DurangoJim

I feel he and that second OSU player should be tossed for the whole next game. (Ripping the helmet off and the swipe in the back of the head). Both were egregious acts of anger and should not be tolerated. This was not targeting nor an emotional tackle, which is during the act of game play. This was a bar room brawl with intent to do harm after a play.

Sure. Just say “Civil War”.

Well, this could have been the Ducks. Fire the coach, assistant coach, bench the QB and play the freshman. Then sit out the post season after being rated and picked by some to go 12-0, yet lose out. Huard looks like he could be good, but 5 picks? Some Duck fans were downgrading Ty after 1. Duck fans are fickle, for sure.

I disagree. Maybe Herbert is thriving now because ….. he is thriving now. Does it have to be someone’s fault?! “After playing college football at Michigan, Brady was selected 199th overall by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, later earning him a reputation as the NFL's biggest draft steal.” The GOAT …. 199th pick. Hmm, you think Michigan fans were giving their program sh3t for Brady not being coached up in his college days?!

Mario did sign a one year extension. Could still get bought out but it ups the ante. Commits seem to sign then drive (away) more often these days. Extra pressure to sign early, then legit second thoughts. All schools have them and we have an equal chance to sign one from another school. I’m not overly worried about de-commits.

First game for me was 1975 and 2 wins was pretty friggin’ good. I suppose it’s easy to be a “new” fan from the Chipster days and have a higher floor. And while I want the Ducks to win a Natty as much as anyone, I’ll take every win as a blessing and not an entitlement.

Shough started the year well, but melted down in the Cal game and his confidence never returned. He looked worse each game after. That’s why MC pulled him, and I think that was the right call. I’m sure he transferred because he knew he lost the starting job and saw equal or better talent coming up. Maybe he would have been better than AB this year? We’ll never know. But I lost respect for him when he transferred - you don’t pick up the ball and go home, you get back on the horse and fight for the starting job. That is, unless you don’t have self-confidence, which would underline his meltdown. No way would he have been rocky steady in the gun at fOSU. Nor in the comeback at UCLA nor the gale/downpour at UW. His transfer stats are average, then he got hurt, so his true performance grade is hard to judge in his new home. But despite his limitations, I feel AB was a better leader for us this year.

Thanks for the post Otis, great honest take from a great coach. And speaking of great, we’ll see you after 3 on Saturday! GO DUCKS !!

Yup, ditto!

I’m not posting for any reason other than to get the rodent avatar off the forum list page. g o d u c k s !

^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^

Ouch - that first statement sounds a bit accusatory and egregious? Do you really feel MC, JM and DeR don’t work hard? Really?! No doubt we got our azz handed to us last week on all sides of the ball. There are so many complexities to that “why” that I can’t answer. Your second point I will agree with completely. Next game will prove the depth of coaching prowess (oh I almost can’t believe I said that!) and rallying around next man up. GO DUCKS!

And still be over rated and over paid.

Looking at it through the lens of a business owner, why would you possibly want to jump into the coach search at this time? So many coaches fired, so I assume you won’t want any of them, which in turn opens up the same many positions to fill. Supply and demand - the price goes up, decisions revolve around said pricing via competition and the opportunity to make a bad decision rises. No way can this be a good time to make a coaching change. Given the state of the program, the end of season potential ahead of us, injuries, relatively new OC and DC, and a big QB change next year, the opportunity presents itself for the team to morph in it’s play style. If I was King, come end of January, I would clearly lay out expectations for end of 2022/3 season and set the tone. Then spring of 2024, given all the above and how that all evolves (or not), a coaching change may be the right call.

7 OC or HC roles in 15 years? He’s a revolving door, which is the last thing we need. His 9-7 at Ole Miss is hardly better than MC’s record here. Rumors of him now circulating he is thinking g of Miami? And personally, his positions at U$C and Raiders for me are a complete no go. But that’s just me.

Please, just say no to Kiffin.

Great post and great add on comments. Pretty intuitive reads - maybe some you should in taking snaps?! I think the MC loyalty issue has hit the fulcrum balance of tipping to the wrong side. Correctable, but it needs to be addressed. Hopefully he either sees this, or someone (maybe Rob Mullens?) has that frank discussion. I fully feel MC’s decision to stick with Brown has gotten us to where we are, for both the 9 and the 2. If we can keep the talent we supposedly have in the wings, and they all learn MC’s best-side preaching of team-first loyalty, we might come out of this with a deeper, better, more effective team next year. A LOT is riding on next week - both in the short term and long term gain. GO DUCKS!!

Agree with this, multiple flaws last night. Yes, injuries are a huge issue, but we had enough play makers to still make a better game of it. 1) JM’s apparent plan to avoid their loaded box D front and throw first was flawed. AB on a good night might have fulfilled this but he had an off night. I read on another blog he is nursing some injury? 2) Special teams a disaster last night. Cam misses 2 FG’s after not missing one all year. He was pressured due to poor blocking. Kicking that end of half punt? Nuts. 3) Receivers were open and AB couldn’t get the ball to them often enough. He made a couple spectacular throws, but totally missed the read on others. I can’t explain why MC did not go to a backup in the second half, when it was obviously lost; nothing to lose and everything to gain. 4) Thibs covering mid deep when he is our best rusher - just what was that? And most importantly: 5) It didn’t look like the team was ready to play at all - tired and lackluster. Might be multiple issues there, I don’t have a guess other than morale or coaching, but it’s as you say - they got punched in the mouth at the bell and couldn’t recover.

Yes, but if we don’t win, we are eliminated too and Cougs win. To win North, we must beat the Beavs.

Interesting conspiracy take. You might be on to something …, or …. you spend too much time in the conspiracy capital of the country?

Okay. Participation trophies for everyone. NOT. I’ve been as big a fan for just about as long as anyone here, and I still will be. But let’s be honest, the Ducks looked like warm turd on both sides of the ball, like they should have not been on the field. Total embarrassment. They will need to regroup to beat OSU. Or this might just be the worst late season melt down yet.

Last week I would have agreed. This week, I’m not so sure we get to play Utah again. I’ll hope otherwise but we looked completely and totally underwhelming tonight.

Shouldn’t have needed them.

I am completely baffled by coaching tonight. I can accept getting outplayed and a loss, but I cannot fathom playing your short-term QB when he is obviously not in rhythm and is struggling. What possible positive outcome comes out of this?

Yes, but that doesn’t account for poor play calling, nor MC’s inability to look beyond his favored QB. No doubt injuries have hurt, but Brown throwing bad check down passes on third down and running down the clock when you need to go fast is inexcusable.