Charles Fischer

Chargers please!

Hello Jon, It is good to clarify things and your post contains many areas for us to do so. Please keep in mind...I do not make the rules; all of YOU do. I simply want a civilized and pleasant place to read and discuss the Ducks, and when someone does something that could hurt that--I make a new rule. Every rule is there because people did these things, and I wish I did not need to have any of them. 1. The above comes under the category of new "Breaking News" about transfers. Anything pertaining to these subjects that is new....we discuss as I wrote in the article and in a post above. For example, Denis transferring out is news, and there will be more transfers after Spring Football, and we do discuss it in those new threads. However, if anyone uses that thread to launch into a review of what has already been written 100 times already...it will be deleted. 2. That topic has been covered...the moves, the blunders and incompetence by the Commissioners and University Presidents extensively already. We do not need to rehash it over-and-over again. However, when new Breaking News about that topic surfaces, (and it will often) I then encourage discussion of this new element. A complete rehash in a post of what has already been extensively covered will be deleted...as I don't want to read it again. 3. Jon, I covered that in the article and in above posts: We do "Critical Analysis" here, and negative discussion of player performance and coaching decisions is encouraged and welcome. This is not a ban on negative; it is a ban on stuff we have read at least 100 times that is extreme negative concerning the referenced topics. 4. Jon, please see No. 1 above. When new Breaking News comes out about anything pertaining to the three components you mentioned directly above--we do discuss it with vigor. However we do not rehash old stuff in current threads, or rehash information everyone has read 100 times in the new threads. There is a pattern to my rule... 5. Jon, Mario was not mentioned at all in article, as he does not fit all the topics listed. How we address him is in No. 26 of the Rules, as prior coaches and players are fair game. Besides...I have a really good GIF to share when it aligns with the right Mario topic, and we can't lose that! 6. Agreed. And that is why when new Breaking News about these topics emerge--we will most certainly discuss them and it is quite permissible. Also--see No. 1 and No. 4 above please. 7. I believe you are trying to divert from the crux of the issue; I do not want to see stuff we have read 100, if not 1,000 times already. I have stated often and it is in the rules how I want to see all opinions, especially those that are different from mine as I become a better, informed fan and sometimes even change my mind. This new rule is not designed to quash discussion on other topics or news. 8. See No. 7 above and in particular No. 3 above, as we are not "Sunshine Pumpers" here. You and I were on the negative side of Cristobal's offense from the beginning, and that freedom still exists to disagree with anything going on. There is no other site that provides this freedom and protection from the owner. I call it the way I see and believe it to be, regardless of the topic and provide that freedom to everyone. However, I no longer provide the freedom to repeat items of extreme negative that have already been posted 100-1,000 times already because that hurts the wonderful atmosphere we have here. 9. I run into that often when someone disagrees with my rules. Since I am the one devoting hundreds of hours to doing tons of tasks like this, and giving thousands of dollars to have this platform available to Duck fans for free--I will create rules that I believe are for the best of the community. See No. 35 in the rules as it pertains to "Free-Speech." Private business can censor, and if you do not believe me, ask YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. I appreciate you asking these questions, as this is now a link I can provide to others to save me a ton of keyboarding in the future. Charles

It was suggested to me by one of my Duck-Buddies, that people are so frustrated with life at the moment--that any available avenue to blow off steam and vent is used to offset that frustration. This forum is an easy one to vent on, and we have perfect topics to vent about. (NIL/Portal/Pac-12 Incompetence, etc.) My response? The good people in this community are not your therapists couch; go blow off steam somewhere else because I cannot take any more of it. Our moderators are not looking for negative, as negative toward all other topics is fine, but we are looking for the extreme negative in the aforementioned topics and we ask...."is this just another re-hash we've read so many times?" If it is...I don't want to read it again, and the post will be deleted. And shawnski and latracey--thanks for your kind thoughts.

Fantastic quotes. Between the defensive coordinator yesterday, and the office of coordinator today, it seems that our coaches are pretty excited about the future of Oregon football. They BELIEVE in our upside!

C’mon Ducks! Let’s get a win!

BTW my fellow Ducks....we did cover this clear back in December at FishDuck! (Go to Element No. 3) Dillingham's Offense: Four New Elements for Oregon | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM Coach Eric Boles takes a look at what an Oregon Ducks offense could like under Coach Kenny Dillingham, if hired.

Great article-thanks for posting it!

And that is how he runs his forum. He is telling you what NOT to discuss. On the other hand I want to see all opinions on all topics. On other sites, they seek to funnel just the topics and the opinions that they favor…

Thank you a ton for your feedback on both players Nevada Dawg, you’re welcome here anytime!

