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Haywarduck
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If you look at the roster it is pretty astounding.
What is also amazing is Couisnard's stats, he put the team on his back and carried them to the second round.
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Love it, the formula, free throws, only one guy missed a free throw, everyone else was pure from the line. From beyond the arc almost 50% and Couisnard 5/9.
I think it is time for the freshman to take a big role in the next game. Pressure will be put on Couisnard, and Shelstad is going to light it up! Dante will continue to up his NBA stock, in impressive fashion. He knows this is money time.
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We can blame the presidents, athletic directors, but who was the Pac-12 commissioner in 2011 when the bylaws were written and signed in 2011?
You guessed it, the gift that keeps giving, or taking.....
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It is almost like Altman must start every season just saying you might want to try this way of playing, in a very low voice to his players. The players don't listen, and he allows them to fail, trying their way.
By the end of the season he says we must do this, the same thing he said earlier, in a more stern voice. Llike clockwork the players listen, because they know what they have been doing hasn't worked.
The problem is he must be saying you have to make your free throws, but they don't listen and that takes practice, and a longterm commitment. Teams that don't shoot well from the charity line seldom go far in the NCAA. It was amazing they could miss late in the Pac-12 and still win.
This team must know how to shoot free throws along, with shooting from behind the arc. If they miraculously start doing just that, who knows how far this group could go.
The indicator will be the free throw line and three point percentage. If they shoot just 70% from the charity line and 12% from behind the arc like they did in the championship game against Colorado, tournament teams will destroy them.
Our Ducks have to at least shoot like they did against Arizona. 80% from the free throw line, clutch at the end, and at least the 30% on threes as they did against the cats.
My take, they start making threes and making clutch free throws. They are living the dream now, and in every kids dream they make those shots!
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On 3/18/2024 at 2:52 PM, Annie said:
Saw that! How crushing!
I imagine the $2 million softened the blow, but you do want to win. Great effort!
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Altman is a coach who conjures greatness from his players. It may take a while, but like clockwork he creates magic on the hardwood as the season progresses.
Let's hope the magic isn't over and he can put up a deep run. It will take free throw shooting and some long ball luck, but that can happen, anything can happen in March!
Another trip to Arizona would be an amazing end to Dante's career at Oregon, and and equally awesome start to Shelstad's. Can both of these players take another step up, stay tuned!
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Wow, all is good again, and there is life after this long winter!
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Agree about development of abilities and culture. A coach has to develop the abilities and culture of a program and that was sorely lacking with the last coach. I also agree the chasing of stars was misguided.
One only has to look at the 2020 class where we recruited extremely well at WR, but missed Odunze as a lesser recruit. The key to me, he was a track athlete. Rome ran track and was a grinder. We went after more highly sought after recruits, who proved to have less of the 'it' factor.
What I see on the team now is speed, at most all positions. You have a Devon Jackson who ran a 10.5 in high school at LB. He was rated as raw, and that is what we need to see developed. We also need to see that grinder mentality from these new guys.
I see the talent, speed, we need, but the question is can Lanning pick the hungry guys, and keep that craving within the players, or do they just get comfortable with all the NIL and comforts our program has?
I think the trick will be Lannings ability to negotiate through this new phase of fat and content college players. Saban left because of it, and many programs are struggling because of it. Will Lanning be the guy who knows how to maneuver through the new college football landscape?
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Agree Denver would give Bo the best shot, as Payton knows how to use a qb. I mean he turned Taysom Hill into a winning qb, enough said. Ok not enough, he turned crab legs into a winning qb.
Agree with many on here you never know how the NFL QB game will turn out. The coach and surrounding cast are so important.
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Still peak earning years, why not tack on another 9 figures while you can. A million use to be a lot of money, now these guys have moved the decimal over two digits!
Congrats Arik, you deserve it! Man among boys.
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On 3/11/2024 at 9:52 AM, Darren Perkins said:
I think a good analogy is that he created a very successful startup company but wasn't good at running the company once it got big. Heck, I remember studying that stuff at the U of O biz school in the 90s. Hey, I did learn something afterall!!!
Or he left the startup and tried to run a couple public corporations and went on to define the Peter principle.
The sad thing is that startup might have become something special under Chip. Much like when Jobs left Apple, actually was run off, it instead floundered.
Rather than Jobs coming back, we upgraded and are now looking to realize the promise of that once amazing startup.
Great analogy, and thanks for letting me run with that!
I agree with Charles, Chip isn't what he was at Oregon and I think more will start to understand this after his time at Columbus is over.
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I think Chip Kelly was the luckiest guy in college football, much like MariØ, Slick and a few assistants. They road the backs of guys who really put in the hard work, Bellotti and Brooks, and built a program they took advantage of.
