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My dream would be that he gets the Blazers and immediately trades them to Seattle for the Kraken. NHL = No Divas

Great point 1972.....one note though on Dior. According to some, his ratings have dropped rather precipitously from their peak. I am recalling this from a podcast, and could have some details wrong but he wasn't invited to the USA team tryouts and he might have struggled in some all-star tournament games against elite competition. Further speculation included that Barthelemy was brought on for this reason to give Dior a year of seasoning.

Payton Pritchard is the only Duck I am aware of who seems to have outworked Luke Ridnour PRIOR to becoming a Duck. The stories of him dribbling the West Linn Hills in the offseason and the video of his dribbling routine are legendary.

I would expect the Vulcan curse of bad decisions to continue based on precedent.

Holden.....rough name for an O lineman

This might actually convince me to watch the NBA again after being a huge NBA and Blazers fan in the 70's and 80's

Judging from the look of its peak, I would say Three-Fingered Jack! Or, since I got lucky once or twice at Cougar Hot Springs I am going with Mckenzie Bridge

How great is Dana's approach with his athletes? Expect a lot, support a lot and respect their choices when it is time to move on. Integrity still counts.

50th anniversary of Title IX and Year 2 of NIL.....how those two can coexist is beyond my pay grade.

I think some of the Husky love is based on a relatively high roster composite index....or some such metric of overall talent. Many Petersen leftovers still on the squad, plus the 5 star legacy QB who is on travel squad, I think? Add in some respect for DeBoer as the anti-Lake, plus basic Husky delusion (Burton is a Doog, but I agree a good analyst) and there you have it! Interesting WNBA take. I think Jobs' widow, who is rumored to be a potential Blazer buyer, has also tried for a WNBA franchise ownership in the past. Maybe she is willing to throw tons of tech money at the Rose Quarter, like Paul Allen did? If they get Sabrina, I might actually tune into a game or two....unlike the Blazers who, IMHO, should just admit defeat already and trade Lillard too. They always hang onto the single aging ex-All Star too long.

Is this something the Ducks have done before....at this level of frequency? It seems Lanning is turning recruiting "up to eleven."

This^ I also wanna see him lead in the locker room. Dana said last year was the first that he didn't have to kick someone out of the gym after practice. If Richardson wants to play in the league, that's what it's going to take.

Thanks for posting this!

2022 recruit.....does this have anything to do with Manning's injury progress, I wonder?

Hey, Stalin made the trains run on time, right?

It is amazing how injuries seem to hit certain players more than others. It's like some boxers who have "glass chin" syndrome that they just can't get over. Canton Kaumatule was another one

Lots of great points in this thread. I am a skeptical optimist....in other words, I wan't to see some improvements before I can confidently predict a conference championship. One unit not mentioned may seem to be a strength, but I wonder: offensive line. Hear me out.... MC and mini-me were supposed to be amongst the nation's best OL coaches. We had highly rated recruits throughout the 2 deep. I was expecting dominance. Instead I saw 2.5 yards and a cloud of dust. I saw QB's scrambling to make plays as protection broke down. Overall, an anemic offense. I suppose scheme could explain all of that. Or, as with most complex systems, the problems were multi-causal. If it is the latter, then OL execution was likely a significant factor. Now....we have a different offense that seems to require much different execution....from the same group. If system changes aren't enough to improve results, then we had better hope that Klemm is a far better coach than the last duo.

Jim Morse is 3rd generation owner of Pacific Lumber

Their negative opinion of Junior Adams stems the from fact that he recruited better players than were on the roster at the time. Or, I should say maybe that he recruited guys that fit his style of play better. A couple of the highly rated WR's who subsequently dropped down the depth chart had parents who started griping to one of Dawgman.com site owners who then made it public on the board, IIRC. When the offense stalled out, some fans started casting aspersions toward Junior and the WR depth chart shuffle as a part of their criticism. That's why you get a comment like the one listed in this thread today that his omission is an improvement.

A pool or a pond? Seriously, I would ask him how in the world a head football coach can also manage family life. There is no way in heck that mine would happily not see me 80% of the time. And I am a miserable curmudgeon misanthrope. Dan seems like a great husband and father....amazes me.

Shaking Proctor from Iowa will be tough....if Klemm pulls that off it will be astounding.

Could we get the Kraken in a trade? Watching Stanley Cup playoffs is always illustrious of how much better of a product the NHL is compared to the NBA where only Game 7's merit my attention.

UO Athletics Building "The Jake" To Benefit Golf Programs - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM The latest state-of-the-art UO athletics facility will be built on the grounds of Emerald Valley Golf Club, and is named for Peter and Jan Jacobsen. Hadn't seen this before.....very cool building dedicated to one of the best Ducks ever. I was ambling through Atlanta airport sporting colors one day and I hear a booming "Go Ducks" across the terminal...sure enough, Peter Jacobsen. Chatted me up for few minutes then we fist-bumped and went our separate ways. Very chill dude.

I wonder if NIL is available to walk-ons? Now that we have 4 specialists on the roster, presumably 5 with the long snapper, it would make sense to use NIL funds to pay them enough to remain walk-ons, freeing up those 5 schollies for other players. If allowed....presuming someone is actually enforcing any kind of rules at all.

In every era there are teams that are disciplined, and teams that are less so. I don't deny that today's world is self-obsessed (excuse me, brand-focused) and that makes the challenge harder, but some teams and coaches manage this aspect of culture better than others over the course of a season. Mario's teams weren't the most undisciplined I have seen at Oregon, but they were far from the least. As Bellotti often said, better errors of commission than errors of omission