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Hasn't it been said that he knew about this several weeks before MC left? Only so much you can do. Did he call the search company and tell them to start working on this weeks before MC left? I bet he did. We only know what they want us to know. What if in fact Fickle is the guy. He's got Cincy in the playoffs and a distraction would be terrible for his team. Keeping things hush hush would be paramount. FWIW I was listening to The Fan 1080 and Suke was saying the longer it takes the better it will be. Just his opinion of course. RB could have a hire right now if he wanted but would it be the right guy? Waiting and playing the long game with the new HC hire is more important I would think.

Please say NO to Brady "The Joke" Hoke

Starting the B list?

A lot can be tolerated if the Ducks are in the CFP

There's something about 'Lane' County that just sounds right.

Good to know, Thanks Charles.

Aranda won't come here so Kiffin.

If he can get us on "Prime Time" TV then I'm down.

Would Chip even want to come back?

When hasn't there been drama at Oregon? MC seemed to have it under control until the air gun fiasco. His coaching was mediocre at best. Taggert left with drama. So much for "Do something". Helfich lost control of team and brought the Ducks their 1st losing season years. Chip had several players who got into trouble and he turned off some fans with his snarky attitude. But he got the wins. Then there was the Luke Bellotti/Colleen Bellotti situation. Not Mike's fault but it's on his watch as they say. Thing is there's always been drama at Oregon in one form or another. With that being said if Meyer did come to Oregon that would be a shocker. On the other hand it would seem like a demotion like JM leaving for Akron. I just don't see it happening. Plus the NFL is still in full swing and unless he's fired today I highly doubt he'd drop everything and run to Oregon. No coach is perfect so why not get one thats a proven winner? It doesn't have to be Mr Perfect as it's been shown that Mr Perfect doesn't always stay Mr Perfect.

I don't know the pecking order but he seems pretty far down on the list. Is there even enough staff left to conduct practices and manage a game plan?

Odds on the next Coach

You would think so as was Moorehead. I'm actually surprised at how the OrSt game turned out considering that this all went down at the time of that game.

And after 2-3 years they'll go back to the NFL as an HC. The only coach that will stay long term is one thats older and who is looking at Oregon as a last hurrah or a home grown alumn. In between those are splashy hires that'll say they're super excited to be here and want to make Oregon the face of college football on the west coast and plan to be here forever, but just like Tag and MC or even Chip when the dream job comes calling they're gone.

Per this article https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2021/12/live-updates-oregon-athletic-director-rob-mullens-addresses-departure-of-mario-cristobal-ducks-coaching-search.html On who will serve as interim coach: “The priority is absolutely the student-athletes and that’s what I’ve been spending my morning doing. I met with Mario early this morning to hear his final decision. We spoke throughout the night actually, but to hear the final decision. We had the team meeting. I’ve met with the staff. I’ve reached out to the coaches that are on the road and talked to them directly or left a voicemail. That is the priority is maintain the support structure around these student-athletes. They’ve done everything requested of them to have a great season, win 10 wins, win the North division and have a tremendous opportunity to go to (the) Alamo Bowl and play Oklahoma. That is our absolutely priority today is to make sure we set that up. I’m trying to get an understanding of who’s going with Mario immediately and once I have that then we will have an interim coach in place and I shared that with both the student-athletes and the support staff.” Looks to me like he talked to the players.

Chip doesn't have to run the same blur surprise offence as he did when at Oregon. He went 8-4 this year with much less talent than Oregon has. Take away the P12 Champ game and thats only two less wins that MC got the Ducks. Chips NFL tour was a bust. Where else would he need to go? Certainly not back to NH. Yeah he sucks at recruiting but some of that can be fixed with really good recruiting assistant coaches.

"We've heard it all before"

1 and 2. Loyalty won't win championships. Better to have a coach for 4 years and win a championship vs 8 years and never have the opportunity.

Kalani Sitake I know he's probably a long timer at BYU and a long shot but he did knock off UT and 4 other P12 schools. Next choice would be Dave Aranda. I think he'd bring back the excitement to Oregon football that MC couldn't. Last would be the three amigos Wilcox, Sirmon and Musgrave. I'm not a big fan of alumni ex-players being head coaches because if they falter then it's emotionally hard to ask them to leave.

If I were Miami I'd lower my offer.

Me too if there $7-9M sitting on the table.

Did a lack of Covid protocols ruin Cals season? Not saying JW's the best hire but it looks like some of Cals lackluster season can be blamed on Covid protocols. https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/justin-wilcox-california-golden-bears-covid

I like the idea of a clean slate start. No in house hire.

Not really sure thats a good idea. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32424787/inside-unraveling-ed-orgeron-lsu-tenure-just-21-months Sounds like a train wreck.

Would fans of both teams really care enough to go to the Alamo Bowl? Looks like a bust to me.