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“The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.”
I can't help but think back to when I came to Cal in 1989 (Bruce Snyder HC and Troy Taylor at QB) and they went 4-7 and nobody seemed to care. Things were bleak and Taylor was graduating, so people expected it to only get worse. The next year, with Paws at QB and Mooch as OC, there was new attitude and things really turned around (7W-4L-1T). 1991 was even better, (10-2). So, maybe there's more hope than we think?