David Marsh

Mastro wasn't heading to Miami anyways apparently he has some family members who are ill.. I want to say granddaughter... and they live on the west coast and Miami is just too far away for his liking. Though I do think Cristobal wanted Mastro and McClendon to be his two OCs at Miami. With Masto not coming I think that has messed some things up... especially since Cristobal knows who he wants in all his staffing spots except the coordinators. Thinking about it it is an interesting dynamic that coordinators being hired to established programs expect to join an established staff... but if coordinators are joining a head coach at a new program they want to be able to have a say in their position hires. I think if Cristobal had stayed at Oregon he would be struggling to get at least a new offensive coordinator, but would it have been easier since whoever the OC would be they would have known they were joining an established program rather than joining a new program? In truth I think if Cristobal had stayed at Oregon, I think Jim Mastro would be our OC and McClendon would be Co-OC.

Wouldn't mind seeing more speed at Oregon again.

I think the booing was perhaps the central reason (outside of MC's mom being ill) why Cristobal left. The honeymoon was over and we as fans wanted results. Now, I wasn't there and didn't boo but I completely understood why people booed.

The thing is DeRuyter's defense was solid at Cal and yes it was influenced by Wilcox as well. However, Cal under Wilcox has not had a consistently good offense, let alone having a great offense. DeRuyter could have and should have managed to get the job done... but the bigger question is why couldn't he? He was able to do a better job at Cal with less talent.

We were saying the same things a year ago more or less... just glad we are on the other side of it now and able to see it for what it is...

The defense in 2018 with Leavitt was meh... but Oregon was still rebuilding from the bottoming out in 2016 with the Hoke debacle. The 2019 defense was loaded with some quality vets and it was really good. So good that Oregon was projected to have a top five defense in 2020, that was before covid and opt outs and what not. 2020 was bad but as mentioned the opt outs gutted the defense. So we gave Avalos and Cristobal a bit of a bye on that one without having a full offseason to get that young talent up. But 2021... why was our defense so bad? Early on in the year youth could have played a factor and injuries were horrific which didn't help matters... but Oregon never really found its footing. By the Utah games and the bowl game there just wasn't anyone left to play and it was just so sloppy. So what was going on in 2021. DeRuyter found himself a new job pretty quick and didn't even seem to consider taking a job in Miami.

These are absolutely correct circumstances that should not be entirely overlooked. Though I would say that the scheme on both sides of the ball in 2020 and 2021 were woefully lacking. The best way to get the most out of your players is to put them in position to make big plays. It was not something that was consistent either year but it did happen from time to time. But there were some unusual circumstances that made the last two years unusual.

Yeah... Anthony Brown scored 10 points in the first half of the second Utah game. Well... he scored 10 points for Utah anyways.

I am really looking forward to seeing what Klemm can do with this Offensive Line... I have been sitting and hoping the last few years that the offensive line just needed more time to come together but in truth I have been grossly disappointed with it under Cristobal. I always felt it should have been more dominant and able to impose its will on others better than they actually did. There were moments and even games where the line looked good but it never consistently looked good. I mean Oregon's line was manhandled by Arizona last year pretty badly. Then never mind the Utah games.

Learning to get the reload down can be difficult for some coaches. Lastime Georgia made the national title game they needed a rebuild... Though very minor compared to what most programs call a rebuild. They didn't bounce right back into the playoff right away. The only two teams to consistently rebuild without much if a blip is Alabama and Clemson... And last year Clemson had a few struggles. Georgia will certainly have the raw talent, but will they be able to put it all together?

Exactly this... he doesn't have the body type to make it in the NFL, at least not make it for long. He needs to get paid for his football ability now and I can't blame him for that. Granted... if he does transfer I would like him out of the Pac-12 footprint so I don't have to feel torn when playing him, but I doubt that will happen.

It was an upperclassman heavy team... I think they are going to have some real difficulties next year. They were going to have some growing pains regardless next year but that was without the transfers. The transfer portal and NIL are gutting teams faster than anything. There is so much movement that I honestly don't know who is going to be good... besides Bama... We have seen Oregon take some hits but nothing like what is going on elsewhere.

Don't undersell it... 3 yards.. two yards after contact. And usually tackled from behind too from those pistol plunges.

Our average ranking is pretty good.. our number count is less good. Locking in a few more recruits and hopefully some splashy ones too should rocket us right up the rankings. Not expecting a top 10 finish this year but I would love a top 25 finish. Also transfer portal players don't count to rankings for better or worse.

I think this is a glimpse into what the OC search may have looked like for us if Cristobal had stayed at Oregon. I am pretty sure we would be hand ringing and questioning whether Cristobal deserved the bump in pay. I think we are all going to be thankful he left when he did and got Oregon paid in the process from Miami paying the buyout.

Let's also get real about recruiting rankingd this year... There are a ton who are underrated this year because many to most are lacking high school junior year tape because of shortened or canceled seasons. So Lowe may be a bit raw because he missed out on some junior year development and he may just not have that much tape so he is underrated in terms of his star ranking. So many players need to be developed in college anyways so he may need a redshirt year but he could be a real find.

This would be a different issue than what happened during and after the game between teams and coaches. This is a pretty cut and dry don't criticize refs or pay a fine sort of deal. It is also why Pac-12 coaches across the board dance around reffing issues rather than out right saying it when things are bad.

Possible... but I doubt it... so far Oregon is turning into an Auburn and FSU pipeline .. 3 to Auburn and 2 to FSU. Still 0 to Miami.

One year in reality... he was on a LDS mission one year and he joined the team this last year. I think he was a bit injured as well. I think he ends up at a Utah school to be closer to home. Oregon is undergoing a culture shift right now and he might not mesh with the new culture.

I think Dillingham knew that Pittman probably couldn't come back to Oregon, he probably hurt the locker room far too much so encouraging Pittman to continue to go to FSU was the right decision. Dillingham didn't need to create a locker room problem when he didn't have one.

This one is huge! Thanks for bringing it up. Cristobal was basically THE hire at Oregon after Taggart left to save the recruiting class. This year Washington State hired Jake Dickert basically to save the recruiting and try to keep the ball rolling for the program. It was an easy hire for multiple reasons for WSU. Other instances... Helton was hired as the guy as USC to maintain continuity at the program and maintain recruiting.. he failed at both in the long run. Washington choose to hire Jimmy Lake for recruiting and maintaining the classes there... we all know how that ended...

NIL and the transfer portal both interact with this problem as well. I just didn't have the energy to tackle all three components of this recruiting maddess at the same time. Though out of the three huge problems with December recruiting right now... Eliminating the early signing period is by far the easiest and quickest thing to fix. The biggest downside to ending the early signing period would be how many transfers portal kids take spots from lower star scholarship kids. Other problem is that recruits who just want to sign and get it over with have to wait longer... Some coaches keep recruiting and keep contact when a kid is firmly committed and I could see that being annoying potentially but this is pretty minor.

They may think that now.... But I look forward to seeing Lanning beat USC in the coming years. But yes... Absolutely agree... All the former Oklahoma people probably truly believe USC will be easy enough to restore to greatness and will walk all over the conference again.

I think it is about the money for Riley along with not moving into the SEC where he knows he won't be able to win the conference as easily as Oklahoma. It is also pretty likely that there was been some back channeling between Riley and the players joining him at USC. This is a new age where players can follow their coach... that isn't even possible in the NFL but it is now in college football with the transfer portal.

Hey if both sides were acting badly like that then both should get a warning.