In Reply to: What's wrong with UCLA football? posted by mh on September 23, 2025 at 09:24:15
These comments about Jarmond are so damning. Jarmond hung Foster out to dry.
“I’m happy to be here. I’m glad to be a part of this great conference. Um, finally putting two great emblems together — UCLA and the Big Ten. We’re a school that’s won, what, 123 championships so this fits, us being right in this conference, football-wise, which is exciting. You know, um, I’m sure you guys don’t know too much about UCLA, our football program, but we’re in L.A., um….(Long pause)… It’s us and, uh, USC. (Long pause.) We, um… (Nervous laughter, long pause) …. I’m just basically excited really. That’s it. Any questions?”
From hundreds of miles away, a longtime FBS administrator with UCLA ties was mortified at Foster’s lack of confidence and inability to deliver a message about Bruin football’s new era. What should have been a simple assignment had turned into a public relations debacle.
“I felt bad for him,” said the administrator, who spoke to Yahoo Sports on the condition of anonymity. “It was clear no one had prepared him. You’ve got to put him through media training and work the [expletive] out of that until it’s second nature. If you know he’s going to have some deficiencies, you’ve got to fix those. Don’t allow him to embarrass himself because that set the tone for a hard situation in that one press conference.
“All I kept thinking was, what’s going on there?”
And, the article rips Chip a new one, like he deserves.