[jayasena]

--Lots of comments about how Teford the Offense/QB genius has become this guy so out of touch with what it takes to win actual football games.  Doesn\'t design the offense for the personnel he has,  but for some aesthetic of offensive excellence.  The general summary:  he calls plays inappropriate for the tactical field situation the team is in.

This one\'s easy... Tedford is being affected by the same reality-distortion field that\'s affecting everyone in Berkeley. The evidence is everywhere. The university president gets personal facilities the university can\'t afford. The AD keeps sports the system can\'t fund. The fans want gridiron greatness that will never be theirs. Why wouldn\'t the coach aspire to an aesthetic of offensive excellence that cannot be attained?

* "He may have been the best coach we\'ve had, but he certainly isn\'t anything like he was when he came here. His innovative mind is gone, his play-calling is predictable and his loyalty to a QB who is clearly in over his head is just too much to handle."

See above.

There\'s a lesson here for every potential coach, recruit and high-school senior. However good you may be, if you spend any significant time in Berkeley, you will be nothing more than mediocre in a mere couple of years.

[jayasena]

--Lots of comments about how Teford the Offense/QB genius has become this guy so out of touch with what it takes to win actual football games.  Doesn\'t design the offense for the personnel he has,  but for some aesthetic of offensive excellence.  The general summary:  he calls plays inappropriate for the tactical field situation the team is in.

This one\'s easy... Tedford is being affected by the same reality-distortion field that\'s affecting everyone in Berkeley. The evidence is everywhere. The university president gets personal facilities the university can\'t afford. The AD keeps sports the system can\'t fund. The fans want gridiron greatness that will never be theirs. Why wouldn\'t the coach aspire to an aesthetic of offensive excellence that cannot be attained?

* "He may have been the best coach we\'ve had, but he certainly isn\'t anything like he was when he came here. His innovative mind is gone, his play-calling is predictable and his loyalty to a QB who is clearly in over his head is just too much to handle."

See above.

There\'s a lesson here for every potential coach, recruit and high-school senior. However good you may be, if you spend any significant time in Berkeley, you will be nothing more than mediocre in a mere couple of years.