I am done with this. I wish UCLA just make an announcement of who is the head coach so that we can just look for the future. A majority of us would like Rick Neuheisel to be the next head coach. And I understand is you have concerns about it. But I posted a discription of what account at Colorado and Washington. Be open minded and understand that Rick is not perfect and he admits that he has made mistakes. But once you read the articles of the violations you will see how things were blown out of proportion. You decide. I just want a head coach that can help us win consistenly. Go Bruins.

Dohn has a cause…very clear!

Uh…maybe I’m missing something here but this article, which you purport to be written by Brian Doh!n, says it was written by “Paul Oberjuerge, Staff Writer.” Is that a pseudonym?

The Daily News is such a two-bit rag. It’s on par with the old Herald Examiner, which, after its merciful demise, forced the LA TIMES to pick up such infamous “journalists” as TJ Simers. Does anybody really take the DN seriously? I’ve lived on the Westside for over 20 years (since I was a freshman at UCLA) and I very seldom see anybody on that side of the hill reading it, let alone DG (unless he lives in the Valley, of course).

I just read T.J. Simers LA Times article and he hit a home run. He basically said DG is a clueless moron. AMEN! DW would be the biggest mistake for head coach since Dorrell was hired, and I really have to believe that will not happen. Seriously is DG that stupid? I don’t know why, but I still have some faith that DG will finally be forced to do the right thing and hire Neuheisel. The sad thing is that DG is going to look like a hero when Neuheisel takes UCLA football to the next level. I just wish DG would hire Neuheisel before Christmas, as Rick has a lot of work to do to catch up on recruiting ect…

This guy Oberjuerge is a real piece of work. He writes about beating BYU as if this should be some monumental accomplishment. Actually, losing to BYU is a total disgrace when you are UCLA. And, that bit about Walker getting points out of the offense? Oh, yeah, I forgot, we did have a 4 yard drive for a TD. My bad. I don’t know which game Oberwhatever was watching but the UCLA team looked like crap to me. Sure, Bruce Davis was beating BYU’s heavier, slower tackle to hurry the QB. I’ve seen Dwight Freeney beat Jonathon Ogden in much the same way. So, Walker gets credit for somehow amping up the defense because of this one poor match-up for BYU? What a joke.
Why can’t nutcases like this understand we want a clean sweep of the dog-doo that currently comprises the UCLA football staff? If these guys were at an SEC school, they would be lucky to get out of town without somebody chasing them with a rope.

John W. Reagan

You must be related to Simers.

Hey Bones - “With Neuheisel we would be taking a chance, with Walker, we know he would be good for the program and an excellent coach.”

With Neuheisel we would be taking a chance? A chance to be winning. With Walker we know he would be good for the program? Who do we want to hire as the head coach? I don’t a head coach just so that we can be run good program. I am tire of having good kids but not win. I want UCLA to be a great football program. I want a coach who has taken a team and challenge for a National Championship. I want a coach that can take UCLA to a top BCS bowl. Be a power house in football as it is in basketball. Am I asking to much?

This Oberjueimfullofitrge fellow intrigues me. He says picking Neuheisel would be the simple choice. Walker would be difficult.

Right you are, my man.

Here’s how simple it is:

Do we want a football coach who has beaten the likes of Michigan, Miami, Oklahoma, SC, and Oregon. A coach who has actually WON major bowl games like the Cotton and Rose Bowls? A guy who actually knows what is like to be ranked in the top 5 at the end of the season? Or…..

Do we want a guy who ALMOST beat BYU?

It IS a simple choice afterall, Oberwhatsit.

everyone is at guerrero’s neck not to blow this hire, yet they’re trying to rush it? easy folks, i’d rather he take his time and do things right than make a rash decision that we have to live with for 5 years, um again. rick’s getting hired, chill out, the announcement is coming. i kinda dig it, seems like we have something in our pockets and are seeing what else is out there, please relax.

This is getting quite tiring. DW while admirable in his efforts as DC (I was there for our win over Cal, an impressive defensive showing) you can’t have an entire defensive effort to win games. While our defense does impressively on the field, if we don’t have an offense to put points on the board we won’t be winning any more games.

Hey Clear….

