(Written by kencraw)

I’m of a mixed mind on this, but Mike Pawlawski (and if I have to tell you who he is, just leave now, OK?… wait, that was prematurely harsh… go look it up and then come back) just joined the Cal Football radio team, replacing Troy Taylor:

http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2012/08/10/football-mike-pawlawski-to-join-cal-radio-team/

I haven’t been listening to the radio broadcasts in the last few years. When I last listened with any regularity Grosscup was with Starkey. So I don’t know how Troy Taylor was doing. Maybe this is a step up.

But what I don’t like about Pawlawski is that when I see him on the TV broadcasts he treats us like children and only has a couple meaningful things to say that he repeats over and over and over… particularly if you’re watching over multiple games. How many times last year did I hear that Allen had “great kinesthetic awareness”?

Maybe he’s different on radio, so I don’t know really whether this is a good pick, but if he’s anything like he is on TV, I predict it’ll be a short run and Starkey, who’s notorious for getting rid of guys he doesn’t gel with, will show him the door within a season or two.