The Kamikaze Kid

I can see some sort of pitch on the theme of help build the track to a championship here or ride someone else’s train there.

Man I'll take Lanning's honest enthusiastic answers over Mario's leather helmet coach speak any day. Great stuff!

Saw this on Twitter but haven’t read it yet.

I think we should take a look at the big picture view of the overall under achievement of the Mario era instead of just the underachievement of individual players. These guys were sold on bringing back the big time splash of Duck football but were given a conservative play not to lose game plan on both sides of the ball. They all saw a potential Heisman winner Herbert reduced to a game manager. They saw many 4 1/2-5 star players sit on the sidelines in favor of vanilla upper class men. KT called out Mario as a fraud and Pitman had a similar take in his parting rant. Both the former DC and OC couldn’t get out of here fast enough. There’s probably much more dissatisfaction we’ll never know about. With all that as a backdrop, along with the disturbing amount of season ending injuries last year, it’s not surprising that players may have dialed back their out put. Hopefully Lanning is the real deal and the team enjoys running through the wall for him next year. Don’t be surprised if KT ends up looking like everything we hoped he’d be here in the NFL.

This team was built to be led by Dante and Richardson and it wasn’t. It just is what it is. Or in this case, it just isn’t what it isn’t.

I see no signs of life but with Dr. Altman still performing surgery, we may be writing the Ducks obituary a little too soon.

Whatever you think about the ref’s call, you don’t put your fate in their hands. The alpha dog on the team with four fouls late in the game just needs to contest the shot, live with the results and live to compete for the victory. Easy to say from the armchair I know but that’s what it takes to win the tough ones. Good luck in the tournament ladies.

Whatever I feel about Mario as a coach is small potatoes to the important things in life. Losing mom is a dagger to the soul. My condolences coach.

If Mr. Thibs thought Mario was a fraud (which most here agree), then maybe dialing it back to avoid injury was the smart move. I don’t thing he signed up to be nearly last in the country in third down stops. Pretty sure the other NFL caliber players didn’t either.

Most of his “completions” were tosses to Dye in the backfield who was by far their leading “receiver “.

Nearly every team that routinely completed 3rd and 12 on a he Ducks all season long didn’t have any receivers at the combine.

Wow. Just switched over from the ladies to the men impersonating a befuddled team of 5th graders.

Nice finish ladies. Still have a chance to host the first two rounds.

At least three shot clock buzzer beater threes for UCLA. Just one of those games.

First, a 27.7% chance vs a 27.2% chance is just hysterical. Second, I think Ducks vs UGA Compared to The U vs AnM most likely will tilt a lot of recruiting battles. Third, it will be interesting to finally see the Lannng recruiting machine in full swing.

This is how a fan base of nails makes it enjoyable to keep being the hammer. Thank you fuskies. Thank you.

Nyara will be an absolute beast in the WNBA. It would be great if she gets to team up with her sister.

Being thrown into the deep end of the pool game one to sink or swim will be a great test of Lanning’s leadership skills. Does UGA separate before half, then floodgates open with post game finger pointing? Not a good sign. Does UO Keep within two scores the entire game with team pumped for the next one? About as much as we can realistically hope for. Do the Ducks actually pull this off and jump into the playoff conversation week one? Dare to dream!

I was born and that’s all it took.

If the fuskies want to talk legacy, they aren't even on the same map as the mighty Yale. Leading the country with a whopping 18 national titles! Championships: 1874, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1927 And those 1880's teams were no joke!

I do appreciate all the fuskies do to make their yearly beat downs enjoyable. If not for their never ending smug delusions of grandeur, I would begin to feel sorry for them.

Excellent article. I'll take real talk of havoc rate over empty words on physicality any day!

Casey Mathews nearly knocked Cam Newton into tomorrow, caused a fumble and nearly stole us a championship!

Great post! I’ve always been skeptical of the star system and USC has always been my best example of why. You see it all the time in basketball with supposed five star one and dones. Anyone remember Troy Brown? Louis King? Bol Bol? These guys just create AAU highlight reels dunking on each other without ever developing any real game. Give me a hungry Clubber Lang type three star with something to prove any day.

What Chip does get is millions of dollars every year to inflate his record against PAC 12 patsies while living the SoCal dream life without having to even try that hard. Smart guy.