Charles Fischer

Agreed. As someone is known in the Oregon football community for having issues with Cristobal...his win in the 'Shoe was pretty important for the program and an incredible victory.

Perfectly stated. It is not hard, but a small number make it that way. And to think when I began...we had no rules. "We are all adults...right?" The "no rules" lasted about a month, until people started doing stuff.

In the rules.... No. 13: Trying to Sidestep the Rules with Sarcasm? Sarcasm is a subtle form of belittling, of making fun of an individual or a group for their view on a topic. It inhibits people from posting their opinion in the future, and thus is forbidden on FishDuck; we do not want any form of maligning behaviors, (no matter how minor) on FishDuck because of differences of opinion. No. 14: No SNARKY posts or responses, as this can be a variation of sarcasm, but also can be flippantly insulting and/or a derivative of one of the violations above. It is not polite and respectful as we require on this site, thus it will be deleted.

Q: Charles, what I wrote was pretty benign...barely anything, and yet you deleted it and sent me a violation email. Isn't that over-the-top? A: What you wrote was fairly tame, but I look at..."will it start something?" In the early years of moderating...I would agonize and decide to not do anything about a denigration or a political post that was minor in nature, as I did not want to haggle with the OBD member about it. But posts that are even barely offensive/political will generate a response from someone, and that receives another response and the result is a terrible fight. Threads of insults, name-calling, people leaving the site for good...these were ghastly events that I resolved to never allow to occur again. And they could have all been prevented by removing the first post that went over the line. So yes, I stomp on posts that stray over-the-line. Not only does it Prevent Forest Fires, but "anything you allow...you will see again--soon." We do not want to set a new low bar for posting. This is not about your opinion on a topic, as I want to see all of those. Disagreement is not only allowed but encouraged; it is when people start to get personal or political that the line is crossed. Q: Fine, then I'm out. A: Yep, we have many people who upon seeing a violation email declare that they are not posting anymore. My attitude is, "if you are tough enough to violate our rules...you are tough enough to receive a violation email." Besides, the email tells people that, "you are not banned, or even warned. I am simply notifying you of the violation, and then we forget about it and move on." And 99% of you do, as we all make a mistake on occasion, (me too!) and we need some slack for the majority here who are good people. But some OBD members are very sensitive, and even though he told me often how he appreciates our rules? "I love the rules until they are applied to me!"

Like many of you...this is an article I did not like, but needed to see. I am grateful to DZC for doing the homework, and presenting it in a way that I don't think is offensive to either side. DeBoer will bring them back to respectability, IMHO, but whether he can make them elite will depend upon his recruiting skills. Not a good start thus far with only two 4-Star players on Rivals out of 19 committed? Whew! Let's assume he gets one more...a total of three 4-Stars out of 23 signed would place you about No. 34 in the standings last year. Yes I understand his record of doing-more-with-less, but that recruiting will not put you into the Playoffs. And if he does begin to recruit well, I think it will take a while as Oregon loads up further.

A 4-Star on Rivals too....please-please-please!

And of all things...this came from a former Husky!

So glad to read this in a practice report! Win or lose with class... "You got to learn how to be poised," Sam Taimani said. "We kind of learned our lesson today; we were a little aggressive today, so we ran a little. It's how we practice is how he wants us to play in the game. He doesn't want any of the smack talking, extra stuff; he wants us to have clean practices because how we practice will translate into the game."

If Nick had been named as head coach, and Helf remained as OC....who knows where we would be?

Perfectly stated, and I completely agree. We may even have to break some current agreements with verbals to make room for what may come our way... And we could be very hot in the portal.

One thing I love about this article is how DZC is not afraid to stick his neck out and make a bold assertion about the upside of this defense. I agree with him, and we will be looking into the defense in the future as I begin to transition back from an opinion writer to analyst again. How about this for a tease? The origins of what Coach Lanning is doing now--has it's beginnings from the Oregon defense over ten years ago under Nick Aliotti!

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I don't think you understand... I am grateful to have writers put their pride and credibility on the line with their opinion articles. It is easy to wave the pom-poms all the time, but it is tougher to call it as you see it. I've done that a ton, and been quite right, and at times quite wrong. No sweat. That is what makes it all interesting to discuss and in those discussions we learn from each other and become more informed fans as a result. No downside.

Even when Chip Kelly got the big leads, what did he do? He went into what I call, "Turtle-Time" where he would have the reserve QB bark out signals, and then they all would look to the sidelines for the play and delay until the play clock ticked down. Then they ran another Inside Zone Read to burn clock. Remember how we used to shout at Chip to "let the reserve QBs run the offense!" (Meaning-pass the ball to get game experience) And he wouldn't, thus our back-ups QBs did not get much game experience. What Chip was doing was shortening the game, so that the other team had no chance of having enough time to make a come-back. It is routine, and it is the right coaching call...but it does not develop the back-up QBs. (And another great article by DazeNconfused-thanks!)

Nope, you are not reading too much into it. It is very telling...

A big part of the quality we strive for is from the diligence of the volunteer editors; so many hours, and they make it so more fun to read. (I know I could not live without them at times!)

What a voice! With background from my favorite group of that time...ELO...Sigh. Gotta love the late 70s...

We have used this as a theme song for how we are "hopelessly devoted....to Ducks." So sorry for her passing.

This was happening even five months ago....and we wrote about it here. Lanning Love: "Football is Fun Again!" FISHDUCK.COM When you have been managing a couple Oregon football sites for a decade with hundreds of contacts among all the readers, writers, photographers...

I BELIEVE this....between the savvy experience in the front seven, and the scheme that we will see....it is going to be fun. BTW.....I am going to be breaking down that scheme over the course of the season!

I believe this will be the best sacking defense in a decade. More next week with some defensive analyses!

Between the experience in the depth of the front seven, and the some new tactics by the defense that we'll be looking at next week in some analysis articles --this could be a very special defense and the most fun to watch in a long time. Thanks to all!

To Mario...two things are most important; toughness and loyalty. He played Anthony Brown almost exclusively because he was showing underclassmen to wait your turn because he will be "loyal" to you when your turn comes. When Cristobal heard the boos, (and knew it was directed at him) I believe he regarded that as a betrayal by the "ungrateful" Oregon fans, the worst thing you can do in his world, and that is being "disloyal." After he got over the shock? I believe he made the "I'm headed to Miami" decision, and that was when....the Cal game? In his mind--we deserved to be dumped, and did not deserve his full attention because of such terrible disloyalty. "And I'm being underpaid as well." My theory anyway, and while I could be wrong--it is a very plausible scenario.

This is an outstanding article, and Canzano has been superb at providing insight into the ongoing realignment saga.

Had he stayed? I believe a third of the team would have entered the portal, and we had a boatload in there as it was before Lanning arrived. In particular, I believe most of the receivers would have left, while now it is a position of long-term strength on this team.