Charles Fischer

I love how you think, and tomorrow morning yours-truly will have an article right up that alley...

There appear to be rumors of a couple of names for Head Coach that nobody knows about, (not a surprise to me and good!) and it might not be until Sunday before any announcement is made. I pass this along simply to relieve tension, and let you know this is going to go on longer. Thus we might as well take a breath and get on with life because I would be stunned if there was an announcement today, and a little surprised if one was made tomorrow. And THANKS to the good people who are posting articles, and even rumors in good faith. We are all in this together my FishDuck Friends... We gotta have a little fun as we go....

It is difficult, but I try to measure sincerity and intent. In the case of the fellow reporting that Chip is going to be hired...he provided the link to the Bruin website proclaiming it. So he posted in good faith and thus escaped the Wrath of Charles. Charles just found out that a writer missed his deadline... What I love about this site is that there is an extraordinary effort to be respectful, and that people here make an effort to honestly honor each others' opinions. I've been everywhere man, and there is nothing quite like this anywhere. I've seen wrong information posted with good intentions or an attempt at humor, but I haven't seen much in the way of purposeful attempts to steer people in the wrong direction. latracey....you have no idea how much that means to me. So MUCH work behind the scenes to create and preserve this community, and when I read your words--it gives me comfort that my mission is on the right path. THANK YOU.

(Oregon Athletics Press Release) EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon occupied nearly half of the Associated Press All-Pac-12 first-team defense released on Friday with an impressive five selections, while two more players earned second-team honors. Popo Aumavae, Brandon Dorlus, Verone McKinley III, Noah Sewell, and Kayvon Thibodeaux were all named to the first team, giving Oregon five of the 11 spots on the first-team defense. Oregon has five first-team selections for the second time in the last three years, and its five defensive first-team honorees are the most in program history. Running back Travis Dye and kicker Camden Lewis earned second-team recognition, giving Oregon seven total AP All-Pac-12 selections. Thibodeaux is an AP All-Pac-12 first-team selection for the third year in a row, becoming the first Oregon player ever to achieve that feat. Click here to view all of the 2021 AP All-Pac-12 selections. DL Popo Aumavae – AP All-Pac-12 First Team » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention » Finished the regular season with 36 tackles and three tackles for loss. » 81.3 overall grade by PFF, No. 1 among Pac-12 interior defensive linemen and No. 27 in the FBS. » 82.0 pass-rush grade by PFF, No. 2 among Pac-12 interior defensive linemen. DL Brandon Dorlus – AP All-Pac-12 First Team » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team » Finished regular season with 23 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks. » Third on the team in TFLs and fourth in sacks. » 79.5 overall grade by PFF, second-best among Pac-12 interior defensive linemen. » Led Pac-12 interior defensive linemen with an 83.0 pass-rushing grade by PFF. » 41 total QB pressures according to PFF, 17 more than any other Pac-12 interior D-lineman. » Seven games with a TFL, including two in Oregon’s win over Arizona. S Verone McKinley III – AP All-Pac-12 First Team » Walter Camp All-America first team » CBS Sports & ESPN All-America first team. » Paycom Jim Thorpe Award finalist. » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team. » Leads the nation with six interceptions this season. » Second on Oregon with 71 total tackles, third-most among Pac-12 defensive backs. » Leads the Ducks with six pass breakups. » Four interceptions in three games against Ohio State, Stony Brook, and Arizona. » Sealed Oregon’s win at then-No. 3 Ohio State with an interception. » Two interceptions vs. Stony Brook, his second career multi-pick game. » 11 career interceptions, one away from cracking the UO all-time top 10. » Six interceptions is one away from the UO single-season top 10. LB Noah Sewell – AP All-Pac-12 First Team » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team » Tied for No. 2 in the Pac-12 with 106 tackles, 35 more than any other Duck. » First Duck with 100 tackles in a season since Troy Dye in 2018. » Six double-digit tackle performances, including a career-high 14 vs. Arizona. » Second among Ducks with 8.0 tackles for loss and four sacks. » 89.7 pass-rush grade by PFF, tied for 11th-best among FBS linebackers. » 32 total quarterback pressures according to PFF, tied for No. 5 among FBS linebackers. » Semifinalist for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top linebacker. » Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. DE Kayvon Thibodeaux – AP All-Pac-12 First Team » Walter Camp All-America first team » Bronko Nagurski Trophy finalist. » Chuck Bednarik Award finalist. » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team. » Pro Football Focus Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. » Tied for third in the Pac-12 with seven sacks and fourth with 12.0 tackles for loss. » 91.5 pass-rush grade by PFF, ninth-best among FBS edge defenders. » 48 total QB pressures according to PFF, second-most among Pac-12 defenders. » Multi-sack performances vs. both UCLA and Washington State. » Career-high 4.5 TFLs in win at UCLA, the most by a Duck since 2017. » Tied for seventh in Oregon history with 19.0 career sacks. » Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Week. RB Travis Dye – AP All-Pac-12 Second Team » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention » No. 3 in the Pac-12 with 1,118 rushing yards, his first career 1,000-yard rushing season. » Second in the Pac-12 with 17 total touchdowns, and tied for second with 15 rushing TDs. » Also leads Oregon with 41 receptions for 374 yards and two touchdowns. » No. 2 in the Pac-12 with 114.8 all-purpose yards per game and 1,492 total all-purpose yards. » One of just four players in the FBS to lead his team in both rushing yards and receptions. K Camden Lewis – AP All-Pac-12 Second Team » Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference second team » 12-of-15 on field goals while recording touchbacks on 35 of his 79 kickoff attempts. » Started the season 10-of-10 on field goals, the longest streak by a UO kicker since 2015. » 52-of-53 on extra-point attempts this season. » Made a career-long 49-yard field goal in Oregon’s win over California. Brandon Dorlus

