Charles Fischer

More coming...the Cougars have beaten Cal, Stanford and Oregon State...and their passing attack looks like it could outscore the other two North opponents! This is a Football post, so let's not go the political/COVID direction on this please.

There are so many that post here that I certainly disagree with, but it is fun to trade thoughts without the attacks that happen elsewhere. Thank YOU for noting it, and please do post your thoughts often. Even if I disagree...no, better yet, ESPECIALLY if I disagree, as I need to see them. All those that disagree with me? Reading their thoughts helps me to buffer and moderate mine, and thus become a better fan. It is a virtuous discussion-circle and I sure enjoy it. Thanks again...

I thought only Payton could drive to the basket and get the ball through the bigs, but Will has proven that wrong to me. Could be a BIG YEAR! (And I do not have any problems with Dana's offense!)

Fewer words written in this forum are more true. If MC is torqued about a little booing....then do NOT go to LSU! (They are the WORST!) The nastiest insults hurled at me came from that fan base back in 2011...whew!

But, but, but....is he really a freshman?

A powerful set of statements and true. The fan base has been patient, and 3.5 years is long enough to see progress on offense. What we see on offense is entirely due to decisions Coach Cristobal has made. On defense? I think most of us recognize all the injuries and youth on that side of the ball.

(Press Release from Oregon Athletics) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Senior Will Richardson was one of 20 players nationally named to the 2022 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. The Pac-12 preseason all-conference first team selection closed out conference play last season with four consecutive double-digit scoring outings, including a career-high 22 points at Oregon State. Richardson followed that up with 19 points (7-10 FG), seven assists and six rebounds in the win over Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Richardson has helped the Ducks to two Sweet Sixteen appearances and two consecutive Pac-12 conference championships. He enters the season with a chance to move into Oregon’s career top 10 lists in steals, assists, three-point field goal percentage and wins. Richardson’s former teammate Payton Pritchard became the first Oregon player to win the award when he was honored in 2020. Other previous winners include Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois (2021), Ja Morant, Murray State (2019), Jalen Brunson, Villanova (2018), Frank Mason III, Kansas (2017), Tyler Ulis, Kentucky (2016) and Delon Wright, Utah (2015). Bob Cousy played for Holy Cross from 1946-1950 winning an NCAA Championship in 1947. He was named a Consensus First-Team All-American in 1950. His success continued at the professional level as a six-time NBA Champion (1957, 1959-1963), NBA Most Valuable Player (1957) and 13-time NBA All-Star (1951-63). In 1996, he was named a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. The winner of the 2022 Bob Cousy 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 Jerry West Shooting 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 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #CousyAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 22. 2022 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates* Jahvon Quinerly Alabama Antoine Davis Detroit Jeremy Roach Duke Andrew Nembhard Gonzaga Andre Curbelo Illinois Remy Martin Kansas Sahvir Wheeler Kentucky DeVante’ Jones Michigan Caleb Love North Carolina Max Abmas Oral Roberts Will Richardson Oregon Kendric Davis SMU Kyle Lofton St. Bonaventure Kennedy Chandler Tennessee Marcus Carr Texas Tyger Campbell UCLA Scotty Pippen Jr. Vanderbilt Collin Gillespie Villanova Kihei Clark Virginia Paul Scruggs Xavier *Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2021-22 season*

(Press Release from Oregon Athletics) EUGENE, Ore. — Noah Sewell was announced as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Monday morning after leading Oregon’s defense in the Ducks’ 24-17 win over California on Friday. Sewell paced Oregon with 12 tackles against Cal, reaching double digits for the third straight home game. The Malaeimi, American Samoa, native also added a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry. Sewell is the eighth Duck this season to earn a weekly conference honor, and he joins fellow linebacker Justin Flowe as UO players to be named freshman of the week. LB Noah Sewell – Pac-12 Freshman of the Week » Led Oregon with 12 total tackles, including six solo takedowns. » Recorded a sack for the second game in a row. » Leads Oregon with 3.0 sacks this season, and has 5.0 in his career. » Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Cal, and is tied for the team lead with 4.5 TFLs this season. » Double-digit tackles in three straight home games, recording 36 total in that span. » Leads Oregon this season with 54 total tackles, including 42 across the last four games.

I do admire the players for being mentally tough and using the boos to inspire them. Not what I would want, as I want those boos directed at Cristobal...

If we are a top-ten team...then yes, we should win out. But I am not making any bets on that...

Haywarduck...I apologize for that. I got carried away, as I know you care very deeply about the program or you would not be in this forum as you are. You care about the results on the field, but we disagree on how to nudge Cristobal into improving.

