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Kurt Rambis

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  1. On 9/5/2022 at 5:18 PM, 1Ducker1 said:

    Beating EW is like getting a 55 horsepower car for graduation.

    I drive a 70 horsepower car on a daily basis - what's your point?  😁

     

    With gas at about $8 a gallon, narrow roads (some built 2,000 years ago), and mostly tiny parking spaces available, it makes sense.  But driving a vehicle powered by an asthmatic squirrel with a limp does get old sometimes...I miss my Lexus...

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  2. Given the analysis, I'm surprised the predicted score wasn't 223 - 0 (beating the all-time college blowout record by one point).

     

    A ton of "he's not bad" and "he's a decent player," largely followed by "but he can't handle the UGA guy across from him."  Apparently every UGA player is #1 in the country at his position, while every UO player is "okay for the Pac-12."

     

    And maybe this guy is right.  Ducks largely looked awful at the end of last season while the Bulldogs were winning the national title.  I'm certainly not going to spout off about how great the Ducks are, or make predictions that they'll beat Georgia or keep it close, because honestly I have no idea.

     

    But as has happened in the last couple of decades against Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, USC, Oklahoma, Texas, and a few others - let's see what happens when the whistle blows.

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  3. Meh.  I've been involved with plenty of groups, through work, church, fantasy football, playing basketball, ex-pats, etc.  Some had the type of people I personally bonded with much faster; others didn't.  Didn't mean one set of people was good and the other bad.  

     

    So he feels really comfortable with his new teammates.  Good for him.

     

    Don't care. 

     

    Hopefully we see him this season and Mr. Lanning gets to introduce a few of his guys to Dye - repeatedly, in the SC backfield.

  4. I have the feeling Henry Mondeaux will be on the street soon; the Steelers brought in a bunch of D-lineman in the offseason and he's looking like he may be the odd man out.  

     

    Sucks - I love watching Ducks playing in the pros for my favorite team.

  5. Look, I love my Ducks, but the reality is Oregon is a step below Georgia as a program and as a current team.

     

    UGA has a national championship in the last 20 years - Ducks don't.

     

    UGA has far more players who were 5-star recruits.

     

    UGA has far more players who are considered top 100 college players.

     

    UGA has an established coaching staff - Ducks don't.

     

    UGA plays in the SEC, and you can hate the SEC's arrogance all you want, but as long as titles continue to be won by Georgia, LSU, Bama, etc. it's hard to argue with their success - particularly compared to the Pac 12-minus-2.

     

    UGA finished their season by beating Bama - Ducks finished theirs with two straight blowout losses to Utah.

     

    The upcoming game might as well be a home game for UGA - Ducks will be 3,000 miles away from home, in hostile territory.

     

    So do I like when some fans of other teams are arrogant?  Not particularly.  But in this case, some of that arrogance and the predictions of an easy win are justifiable.

     

    Now, what will be absolutely freaking fantastic is if the Ducks overcome all of these disadvantages and beat Georgia...exactly the way they did last year to tOSU, which arguably had the exact same advantages over Oregon that Georgia has.

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  6. I gave up panicking years ago.

     

    These are kids.  Many will flip their commitments between now and signing day (including on signing day).  Others will hit the transfer portal early (and maybe often).  Some programs will have coaching turnover, a scandal, a horrible season, etc. and lots of their players will want an easy out.  

     

    I find it likely we'll lose some recruits between now and signing day, gain others, etc.  

     

    It used to be I'd give a huge sigh of relief on signing day (or be frustrated that some guy who looked like a recruit would flip to another school at the last second).  Now with the transfer portal, it's the wild west all year 'round.  Who thought we'd get DAT or Flowe unexpectedly?  Who thought Dye would transfer or we'd lose that WR last year to Arizona?

     

    If I start worrying about any specific recruit or position group, I'm gonna be a mess.  I love the sport, but no team is worth what tiny shred of mental stability I have left.  🤨

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  7. It's such a different situation in basketball than in football (although some of that is changing with NIL and the portal).  Each starter is 20% of the players out there in basketball, but 4.5% in football.  Football players know they're somewhere in college for a couple of years at least, and there's no G League to run off to.  Basketball seems to contribute more to a prima donna mentality than football.  Basketball lends itself more to hero ball, because one superstar like LeBron truly can take a mediocre team to the finals, whereas a superstar like Dan Marino still needs a team around him.  