Thank you deschutesduck...

Actually they were presenting it as "fun," like an April Fools joke. Considering how tightly wound as we all are right now? Not funny. And thanks to a couple of moderators for bringing it to my attention.

Two posts falsely reporting a coaching hire were in poor form to the good people of this forum. It was not "polite and respectful" to this community, but there will not be strikes given to the offenders since....I did not officially have a rule covering it. (Never happened before) A new violation, so on Friday I gotta add it to the others! Rule No. 34 will join the other 33. Geez. I had to deal with three rule violators today in addition to this at 11:00 PM at night. We have such an incredible community, yet I still have to babysit some adults? I do not have time for this nonsense, so the hook just got shorter with people. From the Rules of this Forum: How can I possibly follow all these rules? It is simple; all our rules can be summarized to this: 1) be polite and respectful, 2) keep it clean, and 3) no reference of any kind to politics and you won’t have to worry about the rules at all as over 99.50% of those posting have learned, and do just fine.

(From Oregon Athletics Press Release) EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon forward Taylor Hosendove was granted a waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play immediately for the Ducks. A two-time transfer who played one season at Clemson and two at Georgia State before arriving in Eugene, Hosendove has played in 83 career games and has scored 750 points and grabbed 550 rebounds in her collegiate career. The Atlanta, Ga. native led Georgia State in both scoring and rebounding in each of her two seasons with that program. Hosendove averaged 12.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in 2020-21 after putting up 11.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per contest in 2019-20. She started her collegiate career at Clemson and averaged 4.4 points and 3.1 boards over 32 games with the Tigers in 2018-19.

Very cool, and thanks for posting this!

Whew! He is a straight-shooter, both good and bad.... 'We're Not Getting Better:' Dana Altman is Brutally Honest About Oregon Ducks Basketball by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

Well DuckHeart....I've enjoyed your posts, and this is one that perhaps one of the boatload of attorneys that read/post here can offer their thoughts on as well. Quite interesting..

C J...you made me laugh! duck023....great to see you join this wonderful community and do post often. WELCOME!

AllOregon....you are like a large number of new people who have joined us in the last couple of days, posted, and I have not yet welcomed you. I like your posts, and hope that you will continue to share your thoughts often with us and WELCOME!

If you see something political...report it, and we will hide it from public view immediately. You won't have to read it for long! Just let us know...

Me too. It is so refreshing on OBD to not have to sort through the nonsense to get to good posts. At OBD...we have a ton of very savvy people, and I love to read their takes. Just so you all know? Part of my strategy from the beginning (just over two months ago is all) was to structure this for the enjoyment and ease of the reader. Over 75% of those who come here, come to just read posts, hence I want to serve them well. And the other 25% that post their opinions? They read too! Thus why I have anal rules about paragraph or reading spaces after every three lines of text and tightening up the bottom of your post. It is all designed for the ease of the reader buzzing through posts. No other forum does this or cares. I am effectively taking my 24 years of experience of being on forums, and taking the publishing knowledge I acquired from FishDuck over the last decade and applying it to a forum. Again, something not done anywhere else... And thank you deschutesduck, as I love your posts and really appreciate you posting news articles.

Yep, the accuracy is never the issue; the problem is the terrible site meltdowns that have occurred in the past here, and other sites due to the responses to those facts that quickly escalate. People can discuss politics everywhere else, but not here. There is the other element people forget; I do not want to know someone's politics, as it will later jade my view of their opinions about the Ducks. So, the less we know about each other in terms of politics, the better. And thank you Desert Duck, and I look forward to your always interesting posts!