It’s not as if a “plethora” of candidates are beating a pass to DG’s door. He has had 3 plus weeks and should have been “secretly” lining up prospects when we lost to Notre Dame…..Come on..DG needs to pull the trigger and get our program back to respectful. Also keep in mind that for every day that goes by these recruits we have get more and more disenchanted about the program they have committed to…..I predict the Neuheisel hiring will be announced within the next 48 hours….now that the Vegas bowl is completed….the season is over THANK GOD, and the new “era” can begin.

If it’s a choice between Neuheisel and Walker, there’s no question. Walker is not the guy.

People need to cut Dan Guerrero some slack. Dwayne Walker will NOT be our next head coach. Why is it so hard to see that? He lost to BYU. And the most important community, which is the UCLA community will not be satisfied with an inexperienced head coach. Guerrerro said that he was looking for prior experience. If Walker had won the game, I STILL wouldn’t be worried. Walker is a great guy with a lot of passion. I still feel he deserves to be on our football team, he’s been the only consistent staff member Dorrell has hired. REGARDLESS of our losses to Notre Dame, Utah, etc. While our secondary isn’t THAT good, our defense can’t play both sides of the ball for us, and thats what our offense was making us do. Olson gets hurt, Cowan gets hurt, we have Bethel-Thomson with no prior experience, and almost no snaps taken before, and a wide receiver quarterback who freaks out when he has to move out of the pocket and tries to run EVERY TIME. Regardless of all that. Guerrerro is responsible for Howland, I don’t care what people try to BS, THAT was all DG hire, so if you think he’s going to be careless with our football team, YOU are an idiot. I have complete faith, and with everyone complaining about every facet of our football program, i bet recruits are reading how bad it could be and if anything, THAT is pushing them away. Relax wait a few days, and I know, and a lot of people know, the announcement WILL be a good one for our team.

Why should we cut Guerrero slack?!? He got us in this mess to begin with hiring Dorrell. Now he’s dragging his feet and paying “The Firm” who knows how much money to get a new coach. I seriously believe DG wouldn’t have even fired KD this season if it hadn’t been for the pressure and media attention generated by DumpDorrell.com.

It makes me sick to think Bruin fans are patting themselves on the back for yesterday’s loss. Yes, let’s keep lowering our expectations so we feel better. IT’S A LOSS PEOPLE to an inferior opponent from an inferior conference!! Wake up!!!

Guerrero’s hire of Dorrell was pressured by the UCLA administration. He came on the job and Dorrell was NOT Guerrero’s first choice. I’ve actually spoken to him about that. Aside from that we SHOULD be cutting him slack because the man hasn’t F’d up our football program. Everyone on this site is trying to jump on the dump guerrero wagon, when UCLA has never seen so many National Championships with an athletic director in just 5 years. He is an intelligent guy, and a UCLA alum who has contributed a lot to the UCLA community a a student and as a director of athletics, AS I SAID BEFORE, Walker will NOT be our next head coach.

“RISE UP” you’re right on,,its a sad day in u.c.l.a. football when the best choice we have is a guy who’s only viable credit is “personality” most people on here point to him being an alumni and knowing “bruin nation.” If that’s all it takes to be a headcoach, then why did we fire dorrell and lavin?

The guy dg should look at is Jim Harbaugh the coach at Stanford. He beat sc, his rival Cal ant they went from 1-11 to 4-8. No doubt they will competing for the pac=10 title in 09. Imagine what he could do at here with 4 star and 5 star recruits he would bring. He’s winning with 2 and 3 star player’s at Stanford for crying out loud. Stanford was 4-8 in 07 but they are on their way up because they have a real coach. Young,energetic, and most importantly coaching experience at USD. Before you laugh, that is a hell of a lot more experience than Dorrell. Well, like everything else involving Bruin football, we can only hope at what might have been.

shony420 - You are obviously mistaken. Rick Neuheisel is not being consider for personality. You obviously have not done your homework. Look at his record and see the accomplishment he has achived. Then you will realize that he is much more than just a coach with personality.

Note to Shony420: Rick Nueheisel is more than a “personality’ who is an alumni. Nueheisel has been a head coach in college for 8 years and in that time won 4 bowl games; finished in the Top 10 three times; and had an additional Top 20 finish. Nueheisel will not only get the job done, but like Javier @ 12:33pm said, “We want a coach who will take us to a BCS Bowl Game and in contention for the national championship game.

