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Considering how poorly the Utah game was played MC might have already lost the locker room. He may have lost the locker room before the championship game.

Bravo, sir!

Mullens should have had a plan when USC and Florida were targeting Cristobal. If he doesn’t that is a major failing by him. After Taggart he should have seen this coming a mile away.

With the cutthroat business of college football, the AD should have had a plan for this eventuality. Mario is leaving and it’s a question of when. Further, when every coaching job came open whether it was Miami, USC, ect, Mario didn’t deny that he was leaving and it has become a distraction from the game.

Mario wouldn’t want to risk TT if TT is following him to Miami.

Not at all, because we all want him, his athletes, and the program to be elite. I look at the duck players and see special individual athletes. I fully do not believe that our players are reaching their full potential. And I believe that the problems come from issues revolving around culture, strategy, and practices. These are head coach issues. the good news is all of these issues can be measured, analyzed, and corrected. The intangibles that makes a coach special and can’t be developed, MC has down pat.

I’m not sold that it will really matter. What brilliant offensive mind wants to come to Oregon where you will call “run it up the middle” 90% of the time in game and focus primarily on recruiting out of the game. Instead of looking for a great in-game caller, he should look to a great salesperson.

No, especially since our ppg has been regressing since Mr. Cristobal took over. I would like to see more points, more preparedness, and a focus away from toughness. The Ducks players and coaches have amazing potential for the future, I’m talking cfb champions, but not with ppg and ppg allowed trends that are occurring now.

I think USC has a better chance at getting Mike Riley than Lincoln Riley…

Yes it’s the coach speak but I don’t see any realization from mr Cristobal that we need to change in order to achieve his goals.

Here is the problem Oregon’s offense slid from scoring 34.85 ppg in 2018 to 32.73 in 2021. Oregon’s defense slightly improved from allowing 25.38 ppg to 24 in 2021. This stagnation would be a problem if we had the same level of talent we did in 2018. We don’t, our talent is far superior and the metrics are the same or worse. that is no bueno because the recruits will stop flowing and the metrics will fall off. Do I want him fired? No, not at all. What I want is these metrics to improve. But you can’t improve your metrics when every victory is “a validation of the system” and every loss is an excuse. Mr.Cristobal system cost the conference 6 million and our players the chance to showcase their talent at the playoffs

If we ran up the score on the teams we were supposed to beat we would be would be a shoe-in for the playoffs but our offense looked like hell for most the season. It will be really difficult for a 1 loss Oregon to reach the playoffs with (hopefully) Cristobal’s former strategy. Style points matter.

At this point we should make a 4 team playoff with P5 teams minus the SEC. let the SEC play for their championship with themselves.

35-14 2 TO, 5 sacks, 200 passing yards and of course Oregon wins!

The UCLA and Colorado games tipped the scales to the 2021 team.

Fast Hard Finish! A high scoring offense- Helps the defense out by making the opposing offense to play a high scoring game. Opposing offenses will try to “make things happen” by taking on risky plays and that creates opportunities for the defense Good offenses can put 8 points on the board instead of 7 The best defense is another 7 or 8 points on the board until time becomes the enemy. Offenses are easier to market… money matters Offenses are more entertaining Games over by the half are able to put 2and and 3rd stringers in giving them valuable experience while limiting injury risk to the starters Offenses can overcome 3 & 10 or 2 & 20. They can make mistakes and still score. High scoring offenses are able to differentiate themselves through the score and pass the eye test more easily than the defensive teams. Do you think that we would be ranked behind Ohio if our offense finished with a statement in the first half of the season? I don’t

I like 16 but the conference championships count as the first round.

Oh god, anything but Detroit…

The defense was pretty awesome! They are the Oregon heroes of the season. The offense was entertaining and had some chunk plays. It seemed that our playmakers were in space more often than in previous games.

I reject the premise. The vast majority of people who are critical of Mr Cristobal do NOT want him gone. They want him to: fulfill his promise of Oregon offense but bigger- until the high flying ducks come back, the culture one built off of a bait and switch sales pitch. players being ready to play game 1, second 1, every game- it is ok to fail the eye test against an inferior opponent sometimes but not every game. see acknowledgment, accountability, and improvement where they are deficient- Every win is a validation of the program and “we didn’t play up to expectations” when we lose. Teams can’t learn without a culture of accountability. Hopefully that will be easier than finding a replacement coach and staff because their is so much good about the Oregon Team.

Every game being decided in the last 3 seconds….

35- 30 UCLA 1 turnover, 2 sacks, 230 passing yards

Stanford, Oregon State, Utah, and UCLA

To be honest I am baffled by this comment. Verdell is out for the season AB has had trouble with reads and passing. AB runs like Masoli - are we going to distill the playbook down to designed runs by Dye and QB runs?

You forgot 2020 recruiting class ranking Oregon: 9th in the country Oregon State: 110th in the country our metrics on the field may not be that great, but off the field, our metrics are awesome!!