Charles Fischer

I certainly believe he will play, but I do not believe that he can beat out either Sala or Bass with all their experience.

I think Alex Grinch as the Trojan defensive coordinator, is an extraordinary coach. He was the primary reason that Washington State beat Oregon four years in a row when he was there.

After three innings, it still remains Oregon ahead 1-0.

I give credit for Mario bringing in the tremendous classes, but it really was Willie Taggart who first broke the recruiting glass ceiling at Oregon. And I am grateful to him for that!

Go Ducks! Oregon is going for its 20th win of the season today! Tanner Smith hit the first pitch for a home run over the right field fence, and the Ducks lead after one inning 1-0.

Before you all ask why....I do not have the funds to pay writers, thus we have always been all-volunteer. We have had a ton of writers move on to paying gigs, and I appreciate their time at FishDuck and wish them well. In the end...whether Eric's articles are posted here from FD or from the other site--we all can still read and learn from them!

It is FishDuck, if you please.

MaiTaiDuck, I believe that what was being written, was the warmest day of the year so far. It would not be the hottest day of 2022.

Yep!

ICamel...I agree. I was worried when they tied it up for the second time. In the end...the lack of great pitching depth versus these hitters was the difference. They walked HOW many runs in? I was feeling their pain... but not for too long!

This is NOT an OL recruit that Cristobal would have got. Why? Because by now the exodus of players leaving Oregon would have been HUGE if Mario stayed. The vibe with the program would be 180 degrees south of where it is right now. That, and the fact that Adrian Klemm has Super Bowl rings on his fingers playing for the Patriots, and coaching in the NFL? If you are an offensive lineman...how much BETTER coaching can you get than that? And who hired Klemm? This is a massive victory for Coach Dan Lanning, as this is WHY he went after Coach Klemm. Riley, Debore and Cristobal? You can get a sniff, but Dan-Man will prevail.

Oregon Names Chuck Martin as Assistant Basketball Coach EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon has hired Chuck Martin as a men’s basketball assistant coach, head coach Dana Altman announced Friday. Martin will replace Chris Crutchfield, who was named head coach at Omaha in March. Martin spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at South Carolina and brings more than 20 years of experience to the coaching staff. “We are really excited to have Coach Martin join our staff,” Coach Altman said. “Coach Martin has had success in some of the most competitive leagues in the country and has helped develop some great players over the years”. While at South Carolina, Martin helped develop 2018 co-SEC Defensive Player of the Year and All-SEC first team member Chris Silva, as well as 2019 SEC Sixth Man of the Year Hassani Gravett. Last season, the Gamecocks went 18-13 and finished 9-9 in the SEC. Prior to joining the South Carolina staff, Martin was an assistant coach at Indiana from 2014-17 and helped the Hoosiers to three postseason appearances, including two NCAA tournament births. Led by two-time first-team All-Big Ten honoree Yogi Ferrell, Indiana won the Big Ten in 2015-16 and advanced to the Sweet 16. Martin spent the 2013-14 season as a scout for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA after his time as head coach at Marist (2008-13). Three of Martin’s recruits at Marist went on to earn MAAC All-Rookie honors. Martin served as an assistant coach under John Calipari at Memphis from 2006-08. The Tigers amassed a 71-6 record in Martin’s tenure, reaching the 2008 NCAA Championship game. Three players from the 2007-08 team were selected in the 2008 NBA draft, headlined by first overall pick Derrick Rose. Before his time in Memphis, Martin was also an assistant at St. John’s (2004-06), Drexel (2001-04), UMass (2000-01) and Manhattan. (1999-2000). Martin grew up in Bronx, N.Y. and graduated from Monmouth University with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He and his wife, Lee, are the proud parents of daughter Ashley-Monet, and sons, Jordan and Justin. Coaching History 1999-00: Manhattan (Assistant Coach) 2000-01: UMass (Assistant Coach) 2001-04: Drexel (Assistant Coach) 2004-06: St. John’s (Assistant Coach) 2006-08: Memphis (Assistant Coach) 2008-13: Marist (Head Coach) 2013-14: Oklahoma City Thunder (Scout) 2014-17: Indiana (Assistant Coach) 2017-21: South Carolina (Assistant Coach) 2021-22: South Carolina (Associate Head Coach) 2022-Present: Oregon (Assistant Coach)