Dwayne Walker did an admirable job had DC thses past 2 years, but do we really want a coach who has to learn on the job again for the next few years. Didn’t we just go through that the past 5 years?

Please, enough is enough, hire Rick tomorrow morning!

Fyi: The UCLA Football program should never feel happy with any “Moral Victory” vs. any opponent…ever. Time to raise expectations everwhere inside and outside of this program.

JAVIER-Obviously you have not done you’re homework,,why has his record declined as his recruits and his program went on?

Rise up and Shony….you guys are like, what….23 or 24. Well, no wonder you don’t know anything about Neuheisel. He was ranked in the top 5 when you guys were passing love notes in jr. high. I hope it wasn’t to each other. Maybe it was. You know something like, “Hi Rise up. Mark yes if you love Shony.”

You guys need to get out more. For some reason you have a case of selective reading. Personality? Who gives a rat’s ass about personality? I want a guy who can win football games. Not some guy who should have his own Oriental cooking show on TV or a Gomer Pyle clone.

Amen to About to Puke’s comments below. I Neuheisel now!

Shony420:

Rick Neuheisel’s record in his last years at Colorado & Washington were:

1998 8-4 @ Colorado - Won 51-41 over Oregon in the Aloha Bowl.

2002 7-6 @ Washington = Lost Sun Bowl 24-34.

Total: 15-10 in those two years.

no puke, although your answer reminds me of a 23 year old kids response. Im’ actully closing in on 40 somthing,, while you keep on endorsing the guy who coached along side dorrell.
oh and i didn’t have to pass notes in jr high, the females passed them to me, but im sure you were busy with poping zits and all that fun stuff.

DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colorado
Season Record Bowl
95-96 10-2 Cotton Bowl Won
96-97 10-2 Holiday Bowl Won
97-98 5-6
98-99 8-4 Aloha Bowl Won

Washington
Season Record Bowl
99-00 7-5 Holiday Bowl Lose
00-01 11-1 Rose Bowl Won
01-02 8-4 Holiday Bowl Lose
02-03 7-6 Sun Bowl Lose

66-30 record

Yeah, I guess you are right shony420. We should not hire a coach that has won a Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Holiday Bowl or Aloha Bowl. Lets not hire a coach that averages in 8 wins a season in his 8 years of being a head coach. And we are not going to hire Neuheisel because he did not go 10-2 on the 3rd or 4th year. Humm…but he did win a Pac 10 title. Something we haven’t done in a long time.

Shony….As a great man once said, “I will not degrade my soul by allowing another man to cause me to repay in kind the disrespect he has for me.”

Hire Neuheisel.

Shony….did I miss something? When did Neuheisel coach along side Dorrell?

I see tempers are getting short and I think it is DG and Blocks fault. Quit keeping us hanging. This should have been decided long ago.

Shony420:

Check your UCLA Football history stats. Neuheisel and Dorrell PLAYED together at UCLA during the ‘82 & ‘83 seasons under Terry Donahue, but did not coach together.

Don’t worry, I know exactly how the Los Angeles Newspaper Group is, the LA Daily News, San Bernardino County Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, all owned by the LANG. I used to write high school football capsules for them, and not only did they cut 3/4ths of what i sent to them, but i didn’t even get paid what i was supposed to. Haven’t bought a LANG newspaper since.

I was starting to feel sorry for U$C a few years ago. Then Mike Garrett got lucky. He found a discarded NFL coach and now has a top program. I wonder if those attending the U. of So. Central feel sorry for us. We have one of the most beautiful campus’s in the country and a great location.We have won more titles than any other school, so it isn’t the high requirements for entrance. DG has brought us many championships in his time here so we can’t blame him. Maybe he will get lucky like Mike Garrett. Hope so.

Oh my ,how did it come to this ? I go to the gym with my 17 year old son and I come home to to find the family at eachothers throats. Can’t we all just get along . Puke , shame on you for your unfortunate racsist references ,I count on you for knowledgable football insight .If I’ve led you to think that I have anything but respect for you’re football takes I apologize .I could sip a beer and listen to you talk football all night . Shony 420 I appreciate your support ,but put that bong down son it’s bad for memory .Javier ,GO TO YOUR ROOM .Don’t come out until you’ve thougt of something original to contribute . BuckeyeBruin ,i’m still waiting for my photo .

