Charles Fischer

For Blazer fans... (It is a slow news time, so...) Canzano: Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin had a nice week on the job WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Portland's roster got better.

What is the importance of Pacific Northwest ties? If you recruit well, and coach up your players, have a great scheme on offense and defense, game-plan well and have good in-game adjustments...what does the PNW have to do with that? The Ducks are recruiting the state of Oregon about as well as those in the past, (and there are not many prospects here at the higher levels) and we seem to be recruiting the state of Washington and California pretty well thus far under Lanning. If you went to coach in the SEC, and had no ties--that would hurt you as it takes years to build those bonds with HS coaches. While it takes as long in the PNW...you are not missing out on as much. And as evidenced by a recent verbal from Washington D.C.--the Lanning staff is willing to go anywhere to recruit. We will get ours.

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The pre-season anointing of the Huskies never ends, although the bar does get lower every year! (Did you know they refer to Oregon as "UNK?")

He created more National Championships in three years than the Huskies did in 130 years!

No doubt..,you will get yours…

I know there are some Blazer fans among you... Canzano: Trail Blazers bet on Shaedon Sharpe's upside WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Portland picks 19-year old Canadian.

The coach who has brought more national championships to Oregon since...?? The official press release from Oregon Athletics is below: EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Oregon announced today that the contract of head track and field and cross country coach Robert Johnson will not be renewed. His contract is slated to expire on June 30. Associate head coach Helen Lehman-Winters will serve as the interim head coach. A national search for a new leader for the Oregon track and field and cross country programs is underway.

The staff is recruiting incredibly well considering they don’t have a track record yet! Later on, and assuming good results, it would get easier to achieve great results. Right now, they’re doing it with hard work, and their recruiting skills.

There more smoke to this fire... Oregon Ducks now listed as favorites to land 5-star QB Dante Moore DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Ducks are now the favorites to land 5-star QB Dante Moore, according to a Crystal Ball prediction from 247Sports.

Oregon Recruiting: Ducks land commitment from 3-star CB Collin Gill DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Another player added to the 2023 class for the Ducks! 3-star cornerback Collin Gill announced his commitment to Oregon.

A 3-Star on both services and offered by Cincinnati, Michigan, Utah and Washington! Collin Gill, 2023 Cornerback - Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM The definitive source for all Rivals news.

Washington fans pay homage to Axel and Oregon.... \ Darn right!

I admit that after dealing with hundreds of people who have violated the rules over the years.... I don't have the patience anymore. People tell me, "Charles....you gotta chill out." I tell them, "I did...for the first HUNDRED violations!"

Weekend weather: Friday, 82 degrees, Saturday, 92 and Sunday 94....not typical for Eugene at this time!

The gap of the number of 4 & 5-Star players between Oregon/USC and the rest of the conference is going to grow, IMHO. This could create the "Top-Heavy" conference I wrote of earlier. The exception is Utah of course; it does not matter what their star numbers are--Coach Whittington coaches them up.

Is "Crow" Dog-Food? Because the Huskies are going to be eating a ton of it over the next couple of years! Huskies....

Thanks for the article LaMarr, as I think Butterfield can run our offense, and he might just be the survivor a year from now of recruitments, portal moves, etc. Thanks for the article!

Every year the vast majority of verbals do end up signing with the Ducks. Usually one or two flip another direction, and our coaches flip one or two our direction at the last moment, but 90%+ of our verbals stick. So to me--it is great to see that young men have decided to come to Oregon!

JunkyardDawg....that was superb, and I wish to encourage you to post often. Welcome!

Micah Banuelos, an offensive lineman out of Kennedy High has removed the Huskies from his top three.... For those who enjoy Wailing at Washington from a Husky forum as I do... UW out of the picture. Final 3 of Oregon, USC, A&M. Have to say this one hurts. Not even getting an official from him and losing out on a very talented local kid who had strong ties to the program is a bit of a gut punch. This is tough one to take as a Dawg fan. Local Kennedy kid and not even an official visit. Local kids are not high on UW right now. Many of them actually look down on UW. Lake destroyed our reputation among local kids. I have already stated that we are behind on 2025 recruits and people laughed. It is true and if we don't win on the field the next 2 years and have an exciting team we are likely going to struggle with local talent until 2026. If we struggle on the field then it could take longer. Holy crap. I thought this guy was in the bag, wasn't he crystal balled to UW since the jump? But another highly regarded local kid not going to UW.... Concerning. It makes you want to cry... This is very concerning. Even our top DL transfers to UO. To me there is no spin you can put on this. I really don’t see how 1 bad season under Jimmy Lake can cause so many issues. There is wayyy more to the story then that and if you don’t believe me you are not thinking as deeply as you should. Brutal. Just brutal. I get losing 5 stars to the payola game, but this one just hurts. In state recruiting is a dumpster fire. No way to sugar coat it. We all know the long list of reasons/excuses why we can’t get kids but it is still painful, especially losing them to our bitter rivals who also have new staffs. Tired of waiting for next year… Our recruiting for a variety of reasons just sucks. UW is and will continue to lose virtually every recruit, whether local or not, to schools that pay. It's not complicated. It's why Connerly is at Oregon. And why Pressley probably ends up there too. Good luck unless you wear green and yellow with a swoosh, in that case hope you get a free degree. It's all about Oregon. It hurts me to see the Huskies suffer... ANY top program can come in right now and poach from UW when the program has fallen off a cliff the last few seasons. There is likely money under the table but that is pure speculation. Oregon sells itself pretty easily anyway. Get NIL money and have beat UW 16 of the past 18 years. Played in several huge games recently and has a talented roster. They are close to home so family can still drive down and watch them. The bigger question is why would you go to UW when Oregon is so close? UW fans need to be honest. Oregon has been a better program for these kids entire lives. They have better fans who filled Autzen Stadium for spring ball while we had maybe 1000 people in a 72,000 seat Husky Stadium. Unfortunately right now we are behind Oregon in every category. Oregon tried to hire Wilcox (a guy well down the list for most UW fans), and he turned them down. Lanning was a fall back plan when they were unable to hire a coach with head coaching experience and a connection to the program. Hiring a young coordinator from Georgia where he works for a big time head coach and has all the talent and money to win is a big risk that I am glad UW did not take. Surrounding him with recruiters not known for being quality coaches is another big risk Oregon took. Phil and his $ are the recruiter at Oregon no matter who they have as coach. Let’s wait and see this Oregon staff prove themselves on game days. Even Oregon didn’t want to go this direction with their coaching hire until Wilcox turned them down. It makes me SO SAD for the Huskies!

Sabrina! Sabrina!

There is a bit of fun and confidence in him that I cannot help but enjoy. He will have a blast doing SHOUT. (I bet he likes Cat-GIFs too)