Charles Fischer

From a pay-site, and have not confirmed all, but those who have spent time on his Twitter say he is quite the conspiracy theorist who is trying to stir the pot. Problem is--he's got our recruits coming to his show and concerned about our Media Contract--before anything is announced. Another guy who says he's been in the business for 30+ years, and I've never heard of him until the last two weeks! Trying to make his bones using Oregon....

This will be a great service to OBD members and readers, and the subsequent sharing of information by others here on the forum will be so incredibly helpful. I will make it a Pinned Post at the top for a long time, and bring it back often as people need it. I really believe that it is much easier than people envision. (The ones who are concerned) And for those who cannot install or figure it out, (like ME) you hire a tech guy, and once it's done, it's done!

My phrase about how well Chip would do at UCLA? "His upside is about nine wins....Mora or less."

Chip did not run at Fairley. The play was designed to go outside, and Barner took it inside himself. (Orange line is where he went, and the yellow lines are for where the play was designed, based upon the Zone Read. The play was blocker superbly on the outside, and he would have jogged into the end zone at the pylon)

Yes, the quality of assistant coaches assembled by Brooks and Bellotti have been consistently overlooked. Chip could not duplicate it in Westwood, and Mario cannot in Miami. For Lanning? So far, so good!

I cannot believe what the Huskies say, and internalize about the Ducks at times. (Below is from another site, as an Oregon fan summarized their ongoing excuses pretty well) Husky Narratives Explaining Why Oregon Out-Recruits Washington 1.We (Oregon) pay recruits -everyone pays recruits wake up! It’s called NIL 2.We (Oregon) has always paid recruits. Okay assume we did so did UW, in fact they were busted for it two times so quit acting like you never paid recruits. Rick Neuheisel practically wrote the book (see above) on illegal shady recruiting while at UW calling recruits in their driveways etc. 3.Oregon just recruits talent; they really recruit the hidden gems that only they can see. What a load of baloney this is. Do they realize how many coaches watch tape on kids these days, in fact many schools pay people extra to watch even more tape and give them suggestions. So it ain’t just Oregon not recruiting the hidden gem we don’t see why isn’t Nick Saban, Kelly, Riley, Kirby, or say Sweeney seeing these hidden gems like the Husky staff apparently only does. In addition the odds of hitting on these hidden gems is so huge and the kid actually panning out to be a impactful starter is the reason schools don’t waste scholarships on these kids like Washington does 4.The Husky staff is so great at finding and developing “hidden gems”. DeBoer has been there one full season, quit acting like he developed anyone. He got lucky with Penix and a few other transfers that’s the development you claim your staff did. You took proven talent transfers. I recall them saying Lake was the best at developing talent how’d that work out? Now suddenly DeBoer is when Penix is gone we will see how great he really is, Penix is a generational talent making up for a lot of real issues on that team 5.Our players at Oregon leave. You bet they do, when you are buried on the roster as a four star and can’t beat the four or five star ahead of ya, I’d transfer too if I wanted to play. Btw the incoming freshmen at your position is 4 or 5 star so if your not playing much your junior or senior season you’re odds aren’t looking great going forward. Ignore what you see at Oregon; UW is creating the MOTHER of All Recruiting Classes 6.They are gonna steal Mothudi later. Whatever so much for their kids flipping and they never wanted him and it’s deceitful to the program but it’s great when they do it to another school. Talk about hypocritical. I don’t expect them to say" great job," to Oregon, but they continually lie to themselves to make them feel better and it’s just ridiculous and unreal. I love Oregon but I am objective enough to admit we have shortcomings in our programs too. In the end what’s frustrating is Washington fans can’t seem to wrap their head around the fact that it isn’t just Oregon kicking their a$$es in recruiting--it is pretty much everyone. They haven’t kept an instate Washington recruit of consequence since Sam Huard, who transferred btw, and kids don’t want to play for Washington like they do Oregon or Usc or say Ohio State. I mean if they don’t get honest about this, they aren’t gonna fix it. Btw I expect them to hire a big time recruiter this off season like Donte Williams and pay him a bag of cash to help cuz DeBoer been there 3 years and has proven he can’t recruit talent.

I do not think that most are making that accurate observation. Like you, I believe it is fading very fast, thus the major shifts going on, and I believe the Pac-12 can benefit. I think most of us have forgotten the impact of removing the networks--this could put more money in the conference's pocket eventually?

I am going to wait and see what the media deal entails before condemning it. We have discussed it extensively before, but there are some big advantages to being first. It would be nice to lead, and have others play catch-up. We will double our audience with streaming, and Oregon will especially benefit. P.S. We don’t need a bad deal now, we need a good deal in the next 11 months.

I cannot copy the entire paywall article, and I would certainly subscribe to John's work, as it is worth it. With that, there are some tasty nuggets in his writings... --The Disney CEO announced how the company is looking to sell an equity stake in ESPN to attract a partner for it's direct-to-consumers streaming game-plan. --Canzano is wondering out loud how this all might be meshing with the talks between ESPN and the Pac-12? Could this be a reason for the delays? --A member of the Pac-12 CEO group admitted to John that, "Not a reach. Disney and others going through serious shifts in last months.” --Canzano suggests that ESPN could end up in partnership with Apple, Amazon or Google, companies that have the needed funding--that are already streaming live-sports programming? --Couple the fit of the Pac-12 Network infrastructure with a streaming partner such as Apple or Amazon...and this might match up well for all parties involved! --Is the selling of ESPN equity and the major shift going on between cost-cutting at Disney and ESPN a good or bad thing? The Pac-12 CEO Group member felt that this shift and delay is “eventually good," and "will be worth the wait.” A ton to digest... This might just work out well for the Pac-12, and leave the other conferences wincing!

I love it! Waiting for our moment...

RoboDuck? What's not to like?

I think the Oregon-USC game is going to get pretty spendy before long...

I understand about the home uniforms, but I thought the away uniform was one of the best ever for the Ducks.

So, it is happening faster than at Oregon? That was a short honeymoon.... Did they just admit that last year's recruiting was due to Bags of NIL money?

We are supposed to wear black for the USC game; perhaps a throw-back to the Halloween game?

Always loved this throw-back....

Not this uniform! Keep it buried...

Coach Boles is in Ohio...

Agreed. Just once a year--give us throw-backs!

I liked that pant with the thin stripe that has the white inside, and the green of the uniform of 1994... Lew Barnes!

I told Mike Bellotti during Husky week years ago after Oregon Club...."you know, putting 70 points on the Huskies is OK?" Always the gentleman, he smiled and took the next question. (He's got WAY more class than I, but then, I never claimed to be noble)

My heart remains in OREGON! That shade of green from 1994 was perfect.