I don’t think anybody could have predicted Pete Carroll’s success at U$C, but it would seem that it came in at about the same time they were making alot of improvements in their facilities with alumni financial aid. These physical improvements to the athletic facilities and some good assistants helped Pete to recruit some top line players and the story goes on from there.

Pete was never the NFL expert, he was in fact a journeyman assistant who hung in there long enough to get a few head coach jobs. It is not like his brilliance has been a long time star in the night. He was always just “good ole Pete” a regular guy who players always liked to play for. There are no brilliant defensive schemes named after him. It took him along time to figure out how to be a good coach and thats what he does, he coaches his assistants and tries to keep them on the same page.

It was a blessing for him to get some of the assistant’s he did get and with the likes of Norton there he has someone who has a grudge to take out against his old chums. Too bad nobody saw that one coming.

i think i read somewhwere on here something about ken norton coming to ucla if rick neuheisel gets the gig, any truth to that?

I wish.

Well my fellow Bruin comrades I’m new to this so bare with
me. All this negativity it’s only football but saying that I support DW as UCLA new football coach. I have seen more in his two years as a DC that I saw from KD in five years of mediocrity.

Ok his not Bear Bryant nor John Mckay, but they were once assistant’s. I hear the argument that UCLA should be a football power. That will never happen unless they commit on paying their assistants and start giving exceptions to inner city recruits like every other program in the pac-10.
Other than standford UCLA is hardest University to get into; trust me I know from experience.

Those are two reasons why top notch coaches will not come to UCLA. That’s why I think DW should be the next UCLA coach.

Honestly from the names that are being mentioned their avg coaches. Bronco norrowly beat UCLA; UCLA had a 3rd and 4th string QB’s a bang up RB and avg WR’s. RN another avg coach the only reason he won the RB was b/c of a weak PAC-10. He lost their other 3 bowl games. Petersen is struggleling with EC
I din’t even know they had a football prgram. I like petersen
but he reminds me of Bob taledo all offence no defense.

The only coach I really like is June Jones but why would he leave the Island I would’nt. Leach another mediocor coach
how many Big 12 chapionships does he have.

This site needs an internal spell check.

buycker–LOL!

itsclear - I’d bet Ken Norton will remain loyal to SC at this point, unless less it’s a major salary or position title boost..but I think he’s turned, a Trojan through and through..

thanks! and grammar too for some of us, including me!!

Norton having turned? A Trojan through and through? BLASPHEMY! We have Dorrell to thank for Norton being at SuC, that’s it…

Grammar and spelling aside, let’s not forget that it’s all Dorrell’s fault that we’re even HAVING these heated conversations. His commitment to mediocrity has infected us all! LOL

At this rate, might as well schedule an interview with Dorrell. Criminy …

Once again, WMM, you have hit the nail on the head.

wmm–Touche! And let’s add Guerrero to that list.

At the the risk of making myself look bad here, I’m going out on a limb and predicting all of you Guerrero lover’s were dead wrong. Next year you WILL have a Dump Guerrero web site. He totally screwed up and you all should know that by now. He hired a moron in Dorrell and has handled his firing like a first class piece of shit. Why even bother to fire your coach if it’s going to take you 3 plus weeks to find a replacement. In the mean time your recruits are twisting in the wind and no, that is not an excuse to hire Walker. Repeat after me Ucla football is dead, irrelevant, boring, and well on it’s way to becoming the Duke of the pac-10. After 42 years as a fan I now realize their truly is no commitment to football at Ucla, therefore their is no reason for me to waste my time supporting this dead in the water program called Ucla football. I’m not a quitter, I’ve been a fan since 1965. That doesn’t mean I deserve a plaque or anything as I know their are fans like Bob Stiles who was a hero of the 1966 Rose Bowl against then number 1 Michigan State, who have been fans far longer than me. You guy’s are great. You care about Bruin football as I do, but It’s time to realize their really is no commitment of excellence for the football program and their hasn’t been since J.D. Morgan was the AD back in the day when UCLA really cared about football. I finally , after all these years realize I have been wasting my time. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of you. I would love for Guerrero to prove me wrong, but let’s all be real, It’s not gonna happen or it would have by now.

