[Bo Nix: First Rounder or What?]

Besides all the football stuff, how about these intangibles that make a difference?

 

    He's mature. He's not just older than most QBs coming out of college, he acts like it.

 

    He's married. He will go home at night instead of being out looking.

 

 

[Carlos Locklyn ... It's A Done Deal]

On 4/2/2024 at 10:32 AM, The Kamikaze Kid said:

I’m 100% on the Lanning train and back his judgment on these matters but it seems to me that he wasn’t completely sold on Coach Lock for some reason.

We don't know. Maybe Lock was talking seriously with tOSU, talked with Lanning about it, and Oregon couldn't match the offer. ???

[What were Oregon State and WSU Supposed to Do?]

Thanks for the article. I, too, do not understand the vitriol thrown at the two schools. As I pointed out a month or two ago, in another post, that what we might lose financially and simply be understood and accepted as akin to whoever wants to poach Dan Lanning from Oregon would have to pay Oregon $20 million. It is simply the cost of making the move.

 

The title of the article asks a very good question: What were they supposed to do??? I haven't seen or heard any reasonable answer to that question other than the answer in the article. One thing I am certain of: If Oregon was left in the PAC, they would have done exactly the same thing.

 

 

[CBS Sports Dennis Dodd's Revised Preseason Top 25 Rankings]

I think that at the end of this  next season, I would prefer to come in at #5.

 

That way, we get to host at AUTZEN against a beatable 1st round opponent. Winning that, in the wings will be the 4 rated team, instead of a 1-3.

 

The only downside is having to play 3 games to win the championship. 

[Chip Kelly Leaving UCLA For OC Job At Ohio State!]

On 2/9/2024 at 1:00 PM, JabbaNoBargain said:

Puzzling.
 

Loved Chip for that moment in time at UO, but he hasn’t exactly been putting up big numbers since his return to college, and it’s not like the PAC has been particularly good on D the last decade.

 

I really don’t understand this from a recruiting perspective, seems like this hurts tOSU on recruiting no matter how it is spun. The OC connection with recruits is critical.

CK will once again be able to concentrate on leading an offense. No recruiting. No dealing with donors. No doing anything that he is bad at... wasting his time.

 

Chip has plenty of money so he doesn´t really need any more.

 

I think what he may be worried about is his legacy. He changed college football forever at Oregon and almost won a national championship with 3 star talent. 

 

He has been a bust ever since. On this forum, someone said about Chip after he return to college and couldn´t win anything.... "I haven't seen anyone lose this much on TV since Hamilton Burger."

 

Is that what Chip wants to be remembered as???

 

Being able to concentrate on just the offense at one of the best schools in the country with one of the best rosters in the country, Chip could win multiple national championships before he retires. 

 

That's the way to be remembered. One of the best offensive minds ever to coach.

[Cool! Jan. 24th Jabbar Muhammad Update!]

On 1/24/2024 at 2:20 PM, Charles Fischer said:

P.S. I know people have not said "Cool" since the 1970s, but that is what you get with an old-fart.

Cool.

[So How Good Was Jedd Fisch at Recruiting?]

If Fisch would have staid committed to AZ, he would no doubt be recruiting much better in the next two cycles. Who would have wanted to go to AZ the last couple of years???

 

That said, I doubt he will have much problem bringing people to UW. He was a QB coach in the NFL. Look what he did with freshman Fifita. What overlooked but talented high school QB wouldn't want to learn under Fisch. OL guys want to protect good QBs. WRs and TEs want to run routs for good QBs. You get the point.

[It's Official...HC Jed Fisch to Washington]

On 1/14/2024 at 3:07 PM, David Marsh said:

I don't see it as a good move for him. 

 

I still think it's better to wait a year and leverage that into a position. 

Agree, but this is a great hire for UW. I don't know that waiting a year and continuing to grow AZ would get him any better destination or any higher pay. It is a big pay increase for Fisch, and if he can build over the long haul, his future is secure.

[Loyalty Goes Both Ways]

On 1/13/2024 at 7:30 PM, Charles Fischer said:

To ask people to not repeat the mistakes of Tiger fans is noble....but unrealistic, but we love you for the sentiment.

Not unrealistic to ask, unrealistic to expect everyone to follow the advice.

 

As a pastor, for over 40 years, I ask people to do the right thing every week, but almost no one does. ALMOST no one... but SOMEBODY does.

