The most disappointing thing about Cal football on Saturday wasn’t that it lost. Fans shouldn’t be surprised at this point when the Bears lose.
What was most concerning was Sonny Dykes’ comments during the postgame press conference when somebody asked him about his team’s unimpressive tackling. To summarize, Dykes talked about how the main problem is recruiting and how “the better athlete you are, the better you are at tackling.” Then, Dykes mentioned injuries and how his team practices tackling “more than anybody in college football.”
That’s basically saying the coaches are doing nothing wrong and that Cal struggles on defense because the players aren’t “better athletes.