30Duck

This is definitely what we want to happen, but it's tricky. After Paul "Bear" Bryant left in 1982, Alabama went through nine coaches in twenty seven years with one championship, Gene Stallings in 1992, and years of NCAA sanctions and vacated wins, until Saban started his era of domination in 2009.

The last of these is significant. I don't think that Duarte is playing as well as Pritchard did last season. But, if he was playing as well as he is, at Villanova or Duke, this season, he'd be getting a lot more attention. The Jerry West Award he is nominated for is a show of recognition.

It's an interesting question, and made more difficult by looking at it as either/or rather than the best. So far Cristobal has upgraded with his hires from outside, Arroyo and Avalos were both hired from outside to become head coaches.

Wrap-up from 247sports.com

Excellent, Ducks sweep the night!

Oregon wins another close one, this time at Stanford. Coming off the SC game, Oregon put on a passing clinic in this one, inside passing creating numerous scoring opportunities.

Absolutely, and when the Beavs finish ahead of the Mutts next season he will be.

Yes, Cristobal has won the conference championship two years in a row, and is the favorite to make it 3. But that doesn't necessarily make him the best coach. this article from westcoastcfb.com explains what does, and why Moorhead is the best OC

This "intensity" angle is fascinating. Intensity was the hallmark of Ronnie Lee and the Kamikaze Kids, they didn't win championships, but they revolutionized college basketball. Chip's football teams, the highwater mark for Oregon football didn't scream intensity, they were not, "junkyard dogs". For all of his attributes, Marcus was not fiery. In their biggest games, where more was needed than the blur, Chip's Ducks did not, "bring it!". Whether Dyer was down or not wouldn't be a question if Pleasant had "brought it". Cardale Jones and Ezekiel Elliott brought it for Ohio State. John Boyett always brought it for the Ducks, like Brady Breeze. Troy Dye definitely brought it. Let's hope a lot of players bring it in 2021.

Washington is tied for No. 8.

This is a big problem, that really showed up in the game against USC. The big problem the Ducks have is that, Duarte, up for an award for Shooting Guards, isn't a point guard either. Before his injury, Richardson was supposed to have been the PG, but I believe his absence, for most of the season, messed that up. I agree with your observations that the Ducks don't have an experienced player to "run" the offense, make sure the ball moves, the Trojans put on a "movement" clinic. In the end of the game wins for the Ducks this season, a lot of the points came by the D causing turnovers and creating points off of them.

I thought Washington always had the best quarterbacks? This is an interesting stat, an era with Dakota Prukop and Braxton Burmeister in it comes out on top?

I agree with your sentiment. The Tom Brady story is classic hero mythology. Lowly regarded out of college, 6th round draft pick, gets his chance when the starter is injured. The "tuck rule" in a snowstorm gets him and the Patriots to his first Super Bowl. "Deflate Gate". The filming violations. NFL quarterback is the pinnacle of success for am athlete in the United States, and more than anything else, Super Bowl wins separate the quarterbacks. Brady was far from the best player on the field for Tampa Bay in the win over Kansas City, but he was voted the MVP.

The article seems to have settled on Brown at QB, and that the Ducks just need to get it done. The confusing thought is that USC needs to bolster its passing game, not create a running game at all.

Back in the day, players wanted to, "be like Mike", in this article from NBC Sports Northwest, Justin Herbert explains why it just makes sense to use Tom Brady's career as an example to follow.

Can you say, Chuck Knoblauch?

I thought that the most informed comment in the article is that Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State can put the playoff on their schedule in ink, Notre Dame probably should use a pencil, but these 10 teams are maybe one player short of fighting it out for possibly one opening. Interesting that Cincy get's "Respect" as the missing element while Oregon definitely needs some,

They have both done well as OC's at Alabama, ignominious endings at USC as head coach, Kiffin let go at an airport, Sark had his publicized problems. One note about Sark is that the day he was announced as the coach at USC, he was expected to do his Coach's radio show in Seattle.