Jon Joseph

The only missing ingredients, sustained excellent leadership. From the HC down to the assistants. And employing an offense that has progressed beyond WWI officers ordering 'the boys' out of the trenches for another futile attack.

Thank you my friend. And Hats Off to you for seeing that this Alabama team most definitely had the talent to take down the Georgia D Goliath. A 5* QB took down a 3* QB precisely as the folks at Saturday Down South predicted. They did not believe Stetson Bennett could get a W over Bama, argued that Daniels needed to start, and they were right on both counts. Bennett/Daniels, brings up another interesting point about being a champion. The coaching staff has to put the right guys on the field. For any # of reasons IMO, 2021 was a lost year for the Ducks. The safe but the wrong choice started at QB. The bevy of young solid WRs and TEs on the roster were ignored or underutilized. There was zero coherent game planning that led to close wins, a ridiculous loss and 2 blow out losses in 3 weeks. 2022 OOC? Open 'at' Georgia. Play 'cupcake?' E Washington at home and then play BYU, currently ranked No. 13 in the playoff committee's final poll. SENSELESS! Especially with a new coaching staff which I for one am happy to see, and as noted above, little progress under Mario in 2021. Mario recruited like a champion but he coached like a chump. The talent on the roster including the roster he inherited with Justin Herbert at QB, was mismanaged and improperly used.

Dave Aranda? A guy who turned it around at Baylor in year 2. From 2 wins his 1st season to a B12 championship and a Sugar Bowl this season. He does have Left Coast ties growing up in LA where his brother is a HS basketball coach and he went to Cal Lutheran. But why would Aranda leave the 'new B12' for a conference that is not as good and not as deep as the 'new B12?' Maybe for more $ but Baylor has a new and lucrative deal on the table. If he does leave for Oregon he must bring his OC from Baylor who came from BYU with him. Kiffin is not leaving the SEC where he has Ole Miss in his second season in a NY6 Bowl, for the Pac-12. Today, after defeating A+M this season he has arguably the 2nd best program in the SEC W. Bill O'Brien? He is far more realistic candidate IMO than is Aranda or Kiffin.

The man is 62-60 as a head coach for a reason. He can recruit. He recruited so well at Bama that he was the #1 assistant coach when it came to recruiting. But at Bama his recruits were turned over to a guy who knows how to coach kids up and have then ready to play on game day. A guy who is 100-1 in his last 101 games vs unranked opponents. He is what he is. He will be at best around a 9 to 10 game win per season in the ACC. He would never have taken the Ducks to the Final 4. His ceiling was the Rose Bowl when it was an 'exhibition game' and with the NFL rookie of the year at QB he defeated 3L Wisconsin by 1 point. Happy trails. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

Let me know when you come to visit our Mother so I won't have to be here. Oops! Mama's in Miami!

Does Puddles want this kind of competition? I'll take the guy on the left as the new HC?

And his son was freshman of the year in the conference. But that's a big step up in competition, even Pac-12 competition.

Bellotti vs Bob Stoops. OK wins the toss, elects to kick off and starts the game with an onside kick?

He did. he has all the $ he ever needs and he is coaching where he doesn't have to recruit.

What's next? How about a phone call to Bob Bowlsby?

I honestly believe the last 2 departures happened only due to the 2 specific job offerings. After all, Mario is taking a 'pay cut' to coach at his alma mater.

Spot On! There are 3 relevant bowl games: the Playoff semifinals and the champ game. T is doing exactly what he should. To risk injury playing for an interim coach in an also-ran bowl vs the 3rd best team in the B12 would be senseless. And his decision in today's world will not at all negatively influence where he goes in the NFL draft. I honestly believe that unless it is an NY6 many the player, draft eligible or not, would opt out. BTW: If Brown starts against Oklahoma, I'm opting out.

Thanks for the post Charles. I know he is not a Left Coast guy but I would take a long look at Alabama OC Bill O'Brien. He did an excellent job with the troubled Penn State program. Not a great record in the pros but the NFL affiliation helps with recruiting. Plus, I love the O Bama runs. Now, if he could only bring Bryce Young with him? As we saw when Bama beat UGA, and have seen throughout the course of the playoff, you need a top drawer QB to win a national title.

