Charles Fischer

I think it is accurate in my situation to say that I was "disappointed" in the fall of 2018, and when I wrote then that, "Unless there are dramatic changes....Mario Cristobal will not take us to the promised land." That was disappointment, but three years of compounding decisions that I disagree with may have turned into more... And that is happening with a critical mass of fans as well, IMHO.

Is the 25 points per game on offense or defense? And what is your other number please?

Wow. Both those should be on the list, and I agree with Confused that Herbert will someday be there too!

Yep, Lane Kiffin has quite a reputation for offense, and the 'Vol fans feel about him (he bolted Knoxville after one year to go to USC) as Oregon fans feel about Willie Taggart. But Kiffin is a hot commodity on offense, and it would be fun to have that kind of innovation here. And great first post here and WELCOME!

I need the other tiebreaker numbers please....and WELCOME to the forum!

That is a killer analogy. And Mario yells, "be tough!"

I need the other tie-breaker numbers please.

Look like it is take one of the practice fields...whew! From the University of Oregon "The University of Oregon has just released plans for a 170,000 square-foot indoor practice facility to be built just west of Autzen Stadium, between Leo Harris Parkway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As currently conceived, the project features a 130,000 square-foot practice field and a 40,000 square-foot connector between the field and the Hatfield Dowlin Complex, home to football operations. The connector features an expanded weight room and players’ lounge to provide dedicated spaces for student-athletes to prepare for games. Large windows would open from the players’ lounge to the practice field. Additional doors would open from the lounge to an exterior terrace, creating a flexible multipurpose space where the team could study and gather or host special events. Additional landscape and pedestrian improvements are planned."

Well, I'll be! That was a pleasant surprise on offense and THANKS to 30Duck for posting it! Everybody...do your part and post new items and articles. Post new threads and give your opinions on others, as we have a superb community here growing. Help make it happen!

I know it is hard to believe, but I am a bit anal. I don't like the "letter" avatar that shows up automatically next to your name when you sign up, so I spent an entire day going through the years of Oregon pictures I have for FishDuck articles and created an astounding 70 different helmet avatars. Some are the same helmet, but a different angle and for every seven helmets...two are green, two are yellow with one each of white, silver and black. (Boy that is anal!) Thus whenever somebody signs up and does not load a picture or image as an avatar...I load a helmet for the new member and I have a precise rotation of the 70 helmets in the color order described above. Want to Have Your Avatar/Profile Picture Changed? If you want it changed to something other than your helmet--no sweat, as anyone can change their own and the directions are right here and it only takes a minute. If you need help, then send me the picture or a link to the picture to me and I'll upload it for you, as again--it only takes a minute. Directions to do everything? They are up below the FishDuck logo and click on "Directions," or go right here for more! You tell me...is this anal or "organized?

I love these upbeat predictions, and Jon...even when with too many of my tasty Oregon Craft IPA Beers--I cannot match your enthusiasm. Thanks, as we need it!

He might be if we saw only HIS offense...

ChicoDuck! So GREAT to have your input here, and to all who do not know him--he did reams of Player Talent Analyses for us at FishDuck. Very knowledgeable, and a big Green Bay Packer fan along with the Ducks. And as always...thanks for your information as I feel much better about him. Perhaps he'll be elevated to 4-Star with Rivals by December? WELCOME!

Thanks for posting the article, and I agree with "the latter!" Joe Moorhead cannot go anywhere that the recruiting is too tough, as I just don't see him as a recruiter. I don't know that I see him as a HC for that matter...

I've thought this often and it is the basis for an article in the future. Great observation in your first post--WELCOME.

I would be surprised if we did not see it, as it is useful to Chip on several levels.

(Press Release from Oregon Athletics) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Junior De’Vion Harmon was one of 20 players nationally named to the 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The Pac-12 preseason all-conference second team selection played in 25 game (23 starts) for Oklahoma last season, averaging 12.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Harmon received All-Big 12 honorable mention, recording four 20-point games, including a season-high 23 points versus Oklahoma State. Last year, Chris Duarte became the first Oregon player to win the award, averaging 17.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.9 steals for the Ducks, before being drafted 13th overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 2021 NBA Draft. Other previous winners include Myles Powell, Seton Hall (2020), RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015). Jerry West attended West Virginia University and averaged 24.8 points and 13.3 rebounds per game in his three varsity seasons. He led his team to the NCAA Championship game in 1959 and was named a consensus All-American in 1959 and 1960. As a professional player, West played 14 seasons in the NBA with the Lakers making the All-NBA First Team 10 times. In 1996, he was named a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. The winner of the 2022 Jerry West Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women’s Starting Five. For more information on the 2022 Jerry West Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #WestAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 22. 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates* Jaden Shackelford Alabama Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Adam Flagler Baylor Hunter Sallis Gonzaga Ochai Agbaji Kansas Kellan Grady Kentucky Taevion Kinsey Marshall Eric Ayala Maryland Landers Nolley Memphis Isaiah Wong Miami Eli Brooks Michigan De'Vion Harmon Oregon Jaden Ivey Purdue Matt Bradley San Diego St. Jared Rhoden Seton Hall Buddy Boeheim Syracuse Andrew Jones Texas Terrence Shannon Jr. Texas Tech Johnny Juzang UCLA Justin Moore Villanova *Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2021-22 season*

Moorhead is placed in a near-impossible position, as he was a quarterback and has coached some great ones. He knows, but he has to play the media-game. If all else fails....believe your own eyes.