Actually....that is the easy part. I talk to OBD members every day and these are all GOOD PEOPLE, who want the same protections from the mean posters that I want. And it really isn't true about the half of 1% of posts being deleted....it is actually much less, (at least lately) even with all the activity. Why? Because we have a ton of GOOD PEOPLE who come here. And they reinforce my belief every day. It is so fun to discuss Our Beloved Ducks with others....disagree completely with some Duck-Buddies, and yet we don't get personal. Such a blessing!

Amen, Duck-Brother. I cannot tell you how many times I wanted to tell someone what I thought of them and their idea, and then it hits me...."Charles, you cannot violate your own rules!" Yet a month ago...I messed up as we all do once in a while. I wrote something snappy to Haywarduck....a friend and moderator I love, and then 15 minutes later realized...."Charles, you idiot...you broke your own rule!" I went back in and saw that too many people had read it, thus I apologized in public and in private to Haywarduck. Being the great guy he is...he brushed it off, accepted it in a heartbeat and life goes on. Just as we do with "regulars" who mess-up on occasion. I need that slack too, and it goes to show...this is not easy, but that is what makes it special. Thanks 1Ducker1!

And his post was edited and he will hear from me too. To everyone? I KNOW this is not easy, but what we have is EXCEPTIONAL and it will take that kind of effort to preserve it. And thank you CJ...

I WANT disagreement, I WANT to see all views...and we can do so by simply stating our views and simply disagreeing....that's it! Give your opinion....that's it! No throwing "Group-Shade" at those who disagree with you...do not tell people to "grow up" or "deal with it" as that is rude, and normal behavior on the other sites. Not here. Other examples of trying to discourage or inhibit posting... (See No. 2 of the rules) "I don't want to hear anymore about this" "People...stop writing that, I am so tired of reading it." Both the examples above are trying to stop people from posting their view that this person disagrees with. This behavior of trying to inhibit future posts is forbidden, and that poster will be on thin ice with me... My Objective: Get all opinions on a Topic How do we Achieve That? Make people feel safe! How do we make people feel safe? Enforce rules that stop the behaviors that prevent people from posting or being hesitant from doing so. Other sites will moderate for opinions....and allow posters to intimidate, denigrate or bully minority views into silence. OBD moderates for behaviors that inhibit posting of all opinions...the opposite of what they do on other sites! Minority views will receive full protection, even if I don't agree with them. Even if they are a "end-of-the-spectrum" (wacko) view! A minority view three years ago can become a majority view now, and I am proof of that. And when you see an "end-of-the-spectrum" view....you will need to exercise impulse control.

My friends...I do not like some of what is being written in a forum that is overtly supposed to be "polite and respectful" to one another. Truly ask yourself when you post... is this something that nice, reasonable people even want to read? You can write negative stuff (all of which is not only allowed but encouraged) without being disrespectful to those who disagree with you. Of course when I notify someone about it--on occasion I get what you see in the title....and I don't care. We will keep this as a GREEN REFUGE from the nastiness of the real world. One longtime member told me this morning..."you are trying to walk against a strong headwind of society today Charles..." He is right, but our amount of posting is so high, that I can remove a few culls and we will do just fine. Remember....just because you do not see any moderation happening--doesn't mean it is not. This morning a moderator caught a nasty post that had only been up 9 minutes! This means you don't even have to read the nonsense...and I love that. Every post is read. Posts are being deleted every day. People are being banned every week. Don't think you are above our rules. And for the 99.50% who post just fine? Know that we are taking out the trash and keeping this site clean every hour, every minute. You are being protected from the Trolls! And hug a moderator today! (They are the green posts) Rant over.

Wow, UtahDuck, my friend...I have never disagreed with you more than that statement. I am very grateful that he is leaving....I am hoping the next coach can teach pass-blocking better.

Yes, it was reported on this site by yours truly right here. And Utki? GREAT to see you back and posting! WELCOME.

The worst Bruin coach ever? The fake-punt guy with little time remaining and a big lead? Jim Mora would be far better IMHO.

Now...my thoughts! I do not see Chip or Wilcox as something that will work to our satisfaction over time. We would have had much more "clues" from them. Cal, under other coaches recruited well in the past, and have not under Wilcox. Lane Kiffin? I believe he would do well here, but you do not sign him to a contract. You rent him until his next gig, which won't be long. He will be superb on offense, but just his name shouts, "Mercenary" to me. As for ethics? Ask the Oregon coaches who recruited against him years back? Kiffin is the poster boy for negative recruiting, and he is an NCAA investigation in-waiting. In effect...he is "Urban Meyer-Light." This is why I did not want Cristobal to leave; the lack of great candidates coupled with so many openings. I could take another year of bad coaching with great recruiting... Kiffin will give you great entertainment, but you'll get kicked in the end.