Yes, the new HC hire is a piece of cake compared to the major 'business' decision to depart a conference you have been a member of for many a moon. But I honestly believe it is a necessity to find a new home with partners willing to invest in athletics and be a member of conference is not a national afterthought?

Oregon is the pony hidden within a pile of horse manure that is the Pac-12 conference.

College Football Playoff Committee Final Ranking. 'New B12' - 4 Cincinnati, 7 Baylor, 9 Oklahoma State, 13 BYU, 20 Houston - That's 1 Final 4 team and a total of 3 NY6 Bowl teams = $14M in playoff money - Eliminate TX and OK, 7 of the 8 remaining B12 teams are bowl eligible, All 4 new member schools are bowl eligible. 'New B12' - 11 of 12 teams are bowl eligible. Pac-12 - 11 Utah, 14 Oregon - 1 NY6 Bowl team = $4M. 6 of 12 teams are bowl eligible. AP Basketball Poll 'New B12' - 2 Baylor, 8 Kansas, 14 Houston, 17 Iowa State, 24 BYU Pac-12 - 4 UCLA, 11 Arizona, 16 USC (Arizona is on probation) According to Forbes, 3 Pac-12 football programs are in top 25 in all-in revenue: Oregon, USC and UW. Before Mullens (is he qualified to make the hire) hires a new football coach, how about ASU (Phoenix market,) Oregon, USC and UW get on the phone with B12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and ask to join up and form a 16 team conference? Or, why doesn't Oregon just call Bob and believe 3 other quality programs will be added along with the Ducks? After all, when it comes to college football expansion, Bowlsby just schooled the Pac-12. USC just opened the wallet like a blue blood should. Oregon did the same in its effort to retain Mario. How many other schools in the Pac-12 have the willingness and/or the money to spend what is needed to be a national contender in Power 5 football? No matter how good of a negotiator the new Pac-12 commissioner may be, as is, the Pac-12 does not have a prayer of closing the financial gap between it, the B1G and the SEC. Stay parochial and go bust? Or go nationwide with a chance to close the financial gap? A coaching hire is a short term thing. Conference affiliation is long term thing.

Thanks for posting but this is a US(C)ELESS article. Joe Brady was just fired by the Panthers. Has never been a HC. Has no recruiting track record. Joined LSU when it had one of the best rosters in CFB history.

Did Bohn at SC call Oklahoma and ask permission to interview Riley? No. This is Big Business. Act like a man and not a whiny baby. BTW, maybe this time you can hire someone who was a head coach in the P5 and has a winning record? Why is Mullens job safe?

Let the rumors flow. Everyone who has ever coached football and is still alive will be rumored to be looking at the Ducks job. Sitake isn't leaving BYU for more money. And why leave the 'new B12' that is a far better conference in both CFB and CBB than is the Pac-12. Frankly, before Mullens hires a new coach I wish he'd call Bob Bowlsby and ask about joining the B12?

The Jags stink. But Meyer is not getting an offer and if he did he would not leave the NFL for the recruiting battles in CFB. Sitake. He's already on the way to a P5 conference. One that as newly constituted has a team in the Final 4 and 3 other teams ranked including BYU. If the B12 had already re-modeled, that would be $18M for the B12. Bob Bowlsby is a bright guy. When the Pac-12 decided to do nothing on the expansion front, Bowlsby saved the B12 and added 4 quality programs.

Thanks Darren. Agree with you 100%. Chip best raid the portal this off season or UCLA is in big trouble come 2022. Give Mora props! After all he just landed the Husky job. That's the UCONN Huskies!

Hopefully Mirabel and DeRuyter?

Banks? Has to be headed to TX or A+M?

YAWN. But thank you for the post. Hire someone who cares about the University of Oregon. Hire someone who does not come with the post-game platitudes. Hire a coach with a real upside.

Of course, Oregon has 2 QBs who lit it up in HS sitting behind a journeyman QB who played like he has his entire career. OR to date has wasted quality WR recruits.