I was waiting for that....every offensive coordinator everywhere, including Chip and Helf were installing the No-Huddle, Fast Tempo offense for their first time. Nobody had done since the 90s when Chip came along, and everybody has studied it and installed it just fine. I am not going negative until I have a reason to be, and I will not hold off or delay. I was all-over Cristobal and his offense in the first month of his first year--that was all I needed to see. With all the recent talk about the "Oregon Brand," and fast tempo--I am confident in seeing a higher scoring offense, and yet he will screw-up on occasion (as we all do) with the learning curve of truly running his first program. If he had done it already as a proven high caliber OC--we would not have been able to hire him. We hired him as we do with recruiting, IMHO...for the upside.

He is a Rivals.com 3-Star, but is 315 lbs. with upside and what I like is how he was offered by Utah, USC and Washington! (Still taking defensive tackles from them!)

Well, my friends....I am going to have hits and misses as posts. THAT was a miss... Way to go Charles....

This is a chance to "get-right," but the Cardinals are 17-9, and we are 18-10. Even after the tough weekend in Westwood...the batting averages are below: (EIGHT players over .300?!) Whew! Drew Cowley .467 (Returning from injury next week) Colby Shade .379 Josh Kasevich .348 Brennan Milone .336 Jacob Walsh .328 Gavin Grant .312 Tanner Smith .304 Josiah Cromwick .302 Anthony Hall .299 Sam Novitske .270 Jack Scanlon .150 Whoa! New starter is Jace Stoffal, and I have not even seen him pitch once as a reliever!

My gosh! He can throw the long-ball, fire the missile for the first down, has GREAT feet in eluding the rush and has tremendous pocket-presence. Just watching the first two minutes makes you wonder about how last year's Oregon football season would have gone with HIM at QB? Same team, same injuries, but I bet.... The way he gets away from LSU rushers at 3:50, and the sweet lofting passes at 5:40? Try,...try to watch that and not get excited! And this was only from 2021...brought to us courtesy of "Nevada Dawg," and I thank him!

Sorry, but I don't know if this is a positive; he was part of the problem this year and we have plenty of shooting guards coming in and returning. If he doesn't start...is he going to pout and hurt the team chemistry? If he does start...are we going to see a player who puts the time into the gym, and is a positive Alpha-Male for the team? Streaky shooter, and not great from the three-point line. He is a reason why we needed change, IMHO.