     

    I'll take almost all the 5-stars we can get in football.  In basketball, I'm with The Kamikaze Kid - give me five talented team-first guys who want to be here for 3 - 4 years over an all-star team any day.

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  8. Yeah, and look at what most of these guys contributed to the program.  Walker - almost nothing.  King - not bad.  Jabari Brown - nothing.  Dante - not a ton so far; jury is still out.  Troy Brown - pretty good for a year.  Ware - TBD.  Hairston - very solid.  Evans - TBD.  Cook - TBD.  Bol - awesome for nine whole games.

     

    In other words, not a Ron Lee, Terrell Brandon, Jordan Bell, or Payton Pritchard in the bunch.

     

    It's just hard to get too excited about hoops recruits.  The really good ones probably won't be here for long, don't pan out, or are prima donnas who want to leave the first time they hit a pothole on the way to the arena; the 4-stars and 3-stars probably will be here longer but don't tend to move the needle in fan excitement or get website headlines.

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  9. On 8/11/2022 at 8:06 PM, Wrathis said:

    This is my mistake. tOSU refers to THE Ohio State University as they are largely regarded as "Wide Receiver U", but I can see how that got lost when the discussion was about the Beavs.  

     

    Point being, is there any relevance to a University being a pipeline for a particular position regardless of who's coaching there?

    Ah, gotcha. 

     

    I don't think "regardless," I think it depends on the coaching succession.  If a whole new staff comes in, then everything is likely out the window.  If the HC leaves and the OC or DC takes over, and much of the staff is retained, then I can see the pipeline being maintained.

     

    I guess the one exception might be if the staff leaves but they already have some stars on the team - if those guys put up big numbers and get drafted high, I can see high schoolers looking at that and saying that team is a good one to go to.  That could cause continuation of the pipeline.  But if you have a bunch of stars in 2012, and then in 2016 you have a new group of stars under a different staff, my take on that is coincidence.

  10. Talking about the Beavers as "WR U" is sort of silly.  Historically, sure, they've put some guys in the league (and good for them).  But I don't recall any great successes of the current staff, and that's what matters.

     

    It's sort of like when announcers are saying stuff like "Arkansas' men's hoop team has never beaten San Diego State!" when they've played three times before and the most recent time was 1973.  Yeah, that's an unbeatable trend right there...

  11. I pretty much see few reasons to criticize anyone for taking a different job.  Now, there are some slimy ways to go about it (see:  Taggart, Willie), but I'm sure all of us have departed one job for another at some point, without any members of the general public criticizing us for our decision.

     

    Could be preferring another part of the country.  A more prestigious academic institution.  Less influence from athletics.  Better pay or benefits.  Closer to family.  Wanted to work at a private institution with no interference from the state.  Just wanted a change or a new challenge.  

     

    Good luck to him, and hopefully Oregon brings in a strong strategic leader.

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  12. On 8/9/2022 at 8:40 PM, Wrathis said:

    Leinhart, Barkley, Sanchez certainly haven't ruined USC's reputation in the media. Young, McCoy and Applewhite haven't ruined Texas' either. It really hasn't even spoiled tOSU's either although Braxton Miller, Haskins and Terelle Pryor have largely been busts as well.  Can anyone name the most recent successful Notre Dame QB?

    One big difference is that those are long-term bluebloods, with a ton of success in years gone by.  While it shouldn't, that does influence the talking heads.  They can skate by on reputations.  Oregon doesn't have that yet.  If we had won in those two title game appearances, it would probably be a different story.

     

    I heard more than one comparison of Thibs to Dion Jordan.  If Jordan hadn't been a gigantic bust, that would have been working in Thibs' favor, not against him.  The media likes to take shortcuts.  I remember hearing how Aaron Rodgers was dangerous to draft, because he came from Cal, and Kyle Boller had been a bust - therefore, QBs from Cal would be busts.  It's incredibly lazy reporting, but having dealt closely with the media for 30+ years, I know how much lazy reporting there is out there.

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