Georgia Duck

At church this morning I talked with a friend who is a former president of the University of Georgia. He is well in the know of the personnel of the football program. He gave glowing reports of the character and abilities of our new football coach. He is very well respected both on and off the field. He spoke of many of the characteristics that we have heard from other sources - energetic, great recruiter, etc. I am very excited about this new chapter. I'm so glad we didn't go the Chip Kelly route. Not that he is a poor coach, far from it, but we need new energy to take us into the future, not hoping we repeat past laurels.

It is interesting to see all the comments on how poor a coach MC is and how we should roll over everyone in our wake. If MC does move on to Oklahoma, Miami or wherever, we will then be faced with coming up with a coach that can recruit on par with Lincoln Riley at USC. Who is that coach that is willing to come to Oregon? Duck fans are like most fans in that they are delusional. MC took a very young team with a boatload of injuries and got them to a current 10-2 record. He did it with a good, not great QB, who is limited in his throwing skills, but is a great leader and has the trust of his team. There are certain aspects of this team we all would like to see improved and given another coaching cycle with these young men it could happen. Wanting to jump ship on MC at this time would undoubtedly put us in a much worse position initially and probably going forward, unless we can find another Lincoln Riley willing to come to Eugene.

I'm a long time Duck fan that has seen aa ton of football in 70+ years of watching this great game. I too am frustrated by a number of the deficiencies noted by others, but am a long way from booing to try and get my way. I know our society has assumed that we can have it all and have it all now, especially if we paid for our seat at the stadium. On the offensive side of the ball I can point to one glaring deficiency that will not allow the Ducks to run up the touchdowns as we had in years past. Anthony Brown is a wonderful young man, a good leader and has a ton of courage on the football field. However, he lacks skill in key areas that will never allow the Ducks to really run up a score. He is not accurate first of all. He is a career 55% passer in a world of 65%+ passers. He is even less accurate the farther down the field he throws the ball. He does not appear to have great vision in surveying the field to find an open receiver, and he frequently stares down a receiver. So with those flaws, why not replace him with TT? I know the coaches know if TT is ready or not. The few times he has been in this year have not convinced me he is ready. The rest of this year and spring football may get him to that point. In a world where the QB is more important than ever, not having the best QB on the field is a real liability. If you look at all our games, how many will we have the better skilled QB on the field? I can only think of 2 or 3 - Stony Brook, Arizona, and maybe Colorado. Add to that the penchant for untimely penalties and we are in for a lot of close games (that is a coaching problem). One needs to look at a couple of other factors. One we are playing with a very young roster. UCLA has been losing for years because they were young, just waiting till Chip's guys were seasoned. He is winning this year because of the transfer portal and he has a veteran team. Mario has done a lot with young players and if TT develops like we think he can, the next couple of years should be grand. As to the person that said he doesn't win big games, the OSU win was one of the biggest wins of this season. We are fortunate to living in a world of first world problems compared to 75% of college football teams. Have a latte with your avocado toast and relax.