Quote from: olddog on September 28, 2026, 11:10:39 AMRepeat and rinse...

The issue is the players UR is now recruiting. I do not know if financial aid structure has changed but the roster is the not the same. UR is no longer getting players from certain areas they did in the past, including N.Cal and Washington.

The game, the Regals QB is better than ours, they exposed our DBs (corner, FS, inverts) as I have said day 1, to say they looked lost is an understatement, blowing assignments, man we bite hard too. The players starting in UR secondary were third string 10 years ago. UR can stop run but horrible at pass, plus UR usually has one big pass rusher but this year none. Once again different kids than the past.

On offense the plan was pretty good, use FB and multiple TEs. However, as the game went along the Regals adjusted coverages etc. and our QB cannot make plays. Once again, this kid would be a third team back up a few years ago. He missed some very easy throws.

UR Fans, it's going to be tough going, La Verne game is a toss-up at this point.

It's the leadership of the program,
not financial aid structure. Men's basketball and Women's softball face the same challenges, and they are elite programs. Other sports at Redlands are doing better than football as well.

The Jim Good experiment has been a drastic failure, and the entire staff needs to be fired. They collectively are a part of this rot and the program needs a full reset when this season concludes.

Quote from: that guy 31 on September 27, 2026, 01:47:10 PMThe thing about the Jim Good era is that almost everyone associated with the program knew he wasn't the guy. There was nothing in his background indicating he was or qualifying him to even get an interview for the Redlands HC job or any other decent job in America. People that have worked with him know it and have told me privately (whether they'll admit it on the record or not they have personally told me). Heck, he wouldn't have gotten an interview for most of the decent private HS jobs in Socal. He was hired because he was there and the U of R AD at the time wanted to do the absolute least amount of work possible.

The Redlands job would have been attractive at the time. Would Brett Elliot have been interested? Probably not. But no way to know. That should have been a national search to get the absolute best guy. It wasn't and they promoted Jim Good and then took the rest of the afternoon off.

I feel bad for MM and all of the alumni who worked with their blood and sweat to build that program. Has to hurt to see it like this but better days are ahead.

That program is dead. Redlands is getting a huge dose of karma for how they treated Mike Maynard.

Call Kurt Bruich and see if he will take the job. He's a Redlands football great, lives in Redlands, has a California HS state championship to his name, and knows ball. He would probably say no, but at least ask him.

Quote from: wildcat11 on September 27, 2026, 12:55:19 PMJim Good...more like Jim Pretty Bad.

That's putting it mildly.

Is there a level below rock bottom? If there is, I'm sure Jim Good will find it.

What a catastrophic hire he turned out to be. Fire the whole staff at the end of the season and start over.

Jim Good's overall record as a head coach is 36-56. It's past time for Redlands to move on and find a new leader for the program.

Quote from: olddog on September 08, 2026, 11:42:42 AMThe Good, the bad and the ugly. UR FOOTBALL


1) Team this team looked disorganized, had trouble getting special teams on the field, had trouble getting plays in, burned timeouts...I have seen most JV HS teams get plays in quicker and know who is on special teams. Maynard must have thrown up watching it. We looked like we did not know #52 was the one of the Watt brothers. No chips, no doubles...we tried to run at him and our line was so slow he jumped around them and dip back in.

2) Who are we recruiting?  it is clear admin has changed the direction of the type of kid the school wants. You no longer are getting the middle class and upper middle class players from parts of the IE, OC, North LA County and Ventura County. A huge hit to the talent pool, which was UR bread and butter.  Who are we recruiting ? the slow and heavy kids. I know there are better athletes in the IE than we have. Not a lot of talent.

3) This team has no studs, with the exception of the RB (maybe). The  O line should have been on the jab all fall.
Slow heavy feet, one kick slide and they are cooked. I beg for the QB to stick his heal in the ground and throw, he  can not move and throw well. A ton of work on offense, What was our plan Saturday night?

4) The D, it is not bad we just do not have any studs. The d line is the worse line I have seen and they got off maybe a few blocks to make a play, D line has always been strong at UR the last 15 years. A couple of the backers are decent, the inverts are mid, FS played well. If they fix one corner they will get better. 
One of the corners, I will not post his number made them all world, my god...he was all we had.

 Prepare for a ton of short fields this year Mariani  ...our punter make sure you rest before the game.

 

The program has been gutted. Hire a mediocre head coach and don't be surprised when mediocre results follow.

Quote from: 10Freeway on September 06, 2026, 12:49:53 AMIt ceases to amaze me. OC year two and it's the same unimaginative offense that we have seen for years at Redlands. 10-29 passing, 3 yards per play and shut out. Whitworth coming to town is not a good thing for the Bulldogs. This has to be rock bottom. Never mind, APU, Cal Lu and Chapman in the coming weeks. 0-5 is very likely.