LOS ANGELES — Anthony Hall hit a two-run homer in the second and Oregon rallied for another run in the ninth, but that late surge came up just short in a 4-3 loss to UCLA on Saturday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Oregon (18-9, 7-4 Pac-12) rallied with two out in the ninth to make it a one-run game. Josh Kasevich, Hall and Sam Novitske all singled, with Novitske driving in Kasevich for his third RBI of the weekend. The rally ended with the potential game-tying run in scoring position. “That was a tough one, but nevertheless it’s baseball,” UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. “It’s against a very, very good pitching staff and a very good program. Tomorrow’s a must-win game; tomorrow’s a game that, we need to come out with a real fire and salvage a game here on this trip.” The Ducks and Bruins played a one-run game for the second day in a row and the fourth straight game in the series, going back to last season. In the five games the two teams have played since 2021, and entering Sunday’s finale of this weekend’s series, each team has scored 19 total runs. How It Happened: For the second game in a row, a two-run homer gave Oregon the early lead. A day after Novitske got the Ducks on the board first, Hall did the honors Saturday with a soaring shot down the right-field line to drive in Kasevich. UO starter Isaac Ayon (2-1) put another zero on the board in the bottom of the second, allowing the first two batters to reach before retiring the side. The Bruins broke through in the third, with a two-out, two-strike base hit to get within 2-1. UCLA opened the fifth with a double, a single and another double to tie it, 2-2, and put runners on second and third with nobody out. Ayon retired the next two hitters, but each out brought home another run as the Bruins took a 4-2 lead. The Ducks continued to battle — consecutive outs by Kasevich, Hall and Novitske in the seventh were all line drives right at Bruins, and in the eighth Tanner Smith drove a flyball to the wall in dead center, after Tyler Ganus had reached on an infield single. “We did sting some balls, and our bullpen pitched exceptionally well again — put zeros on the board throughout,” Wasikowski said. “… We squared five balls up off a reliever, and it didn’t end up happening for us.” At the Plate: Kasevich had two hits, giving him a streak of five straight games with a base hit. … Hall’s home run was his fourth of the season. … Novitske has driven in at least one run in three of the last four games. … Brennan Milone’s two-out double in the sixth got him back on track after his nine-game hitting streak ended Friday. On The Mound: Oregon’s bullpen pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, with Christian Ciuffetelli getting the Ducks out of the fifth-inning jam and pitching into the sixth. Stone Churby followed by striking out two in a scoreless inning, Rio Britton ended the seventh with a strikeout and Logan Mercado pitched a scoreless eighth despite putting runners on second and third with one out. On Deck: The Ducks and Bruins meet in the series finale Sunday at noon.

That quote by Kelly Graves is something for us all to take note of, as it is probably true with all coaches now, in all sports--due to the portal.

See Canzano article: this might be all strategy, especially if you look at the eye-opening comment by Kelly Graves in the article.

Naw. It is a slow time and writers are desperate for something to get discussion going. I know it well!

