Darren Perkins

"The Havana Huckster"... love it! We lost some players due to MC bolting, but a new coach often brings in some different guys, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Plus, the recruiting sites , in my opinion, put to much emphasis on the size of the class, USC it ranked way down because they currently have a small class, but the average star-rating per player is top-ten.

Thanks for sharing.... Gotta have The Eye of the Tiger, baby, Eye of the Tiger!!!

Totally, MC leaving will prove to be beneficial to the Ducks.

Agree. And that's why in spite of his inability to coach guys up, MC is so important in the history of Oregon football. He proved you can recruit big to Eugene, when it was always thought that you couldn't. Now combine the great recruiting with great coaching, and watch out.

Totally correct. I live up here in Wazzu country, and we all still root hard for Gardiner Minshew! (he should be starting tonight) The epitome of what you are talking about.

Yes, and competence on offense, no more Pistol Plunge!

Yep, Brooks was a young, old-school type of leader for sure.

Thanks for sharing, that is a great story, and inspriring. Actually a topic I tend to think about as I get older. Hopefully I will continue to look to the future as well.

Yep, and that's why we are happy to have a coach can recruit AND will allmost assuredly coach them up better than MC.

Yeah, I know it was created as a tribute. It does seem to "mellowed" in person as this picture shows. But, on tv it seems busy, I just can't get ASU out of my head. 😀

Yeah, I was ok with it before, it was green.

No it's there. I just finally got around to complaining 😀

I'd probably be ok with it if the color was an Oregon color. (wasn't that how it was before?) But now it is this brownish-red/burgundy,/Arizona State-ish color. And the yellow is more of an ASU yellow than Oregon yellow.

Belly Acher Alert!!! 😃 I know Oregon takes pride in being unique, innovative, and different.... but the basketball floor just screams of "trying too hard." And the color scheme is more Sun Devils than Ducks. Just set the trees on fire and add flames!

Haha, thanks!. Unfortunatley free websites are getting less and less.

Exciting times for sure. Definetly seemed like the candidate with the best recruiting chops.

Good, the leverage, drama and politics aspect of it. College athletic departmens make for a good premise for a new show on HBO or Netflix.

Yeah, always a risk, but i think many have hope with this one because MC has been seen as a below average game prep and X's and O'x coach. So, almost anyone would be an upgrade in this department.

I could be wrong, but I would think if it didn't happen, then Mullens and/or Wilcox would have denied that it was offered and then turned down. To be honest, i find it completely believable that Mullens did offer him the job. I think the bring in an "Oregon Man" feeling had a lot of sway to it.

From what i hear, Lanning is game planning for Georgia and this is it. The rest of his time is dedicated to Oregon, which i'm sure is a lot of time recruting to the Ducks and not Georgia. I'm ok with it, give a guy a chance to win it all. And it could only add to the Oregon brand and recruiting if the head coach won a natty as a DC.

Thanks. Gotta move forward, not backwards.....

Yeah, who knows, but obviously Canzano is deeply plugged into the Oregon Athletic Department. Though, if it is not true, I would think there would have been a statement of denial by now by Mullens and/or Wilcox. But, you never know....

I give MC credit for proving that you can recruit BIG to Oregon, that's where he takes his place in history in Eugene. Without him doing so, that I think it is possible a guy like Lanning doesn't take the job because his advisors would be telling him, "lower recrutiing ceiling, you can't recruit there at a top-10 level."

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!