I give CK more credit than the others, but he was at the right place, at the right time. That place, that time, for him have passed, and he is just continuing to riding the fumes left over from that ride.
I don't have much good to say about CK going forward so I will leave my comments to the above. I do agree he had the potential to quietly be a good NFL OC, or small college HC, but that isn't who he is.
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I think Oregon football is a combination of what Loyola Marymount and UNLV where in basketball. They were exciting, innovative and had players who the nation related to along with their programs.
I don't see Oregon football as standing on its own just because of their history. I think MariØ football almost killed it, but he took advantage of the kids who saw what was done when Oregon was exciting and innovative.
The thing Lanning has done is reignited the excitement for Oregon football. The secret sauce, that it is becoming evident Lanning understands, is the speed element. Oregon has to have speed if it is going to be explosive, innovative and exciting, that is the Oregon difference.
We now have to win it all, something UNLV, nor Loyola did. If we don't then we could just become a footnote in college football history, much like the two programs I mentioned became in basketball.
I don't think we will just be footnote, we are going to put a big footprint of college football
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And remember you deserve all the goodwill coming your way. Sometimes those who give, just know giving and have a hard time just allowing all the energy to come to them, instead of always giving.
All those who have spoken on here are sending their love and energy, take it and heal. I am sure there is much love and energy from all those you have touched, allow that energy to come to you and help bring you the strength you need.
You have made so many things better in your life, now let us into your soul, and maintain, gain and become all you can be so you can enjoy these years you have earned!
We are here for you!
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On 3/4/2024 at 10:25 PM, Nevada Dawg said:
I agree with everything you said Hayward Duck with one exception and I'll invite you to clarify and/or correct any misconception I might be under. By what metric have the Texas Longhorns been elite over the past 15 years? True they won a natty in the 20-aughts, maybe 2005. But the Longhorns I've been watching have been underachievers since then IMHO and anything but elite. Indeed, they haven't even been notably good since then save last year. Maybe the difference in our opinions stems from us using very different metrics for "elite". I'm really not trying to be argumentative here but am puzzled a bit about Texas and elite being in the same universe, except for the one Natty year a long time ago.
Agree and changed the wording on my post, from 'and' to 'or,' to better align with the intent. My intention was to contrast the Alabama program with the Texas program. Both had the talent, but Texas always came up short over the past 15 years.
I agree we have the potential to turn into an Alabama type program, or a Texas type program, my bet more like Alabama.
Also just read an article about how the attitude of the players after the Rose Bowl loss help lead Saban into retirement. Creating a culture of hungry, chip on your shoulder type players is tougher than ever.
The derecruitment process within a program is even more critical with NIL money, and the coddling of student athletes in this day and age.
The one great indicator is how Lanning is bringing in multiple players to compete at positions of need. He is trying to put the best product on the field, time will tell if he can, to the level needed.
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Agree it is a mentality, but it also takes a special kind of talent and extremely savvy coaching.
Hearing about Odunze's NFL combine tryout made me realize he truly was one of the difference makers on that team. It takes a few guys who just don't give up, and have elite talent. Sometimes you recruit those guys, but often that is a culture you develop.
It also takes a coach who knows how to call those big games. Not sure if Lanning is there yet, but it seems he has the ability to get there.
All these elements are what makes a program truly elite like Alabama has been for a while or the Longhorn program over the past 15 years.
The line between elite, and looking like you should be elite is a fine one, but I think Lanning is going to step over that line soon.
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On 3/3/2024 at 7:09 AM, Charles Fischer said:
...and our university presidents for tolerating this nonsense, for being so weak.
Some here would say, "well that is the law." It is not, as the judge who granted everything to the Pac-2 is a Cougar honk, the biggest one possible. Is that justice?
Had the proceedings taken place in Eugene, Phoenix, or LA....it would have been much more fair and not insisting on a venue that is not so biased or appealing in a different location is again...very weak.
There is a lot of blame to go around for the destruction of the once mighty conference of champions. The elitist presidents, who bought into the Harvard grad running the conference into the ground are high on the list.
I'm stuck longing for what was, and have a hard time wrapping my head around the future. I suppose my view is pretty myopic, but that is how I can continue stomach what has and is going on.
We each have an outlook, and way of morning this sad, IMHO, stage in college athletics. I can respect everyones points of view, but have decided to just focus on the good, and that mainly includes our Ducks. The rest is just noise, and I have too much noise in my life already!
I can just go wow about my Ducks if I tune the rest out, my way, not everyone's way.