Dan Lanning is no dummy. The Oregon Ducks’ football coach allowed media into the program’s inner sanctum on Thursday for a few minutes. It was the first time in the Lanning era that an outsider laid eyes on a live 11-on-11 spring football drill. Just the fourth practice. Only the second day in pads. Still, Lanning opened the doors for 15 plays and let media observe. The reporters noted that quarterback Ty Thompson got the first-team reps, followed transfer Bo Nix, then returner Jay Butterfield. The fan base buzzed about it. Speculation swirled about next season possibly being Thompson’s time, or at least that he’d press Nix for the starting job. Or maybe this was just Thompson taking the first reps because he’s been in Eugene a lot longer than Nix. It was a brilliant tactical move, either way. Matt Prehm @MattPrehm Should note: Ty's series with the ones ended with a low pass getting tipped at the LOS by Jackson Powers-Johnson and Bryan Addison nabbing a sweet interception and returning it for what would have been a touchdown. Nix led the offense down the field into scoring range. Matt Prehm @MattPrehm Oregon ran 11-on-11 with media in practice for about 15 plays. QB order: 1. Ty Thompson 2. Bo Nix 3. Jay Butterfield March 31st 2022 5 Retweets69 Likes Nobody on the outside knows if Thompson — a five-star recruit out of high school — really is pressing Nix for the starting job. But that brief look through the keyhole sure gave the appearance of a tight race. It was exactly what Lanning needed to do in an era where gifted young players routinely jump in the transfer portal. In the last couple of years I took note on my statewide radio show that coaches I interviewed started to craft their answers a little differently. Most notably, when I’d ask how a particular player looked in practice I got some new-era thinking. It used to be that coaches would lean into the question and talk specifically about the one player. That’s gone. Unless I drill down with follow-up questions on the specific player what I typically encounter in 2022 is a coach who is cognizant of the feelings of every player in that position group and anyone in their friend and family circle who might be listening. They now tip toe around the question. Oregon QB Ty Thompson was a five-star recruit out of high school. “I love our entire quarterback room,” coaches now often say. Or the coach will reel off a checklist of everyone at the position, making sure that nobody on the roster is left out. The transfer portal did that, folks. ---------------------------------------------------- On Friday, I spoke with UO women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves about his roster. He lost a carload of players to the transfer portal when the season ended, including three talented sophomores. Questions swirled about whether there might be something larger going on with the program but Graves assured me it was the way of the new world. Graves said: “I looked today, there are more than 900 Division I women’s basketball players in the portal — 900. The season hasn’t even finished yet. It’s tough. It’s like NBA free agency every year.” He’s right. College football and men’s basketball both had the same flurry of transfer activity. Further, I told Graves that I felt like coaches weren’t being as candid and authentic about the depth chart anymore. At least not in public-facing appearances. Not just one coach — almost all of them. There is now almost no upside and a lot of potential downside to publicly talking about what’s happening with the roster. “We’re not honest. We’re not honest with you. We’re often times not honest with our own players because we’re trying to keep them warm,” Graves said. “Gone are the days quite frankly when you could come in and hope to play a little bit as a freshman, play more as a sophomore, kind of move into the rotation and maybe start as a junior. Those days are over." “Kids are looking for what they can get right now.” I love the concept of the transfer portal. It has a place in college athletics. But I think it’s enabling the teaching of some piss-poor life lessons. The portal has become an extension of the club-sports scene, where parents move their child out of one club and jump to another because their kid didn’t get playing time or got some constructive criticism. Gone is resilience. Absent is accountability. What we have in its wake is a new-era of athletics marked by transient behaviors. Three high schools in four years? Sure. Four different club coaches in four seasons? Yup. It’s happening. Now, we’re watching college players jump in and out of the portal, seeking more playing time, a better opportunity, and sometimes the added incentive of an endorsement deal. The portal needs to stay part of college athletics, but so does common sense. I wonder if the solution is to limit the transfer portal window to a two-month period after the end of every season. College courses have an “add/drop” deadline. So should college athletics. Because what we have now is a flimsy free-for-all that makes some college programs feel like bus stops. I don’t blame Lanning one bit for letting the media into practice. I admire that he had Thompson take the first reps. He’s learned from Mario Cristobal’s sins in this way. Thompson worked hard, stuck with the program through a head coaching change and we’re told has a load of talent. He got rewarded and encouraged by Lanning. Thompson went first. It may keep him around if he ends up second.

Sewell took an official visit to Georgia, was impressed, and the Bulldog fans still remember him and wanted to know about his progress when I was on their board.

After 3 innings, there is no score, as RJ Gordon started out superb got in a bit of a jam in this last inning, that really pitched well coming out of it.

The real question is..."will it be bigger than the new Video-Screen at PK Park?"

The blitzes by Inside Linebackers in the Georgia system are PERFECT for Sewell, Bassa and Flowe!

It is a good question, and one that I'm sure many of you are wondering. It seems like every article of mine has some reference to a casino or gambling in it, and now you see it in other writer's articles as well. Am I really that big a degenerate? Before you answer that, know that I've never placed a single bet anywhere; not online, not at Vegas,...anywhere. I have vices, (like the time spent here) but gambling is not one of them. So What Are These Gambling References About? FishDuck.com is getting paid to place backlinks into articles. Why, and what is that? Companies, (usually abroad) want their new websites to be found on Google, thus their Google Rankings must go up. These new gambling site companies go to Marketing/SEO companies and pay them to raise their profile, their "SEO Juice" (Search Engine Optimization) with the Google search process. If their new site or company is linked on another site (like mine) that has excellent SEO Juice...then it helps them get found in a Google Search so much better. These links are not advertising, and not meant to generate business, they are just there to be a backlink on my site is all. So I weave them into articles like the recent example below: "I was going over FanDuel’s NFL odds for Justin Herbert‘s LA Chargers, when I started pondering about what has been stated by this new Oregon head coach and OC about the upcoming Oregon offense." Is This Lucrative? No, as I get $100.00 for the backlink. Considering that my expenses with the two sites runs over $500.00 a month, and I am trying to create a "Photographer Fund" to pay for the photographers this fall--I need all these backlink orders that I can get. Another component to this? I do not want to be out begging for donations again, as I did last year. So many of you were very generous, helping the site and now that I've found an easy way to pay the bills of the two sites--I am doing the backlinks instead. I SO APPRECIATE the 33 donors last year, as you kept us alive and helped deliver the sites to where you do not have to endure "the" phone call from the Shameless Beggar. Fortunately the other writers are being good sports and going along with links in their articles to fund the sites, but I make sure that yours-truly is referred to the degenerate gambler, not the writer. A recent example in a David Marsh article... "Mr. FishDuck and I were discussing Oregon’s new culture after I was able to pull him from his bet365 reviews on gamblingguy.com and thus came to some similar conclusions." Where Do These Backlinks Come From? All around the world; in one week I published backlinks from a company in Romania, and another on the other side of the world in Hong Kong. I get a few in Asia such as Sri Lanka or India, but most are in Europe. In fact we recently had one from Derby, England (map above) of which is not far from Sheffield, where the web developer for this forum is located. Recently I received an order for a backlink article, (this is done by email where they enquire, I send back a specs document, and then they answer if interested further) and I emailed back that it will be in my own article on Monday after the Spring Game. Below was the insertion into the analysis article I created.... "I immediately found a favorite play and had to take some time away from Captain Cooks Casino NZ to break down this “explosion” play that went for 44 yards, and share it with you." My FishDuck Friends, what was amazing is how the order came from a company located in Budapest, Hungary to be published on a site in Eugene, Oregon and the link went to a site in New Zealand! How about that for being global? These backlinks are easy to read over and ignore, and are far better for all of us than having blaring ads, pop-up windows or videos playing in the background where you have to search for the video is on the page so you can turn it off! How would like that every time you go from the front page to a post? I hate it on other sites, and thus why I have turned to this easy way to pay the bills of the two sites, FishDuck and Our Beloved Ducks forum. And I do appreciate all of you overlooking the gambling links inserted gently to pay the bills, and focusing on the actual articles written. So now you know why those sentences/links are in articles, and that I might be a degenerate, but not from gambling!

