Darren Perkins

Yeah, is seems the players are pretty stoked. An energetic young guy with a great SEC pedigree is way more exciting and brings a way better vibe than Wilcox or Kelly would have brought. Agreed, more players would be transferring if the Ducks brought back Wilcox or Kelly.

Yeah, that's the upside, if Lanning takes a job with an A+ program, then it means he really kicked some butt with the Ducks. I'll take it!

Do we know the letter wasn't read by Mullens? Offering the job to Wilcox shows he did take those feelings to heart. Yes, Dabo would be a good one for Alabama.

I would think if it wasn't true Mullens and Wilcox probably say something like "that didn't happen," but you never know...

Ah, that's right, blanked out the Chico State years....

Rebuilding from the ground up? Absolutely not. This is Oregon, not Arizona. Oregon is loaded with talent and is coming off a double digit win season. This is no 2-10 program. And again, plenty of coaches do just fine, such as Lincoln Riley and Ryan Day.

You are absolutely correct. But that's not the point. The point it you CAN be successful without having head coaching experience, it doesn't make for an automatic failure. And flip it around, plenty of coaches with Head Coaching experience get a new job and stink. Just look at Chip.

Lincoln Riley had no head coaching experience before he took over Oklahoma and he did ok. Ryan Day. Mel Tucker, the list goes on. Plenty of coaches make the transition just fine.

That cat totally Coug'd it

Chip was a first time head coach. Ryan Day, Lincoln Riley, Gruden, what's his name at the Rams. etc etc etc ... Lots of great coaches started young and were successful first time head coaches. Some guys just have "it" .... and Mullens must think he saw that. Could it backfire? sure. But a "safe" hire would simply guarantee mediocrity. I applaud the hire.

You certainly have "more than a feeling" about Chip coming back, you have a firm belief it would be the wrong move!

I mentioned how Chip would be good for 2-3 years and the talent would begin to drop off. We'd probably start consistenly looking like this year's UCLA team.

Yeah, and Chip won't do anything to improve his defense, such as firing his poor DC because he's on old friend.

Yup, better to steal a rising star then madly scoop water off a sinking ship.

Yeah, no Urban, need some fresh blood who likes to recruit, and likes to have a competent offese.

Autzen would be rockin!

Yeah, I read up on some of his recruting tactics and it was like he was stuck in 2009, not up on the texting and social media.

Yeah, I don't even want to think of how I would feel if he came back.

Haha, yup, it just doesn't work.

Yeah, he just needs to be an OC. He doesn't have the desire to do what it takes to win big at a big time program. If he wants to be a successful head coach, he might want to go to a Group of 5 program.

Yeah, any mediocre coach would have done better at UCLA than Chip has done. See Jim Mora. I just don't see him being successful.

Ah, ok, I misread the point u were making.

I take it you think the Ducks should stick with Brown? I see an apples to oranges comparison. This year we have talented "the future of the program" backups, in 2015 there was nobody behind Vernon. Vernon always played well in 2015, Brown not so much this year, to where people have calling for Thompson. May as well get started on the future in a meaningless bowl game and have a qb get some snaps in before facing Geogia next year.

Could there ever be a less motivated team in a bowl game than these Ducks? Lost playoff dreams, then lost rose bowl dreams, KT will sit out and probably others. Oh, and we could be playing with an interim coach. The Ducks will look way worse than the 2017 Las Vegas Bowl. (And remember, as of right now, due to the MC uncertainty, the Alamo is no lock. Bowls hate interim coaches.) The ONLY thing that will garner interest from the Oregon side is a new QB. Plus, it only makes frickin sense.

Haha, i've got too many screens and windows open, sometimes i get lost....