What makes the Cal job so good?

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Last night my friend JKC (shout-out!) asked a relatively simple question via e-mail... What makes the Cal job so good? My response follows... Easy one... Best facility in the Pac-10 (other than perhaps the Galen Center which I haven't seen). Great location for recruiting college basketball players - both the city and the school have tons of appeal. It is a good enough school to get ... [link]

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“A Turn For The Awesome” (Ben Braun Memories)
Published 3/30/2008 by Avinash at Bears Necessity
... the odds of Cal landing such a person are not good, calling Cal “a school with a largely mid-major profile.” OK, leaving aside the major media market and the new facilities and the local recruiting talent and the major conference exposure and the sterling academic reputation, he’s got a point (don’t tell Kevin over at TheBand that). Still, Ratto could’ve written (and probably did) the same article following Tom Holmoe’s resignation in 2001. I think that coaching search turned out OK. ...

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