We’re in pretty good shape in basketball and baseball right now…those two sports are thriving since DG came in and made changes. He hired a proven coach in Howland, whether it was his first choice or not….and he brought in Coach Savage, a proven head coach with an impressive track record. He knew he wanted Savage from the day he took over the job at UCLA…so we know he is capable of bringing in strong talent to some extent. Hiring a football coach at UCLA is simply an incredibly tough beast!!!….unlike hiring coaches for other sports here. C’mon, every other sport here at UCLA seems to be a coaches wet dream….except for football. Some of you are intelligent and knowledgeable to have understood and mentioned it here on the site. UCLA football is not a dream job to most proven coaches around the nation…Academic requirements, salaries, cost of living in the LA area, UCLA Football legacy, etc. etc….
He’s taking too long…he didn’t take enough time…he hired the wrong search firm…he didn’t hire them fast enough…he didn’t announce the firm early enough….he didn’t have a list…he did have a list…DW has shortened the list!!! hahahah (tongue in cheek)…he’s incompetent….they should’ve hired my old college roomies instead of “DANNY BOY” (you know who you are old “DANNY BOY” basher)…etc. etc. etc.
Know that I think about it, I’m sure DANNY BOY is sitting around trying to figure out how to sabotage UCLA football!
The guy is a BRUIN athlete and with that comes a certain loyalty and sense of pride that NEVER becomes tainted, unless you are Ken Norton Jr.. Hope the hire/decision that DG ultimately gets credit for, turns out to be one that we can all hold our heads up high to and allow us to walk around town, especially Orange County with our middle fingers up in the air extended directly at all SuC supporters

I’m gonna go rub one out!!! Good night all and happy holidays!!! GO BRUINS!!

MME @ 11:08 concerning Ken Norton JR. you are right. He and Henry Bibby who coached SC basketball are truly turncoat shitballs. May neither of them ever be considered even for waterboy duties at UCLA. And that is not a racial slur at either one of them for the sensitive liberals who might read this.

Awe crap, I forgot about Bibby…nothing good on the tube right now to rub one out so I’m back here!!! YAHOOOOOOOO!!! Hey, but I’m not sure if I’m so pissed at KNJ as much as I’m still dumbfounded that Dumbhead let POMPOM creatively snatch him up?! Ya know? I’m on the fence with regards to that one…I don’t think he turned on UCLA as much as he was TURNED OUT by KD!!! I’m still amazed at how STUPID KD was, but it doesn’t surprise me having watched his body of work for the last 5 years. It makes me puke to think that if KD had a modicum of intelligence, he would have found a place for KNJ the way that POMPOM did. Bibby sucks! let me know what you think with regards to my take on the KNJ situation. I”m anxious to hear what UCLA fans think about that.

I believe Ken Norton Jr. did want to come back to UCLA has a coach, but was turned down by I believe Bob Toledo. He then went across town to coach on the sidelines. I hate seeing him in those colors.

Note to DG: What are you waiting for? Are you in line at the Beverly Center to sit on Santa’s lap: “Dear Santa: I want a football coach for Christmas?” …… Name Neuheisel has UCLA’s next HC tomorrow!

ALX324 Sorry, but I am no relation to Simers, I just thought that he made some great points in todays article. I hope I didn’t hurt your feelings, are you a big Gurrero fan or something? In business, when you make a change at the top you usually have a plan. You don’t generally fire someone, then start to figure out what to do. Dan Gurrero has *ucked this up from the word go. He is in way over his head, and it is painfully obvious. I just hope someone in the inner circle of the big time ($$$) boosters forces the issue with DG and I hope DG hires Neuheisel tomorrow. This is and has taken far too long, I think we can all agree to that…

Ken Norton, Jr. did really want to coach at UCLA. He volunteered to coach the Bruin linebackers for no salary. But Dudrell was just too jealous of Kenny’s Super Bowl rings he earned with the 49ers and the Cowboys and just couldn’t allow it. Meanwhile across town, PomPom Pete smiled and immediately brought Kenny into the USC camp as an unpaid asst. coach. After all, Petey was the defensive coordinator with the 49ers when Kenny was there. Makes sense doesn’t it? Don’t rag on Kenny for doing what he had to do. His own alma mater wouldn’t give him a break. One other related point to Ken Norton: My son and I sat next to him on 15 yard line seats on the day he was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame. How did UCLA acknowledge him? They showed some brief film clips on the Jumbotron and had him stand up and wave to the crowd from his seat. Then a cheerleader brought him 2 melted ice cream sandwiches on a very hot day. That’s how his school honored him! No wonder SUC laughs at us. They go first class and we go econo class. I felt bad for Kenny. They should have had him on the field and with the team. And you wonder why we can’t get a big time coach?

