UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster emphasized the urgency to improve the team's performance following a disappointing 5-7 season. Addressing the loss of key players to the NFL and transfer portal, Foster highlighted the necessity to 'reload' rather than rebuild. He has revamped the coaching staff, adding nine new assistants and integrating 20 transfers along with 17 freshmen recruits. With spring practice starting, there’s momentum building around the team’s potential for a stronger 2025 season, raising questions about their capability to contend for a conference championship since 1998.
"We're going to be able to reload," the UCLA coach said in December when asked about holes he needed to fill on a roster that had just completed a 5-7 season.
Foster certainly replenished his coaching staff, hiring nine new assistants, including hotshot offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri. He also imported 20 transfers to go with 17 high school freshmen.
In other words, Foster just put himself on a loudly ticking clock. The Bruins lost NFL prospects Carson Schwesinger, Oluwafemi Oladejo, Kain Medrano and Jay Toia.
Can the Bruins really contend for their first conference championship since 1998 in Foster's second season?
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