their top player leaves.

I love it

I'm pretty mixed. Gottlieb is exactly the type of person you want to see succeed as a coach, and under her leadership Cal has run a clean, healthy program. On a more selfish level, a weak travel partner hurts us at the margins, because opposing teams don't have to worry as much about preparing for the Cal game if they aren't very good. Oregon and Oregon State have really benefited from this the past few years, and it helps to explain why we got stomped by 40 points by Oregon 36 hours after a very, very well executed scout performance against OSU. For me, the sooner they get back to being a consistent top 25 school, the better.

[2006alum]

Charmin leaving for a far lesser job is interesting.  Then Kiana Smith days goodbye.  
Cal men hire a new mbb coach and their top player leaves.

I love it

I'm pretty mixed. Gottlieb is exactly the type of person you want to see succeed as a coach, and under her leadership Cal has run a clean, healthy program. On a more selfish level, a weak travel partner hurts us at the margins, because opposing teams don't have to worry as much about preparing for the Cal game if they aren't very good. Oregon and Oregon State have really benefited from this the past few years, and it helps to explain why we got stomped by 40 points by Oregon 36 hours after a very, very well executed scout performance against OSU. For me, the sooner they get back to being a consistent top 25 school, the better.