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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.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32796257/miami-mario-cristobal-discussing-hurricanes-coaching-job-sources-say

Considering the Ducks will probably have a new coach for the game I would think the new HC may want to see his new talent on the field.

Well that about sums it up.

1st off why does Mc have to sign a new contract today? Just so he can settle down a fan base? He can sign when he wants and it really means nothing to anyone but him and the team and recruits. We have no idea what his real intentions are. For all we know he's 100% committed to Oregon and is planning on signing a new contract when he gets off the recruiting trail. Or he is playing both sides as anyone with a tad bit of negotiating skills would do.

So I wonder what recruits living room Mario will be in when he gets the call and says yes to Miami. Then turns to the recruit and asks if he'd like to go to Miami instead.

Right now I'm not believing anything of anyone. Way too much speculation.

Guess the booing got to him.

MC pretty much showed that while stars count they aren't the only thing that matters.

"The report added, “Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley dollars, I’m told.’’ I'd rather see those dollars go to a different HC than Mario.

Per MC "I haven't talked to anybody, so let's not create narratives as we sit here in this press conference," Cristobal said after the game. "Oregon's working on some stuff for me, and that's what I have right now, and that's the extent of that conversation. "If there's anything to report, I'd report it. I always have." Are we overreacting?

Last night was a disaster but so was two weeks ago. Different circumstances same outcome. I'm not really sure if distractions were the main reason the Ducks got blowout last night. Maybe it was just the fact that UT is a better team right now. I would give it 70% better-30% distraction.

How many left for HC jobs? Thats not a slight against MC.

Only one team scored less than Oregon against UT. Stanford scored 7 pts. The same as our 1st game with UT. Whats that say about our offence?

After getting out physicality'd twice badly by UT I wonder if MC will dig in even harder on his "Lets get physical" culture? If so what does that mean for the next OC hire? Or is it all moot anyways cause MC may be leaving. So much to ponder.