Wowsa. And this was done without the Assistant Coach that left a year ago and just recently to Omaha!

I was reading the local morning paper, (which is always a few days behind all other reporting) and was impressed with all the lauding of Oregon that DC Tosh Lupoi was doing. When asked why he left the NFL to come back to college coaching? "For myself and my family to come back to college football, a place where I could compete consistently to win a national title....a place where we could consistently coach first-round draft picks and a place where we could go into any living room and be able to express the fact that your life is going to be a great life no matter how football works out. Because of the alumni base and the connections here, and the unbelievable resources of the university. Those three things and the icing on the cake was Coach Lanning, and being part of his expertise." My Friends, does the praise for the university and team we love get any better than that? You hear this kind of thing from newly hired coaches at Oregon, but does the vision, the promise of what Oregon can be to a coach....does it come through to their satisfaction? Or is this group of coaches going to finally MAKE it happen? Something I was pondering... These coaches really believe they can win a 'Natty at Oregon....and fans are checking out of Duck football because of the NIL/Portal? We need to believe as much as our new coaches do!

Can't wait to see the new defense...

They started the season ranked pretty close to where the Ducks are now, and have left the rankings, but I believe will be in the Top 15 before the season is over. They had the No. 1 rated recruiting class and lost a few games early on (They are 16-8 and Oregon is 18-7) with those freshmen who are now performing much better. They are similar to Oregon in that they are really coming on strong and are 5-1 in the last six games. Good gosh....UCLA just won two out of three from then No. 11 Arizona, (now No. 15) and they beat UCSB mid-week, (Oregon split a four game series with UCSB) and now have their confidence. At the beginning of the season...nobody thought Oregon would come into this series as "the hunted" and the Bruins as the underdog. Considering recruiting rankings...either Oregon should not even be in the games, or Coach Waz is doing a heck of a job. (I chose the latter) **UCLA Starting Pitchers have a combined ERA of only 2.50! Whew! **UCLA is 44-50 (88%) in stolen bases this season. Whew! **UCLA's relievers have come on...since Feb. 25th have allowed one or no runs in 17 of 19 games. Yikes! **UCLA had the most players drafted of any NCAA team last year. (10) **The Ducks are second in the nation in batting average, fourth in double plays sixth in both hits and slugging percentage, 10th in double plays per game, 11th in home runs, 15th in runs per game, 17th in runs and 18th in on-base percentage. **Oregon leads the Pac-12 in six major statistical categories, including four on offense. **The Ducks lead the league in batting hits, home runs, HR/game, and slugging percentage at the plate, while also ranking second in the conference in batting average, runs, runs per game and on-base percentage. **Oregon also leads the league in total bases. **The Ducks are third in the conference in doubles. **Heading into the UCLA series, Oregon is on pace to hit 91.4 home runs during its 56-game regular-season schedule. The Ducks have hit 41 long balls in their first 25 games of the season of which already rank fifth all-time in a single season at Oregon. The 2021 team set the school record last season with 56 home runs. (Above from Oregon and UCLA Press Releases) (Watch the games on live-stream with the links on the schedule at GoDucks.com)

He's been given full disclosure! So if that kind of talent wants to work hard...

Wow. Whew! Thanks for posting the great news...