David Marsh

At 380 he might need 2 offers. That is huge.

I know most people say that a close game is an exciting game but I'm in agreement with you ... There is nothing exciting about watching your team struggle to win by one score against an opponent with a losing record. My heart will be much healthier with solid dominating wins.

That would be the best pitch because Oregon has a more pressing need for his services. Also at a year younger he is not going to be as physically developed as those a year or two years older than him.

Better chance at scholarship spots for this year have run dry... I don't know their overall numbers but they have boosters that are more than happy to pay right now.

Meanwhile Oregon scored their biggest recruit from the state of Washington in the last twenty years easily in Iuli. Oregon has really failed to recruit the state of Washington but maybe things are starting to change.

Next time start from the bottom... It will save you from scrolling too long from the top.

One would like Herm Edwards could be the chopping block... but I think right now ASU wants to protect him at any cost but lets get real... he was involved in these recruiting violations.

This feels like a difficult question to answer... Oklahoma ripped up Oregon's defense but Oregon's defense was also playing third and fourth string walk-on players. Oregon's defense struggled with injuries all year long as it was but by the Alamo Bowl it was an empty husk of the defense that played against Oklahoma. There were some series that Williams' was contained by Oregon and overall it really wasn't the passing game that beat Oregon as much as the run game as Oregon's run defense couldn't stop the run. Williams' did have some passes that burned Oregon through the air but I think with a Dan Lanning revamped defense will probably make Williams' a whole lot more difficult.

Except having coordinators makes recruiting so much easier. You can sell a scheme and the coaches players will be working with... But Mario doesn't do scheme.... So you can sell the coaches being held hostage by having to make players play physical and trying to sell that as a scheme.

I turned the game on to check in with it for a while today ... Oregon nearly lost their lead going into the half. I turn it off and they won big. I guess I wasn't allowed to watch this game.

Right now I think things are going absolutely bonkers with NIL ... Especially for players who haven't played a down of college ball. I do think the recruiting side of NIL will slow in several years as even those deep pocketed fanatics may grow weary of paying for players who don't see the field ... It does happen. So maybe some get paid while others get perspective deals that take effect of they do make it. Lots of players don't see the field for a year or two, if not more. How would boosters paying there players feel about letting their investments sit without knowing if they'll ever pay out? Pay for play is one thing... Pay for no play... That will start to dry up the NIL money pretty quick.

Possibly a bit better... but as a head coach this last season UNLV only averaged 20 points per game. Now UNLV isn't exactly a powerhouse and has a major lack of talent but I think Arroyo has only won like two games in his two seasons (including a covid season) at UNLV and the offense hasn't bee good.

And... I think you only get to go to Nick Saban's coaching rehab school once. I think the turnover he was suffering at Oregon was going to catch up to him quickly. Four years and three coordinator hires. He started with Leavitt and Arroyo. Then fired Leavitt and picked up Avalos. Arroyo left and MC hired Moorhead. And then Avalos left and DeRuyter was hired... and Moorhead was leaving at the end of this season regardless so if Cristobal had stayed that would have been 4 coordinator hires in five years. Cristobal was averaging at Oregon one coordinator hire per year (minus his first year)....that is some insane turnover. No healthy program has that level of turnover, unless your name is Alabama that is but Saban is the exception not the rule.

Cristobal doesn't have his coordinators which is probably the biggest factor in his recruiting woes right now. Usually a kid wants to sign with a school and at least know who the coordinator is going to be, especially at a program with a brand new coaching staff. Cristobal has also been rather reluctant to make full use of the transfer portal. He has used it from time to time at Oregon but not consistently. He doesn't actually need to if he doesn't want to in truth but most programs are dipping their toes in more than him.

College is a completely different beast to the NFL just with recruiting. I can see Harbaugh wanting to go back to the NFL just to get away from the recruiting madness and the NIL stuff. Granted the NFL has its own problems.

USC has been recruiting smaller lineman for the past few years because Cristobal kept out recruiting them for linemen. They don't have bad linemen but they have linemen built for an air raid offense and can be easily out muscled. The lines at USC are their greatest weakness by far and so far it doesn't look like it is an area that has been addressed. Oregon has some problems on the lines but I'd argue that has been more an issue of position coaching and scheme.

Institutions can't really revoke scholarships.. they can force kids out the door by saying they are low on the depth chart and won't see the field and will be relegated to the scout team which would force them into the transfer portal. But a program can't just take a scholarship back without a real reason... usually it is disciplinary.

Arroyo was probably better than we gave him credit for but in fairness UNLV has been pretty bad offensively under him. For 2021 UNLV averaged 20 points per game which is pretty bad. Yes, UNLV doesn't really have the talent but still. But anyone want to bet that the Akron Zips average more than 31 points per game next year? Not saying they are going to win a ton of games but they will score some points with Moorhead as their HC.

I could see him staying at Michigan or going back to the pros... if he leaves though I think Oregon starts winning some more recruiting battles in the NW. Forget Washington, it seems like it is Oregon v Michigan in a whole lot of battles for NW talent. If he goes... Oregon has a very good shot at Cornerly the No.1 prospect out of Washington as it seems like it might be an Oregon v Michigan battle down the stretch.

Miami will just have to play more physical at that point... Not much of a difference in truth. Just play physical here is the playbook. 1. Play physical and own the line of scrimmage. 2. Play MORE physical and run the ball between the A-gaps. 3. RAAAWWAARRR MOAR PHYSICAL! 4. Listen to whatever the OC has to say and just call for more physical plays. 5. Actually consider what the OC has to say ... then do the opposite. 6. In case of an emergency: Do what the OC wants to do. 7. Play Harder NOT SMARTER! See No. 3 Defense isn't much different.

And this is the SECOND signing day... This would be understandable if this was the first early signing period. How do you think fans will feel if he makes it to the next signing period without an OC and DC? Yes... This will mean the next signing period is December... And he may fill those spots but they could very well be vacant again by December. So it is a possibility.

I want to see a scheme that enables this... giving up yards of padding in coverage isn't helping our corners and safeties either.

It is only a recent problem at Oregon really that we have this problem with so much top tier talent failing to live up to their potential. For most of our history as a program we had more in common with Utah and having to recruit 3-star diamonds in the rough rather than finding ready made talent. Though I have heard numerous college coaches say it over the years that the vast majority of high school talent needs to be brought in and retaught the game of football. Tackling being one of the biggest aspects that needs to be retaught at college mostly because even those three-star players were big fish in a relatively small pond so they could be sloppy in technique and still dominate. I really want to see Oregon as a sound fundamental team which is something that Cristobal preached but never really delivered on... perhaps it has something to do with the discipline or lack there of on Cristobal's Oregon teams. I also doubt that Lanning even with this amazing recruiting staff will be able to bring in the same caliber of players consistently that is on Georgia and Alabama's roster, at least not those big defensive linemen. However, I still think he can build a scheme to get the most out of the players he can get and build a championship winning team.

I'm thinking more and more that Phil probably had some conditions in that contract that came with that money. I think Phil knew Cristobal had the recruiting ability (that one is obvious) but lacked the on field X's and O's to get the job done. Also if Cristobal saw his power being restricted that would have rubbed him the wrong way and probably had him even more open to a Miami offer.

I'm going to trust the staff on this one... well we kinda have to regardless we don't get to be in the room for these decisions. He has the size but he does need to be coached up, granted the fact that we have his former and again current DL coach doesn't make me terribly confident but maybe a change in scheme will change things as well. But he does have the size... and you can't teach size.