This thread could be the start of quite a bit of discussion into other tangents, but let's each give our prediction as to the season-ending record for the Ducks. Give me your final record, which means you are right in the number of wins and losses, but also takes into account of whether we make a Pac-12 Conference Championship game (or not) a bowl, or even a Playoff. Thus you need to get the number of games correct too. Then, (for tiebreaker purposes) I need how many points you think Oregon will average scoring for the season and how many they give up per game average. Right now the Ducks are scoring 33.83 points per game, (the three year average is 33.84 points per game....how amazing is that?) and Oregon is giving up an average of 21 points per game. Predictions in other threads do not count as I am not hunting them down. Predictions without all three sets of numbers will be invalid. (Sorry to be anal, but people mess up and make it tough on me) I am thinking about a prize, since we won't see the result of this for a few months, but no guarantee there yet. (If anybody wants to throw in...for sponsorship purposes, I am a Shameless Beggar) You are also welcome to explain how you arrived at your prediction. I'll start... 8-5, 30 points scored per game, 26 points per game given up. So....8-5, 30, 26 Sorry to be so negative, but watching the Cal game...it popped into my mind that, "this is an 8-5 team." We will lose three more in the regular season and not go to the conference championship game and we will lose our lower-tier bowl game. The potential for this team is to win-out, but the will to change on offense by Cristobal is not. One more prediction: Moorhead will leave Oregon at the end of this season, and Mastro will be elevated to "Supreme Yes-Man." (OC)

One of the most highly rated defensive players ever recruited, and while he is not a bust...we assumed he would be playing like Sewell at his position. I've been surprised there as well. Out of position? (Guessing)

"I’m burned out on writing how Mario Cristobal needs to change his offense. I have accepted that he will not change and that we’re wasting our breath on calling for him to do so. Therefore, if the Ducks are going to win the rest of their games, they need to improve in other areas since we simply cannot count on the offense to get better." Duck Fans...what Darren wrote above is right, but could you ever have imagined it would come to this? Oregon was known for offense, and we have declined to this? Takes my breath away.

(Press Release from Oregon Athletics) EUGENE, Ore. – For the fourth straight season, Oregon Womens Basketball will open the season in the top 10 of the AP Poll, checking in at No. 10 following the release of the preseason rankings Tuesday. Oregon has now been ranked in the top 25 in each of the last 77 poll releases dating back to the start of the 2017-18 season, sitting in the top 10 in all but 11 of those weeks. The Ducks’ streak of 77 straight weeks ranked in the AP poll is the seventh-longest active stretch in the country. The Ducks are coming off of a Sweet Sixteen run in 2020-21 when they finished 15-9 and 10-7 in Pac-12 play, coming in fourth in the league. Oregon returns its leading scorer and rebounder from a year ago in Nyara Sabally (12.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG) and assists leader Te-Hina Paopao (4.4 APG). Sedona Prince gives the Ducks another talented star in the frontcourt after averaging 10.4 points and 1.5 blocks per game while Sydney Parrish, Maddie Scherr and Kylee Watson all return after playing significant roles in their first collegiate seasons. Oregon also welcomes in a talented group of newcomers made up of five transfers and two true freshmen. Endyia Rogers arrives in Eugene from USC, where she was an all-conference performer a year ago after averaging 14.8 points and 4.3 assists per game. The Ducks also bring in graduate transfers Shannon Dufficy and Ahlise Hurst Georgia State transfer Taylor Hosendove and junior college All-American Chanaya Pinto. True freshman Taylor Bigby comes in as the No. 29 player in the Class of 2021 according to espnW in addition to being a two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year in Nevada as a junior and senior. Phillipina Kyei rounds out the group of newcomers and is the tallest player in program history at 6-foot-8. The Ducks are the only team in the Pac-12 to have three 2021 all-conference performers on the roster in Paopao, Rogers and Sabally, while the four transfers who came from other Division I schools have a combined 331 career games under their belts. Oregon will host exhibition games against Saint Martin’s (Oct. 28, 6 p.m.) and Westmont (Nov. 6, TBA) before opening the regular season against Idaho State on Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Matthew Knight Arena. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me get this right....between our original roster and a transfer--the Ducks will have FOUR All-Pac-12 players to start? Whew!

Your concerns fold very neatly into what I've spouting about on offense for a long time; bad coaching decisions. If a 6th year QB is making bad decisions repeatedly--then the newbie QBs should have been made ready and given some playing time. Ditto for the wide-outs. We have had a cascade of bad decisions on offense beginning with dumping not one, but two high-scoring offenses that were proven to work at Oregon. The bad decisions have snowballed from there. We would be killing it on offense right now if Helfrich was OC, had full control and was QB coach as before. Same players, but different coaching. And this is not an indictment of Moorhead, as the key words are full control. I use Helfrich as an example because I know what he can do, and we truly do not know what Moorhead could do unimpeded.

This is the KEY analysis point that matters, and it is not good for Oregon. To keep up with the scoring of UCLA...we must exploit it and we have not shown we can thus far. Great stuff Jon.

The youth and injuries have primarily been on defense, while our objections have been about a low-scoring offense that has a 6th year senior quarterback and Super-Senior receivers. The offensive line has had a full year of camps and games and are now halfway into the second one. Yes they've had some injuries, but frankly--Walk has done fine filling in at center. An experienced offensive line is now there, IMHO. The only inexperience on offense is at Tight End, and they have been playing incredible for any year in school they are. Almost no drops and great blocking... So on offense? No, youth is not an excuse for me.