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I was off Tedford in 2006 and was never sold on Braun.

Wilcox is better than both of them. Having a Hall of Fame father has helped Wilcox a lot. He coached at Boise State, Washington, USC, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. This gives him a great diversity of experience in all areas of the country in many different cultures. His teams are physically tough, competitive, and he has shown an ability to get more out of his team than the sum of its parts.

Wilcox is also a defensive side of the ball wizard, who has shut down the Mike Leach offense like few others have. He has cut no corners building the Cal program and seems to be one of those guys who likes where he is. Cal gets a lot of academically strong guys but doesn’t require them to jump through the same hoops Stanford does. 

If Wilcox ever gets to the point his Cal program wins more consistently than Stanford, he will start winning recruiting battles for guys Stanford must get. Derek Wilkins is a canary in a coal mine. Stanford was his dream school until Wilcox convinced him he could get as good of an education at Cal and play more winning football than at Stanford because Cal plays great defense and Stanford doesn’t anymore.

Well put. As I've written elsewhere, two coaches clearly going in opposite directions. If Cal finds a way to retain Wilcox, right now the best coach in CA, Stanford football's reversion to its historical mean will be complete.

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I was off Tedford in 2006 and was never sold on Braun.

Wilcox is better than both of them. Having a Hall of Fame father has helped Wilcox a lot. He coached at Boise State, Washington, USC, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. This gives him a great diversity of experience in all areas of the country in many different cultures. His teams are physically tough, competitive, and he has shown an ability to get more out of his team than the sum of its parts.

Wilcox is also a defensive side of the ball wizard, who has shut down the Mike Leach offense like few others have. He has cut no corners building the Cal program and seems to be one of those guys who likes where he is. Cal gets a lot of academically strong guys but doesn’t require them to jump through the same hoops Stanford does. 

If Wilcox ever gets to the point his Cal program wins more consistently than Stanford, he will start winning recruiting battles for guys Stanford must get. Derek Wilkins is a canary in a coal mine. Stanford was his dream school until Wilcox convinced him he could get as good of an education at Cal and play more winning football than at Stanford because Cal plays great defense and Stanford doesn’t anymore.

Well put. As I've written elsewhere, two coaches clearly going in opposite directions. If Cal finds a way to retain Wilcox, right now the best coach in CA, Stanford football's reversion to its historical mean will be complete.