As graduating class of 2004 and 2013, my whole UCLA football fandom has been coulda, woulda, shoulda. After the the loss my poor husband got the whole rundown of how UCLA football has sucked.
Then the Dodgers lost. A lot of beer was consumed.
After 4 years, we have moved up to the level of being an average team in a lousy league. Other than recruiting well, I still don't know why Mario Cristobal is praised as much as he is. I looked at this winnable game a little differently, because from my vantage point, we only had a chance in the 4th quarter of this game because Oregon made even more stupid plays than our Bruins did. Some have bemoaned Quentin Lake's offside penalty which negated his outstanding interception. That's fair. What's also fair, is why would Oregon call such a stupid play on 1st and goal from the 1 yard line? I can only imagine our fanbase if Chip Kelly had called that play. The Ducks also committed a number of stupid penalties. Now, starting after halftime, the Ducks fully took control in the trenches. We couldn't run the ball, we couldn't pass block, nor could we stop them. How did we get back. Oregon stupidity, in particular the final interception with 3 minutes left in the game where the Ducks were driving and running clock. We weren't stopping them. What do the do? Call a pass play to the end zone. If not for the unfortunate injury to DTR, there's a good chance we steal a game that should have been over, save for the stupidity of the Duck's coaching staff. It Oregon is the best we've got in the PAC-12
Some here have said that Kelly can stay if he fires Azz, but honestly, I'm tired... I've had enough of the Kelly BS rollercoaster. Fire them both ASAP, have donors pony up, and please find a decent offensive-minded coach (doesn't have to be a huge name!) who understands college football. Hopefully, if it's not a huge name, we don't have to break the bank (again).
I never questioned Karl Dorrell's or Rick Neuheisel's character, only their coaching. Kelly seems to believe in himself too much. He's slow to make adjustments, sticks with assistants he believes in regardless of the results, and thinks he can take "overlooked" high school players and win championships with them, just because he can. In a game that was poorly coached on both sides, just a few highly valued players made the difference.
ArmyBruin is right. This is the worst Pac-12 ever, and with a large group of seniors plus transfers, Kelly has finally reached mediocracy among that weak group. Despite horrible Oregon in-game coaching, they have those difference makers who won them this game. Sure, eleven out of twelve Pac-12 teams were going to strike out on getting Kayvon Thibodeaux to enroll, but one Pac-12 school failed to offer him at all, even though he's from Southern California. Does Kelly think UCLA doesn't have much to offer? We weren't even in the running at the start. 2018 season told us that.
I remember when the basketball team was struggling, can't recall under which lame coach, some coined "Undisciplined Chokers Lose Again", maybe for the football staff it should be "UnCoached Lose Again", it's not the players. We have the talent, just not the coaches.
I think what bugs me the most is you got a school like ohio state- their d coordinator gave up 35 to oregon and basically had his playcalling taken away- after one game.
Azzinaros pass D has been in the bottom of the national rankings 3 years in a row, and no change.
It been what? 10 years since Kelly’s had a winning season? And as I recall he blew the NC (Alabama right?) by insisting on running up the middle play after play after play. I was against hiring him in the first place, nothing I’ve seen has me changing my mind. I would think some of the multimillionaire fans would get together and end this fiasco.
As much as I’d like to see a replacement, we’re a year away I think. But I’m wondering who we should be looking at. Fickell is surely going to be the highest target for a number of big programs, so if he chooses to move, I can’t see UCLA as the destination. I’m not across enough coaches to make an informed suggestion, but would like to see some in their forties (or at least with 15 or so years left in their career get the job. I figure to build a reputation as one of the top programs that you need 5+ years of real success, and that’s on top of turning the program around. Ideally a strong recruiter and I’d say someone defensively minded as we’re certainly up for a complete tear down and rebuild on that front. I think D wins championships too.
I’d be interested in everyone’s thoughts on Scott Frost. He’s certainly struggled at Nebraska, but had quite the resume before that. Is he damaged goods or just in the wrong spot?
Any other names come to mind? Unlike Chip, maybe someone who actually cares about winning?
As graduating class of 2004 and 2013, my whole UCLA football fandom has been coulda, woulda, shoulda. After the the loss my poor husband got the whole rundown of how UCLA football has sucked.
