Tormented by a five-game losing skid that’s been imbued with lifeless defensive efforts, Cal men’s basketball coach Wyking Jones was stewing at home Sunday.
His wife stopped him.
“‘You can’t confuse the results that you got from the game with how you feel about your players,’” Jones said, recounting the words of his wife, Estrella. “‘... You still love those guys, regardless if they play well or not, right? … Well, you need to let them know that.’”
When the team returned to practice Monday, Jones told his players: “Regardless of how good or bad we play, I love them, and I wouldn’t want to go to war or battle with anybody besides them and my staff.