By John Canzano Former Washington State coach Mike Leach had a successful run in the Pac-12 Conference. He took the Cougars to six bowl games in eight seasons and elevated the profile of the program. But it’s something Leach said to me after he beat Oregon in 2018 that I woke thinking about today. “I beat them with my guys,” Leach said after winning his fourth straight against the Ducks. “Imagine what I could do with their guys.” Leach is a savant as a play caller. He wins a lot of chess matches on the field. But I keep thinking about what might happen if we gave all the offensive coaches in the Pac-12 the same talent. Who would produce the best results? I asked a couple of Pac-12 Conference defensive coordinators to help rank the best offensive play callers in the conference. It’s a subjective exercise and there are a lot of new faces in the Pac-12 this spring but I was intrigued to see what they’d come up with. Here are the consensus top-four: 1. Chip Kelly, UCLA 2. David Shaw, Stanford 3. Andy Ludwig, Utah 4. Brian Lindgren, Oregon State Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Washington State and USC will all have new play callers this season. The defensive coaches I polled noted this while making the rankings. UCLA (36.7 points per game) and Utah (36.1) led the conference in scoring last season. Oregon State was fourth (31.2). Stanford was terrible last season (20.4) but the defensive coaches polled both thought the anemic output had to do with a talent deficit and not Shaw’s game strategy. Said one defensive coordinator: “Shaw is deft with his adjustments.” I wanted more depth so I reached out to Dave Bartoo, one of the partners at Matrix Analytical. He spent the last seven years gathering data on all the football coaches in the country. They use it to help consult with a variety of college programs who are filling in an offensive or defensive staff. Bartoo said he did evaluations of “all 11 headsets on every team in the country from 2010 forward.” That’s more than 25,000 individual reports that he’s plugged into the database. It helps shape a clearer picture of what is going on right now in the Pac-12. “The database is designed to help answer the all-talent-being-equal part of the question,” Bartoo said. " Here’s how Matrix Analytical currently ranks the play callers in the Pac-12: 1. Lincoln Riley, USC 2. Chip Kelly, UCLA 3. David Shaw, Stanford 4. Andy Ludwig, Utah 5. Brian Lindgren, Oregon State 6. Kalen DeBoer, Washington 7. Mike Sanford, Colorado 8. Eric Morris, Washington State 9. Glenn Thomas, Arizona State 10. Kenny Dillingham, Oregon 11. Brennan Carroll, Arizona 12. Bill Musgrave, Cal There are some striking similarities in the two rankings. Bartoo, however, included Lincoln Riley as his No. 1 pick because he had available data for what the coach accomplished at Oklahoma. Bartoo also offered, “Lincoln is going to be brutal to prepare for and his offensive support staff is ranked No. 1 in the conference.” Bartoo noted that Lindgren’s performance as a play caller wasn’t as impressive before he was paired with offensive-minded head coach Jonathan Smith. “I think there’s a big-time Jonathan-effect going on with Lindgren,” Bartoo said. There are a line of questions surrounding the bottom six of Bartoo’s rankings. He called Dillingham at Oregon, “a massive experiment.” Bartoo offered, “They’re asking him to roll out a new offense, 80 plays a game, and he’s never done it by himself before.” I’m not as bothered by that. A coordinator has to start someplace. Remember, Chip Kelly had marginal proof of performance at New Hampshire before Mike Bellotti hired him to call the plays at Oregon. Still, it’s a valid question and Dillingham also got no love from the sitting defensive coordinators. I’m left thinking about Leach, though. In that four-year sweep, he beat Mark Helfrich twice then followed it up with victories over Willie Taggart and Mario Cristobal. WSU won games played home and away. It won, day and night. Leach went 4-0 against Oregon in that span despite having a glaring head-to-head talent deficit. Said Bartoo: “Leach is a different animal.” RING IT UP: Here’s a fun trivia question: Which NFL player has the most Super Bowl rings over the last five seasons? Answer: Kenjon Barner. The former University of Oregon running back has three Super Bowl rings. One each with the Patriots, Eagles and Buccaneers. Two of those were spent as Tom Brady’s teammate. Barner joined me on Thursday on the statewide radio show and I asked him what makes Brady special. “His preparation,” Barner said. “Both in practice, his film study and sitting in meetings with Tom. We have these player-led meetings. He leads the meetings. He’s a coach, he’s a coach on the field. He has 20 years of experience in the NFL… His knowledge is endless. He’s seen everything. “There’s nothing new that he hasn’t seen.” Barner was terrific in the interview. He talked about growing up as the youngest of seven children. He talked about his own kids and what kind of dad he wants to be for them. But he was especially good when the discussion turned to his time at Oregon and why he thinks coach Chip Kelly flopped in the NFL. Barner on Oregon: “Every corporation, every organization, every school has a golden era. That was the golden era at Oregon. We changed the way college football was played with speed, uniforms and tempo. It was special.” Barner on why he thinks Kelly struggled in the NFL: “I believe Chip put people in place in leadership roles that didn’t really have his back. I think there were different agendas. I don’t think Chip had too many people that were loyal to him around him at that particular time… it’s hard when you don’t have people around you to do and say the right thing when your back is turned.”

My understanding is that our new RB coach is very serious and has attracted good talent...to where there are a number of Western Kentucky RBs in the NFL is what I read.

He was a Duck for three years, and will never be one again. That is MY view! Travis Dye and Oregon Fans...

Even more than Utah? Pac-12 Football: Analyzing Returning Starter Data for 2022 - AthlonSports.com | Expert Predictions, Picks, and Previews ATHLONSPORTS.COM Examining returning starter data and its potential impact on the Pac-12 for the 2022 college football season.

Kinda cool to hear his story about coming to Autzen as an opposing coach....and I did not know he played for the Patriots and has Super Bowl rings. He has a very compelling story to tell recruits! Oregon Recruiting: Ducks have a leg up with college town atmosphere DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM According to Adrian Klemm, the Ducks have a recruiting sell that other Pac-12 teams don’t — the ultimate college-town atmosphere.

I know this is not popular, but when I look at like the fifth angle in this video below...it seems to me that Mykael Wright is pushing the receiver in a direction away from where the ball is going to go, thus interference. Or do you see it different?

This short video is fun!