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Kudos to Dana for constantly talking about the importance of leadership. Good coaches cultivate and develop team leaders.

Parents don't want him at their house. Okay, sure. Of course they want to come to his house because, well he can show off the palatial mansion his sons bought him and his cars and his Louis Vuitton collection and his gold jewelry. All about the clicks. Dan was very prescient on this one.

I thought of Barnes as well. Would not be surprised to see him make the move. Imagine the firestorm that would set off in beavland. I am sure the UW fans are putting a pretty face on this saying he simply could not pass up the opportunity to move closer to home. His football coach bolted (although he admitted to having an inkling when KD did not sign the extension) and the bball coach was recently fired. Lots of 'to do' items for the next person.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/washington-athletic-director-troy-dannen-leaving-for-nebraska/

I always have to restrain myself when the husky acolytes on Twitter (X) start throwing out the scores of the last three matchups and dissing DL as a great recruiter and nothing more, but I digress. Dawg fans know very well, (damn well) they have a lot of work to do and winning a lot of games next year is going to be a big task. There's those pesky little things called facts and the facts bear out that team was decimated big time and they have not yet replenished. The other thing most won't publicly admit is that they wished DeBoer had done what Dan did when the Alabama thing surfaced. Their strategy was hope and we all know about hope as a strategy, it ain't one. Time will tell.

Sheesh- very little research but then again the author may possess an SEC mentality in which one firmly believes that no 'big boy football' is played west of the Mississippi.

Gotta love Dan's passion. It's palpable.

Don't think this was too much of a surprise.

His buyout is very high so Mullens has a real dilemma on his hands. Not one I would want to have to deal with but then again it comes with the territory. Some have postulated that Graves wants to go to the WNBA as an asst. Fact or fiction, can't say for sure but what has transpired this year is definitely vexing. One would be somewhat more sympathetic if all the transfers had not taken place after last season. I get there were injuries this year but it just seems like there are systemic issues within the program and those need to be addressed quickly.

Some have speculated it will be on the BIG network- nothing definitive though

Kudos to you Nevada Dawg. You did tell us very early on we would love Dan. He is genuine, real and has vision. I was told by someone close to the program that Dan truly realizes what he has at Oregon. His predecessors, including CK did not, thus choosing to move on because they believed they had better opportunities. Not going down the rabbit hole on how that has or has not worked out depending on your option. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

Nice read!

There seems to be no end to the arrogance and stupidity.

I like when Dan says 'if you're not winning, you're learning'. How true is that?

Poor OS is John's favorite narrative

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That Hendrix reference is epic!

I think there are certainly some points to ponder in that article. Certainly reinforces Dan's adapt or die mantra.

Imagine the smiles in dawgland as they remind us they are 'academically prowess'. And just to ensure we all smile, here is Jimmy's quote: “I think that is way more pumped up [by the media] than it is. Our battles are really … the schools that we go against are way more … have academic prowess — like the University of Washington. Notre Dame, Stanford, USC. We go with a lot of battles toe-to-toe all the way to the end with those schools. So I think that’s made up a lot and pumped up in your [media] world. In our world, we battle more academically prowess teams.”

People with alleged connections to tOSU football seem to be pretty convinced the '24 season will be Day's last in Columbus. He supposedly wants to go to the NFL and one could well assume if he does Chip will be right there with him.

Moliki Motatavao (sp) also transfered there from UO.

Don't know that it was so much Chip flipping Moore as it was Dillingham leaving.

Wasn't Chun job hunting not too long ago?? Thought I read he was a finalist for the Ohio State job.

He is supposedly interviewing for Seahawks OC job tonite.

I don't think John has the 'good sources' that he implies. I think he has people on the fringes that feed him basic stuff and then he proceeds to add his touch to it. You can tell when he interviews Dan that Dan knows exactly how to play him and make him think he is getting some real hot news when in reality he is not. No attempt to hijack this thread. Just was interesting that John didn't seem to understand the Oregon/UW dynamic. Guess he has some grist for his talk show mill.