Charles Fischer

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.

Boy pretty balanced--good stuff. Thanks!

I think the majority of fans have the same gut feeling you do...

Amen. Jon does great research and brings us great information for future pondering. Thanks Jon!

And I told him your expression and he laughed out loud at how accurate and innovative that term is describing the current Oregon offense!

Agreed. Under Cristobal it seems it is so much harder to score, and that Oregon has to work so much harder at it. Stats may disagree, but it is simply the view a fan has. I quoted you on the phone yesterday again and the Duck-Buddy certainly agreed...."Mario Cristobal has held the Oregon Offense down better than any defense since Auburn of 2010!"

Aren't you having a bit too much fun with this? (I'm feeling snookered....)

Thanks for participating and being a part of it. It has taken off much faster than when we opened it up originally, and I figured the majority posting would be the "regulars" who were here before. But we have had 68 new people sign up in just 17 days, and I did not expect that. If everybody jumps in and posts--it means we should have some good discussions in the future as well. (It would help if the Ducks did well!)

Very cool! Thanks to you all for reporting it.

I am going to have quite a rebuttal to his article on Monday....so he shames the fans for wanting more? I am as sick of his self-righteous indignation as I am with receivers and DBs showboating after every little play. And thanks 30Duck for bringing this article to us!

THAT is the line of the day!

It is hard to imagine, because the team does not look good enough on offense to beat many teams...but what IF the nature of this team is "just enough to win" and that also applies to our tougher games as well? What if they somehow stay in the game with UCLA and win in a fluke...and similar things happen with other games? It is a low probability, but some teams are like that. Is this one of those strange teams that does that and can still pull it off? Can you figure it out?

Unfortunately the article is correct; Cristobal has left the door, the opportunity wide open for USC, Arizona State...any of them.

A big positive? We got to see the Inside Blitzes that I wrote about before the season, and the best one was the last play!

That is an interesting subject that we rarely have to deal with at Oregon, and I am going to delve into it for my Monday article. (Nearly a page of bullet-points for writing already) I may not agree with you. (Wait for the context...) (And I was at that 0-0 game too)

Yep....I am at that age. That is actually what happened....as I had to get up to go to the rest-room. Since I've been dealing with this guy lately and knowing that he will post at night--I decided to check on my phone and see if he had. Then I read it, groaned and went downstairs to deal with it. (AFTER I went to the head!)