 

Notalot doesn't expect everyone to heed what he says, but it is noble (as you say) to say it.

It is reasonable that some will be affected by the story and realize that we can be loyal even when things go temporarily south.

 

I applaud Notalot and join in his plea for patience and loyalty. Patience and loyalty is reasonable over the short term, especially when there are underlying reasons for temporary setbacks (injuries, rookie QBs, etc.)

 

 

[I Am Rooting for the Huskies]

"Thankfully, with the advent of the 12-team playoff next year, the short straw will be burned at the stake."

 

Thus ended the article. What I've been thinking since the teams were announced, is that if we were in the 12 team playoff started this year, the Liberty Flames would have been in it. One of the other teams would have played them first! That team would be counting their lucky stars to be able to play Liberty in the playoff. That team, by the way, would not have been Oregon. I assume it would have been the #5 rated team in the playoff. Hopefully, next year, if we are not one of the top 4 with a bye, we will be #5 with next year's "Liberty".

[I Am Rooting for the Huskies]

On 1/4/2024 at 6:27 AM, Haywarduck said:

All I know is the dawgs will be insufferable for decades if they win.

No. They will be insufferable as long as they have more championships than the Ducks. That, hopefully, will not be decades.

[What If...the Huskies Make Oregon Look GOOD?]

My long time MO is to root for the team who beats my team to win the championship. Then, who's to say my team isn't the second best team in the country?

 

However, this is different.

 

I am offering myself a compromise solution to the problem.

 

I will root for them to win the first game, but not the championship. If UW wins the National Championship, they will be insufferable. 

 

I would like them to lose by a point or so because of a controversial call. Then they will be insufferable, but in a whiney sort of way.

[Bottom Line: How Oregon WINS B1G in the New Pac-12 Settlement]

On 12/24/2023 at 5:49 PM, Charles Fischer said:

So we give up 3.5 million per year to get 27 million MORE per year, and be on FIVE television stations?

 

Sign me up. 

As you point out, the Ducks are getting a good deal. The Beavers are not. It is not their fault that everyone bailed on the PAC 12 and over 100 years of history and tradition. Everyone was mad as can be at the LA schools for leaving. Now we are mad at the Beavers and WSU for staying? Not me.

 

Call the 3.5 million a buy out... part of the cost of leaving. When Miami took our head coach, was the several million dollars they paid Oregon in buyout money something we earned? If someone takes DL away, they will pay Oregon $20 million in buyout. Would that be something we earned? No. It's just the way business works. 

 

It's nothing personal, so why make it so? "Sign me up." Everyone seems to think that going to the B1G was a good business deal. So, let's just leave it at that - my opinion. 

 

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Thank you for the forum that allows me to share mine.

 

 

[How to Cook a Steak: I’m Disappointed in Dan Lanning]

Rub in fresh rosemary, sear both sides well in a cast iron skillet, then put the skillet in an oven at 180 until it is the way you like it.

 

I also like steak cooked on the grill on the front porch.

[Updated and Admin Revised: Top Rated Recruiting Class: Who Cares?!]

On 12/21/2023 at 2:06 PM, DanLduck said:

In this day of transfer craziness and nil money madness, how many of these young men will actually become Oregon graduates?

This seems to be the strategy - over recruit an area of need, and those who don't rise to the top move on so that you can over recruit another area of need.

 

Case in point: Last year DL brought in 11 edge rushers, and they all looked good. Does anybody need 11 edge rushers??  No, but we needed 3 or 4 easy. So 6 or 7 can hit the portal if they think they are not going to make it on to the field. Opens up more room to over recruit corners.

 

Lots of people transferring out is why NCAA had to lift the 25 recruiting limit in a single year.

[Oregon’s Move to Big Ten Helps to Keep Lanning]

On 12/21/2023 at 5:02 PM, Mike West said:

The best NFL coaches start and develop in the NFL.

Seems to be the case most of the time.

[Pac2 and The 10 Reach Agreement]

Sounds reasonable... which is what the judge said in the initial ruling in favor of the 2. They could not just decide to keep all revenue. 

[Two-Year Anniversary: Beyond Thankful for Lanning. Imagine if it was Wilcox?!]

From watching Talking Ducks podcast, it is obvious that Joey Harrington is a HUGE Dan Lanning fan.