And like I said...easy for you to say. I do not want to lose my 35 year priority status, and thus am trapped. I do not know the big-boys, and suggesting that I rally them sounds good on a message board, but is impractical in real-life. Haywarduck...we are friends, but we are going to disagree on this one and that is fine. In my view--you are more concerned with our appearance as fans than you are with the results on the field. Something has to give to get the results we want, and booing will do more to generate change than any of the suggestions you have offered--in my opinion. Why is this so important? Because that offense is NOT going to take us to the promised land, and a critical mass of fans have realized it. Good discussion to flush out all these points for people to ponder... Don't these people who pay thousands to attend deserve better than winning on the last play to the 11th team in the conference?

We don't want to be. You stressed patience with the coach, but if he had an offensive system....he would have put it in place in year one and year two....and we would be reaping the benefits in year 3.5 (now) and there would be no complaint. You assume he will learn and change, and my point in the article is that the majority of people were in that mode for the first three years and were "hopeful" coming into this season. The Ohio State game gave us hope of change, and now we are back to the "Prevent-Offense." The majority of fans have realized that he is not going to change, and the appearance of booing is something we would rather live with than watching this offense decline further. Yes...he wants to win a championship, but can you honestly say that his offense will do it?

Nowhere in my article did I ask for the coach to be fired, you are assuming that direction and it does NOT represent my views. I want him to stay, but turn the offense over to the OC. We are booing the offense that Cristobal has chosen.

Everybody Please Note: I was not at the game Saturday night; my seats were filled by someone else and I have no idea if they booed. But I agree with the sentiments of those who boo, and the helplessness we feel watching our brand die. Considering what Cristobal has done to the offense? He deserves to be booed...

This sounds good and makes sense to most people...but for a 35 year season ticket-holder in Eugene....is it really practical? Once you cancel your tickets....your priority status for getting tickets again when the offense is more entertaining, and for other sports is destroyed. Here is the reality for people like me....we are trapped. We do not like this product on the field, but have to pay thousands for the tickets to retain our 35 year priority. In other words...I LOSE NO MATTER WHAT. A boring offense, unentertaining AND I have to pay the money each year. They bring in a new coach eventually that I want to watch? Back to the 5 yard line again Charles.... (I am on the 35 yard line now) The impact on me is greater than Oregon losing one season ticket holder among 30,000 and thus your suggestion is not as workable as many would think. And that concept of feeling trapped creates even more frustration with the coach...

The most important thing to Cristobal...is "being tough" over everything. His second biggest value that he promotes is "loyalty" and because he preaches it so strong to the team--he has to stick to Brown. Cristobal now has to learn how to teach mental strength....to fight through the boos. Can he? The players have according to articles, but can they do that at every home game? Because Cristobal is not going to change, thus the reaction of a percentage of fans will not either, and they will boo. Cristobal's reaction? He is angry because the fans are being disloyal to him....the worst offense we can be guilty of. (In his value system) This will have big implications later in the season. I knew a ton of people would disagree with my article--and that's OK. I wanted to have this discussion, because it will truly be the start of it, the canary-in-the-coal-mine for Mullens and Cristobal.

Thanks again to 30Duck for bringing us the news and a great article. Everybody....do your part here for a free-forum; bring us the news, start a thread, post your thoughts! If everyone does a little-bit, then we will have something supremely unique..

This is the Troll (jega) that I banned at about 5:00 AM this morning...

Ditto for me. My prediction record is as dismal as what my season record prediction would be.

Very cool--thanks!

I am just concerned about how some may react to the-end-of-the-spectrum-views of others.

Agreed, and our run defense has not inspired my confidence....

I am thinking about posting a contest later in the week that would very difficult for all of us. It would be...."predict the final record of Oregon." We do it right now before the UCLA game, with the last half of the season and whatever postseason you believe will occur. But I think this contest could go south on us....with the amount of pessimism, of which would add to our down mood. Let's NOT start it yet, but I am asking you--should we do it? There are many impacts of it, as we may shock each other both ways. And this one could be considered easy to predict, or incredibly hard for a devoted Duck fan. It is almost like....I do want to know your prediction, yet at the same time--I don't. Give me feedback everyone...should we do it, and again... do NOT start giving predictions yet please. It's an itch that could backfire...

And thank you Jon for posting it as being VERY important going forward. Washington State...with their passing attack could very definitely out-score Oregon IMHO. And they held Cal to six points in Berkeley. Jon's point is big.