Completely agree on how Kenny Norton, Jr. was not on the Bruin sideline because of Dorrell.. I hope Neuheisel can get him back when he becomes the HC. Another thing that really irked me is when I heard that Wendal Tyler’s son (Marc) had passed on playing at UCLA and was going to USC instead.. That had to have been because of Dorrell as well..

http://www.marctyler.org/marc-tyler-biography.php

Look at how Guerrero extended Dorrell’s contract for years into the future like he did when Dorrell wasn’t even a proven (consistent) winner. That contract extension is going to cost UCLA 2 million for a buy-out of Dorrell according to the contract.. Incredible..

PS: I heard that Howland had basically been lobbying for the UCLA head coach job months in advance, and it wasn’t that Guerrero just made such a wonderful find.. Howland is an excellent defensive coach, but the jury is still out as to how good an offensive coach he is.. I don’t think he is that great at setting offensive schemes.. Look at the difficulty he is having with the UCLA offense against a zone defense.. Still he did get UCLA to the Final Four two years in a row (and Affalo put up bricks at both costing two additional national championship banners that would be hanging in Pauley today if he had shot threes with the same accuracy that he had shot in the regular season). He was too occupied thinking about getting to the next level..

Another commercial for Walker in the Daily News

http://www.dailynews.com/ucla/ci_7796248

About David75’s comment about Ken Norton Jr, I agree. I do not understand why he was good enough to be on a coaching staff at SC but not good enough to be on the UCLA coaching staff. That is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been a DG supporter but I think waiting untill Wednesday to give DW a second intreview is stupid.He has had ample time to do this.If I was RN I would tell him to shove it unless he was told he has the job and this was going to happen.I doubt this is the case and if three or four weeks later we hire DW I hope He(DG) pays the ultimate price .DW should have never been considered much less have taken it this far to give him crediblity.I hope Rick has thick skin for all the unwarranted abuse He’s taken and the slap from the University.

Wow, we almost beat BYU. Woo-hoo. Talk about lowered expectations. Doesn’t that epitomize how far the program has fallen? Perhaps the chancellor’s search is bass ackwards: He should be seeking a new AD, then a new head football coach. You didn’t have to be Einstein to know at mid-season that UCLA would need a new football coach. How does the AD fire the head coach without a replacement ready to go? Can you say “incompetence?” I’m all for second chances, but I wonder if Neuheisel has a permanent character flaw? And I’ve posted this idea before, maybe I’m nuts, but why not offer somebody like Bill Cowher a ton of money and incentives/perks to take the job? I hate to come off like the Grinch, but I just don’t see light right now at the end of the Rose Bowl tunnel.

buycker @ 9:39 pm:

This site needs an internal spell check.

It has one. The red, squiggly underline means the word is misspelled. If that doesn’t work, you can type your screed into a word processor or text editor (like UltraEdit) and use the spell checker in that application. When you’re done, you can cut the text and paste it back into the text box on this site.

..for grammar, well, you’re on your own.

The problem is that this site has not enabled the preview button so you cannot review your submission. So you’ll have to be careful. But, then, you did proofread your examination blue books before you handed them in, didn’t you?

This isn’t going to sit well with some of you but DW’s claim to fame was beating SC last year. He can brag about shutting out Oregon but any team could have done that against that no offense team playing with a 4th string QB. Hiring DW as a head coach or stipulating that the new coach keep him as Defense coach is only a politically correct action. I’m from the class of 59′ and an avid rooter but I’m loosing my loyalty and patience for football. Next thing we’ll be hiring a woman as an assistant. That would also be PC.

Hell to the yes! Let’s tie both of Neuheisels hands behind his back. We should keep DW to run the defense, then we could hire the womens softball coach to run the spread offense. That would go over so well in PC land. Oh, excuse me, I just threw up in my mouth.

Jim,

I see your point and to add to it possibly a “rainbow coalition of coaches” would be PC.

There would be plenty of volunteer coaches from West Hollywood who would want to work with the tight ends.

That is just how ridiculous this has all become.

Is Paul Hackett available?

Paul Hackett has been going to those Doo Wop concerts that they make into informercials.