[A Birdie Whispered to a Duck: Dante Moore Update]

We can never depend on getting a great QB out of the portal every year. Two reasons:

 

1) They don't grow on trees. Sure, last year the PAC 12 had 3 of them (though one was just a great QB following his coach).  The fact is that there will not always be a very good QB in the Portal every year the Ducks will need to find one. They not only have to be really good, that have to want to leave their teams where they became really good.

 

2) Oregon will not be the only top tier team looking for a great QB. Great QBs want Heismans, Championships, and top 10 picks. Other top teams in the country are doing better than Oregon at those goals. They won't always want to come here.

 

Oregon will aways have to recruit and develop HS players. We have had 3 QBs go down with injuries in the past in a single year. By the end of the year, your fourth man up might have to be able to play and he won't come from the Portal.

[Buckeyes About the Ducks: 'Feels Like They Are Building a Monster']

On 12/14/2023 at 4:39 PM, Mike West said:

Again, I'm going to post an unpopular opinion here. 

I like your unpopular opinions here. Don't stop. You know football a whole lot better than me.

[Pac 2 Blocks "Normal" Distribution to the Pac 12]

On 12/12/2023 at 11:18 AM, Log Haulin said:

I can't blame them. If Ducks were in their shoes we would probably see the same. 

Without doubt.

 

When the LA schools decided to leave, we were mad, and rightfully so. They were throwing a way generations of history and tradition. Now we are the ones we were mad at, ¿and we are mad at the ones WE left behind just because the are mad at us - and rightfully so? 

 

In every negotiated settlement, you always ask for more than you expect to get. Let the courts figure it out. To me, losing some of the revenue, especially future revenue, was always part of the cost of leaving. I never wanted to leave, but since we did, I'm not surprised that we will have to pay something for the decision.

[I'm Not Convinced Gabriel Will Help Oregon.]

On 12/11/2023 at 8:59 AM, woundedknees said:

Boomer is an OKLAHOMA appelation...

 

A boomer is a mountain beaver:

"One of the world’s most unusual and archaic rodents is the Mountain beaver, Boomer or Sewellel, a chunky-bodied, short-limbed rodent of the North American Pacific Northwest, known to scientists as Aplodontia rufa."

 

Boomer Hill is in Douglas county, just off I-5.

[I'm Not Convinced Gabriel Will Help Oregon.]

Down side: He is a one and done.

 

Up side: He can give us one good year while the room is developed.

 

Slippery slope side: "Are we EVER going to trust the QBs we recruit out of HS?

 

Hindsight is 20/20 side: Almost everyone thought the same thing about Bo Nix. Look how that turned out.

 

Qué será, será side: We have no choice. It´s in DL's hands.

[Transfer Portal Impact on QBs Recruited Out of High School?]

On 12/6/2023 at 10:42 AM, DUCati855 said:

It NEEDS to be a sure thing. Teams are fighting over good QBs.   

There is no such thing as a sure thing. That is why there will always be a competition. Bo was massively better than Ty when he came, but there was still a competition into fall practices. (Just about none of the fans here thought Bo was massively better than TT, but Dan Lanning knew.)

 

On 12/6/2023 at 10:42 AM, DUCati855 said:

 

My opinion is DL and staff must decide now if they think TT will have the stuff to start next year or not. If not, they have to get someone significantly better than him. Not someone at his level to compete with.

In post #6 above I wrote, "DL should go after the best QB he can find."  I think we are in agreement here. But if he goes out and gets another Bo, there will still be a competition.  If not, how is DL going to keep TT as a capable back up (the only one we have right now) if he says to Ty, "Sorry, Kid. I know you are improving every week and you've shown that you can lead this offence, but the fact is that the starter next year will be the guy I'm bringing in from the portal because I have to make that promise to him."

 

 

[Transfer Portal Impact on QBs Recruited Out of High School?]

On 12/6/2023 at 9:30 AM, DUCati855 said:

Problem is... This is nearly impossible. A good transfer QB is not going to come without hefty NIL and promises. Also, NIL collectives want assurances of that hefty money is being spent on a starting QB not a backup.

So, what if, after receiving "promises" the guy has a hard time picking up the complicated offense, or has personal problems that affect his on field performance, or the guy already in the stable makes such great strides he really does pass up the portal guy? 

 

Will the NIL collective want the head coach to sit the better guy just because the transfer guy is getting paid more money?

 

Who plays/doesn't play is the coaches decision before every game and during every game. It's on the coach to win games. Winning games is all the collectives care about.