Game review
The QB might be the worst qb Redlands has run out there in a long time. Misses easy throws that high school kids make. OL is fat and slow, again. Saw counter get chased down from behind a few times. Defense was put in bad situations constantly. Tackling wasn't great, but no doubt Mariani will get that fixed. Special teams was a D-  missed fg, punt was blocked, and was not ready for a surprise onside. So bad.

Danny Ragsdale had to move to WR to get on the field before his record setting tenure as Redlands QB.

Crazy to think about that Redlands is struggling at the QB position.

Quote from: 10Freeway on September 05, 2026, 11:24:55 PMRedlands down 0-20 at half. 23 offensive plays for 59 yards. Gonna be a long season for the Bulldogs. Had 8 months to figure this stuff out. If Mariani wasn't the DC, would easily be 35 nothing.

Years of mediocre football if you can even call it that. Leadership matters and it starts at the top.

Quote from: that guy 31 on August 21, 2026, 04:14:31 PM

Quote from: RFBredux on August 19, 2026, 10:08:47 AMIt's a put up or shut up season for Jim Good at Redlands. He's had plenty of time to get the program right and he needs a SCIAC title this year to stay in the job in my personal opinion.

Men's basketball and Women's softball show that leadership can change things significantly at Redlands, so if he can't get it done this year it's time to move on.

I agree with everything in this take. He has had plenty of time. Other sports are excelling at Redlands like never before. Showing improvement can't be the standard this year. Win the SCIAC or get someone else in who can get the program back to where it belongs.

On a side note, if Redlands does move on they need to give honest consideration to DC Joey Mariani. I know he doesn't have college HC experience (he was a successful high school HC FWIW) or a flashy resume but he has the defense ready every year no excuses. Not saying they should just hand him the job, but he should get a real look.

That's a convenient option that's not thinking big enough. I would be okay with keeping Coach Mariani on as DC but need a HC with a successful track record in hand already. Redlands should be able to attract that.

Last comment was last year. What happened to this place. Used to be hundreds of comments daily here and on the SCIAC forum.

It's a put up or shut up season for Jim Good at Redlands. He's had plenty of time to get the program right and he needs a SCIAC title this year to stay in the job in my personal opinion.

Men's basketball and Women's softball show that leadership can change things significantly at Redlands, so if he can't get it done this year it's time to move on.

Quote from: that guy 31 on June 12, 2026, 01:33:37 PM

Quote from: 10Freeway on June 08, 2026, 02:56:12 PMSo awesome to see UR win a Natty in any sport.  Sad to think where the football team would be if they had actually hired a head coach when the AD we don't speak of took the lamest way out ever and didn't open the job or show some spine to keep Maynard.  Basketball is getting it done and now softball.  Football was rolling for almost 30 years and now is awful.  Such a pity where football could be with this new AD who is wanting sports to be great at Redlands.

The Maynard situation was one of the most ridiculous, softest, weakest things I've seen in California education and that is really saying something. The guy complaining was a jilted former player who had transferred out and obviously had an ax to grind. I know Mike personally and know he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. Everyone involved knew that but had to put on some weird performative dance. It was the ultimate social-contagion 2020 absurdity and Bulldog football has been suffering since. Every day that they don't address it, bring him back, apologize, name something after him or whatever just digs the hole deeper.

That said, I expect U of R to be a factor this year for the league title. They were improved last year and bring back a lot of production. I would say Chapman is the favorite just based on recent results but after that it is pretty wide open. No reason to think Redlands couldn't be the top challenger for the Panthers. I don't trust Jim Good as a HC but at least he isn't the playcaller anymore.

Well said! Mike Maynard was beloved and they did him absolutely dirty which still bothers me to this day.

Coach treated me like everyone else and challenged me to become a better man which he succeeded in doing. And he helped me get into graduate school as well writing a letter of recommendation that was personal and far from a boilerplated template. He deserved much better after 30 years of dedicated service to the university.

The program was a juggernaut for a long time, and it's a shell of its former self unfortunately. I've been critical of Jim Good, but saw some better play last season and willing to give him the benefit of doubt. He's had plenty of time now and this season needs to be a strong one. No excuses!

Wut?!

https://willamette.edu/bettertogether/

Quote from: SoCalLance on November 23, 2025, 09:30:03 PMCongrats to Chapman for a great win on the road. From the what it looks like this is the first SCIAC road playoff win in 40 years. I believe the last time was Oxy in 1985.

Chapman D has been playing well this season. They have speed all over the field and did a great job containing the Whitworth QB.

Should be a good one at River Falls!

 

Congrats to Chapman on the win! WIAC level offensive lines are a different animal to deal with. Chapman has speed but are small upfront and will have difficulty competing in the trenches.

Quote from: SoCalLance on November 14, 2025, 01:34:36 PMGoing to be some unusual weather for these games tomorrow in Socal.

CMS and Redlands both play on grass fields and with heavy rainfall today and tomorrow, it is going to be a mud bowl. Redlands clearly spray paints their field green so hopefully pomona has a good laundry crew for those white jerseys! 

Say what now? Redlands ground crew does a phenomenal job and it's the best natural surface football field in the west.