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Coach Eric Boles
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Just heard something that hurts. Coach Marcus Freeman had interest in Oregon, but the uncertainty of whether Coach Avalos was going to Boise or not played out too long. Notre Dame has since hired him.
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9 minutes ago, Matt23 said:
This may not be popular but I think we should be starting Anthony brown next year if he stays. He’s a bigger, stronger, more fluid runner and player in general, has a bigger arm, and seems to have more big play capability in him. Shough just looks out of it and has lost all confidence. He’s also pretty scrambling/under pressure.
I believe both will be a lot better after a full off-season, and I think there'll be an actual QB competition.
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1 minute ago, David Marsh said:
I do hope so... I have noticed more spread elements but the offense seems to have gotten bogged down pretty badly in the last three games.
Defenses started playing Shough a little differently there towards the end, and I can't speak to what Shough is thinking on the field, but not being totally in touch with the system yet would play a part.
Then to touch on the crazy season again, I don't think there was any week where the offensive roster was the same as the previous because of protocol. The same is true for the defense.
Another note on tempo: Coach Moorhead switched between personnel this year more than he had before. I believe this was mostly due to the unavailability of a number of TEs for most of the season. In years past he would change formations, but stay in 11 personnel because he would just bump his TE out to WR.
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I've seen some ponder the idea that there's interference by Coach Cristobal in Moorhead's play calling. I haven't seen anything outside of what Coach Moorhead has done outside of his other stops, other than the addition of the pistol, and I've done tons of research on his offense. In fact, eve with the pistol, he's running the same exact run plays that he's used everywhere else.
As for the tempo of the offense, I'm not sure that players had a full command of the offense yet. That's understandable given that they replaced their entire offensive line, a new quarterback and learned a new offensive system on zoom. There was too much change for the kind of off-season this year presented. A lot of times the tempo looked slowed by players getting calls and processing. Of course, I don't coach for the team so I don't know that to be a fact. I think after a full and complete off-season, Coach Moorhead's offense will look just as fans dreamed when he was hired.
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8 hours ago, ptdduck said:
I like Steele, Mason and Sirmon from that list. Another coach to consider is UCLA assistant Brian Norwood who completely revamped UCLA's porous defense. Chip Kelly hired him from Navy and he installed an attacking 4-2-5 defense that led the conference in sacks.
I actually didn't even think of that. Coach Norwood would be a solid coach. After reading your comment, I went to watch some of the UCLA and USC game since I haven't researched them and I do see some of the 4-2-5 stuff you mention among Coach Azzinaro's 3-4.
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13 hours ago, BigDucksFan said:
Add your comments to the daily article here in this topic. A link to the article is here.
Coach Boles you mention that ".....Coach Andy Avalos most likely moving on ......" meaning he hasn't accepted the job yet. With luck he'll stay because this program offers him the opportunity to progress and later take a HC at a better school.
Good to see we have some good choices.
The intro to the article was originally written as if it were a foregone conclusion that he's leaving. After hearing rumblings of Coach Avalos being the favorite, I wrote the article just in case, so that we'd have a timely piece when the news actually broke today or tomorrow, as these were the dates I was seeing. Then a situation came up were an article was needed, so the intro was tweaked and used as a conversation starter for a subject folks were already thinking about.
I would love to see Coach Avalos as the Oregon DC next season.
Coach Boles: My Top Five Candidates to Become Oregon’s Defensive Coordinator
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You know if we do hire from within, Coach Wilson and Coach Chance are the ones with playcalling experience. I'm not at all saying that that the other two wouldn't be good choices though. I also have a coaching friend from Oklahoma that informed me that Heacock interviewed for the Ok St job when it was open, so I don't know that he wouldn't leave.