Washington Waddler

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Good points, keep on dumping! There are always going to be exceptions to any rule. Oregon reached outside to get Chip Kelly after the 2006 season ended in four straight losses, and when the anxiety caused by the Helfrich melt-down incited a national search in order to right the ship and regain fan and media confidence. When head coaches replace coordinators, I think they have to take into consideration the current group of players they’ll inherit and their needs. Is the group primarily young, requiring an experienced, guiding hand, or focused veterans just needing fresh ideas? I can’t think of a time when I wasn’t concerned with any new appointment - young or old - until games got played. Wait and see is always tums time. While our recent success has offered that national platform mindset you speak of, it remains as much a gamble as hiring from within. Do you get a Chip Kelly or a Willie Taggart? Free-forming is a good descriptor for this sort of thing. As I wander around this, I keep ending up on the word ‘family’ as the best concept to hold onto when attempting to discern what, or what not makes the engine run smoothly at Oregon. From within or out, you’ll know soon enough whether or not the new guy is a part of what makes us - us.

Just as a gentle reminder to this conversation, much of what is being discussed here has been in place at Oregon long before Dan Lanning was born. Beginning with the program’s emergence during the Brooks/Bellotti era, it became increasingly apparent that much of our new success had its roots in the almost unheard of reliable longevity of its coaching staff, part of which was due to hiring from within. Not only recruits, but their coaches valued that they could rely upon the guy(s) making the pitch not going anywhere. From that perspective, Lanning is just beginning to tap into that part of Oregon’s DNA, and building upon something long in place, the value of which he is beginning to realize is a core element of the program’s foundation and success. What other way could he interpret the consistent, overriding message from both recruits and transfers that what they’ve found of value above all else at Oregon is a sense of family they’ve seen no where else? Our national recognition certainly makes for higher visibility than in those earlier days, and it’s to be expected and applauded that Lanning expects and encourages his coordinators to move on to head coaching positions. But, the media/fan driven hoopla of believing “Big Name” replacement hires is the only way to go is just that: razzle-dazzle. It’s from the consistency and trust that Oregon is built upon that makes us who we are today. Dan gets that.

Love how this group is learning what it takes, and evolving into the team they know they have the pieces to be.

Huskies have a premier brand alright; a ‘Duck’ seared and singed into their mutt butts.

While it’s not the real thing, any time I just need a Duck hit, my go to is the 5 minute ‘More Than A Feeling’ video of the 2008 C*v*l War game at Reser. Brightens my day every time.

How about a new regulation that inspectors who fail to be on site within 24 hours of the completed work are to be used as tackling dummies on the opening day of fall practice? Might hurry things up.

Good thoughts David. The attempt to redefine the psychology of post-season college football through the lens of basketball’s bracketed play-off system is going to run into some big walls on the road to any satisfying conclusion. Assuming some form of an expanded CFP is only a matter of time, BB’s focus on using the excitement of regular season games to build towards the highest possible tournament seed seems almost inevitable. The problem is football will never have the luxury of a 35 game season to overcome slumps. One or two bad games and you’re likely out of it. But, the challenge remains. Football - for both teams and fans - is going to have to adopt some form of basketball’s realistic attitude towards the post season in order to feel success at the end - win or lose. If you see yourself there, and the odds are you won’t get past the 2nd round - and that’s what happens - having BB’s mindset that already accepts that reality creates a sense of success and becomes a positive building block towards the next year. The over-riding-psychology is it has very little to do with the present moment, and more about always building towards tomorrow. That’s going to be a tough pill for football to swallow, but what other option is there if you want to feel good about yourself at the end, and you’re not the one left standing?

Right now, it’s good to be west of the Rockies

Hey, added it all up: substance abuse, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury and at age 74 still going strong enough to put it all to bed in, “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time” AI got it right. Who could possibly be a better fit?

Decent, if not in depth article. Bachman quoting KC Keeler that people may now discover college football requires a CEO seems pretty far behind the times. Seems we’ve known that ever since the Sabin/Alabama era. What did seem to shed some light on Cignetti’s approach was her connecting of his detailed control of every phase to the smaller world of lower division coaching where hands on learning of all aspects of the game can still be developed.

Absolutely. And the way the corner and saftey sandwiched the receiver, it would’ve required a dime. Pressure situations can make you try a little too hard? Dunno, something went wrong for him.

It just felt like Cig’s time-out was mainly to firm-up secondary assignments on what was an obvious go-for-it passing down for Miami. It was just too predictable, and Indiana’s zone coverage allowed the time for their deep saftey to move under coverage to either side for a break up or int.

Since our CFP run is based on what I can afford, we’re headed for Las Vegas.

I’m excited! Will be interesting to see who steps up to replace the offensive production of the Luschar sisters and Paige Sinicki. Kaylynn Jones looks to be a good bet to take over the lead-off spot, while replacing Dezianna Patmon’s power could be by committee.