Duckhart

Riley bowl record is not that impressive and he lost to both Baylor & OSU last year.

Mario ended up here because Willie brought him in, it's not like we recruited him as a head coach from day one. When he was hired as HC and had some success I thought about what if this guy wants to end up at his Alma Mater, down the road. When Miami fired their coach and his mom became ill, I thought it was even more of a possibility. He built up a great recruiting reputation before he came to the Ducks too. Thats why schools have buy out's. When schools want to make a change, they do it. What If Marcus Mariota developed a reputation as a solid coach after his pro career and he was enticed to accept a job at Oregon?

Even HS on the West Coast are having a tough time with numbers of players signing up. There is so much to do out here and the options do and will effect game attendance. The younger generation doesn't seem as die hard when it comes to college football, couple that with ticket prices spiking?

I think we will be passed over initially by B10. Big 12 merge with Pac 10 another TV package could be worked out.

Let them go and bring on OK State, Baylor & Houston.

Pac 10 and Big 12 must merge. That would be a respectable conference.

MC wins over the parents with his recruiting. He comes across very balanced with respect to coaching and protection. Has a good approach with the moms.

Dont forget Baylor!

Actually not that hard of an assist, wind up throw down a very clear/open lane, to a big waiting for the ball. These kind of assist are practiced. Very nice.....

The O in Mario will always remind me of the greatest in season win ever in Duck history. Last year! Better than the Mich game years back....

Must beat Utah, but have a close game against defending national Champs.

IMO, we could have had a National Championship if Kelly hadn't tried a couple of times (once on 4th and goal and once with FG) to run his small backs between tackles against Auburn. Mario and Kelly were both ego driven, Kelly thought he could pound the gut on a SEC team that was built around goal line d. Mario as an offensive lineman wanted to prove he could dominate the line of scrimmage on offense. Dillingham will also have something to prove, and put his signature on the O, and Lanning will want him to keep the defense off the field as much as possible. Im thinking the offense will be cranked up like we haven't seen in a few years.

Riley missed his chance prove how good a coach he is by losing to both Baylor & OSU last year.. He's what 1 & 2 in bowl games?

Both lines were split up and its tough to see what qb can squirt out of the pocket when they call collapse. I didnt see many screen plays or play action pass.

Wrong, The fuskies dominated crew on a national level.

No matter how much film he's watched or the hype around the players/team, he will get a real taste of just how talented the players and coaches are during the spring. Sure, it would be natural for him to compare what he's seen already to the bench mark of The Bulldog. And any new manage of whatever, needs to determine strengths and weakness's of what he has to work with, they implement an objective improvement plan for each player and the team as a whole. What gets measured, Gets Done. And if you don't know where you are going, you will, end up somewhere else.

Time for a coaching change?

Mario still recruiting well 247 has them at 15 and us at 25. Plus he just got a very good d coordinator.

Never mind Tosh is the man....

who's the Ducks D coordinator?

He's USC bound, no doubt about it. Waiting on movie NIL deal!

Think it will be SC.

Phil will! Just watch......

College players can be free agents now and if coaches can get up and leave players should also be able too. Plus he's from SoCal and is probably sick of the cruddy weather we have up here. When your young, you look for opportunities, cant blame the guy, how many coordinators and coaches did he play for?

He should go after Rolovich.