In an attempt to find any sort of meaning in this season so far, I decided to take a look at last year’s Eye Test against Oklahoma to see if I could find reason for optimism. Instead, I was struck by something I wrote right at the beginning:
Because of that short turn-around time, rebuilding at the college level tends to look like a 3-step process:
1. Culture change, scheme change, buckets full of youth.
2. Noticeable improvement and development, increased competitiveness
3. Increased winning, profit
Obviously, this rebuilding plan doesn’t fit everyone, and many rebuilds stall out at stage 2, but this is what UCLA is looking at going forward and, right now, we are squarely in stage 1.