I am not sure anyone is listening but I really believe that Cal is at a critical moment. Believe it or not it CAN get worse than Mark Fox and W. Jones.
Losing Madsen at this moment - which seems NOT to be about the salary $$$ but rather institutional NIL money, would send a message. It would say that Cal, in the modern landscape, is either unable to internally fund or externally leverage donors that would allow the team to fund a mid-level ACC team. In the modern game who would take that job? Maybe someone committed to the idea of just teaching hoop skills to 2 stars but no one else.
The challenge (and the plea below) is that near as I can tell Cal has NEVER invested in the kind of alumni fundraising network for BB that is in place for Football. I read about the raise of 30+ million, in part because of groups like the SF Gridiron club and others that keep alumni as they enter into their prime earning years engaged.
But MBB does not, it seem, have that and instead is relying upon a small group of donors who are at least uncomfortable with the modern funding model.
Cal NEEDS to develop an alternative. This is absolutely where I part way with SB because I believe actions and behavior reveal things. The whales are not "getting off the fence." I am not sure they are even on it. I am not saying invest millions from the general fund but rather they have to invest in the fundraising system that works for small and medium sized donors. MANY VERY successful c3s do this and the infrastructure/human capital investment are minimal.
I fear absent that MBB will be like the characters waiting for Gadot.....hoping that a whale shows up to rescue them but finding out that the Whale is old, not actively engaged and not connected to the infrastructure that exists for FB.
Losing Madsen at this moment - which seems NOT to be about the salary $$$ but rather institutional NIL money, would send a message. It would say that Cal, in the modern landscape, is either unable to internally fund or externally leverage donors that would allow the team to fund a mid-level ACC team. In the modern game who would take that job? Maybe someone committed to the idea of just teaching hoop skills to 2 stars but no one else.
The challenge (and the plea below) is that near as I can tell Cal has NEVER invested in the kind of alumni fundraising network for BB that is in place for Football. I read about the raise of 30+ million, in part because of groups like the SF Gridiron club and others that keep alumni as they enter into their prime earning years engaged.
But MBB does not, it seem, have that and instead is relying upon a small group of donors who are at least uncomfortable with the modern funding model.
Cal NEEDS to develop an alternative. This is absolutely where I part way with SB because I believe actions and behavior reveal things. The whales are not "getting off the fence." I am not sure they are even on it. I am not saying invest millions from the general fund but rather they have to invest in the fundraising system that works for small and medium sized donors. MANY VERY successful c3s do this and the infrastructure/human capital investment are minimal.
I fear absent that MBB will be like the characters waiting for Gadot.....hoping that a whale shows up to rescue them but finding out that the Whale is old, not actively engaged and not connected to the infrastructure that exists for FB.
Take care of your Chicken