Then the Dodgers lost. A lot of beer was consumed.
After 4 years, we have moved up to the level of being an average team in a lousy league. Other than recruiting well, I still don't know why Mario Cristobal is praised as much as he is. I looked at this winnable game a little differently, because from my vantage point, we only had a chance in the 4th quarter of this game because Oregon made even more stupid plays than our Bruins did. Some have bemoaned Quentin Lake's offside penalty which negated his outstanding interception. That's fair. What's also fair, is why would Oregon call such a stupid play on 1st and goal from the 1 yard line? I can only imagine our fanbase if Chip Kelly had called that play. The Ducks also committed a number of stupid penalties. Now, starting after halftime, the Ducks fully took control in the trenches. We couldn't run the ball, we couldn't pass block, nor could we stop them. How did we get back. Oregon stupidity, in particular the final interception with 3 minutes left in the game where the Ducks were driving and running clock. We weren't stopping them. What do the do? Call a pass play to the end zone. If not for the unfortunate injury to DTR, there's a good chance we steal a game that should have been over, save for the stupidity of the Duck's coaching staff. It Oregon is the best we've got in the PAC-12
Some here have said that Kelly can stay if he fires Azz, but honestly, I'm tired... I've had enough of the Kelly BS rollercoaster. Fire them both ASAP, have donors pony up, and please find a decent offensive-minded coach (doesn't have to be a huge name!) who understands college football. Hopefully, if it's not a huge name, we don't have to break the bank (again).
I never questioned Karl Dorrell's or Rick Neuheisel's character, only their coaching. Kelly seems to believe in himself too much. He's slow to make adjustments, sticks with assistants he believes in regardless of the results, and thinks he can take "overlooked" high school players and win championships with them, just because he can. In a game that was poorly coached on both sides, just a few highly valued players made the difference.
ArmyBruin is right. This is the worst Pac-12 ever, and with a large group of seniors plus transfers, Kelly has finally reached mediocracy among that weak group. Despite horrible Oregon in-game coaching, they have those difference makers who won them this game. Sure, eleven out of twelve Pac-12 teams were going to strike out on getting Kayvon Thibodeaux to enroll, but one Pac-12 school failed to offer him at all, even though he's from Southern California. Does Kelly think UCLA doesn't have much to offer? We weren't even in the running at the start. 2018 season told us that.
I remember when the basketball team was struggling, can't recall under which lame coach, some coined "Undisciplined Chokers Lose Again", maybe for the football staff it should be "UnCoached Lose Again", it's not the players. We have the talent, just not the coaches.
I think what bugs me the most is you got a school like ohio state- their d coordinator gave up 35 to oregon and basically had his playcalling taken away- after one game.
Azzinaros pass D has been in the bottom of the national rankings 3 years in a row, and no change.
It been what? 10 years since Kelly’s had a winning season? And as I recall he blew the NC (Alabama right?) by insisting on running up the middle play after play after play. I was against hiring him in the first place, nothing I’ve seen has me changing my mind. I would think some of the multimillionaire fans would get together and end this fiasco.
As much as I’d like to see a replacement, we’re a year away I think. But I’m wondering who we should be looking at. Fickell is surely going to be the highest target for a number of big programs, so if he chooses to move, I can’t see UCLA as the destination. I’m not across enough coaches to make an informed suggestion, but would like to see some in their forties (or at least with 15 or so years left in their career get the job. I figure to build a reputation as one of the top programs that you need 5+ years of real success, and that’s on top of turning the program around. Ideally a strong recruiter and I’d say someone defensively minded as we’re certainly up for a complete tear down and rebuild on that front. I think D wins championships too.
I’d be interested in everyone’s thoughts on Scott Frost. He’s certainly struggled at Nebraska, but had quite the resume before that. Is he damaged goods or just in the wrong spot?
Any other names come to mind? Unlike Chip, maybe someone who actually cares about winning?
https://lastwordonsports.com/collegefootball/2021/10/25/40326-when-is-it-enough-for-ucla-fans/
Turns out the “missed” field goal was good. SPTRs…
When we saw the bad defense come out in the third quarter, I knew it was over.
As Mike Scioscia said, if we’d scored more runs it wouldn’t have mattered.
Disagree. Program is headed in the right direction. We should keep chip but he needs to make a change on defense.