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I blame Rob Mullens, you don't walk away from a poker table while money is on the table. You may see a better table across the way, but you don't forget to close out.
We can blame the beavs, and the cougs all we want, but they are just playing the hand left them by rest of the conference of chumps.
From hiring Larry, to leaving with all that money on the table there is a lot to be angry at. I don't blame anyone but the man in the mirror.
I look at what we could have, should have done and just shake my head. Time to move on, and hopefully make better decisions going forward, but that is questionable too.
My bet if somebody did something like this in the corporate, real world, they wouldn't have a job.
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What is also amazing is how the Lanning branch became a tree and sent off a branch after one year.
Not only has Lanning proven to be an elite recruiter, and coach, but he also knows how to pick assistants. The Lanning tree may become one of the more impressive elements of his coaching history at Oregon.
To become a first time head coach and create a group of assistants as he did was astounding when you really contemplate it. Not only did he have to pick assistants, but he also had to convince them to come to an unproven system. He then excelled and had an assistant hired as a D-1 coach.
There are so many elements needed to become a successful head coach and Lanning is checking all the boxes. I would say picking, getting assistants is an under appreciated attribute, but Lanning excels here.
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Track is the foundation of athletic achievement at Oregon. Football is the glamour sport many think of today as Oregon sports, but Track and Field is who Oregon is in Athletics and it should stay that way.
One of my favorite states is Hawaii, and many think of surfing when they go to and visit Hawaii. Surfing isn't the sport in Hawaii, it is paddling, paddling anything, but mostly the outrigger.
I look at Oregon Athletics the same way. Many observe our football team, now, as the flagship sport, I don't. Track and Field should always be the sport that defines Oregon and assists football to greatness.
This is why I have harped for a longtime about getting speed back on the football team. Oregon football isn't Oregon football without speed, and track speed.
Lanning seems to get this and speed will be the way we get to a title, IMHO!
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Simple answer to the Nike Field question is that it is called The Rich Brooks Field and that should never change!
I do wonder why there isn't any football facility named after Bellotti, but maybe that is in the works, or will be addressed at some point. Bellotti, like Casanova, was coach, AD and did a lot for the Oregon Football Program.
What I would like to see is the stadium being renamed after Dan Lanning. If he can bring a National Championship in the coming years that wouldn't be out of the question.
You may see Knight's name of things around campus, but I don't think we actually see Phil Knights name on anything. His way of doing things is to name things after others, and if Lanning can bring a National title to the football program and continue is unrelenting commitment to Oregon that just might be the way PK shows his appreciation.
My impression is Phil doesn't want his name on anything, not his style. He doesn't need his name on anything, doesn't want it, would rather give than receive.
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There are many percieved problems with what is going on, but what we are seeing is progress. What is progress, a movement toward a destination, a destination even further from what we are comfortable with. This isn't just football, it is everywhere.
I just think this is just another step where many of us, myself included, are saying get off my lawn. From social media, to the Tesla truck, to college football, to many other things I don't like the direction things are going. Problem is there going that direction no matter what I do.
I have come to the conclusion those in charge, and those younger than me are just going to have to live with it. I just have to tolerate it, and be happy with what I have. I can tolerate it, and am happy with what I have. Doesn't mean I don't sometimes wanna say.....
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I had lunch with Franz Weber, great downhiller, and speed skier. He told the story of breaking the speed record which was a classic story of struggle and fear.
He said once you reached about 98 mph your skis shook so hard everyone backed off and that was the record for a long time. One day he said screw it I am just going to see what is on the other side of all this noise. Turns out on the other side of chaos was floating in the air, peacefulness. He shattered the record and led others to do the same.
I also remember Ngata coming to Oregon and seeing Olshansky lifting weights, and new that Igor would help lead him to a new level. I wonder which player will be the leader to reach a new level in the Oregon program. These guys are coming in as boys, full of potential. Somebody is going to break through to a new level, who will it be?
All the coach stuff is great, but the real growth of the team will come from within the dynamic of the players.
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Love it, Lanning didn't just come in with some stupid catch phrase, or slogan like 'do something.' He has sprouted many sayings organically like 'the grass is damn green in Eugene.'
We now see 'The climb' and any number of great inspirational lines these coaches are feeding the players. My favorite is still 'so what now what,' but I have a feeling Lanning has something just about everyday that is classic.
Offseason is where games are won and lost, love the post!
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Sabrina's the Best
in Our Beloved Ducks
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Great stuff, when you pull the curtain back the truly greats still look like the GOAT's.
One must also remember Sabrina would have brought a National Title to Oregon if there had been an NCAA tournament her senior year. That takes nothing away from an amazing Oregon career.