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6 hours ago, 47sgs said:
I want badly for Cristobal to succeed, to be that super star coach, and maybe he will. But as a spoiled fan that remembers the Kelly, Helfrich years, I also want to be entertained. So Woody Hayes 3 yards and a cloud of dust power football just isn't entertaining to me. Even if Cristobal is highly successful playing power football, there will be an exit of interested fans, probably me included. Oregon's fourth quarter play offensively has been conservative, boring and pathetic. To be that super star coach, he needs an aggressive, imaginative offense for a full four quarters that isn't afraid to try to put teams away, and someone that can manage the end of a game.
I agree with your observations 47sgs, however if Cristobal is highly successful playing power football, I would think the thing that might help keep you and other interested fans around is - - - - "winning".
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7 hours ago, RatherBe said:
Yes, Mario is on the verge of superstardom. If he had better game management against Oregon State and Cal the Ducks would have been walking into the Fiesta Bowl with a storyline of “Undefeated Oregon snubbed by Playoff Committee” instead of the default Pac-12 Champs. At that point they would have been 6-0, and 21-2 dating back to the last loss of 2018.
However, as Kayvon Thibodeaux’s grandma would say “if ifs were fifths we’d all be drunk.”
That’s the key. A lot of ifs left on the table and extra Ls in the record book. I would venture to say that out of Cristobal’s nine losses almost all were the result of bad game management: 2018 Stanford, 2018 Utah, 2019 Auburn, 2020 Oregon State, 2020 Cal.
That will be the key going forward, will the in game coaching be at a high level? Settling for field goals on 4th and goal, punting from midfield in the fourth quarter, becoming too conservative with leads are all things that are concerning to me. The inability to put an opponent out of their misery is the anchor of this teams potential.
The very promising things outweigh the negative. There has only been one entirely inexplicable result, 2018 Arizona. Slow starts a few times as well, but the team rallied in those. The hire of Joe Moorhead is a fantastic move, and Andy Avalos was as well. The number one thing though is the recruiting. It’s more important than ever, top talent is being consolidated at the top unlike ever before. The lack of talent at key spots and depth overall is what really hurt the program, and Cristobal has done as well as one could hope to get Oregon up a tier. This is the number one factor to being a consistently elite program.
I am not entirely sold on Cristobal yet. I’m giving him a partial mulligan for 2020, and I’m as excited for the future of the program as I was at this time last year. Taking a look at the college football landscape and Mario is positioned as well as anyone to be the next star coach. It’s going to take some luck, and things outside of Oregon’s control. Mostly he’s got to be better at game management, you can’t lose to inferior teams because you’re afraid of losing to them and play conservatively.
I like your take on the subject RatherBe. Keep posting as I like your writings.
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21 minutes ago, FishIceCream said:
When you are the highest-paid state employee by a long shot (in any state pretty much) you should be expected to deliver good results.
I really like your words here FishiceCream. Because it shows where the Pac-12 presidents went wrong with Larry Scott. They made him the highest-paid but did not expect/demand him to deliver good results.
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10 minutes ago, RuletheGap said:
What I find interesting is Alabama will run a version of the pistol in the same situations, with far better results. I'm not sure what to make of it.
Interesting observation.
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Just spreading the wealth around.
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Coupled with the two Safety's that are already signed? What an embarrassment of riches at the back end.
Our new DC must be smiling from ear to ear. Little does he know that much will be expected of him.
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"on the verge of superstardom?"
He could be if his OC and DC work out. So far we haven't seen that. One more year to see about the Offense, and two more to find out about the DC. Then we can decide.
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Justin has a darn good start and looking good. Now we need to see if the rest of the team can catch up and keep up. That includes the Chargers new coach.
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4 minutes ago, David Marsh said:
The more I hear about DeRuyter the more I think he might need some training from Cristobal in terms of becoming an ace recruiter but he has the personality for it. He also has the exact personally that fits with the culture that Cristobal is promoting.
That is interesting because in college football recruiting is everything. I hope it works out.
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1 hour ago, Annie said:
A little off-topic, but any which way, I have to say that even with vaccinations I'm not sure that by fall I'll be ready to sit in a stadium with 50,000+ other people. I'm wondering if that many will be allowed, or if they will limit the number of fans to, say, 15,000, assuming fans will be permitted to attend all.
I agree, I think the return will be slow. But any at all would be better than the cardboard cut outs.
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That is a great recommendation. Would also be nice to see what the players think.
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1 hour ago, Dave23 said:
Here's a link to his sophomore season unfortunately there's no current videos out there that I could find. Your going to need a mouth guard just to watch it.
Great link to his video. What I saw was quick off the ball and takes a good angle. He would be a good get if we can.
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7 hours ago, Jon Sousa said:
Alas! I so wanted to be correct.
I wanted you to be also.
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A 56 game schedule, wow. I've always wondered why baseball has so many games ??
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Hopefully they will leave more then just the Pac-12 in there wake. How about leaving some serious Eastern programs also.
Just another remarkable year in the life of "Oregon Womens Basketball"
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It's time to move this program upward.
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Really surprised USC is not on the list. I also note that, at one time Stanford was hot.
Also note that the Pac-12 was holding it's own at some time in the past. Hard pressed to see any Pac teams on the list over recent wins.
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Just not going to happen.
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Bummer, I would have liked him had I known about him back then.
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On 1/27/2021 at 3:39 PM, 30Duck said:
If JTT actually chooses Oregon, over Ohio State and Alabama the glass ceiling would be shattered. KT and JTT together would be the start of the new normal at Oregon.
We would be licking our chops all season long.
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Can the Ducks pull him away a Nebraska boy from Scott Frost and Nebraska ??
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38 minutes ago, 47sgs said:
Isn't he a 2022 recruit?
Looks like 247Sports has him as class of 2022. As a "Hard commit" for Oregon. Also his video has him as a 2019 Sophomore Highlights.
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1 hour ago, 30Duck said:
Can you really recruit to Nebraska though?
Ha, ha, love the question. I wonder what Frost's answer would be.
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