Besides we don’t have the recievers for Paul “pass on every down” Hackett to work with.

John W. Reagan I was joking. I don’t read t.j. simers I’ve tried but he is not a good writer, I heard him on numerous occasions when Lee (Hacksaw) Hamilton would bring him on his radio show.I listened to him one time on his own radio show simer says. He is a mean spirited person. I don’t know how he hangs on to his job. I agree DG could have handle this mess a lot better than he has. I felt that after losing to the Washington st he pretty much knew that KD was going to be fired he should have already had a short list of canidates and his consulting firm in place. I thought he was going to make the anouncement yesterday that RN has been hired.

If Guerrero hires Walker — for whatever reason, PC or otherwise — the general consensus is that UCLA football will not only continue in its mediocre ways but that attendance will fall off precipitously with concomitant drops in revenue. While this might not be financially disastrous at first, it will, nonetheless, have a long term effect on the overall revenues available for all other UCLA athletics.

Several cited postings on bruinsnation.com indicate that football brings in about $60 million per year and gives over something like $5 million to support other sports. Surprisingly, basketball brings in around $5 million. I don’t have links handy to support my assertions; these are ballpark figures. However, as I said, they are readily available on the Bruin Nation site. I have researched UCLA football attendance and found that it is highly responsive to the previous year’s successes or failures and events that have transpired in the previous season. For example, this year’s season ticket sales (i.e., season tickets for this season) spiked at over 75,000 per game — up from 65,000 the previous year — because of three things: the 13-9 victory over USC, the promise of “this being our year” (twenty-plus returning starters), and Notre Dame on the schedule. That last fact, it is estimated, added 10-15,000 to the season ticket sales because the Notre Dame fans here (they are considerable) found it cheaper to buy the whole package, keep the Notre Dame ticket and eBay the rest.

If you take all of this into account, I believe that Guerrero will not gamble with the prime source of UCLA athletic revenue by going with a coach that has no prior experience and who is perceived to be connected to the failure of Dorrell’s regime. Just as he made only two cryptic comments in the last six weeks of the season regarding Dorrell’s retention but fired him on the Monday after the USC loss, he stated that he was looking for a candidate with prior head coaching experience and that means — all of the Walkeristas blandishments notwithstanding — he will not hire Walker.

..man, I sure hope I am correct!

I can see there are others out there that can see the transparency of this all. You out there that have conviction and are not afraid to express yourselves, pat yourselves on the back. Easy for me to say behind this monitor and nobody knows who I am. Oh well, I feel better.

I find it humorous that Bruin fans are fretting over the biased acounts by newswriters. They are no better than whores who will take any side of an issue to get a response. They can and will write anything without honor. TJ Simmers was a Dorrell hater until he became involved with the good folks at the UCLA/Mattel Childrens Hospital. Now he calls for Dorrell to get another chance. If you want to read biased reporting then pick up the Orange County Register. I think they all came from the Daily Trojan staff.I have to believe that DG will ultimately hire RN with DW as DC and all will be fine. Relax fellow Bruin bros and enjoy the holdays. Good days are coming. Merry Christmas to all

Paul Oberjuerge’s prejudicial column appears in at least 4 other area papers: the Daily Bullentin , San Bernardino Sun, Press-Telegram, and San Gabriel Valley Tribune. I read his propaganda because my wife insists on getting the Daily Bulletin. For those that do not know he is an overt usc advocate. At times he has been overtly anti UCLA. While he always praises the trojans, he only spews negative criticism for and about UCLA Athletics. Consider the source when you see read his column. He is a complete unprofessional buffoon.

Mike … thanks for the insight. We did read the one report on our basketball game against San Bernadino. It was amateur, just like you said.

Just a final note on the K.NortonJr. deal…POMPOM had no assistant coaching openings available either….HOWEVER, his cure for that was to enroll KNJ into grad school at SuC and make him a graduate assitant his first year over there. He was promptly promoted to assitant head coach the following year. F%$# Dorrell. What a dumbass!

To all you you Rick Neuheisel supporters -

Could someone start the Hire_Rick_Neuheisel.com, so we can exert more effort into our Rick Neuheisel campaign?

But I know and believe from the bottom of my heart that he will be selected. And I decided that when he is announced to become the head coach of my UCLA Bruins, I would cry like Rudy did when he finally got an admission to Notre Dame.