Despite their inherently cross-sectional nature, postmortem studies have enabled the staging of the progression of both amyloid and tangle pathologies, and, consequently, the development of diagnostic criteria that are now used worldwide. Now, how to attract recruits? Because I don't see our coach/savior anywhere on the horizon.The neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD) include “positive” lesions such as amyloid plaques and cerebral amyloid angiopathy, neurofibrillary tangles, and glial responses, and “negative” lesions such as neuronal and synaptic loss. They chose to go conservative, right the ship, stabilize the program. Cal had the opportunity to go for a known quantity vs a swing for the fences. Who's to say DeCuire would have even taken the job? And there's no guarantee he'd enjoy the same success at Cal has he's had at Montana, and he probably realizes that (see Mark Few). Only alternative would have been to roll the dice on a young up-and-comer who's willing to take on the challenge. And Cal won't touch a coach with a checkered past, and Fox was as clean as they come. No way Cal would hire a Mick Cronin at $5M per.

So, Cal could get him at a bargain rate, offering the 2nd lowest salary in the PAC-12. We landed Fox, a fully competent coach, because he had been fired, had taken a year off, was under the radar, probably didn't realize what Bay Area housing costs were, and had no better offers. It has a primo location and academic reputation, but how many aspiring NBA stars put those at the top of their lists? We're not a 'basketball school', have fluctuating administrative support, lack facilities, and have higher entrance requirements than almost every school offering D-1 scholarships.

No one seems to acknowledge that Cal is the most desirable undesirable gig in D-1 hoops. I see a few on this board putting Bradley leaving and/or Cal's general season woes on Fox, and I think that's too easy and simplistic.

Lay Down Dead by Matthew Bradley