McDuck

A topic for discussion is how much of that 87% winning record was Chip and how much was a very capable and loyal staff of assistant coaches. To me Chip gets credit for the concept but the real hero's were the assistants primarily assembled by Mike Bellotti.

I'm confused. Was the former staff so blindly loyal to MC (who abandoned them) they might actively work to undermine the new head coach or were they so fed up and constrained they would take a 50% pay cut to get away?

How is a transfer quarterback any different from any other position? Devon Williams, DJ Johnson and Bennet Williams were all transfers who won games for us. Should they have been told no, don't come, we need to let others play that have been here longer? What about recruiting a JC athlete? Don't recruit Akili Smith or Jeremiah Masoli because they play quarterback? Just because an athlete has a lot of stars next to their name doesn't mean much. Below are 247's top 5 dual threat and pro style QB's in 2017. How many are stars today? Dual Tua Tagovailoa, Tate Martell, Keytaon Thompson, Sam Ehlinger, Hendon Hooker Pro Davis Mills, Jake Fromm, Hunter Johnson, Myles Brennan, Jack Sears

That article appears to place most of the blame for abuse on Jim Mora. Probably natural as Mora was the recent hire at U Conn but it does make me feel slightly better about Adrain Klemm. Still I wish DL had hired other candidates than Klemm and Lupoi. For example UCLA just hired former Husky DL and LB coach Ikaika Malloe--no skeletons and a decent coach. If Klemm has even a hint of abuse he and the Irele Oderinde episode will be coupled together and used to tarnish OBD.

ESPN Texas A&M will not participate in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl because of COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries within the program, leaving Wake Forest without an opponent as officials try to find a replacement team, it was announced Wednesday.

I'm beginning to have some nagging doubts staff being assembled. It is disappointing Joe Salave'a wasn't retained but that is DL's prerogative. Toni Tuioti should be fine although it's interesting Big Joe is rated a better recruiter by 247. The rumors of Tosh Lupoi make me cringe. While he may not have been sanctioned allegations of shady tactics crop up like dandelions wherever he is employed. I naively believe Oregon is better than that. Adrain Klemm has been sanctioned for illegal benefits plus he was named in a lawsuit against UCLA for player abuse. Not a good look. Klemm show cause Klemm lawsuit

Steve Stephens IV? Cam McCormick? This is not a serious article.

Just a couple quick responses. Not sure why Mario will suddenly hire better coordinators but I guess it is possible. He has a lot of hiring experience as we had five different coordinators during his four years. As for quarterback he had the 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who didn't even make first or second team all Pac-12. Is that a coach who gets the most from his players?

This tidbit from The Oregonian article may be pertinent. That is a lot of different coaches. He played for two head coaches (Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin) and three different offensive coordinators (Dillingham, Chad Morris, Mike Bobo) during his time at Auburn. Couple other items. His 247 composite rating was slightly higher than Ty Thompson. Also he has already graduated.

Kenny Dillingham has been in Eugene since Thursday. He had the opportunity to watch any practices and workouts in preparation for the Alamo Bowl, so he has seen the QB's in practice. I believe they tape practice so he has hours upon hours of film to evaluate performance. Finally I'm certain he consulted with Joe Moorhead and no reason to believe JM wasn't honest and open with him regarding the abilities and progress of all the QB's. It is also reasonable to believe he has met with the QB room. With that he decided to opt for a transfer, a know quantity. This doesn't mean the QB room is empty, the reality is you need at least two, preferably three, players at the position. Injuries happen, positive covid tests happen, girlfriend problems happen. Just last night Utah State went to the third string QB in their bowl game. All this says is we probably don't have three solid quarterbacks going into 2022.

Interesting development. As the twitter picture shows McClendon was listed as a Miami employee last night, and I had posted a link confirming that in another thread. Now the listing is gone! Who is playing games? Now you see it, now you don't.

Despite what he said in the interview it appears McClendon is headed to Miami. Rather tacky of the U to let it out this way IMO. https://people.miami.edu/profile/bem144@miami.edu

Thanks. Hope Lanning sees something he likes and retains him.

I assume he is a decent coach. I haven't followed his career since he left the Pac but when he was at Cal and UW it seemed he was always "in the room" when something sketchy happened.

I found this endorsement from Jason Stewart, a JC transfer and reserve QB at Memphis who saw action in ten games total. "Kenny Dillingham is my favorite of any coach I've had. It is so obvious how much he cares about his players. He is so invested in making sure you are doing well on and off the field. We were only 2 years apart so he felt like a big brother. I had so much respect for him so the age gap was no issue."

I don't understand this site, it took the Football Scoop link on Dillingham and inserted into the cut and paste from the same site about Poweledge. Not the first time it has done that. Anyway below is the Dillingham story. Dillingham

Oregon: Baylor's Matt Powledge is expected to join the Oregon staff as co-defensive coordinator, Pete Thamel shares. At Baylor, Powledge worked with the safeties and special teams.

I expect college endowment funds to suffer. It's a lot sexier to pay for a wide receiver or quarterback than a research position.

Oregon had third and fourth string LB's and DB's playing a lot of snaps. Wide open passing lanes let the QB get rid of the ball quickly, limiting KT's stats. Plus he was double and triple teamed.

If we expect him to adjust and adapt doesn't that include planning around the abilities of the players? He laid out his general philosophy of being aggressive and the importance of explosion plays. At this point he really doesn't even know the player names, let alone if they are capable of executing a particular game plan.

He also bounced between high schools in New York and California while spending a lot of time ineligible. He is young and a bit of maturity would certainly help. Nice save by Lanning and Johnson.

From his confronting "the letter" early on I thought he addressed several complaints lodged about the current state of Oregon football. Maybe it was just coach speak but his answers offered hope. Impressive considering the time zone difference and lack of sleep.

What I find ironic is during the Twitter Space conversation segment I heard there were four names that should be considered because they wouldn't use Oregon as a stepping stone. Three (Chip, Tedford, and Petersen) all left the Ducks for a promotion. Isn't that the very definition of stepping stone? I still can't figure out the purpose of the letter.

Oregon has one of the youngest rosters in the nation, with a majority of the recent highly rated classes still waiting to see the field on a regular basis. If any program could afford a down year in recruiting it is the Oregon Ducks. Not ideal but not the end of the world.

In football recruiting the definition of "offer" is fluid. A recruit may be offered a chance to try out for the team as a walk on, he may be a preferred walk on, assured a spot on the team but still paying his own way, there are non-committable offers i.e. we will give you a scholarship if..., finally there are actual offers of a spot on the team with all the benefits. There may be more. I imagine an potential offer to Justin Wilcox would include a lot of qualifications. One could be the need for a detailed plan how he would improve his recruiting results (they suck). If he declined he turned down the "offer".