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On 9/3/2023 at 1:00 PM, Charles Fischer said:
He doesn’t like it if we score 81 points, but if we scored 41 points, then he would be writing about how Oregon is not as good as we hoped, how we really miss Dillingham, how we need a head coach, who is not so defensive, minded, etc. etc.
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He is insufferable.
If you really like negativity read Ken Goe's column.
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Is this only on busses in Seattle? Sorry, I couldn't bring myself to read the article.
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Other than being an alum and a really good guy, he has no real connection to DL. Not saying that eliminates him but just think Dan might go after people he has connections with. No insights just my $.02 cents
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DeBoer is a good X's and O's guy for sure. Not so much a good recruiter and it will catch up with him if he does not bolt for the NFL in a couple of years.
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Yeah- hope all is well with him. Very decent guy. Can't imagine he got another job offer at this point in time.
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I know I have said this already in another thread, and this is not an attempt to beat the proverbial dead horse, BUT if the Big 10 called Scott Barnes on that Friday and said 'we'd like you to join the conference' there is no way in hell Scott Barnes would have asked them to hold and run out of his office and asked his executive admin to get Rob Mullens on the phone because he wanted to ask him if Oregon was okay with OS going to the Big10.
Mullens et al did what they had to do. The Apple deal while plausible in some aspects was bad in other aspects. The UW pres was pretty succinct in her assessment when she said it had a two year exit clause and that was a deal breaker for them along with the fact that in a 24 hour period the Apple deal had significantly changed from the initial offer.
I am not sure what more Daschel and others can say. Were there mistakes, of course and they can all be traced back to Larry Scott and university presidents across the conference (looking at you ED Ray, now retired OS pres; Michael Crow (ASU) and whoever was at UCLA at the time and Carol Folt (SC) who was playing both sides at the time) who had just a bit too much hubris when ESPN offered a couple of years ago. Hindsight is 20/20 .
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Barnes is clearly trying to cover for the fact he was not prepared or was asleep at the wheel or both. Whatever cliché you want to use probably fits. He got out maneuvered and now he is trying to place the blame elsewhere. I get that, we all have our moments but if I were him I would keep my mouth shut and stay busy.
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Pat Kilkenny is 100% right about Phil changing the trajectory but what Nick Daschel fails to realize is that while Phil was changing the trajectory OS sat and watched. That's called being stupid. In the business world if your competitor offers a particular set of goods or services and you sit and watch him/her, chances are you will be out of business pretty quickly.
Daschel is a beaver homer 100%. I get that but he is also a big time whiner.
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On 8/17/2023 at 10:49 AM, Haywarduck said:
Two problems I noticed, both come down to discipline. The simple issue is 'Prime' implying any fight needs to be supported by all. The battle which footbal is, needs to be a team effort, we can all agree. The stupid choice of fighting another team member or opponent can't be condoned. This shouldn't be something to follow. There is a huge difference, and any well coached team will take advantage of that mistaken lesson, lack of discipline, all day.
The other problem is it looked like the Colorado players were still a bunch of high school players bodies out there. There might have been talent on that field, but it didn't look like it had been developed with offseason training. Those guys looked tiny!
The team Lanning is putting together will have more discipline, and has shown more discipline in the offseason. The trait of discipline, and the lack of it, will haunt the program going forward, from what I saw. 'Prime' had so much talent he didn't need discipline. These kids and most student athletes need discipline, that is the kryptonite of Colorado, and any program 'Prime' is involved in.
I have to admit and I may be swatted down here, but hear me out. I was sort of glad when Lanning curtailed the dancing during Shout. I get that it's a spirit thing and a way to get the crowd fired up but as DL said, during that time they are trying to coach the guys up and they should be paying attention. Not in anyway trying to take the fun away but the team needs to be focused. We saw what lack of focus did in 2016 and at times under the previous coach. My two cents.
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A few months ago I started growing tired of Deion and his act. Now this. He needs to grow up NOW! He positions himself as a mentor to these young men. Encouraging fighting is not what a mentor does.
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I like this!
I suspect our brethren in Corvallis, Seattle and Trojan land are gnashing their teeth and muttering about Phil buying 'them' anything they want.
There are RUMORS that there is one going up in Dallas as well.
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There's a whole lot of humor here. I mean are these people (SC fans) that self absorbed????
They seem to have a very short memory, i.e. Varsity Blues, Reggie Bush etc. I guess the old axiom applies: “Jealous persons are always in search of imaginary slights, which they magnify into crimes.”
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This is a tough one for sure BUT everyone in the conference knew (or should have known) this could happen. It's not like this hasn't been an issue that's been discussed and analyzed a million ways to Sunday for a long time.
I understand the disappointment for sure but at the same time these people, ADs and Univ Presidents are getting paid big bucks and with the exception of a few who were not in place, they let Larry Scott run amok and turned their noses up when Texas and Oklahoma wanted to join the P12. They knew all the cards were on the table and when Kliavkoff could not come up with a deal other than the less than optimal Apple streaming thing, the writing was on the wall.
I get that OS is upset and frankly Scott Barnes ranting about travel to the east coast is a bit shallow. Did he really think that the Apple deal was going to hold the conference together???? If he did then he is not in the right job. Say what you will about Colorado (and they have made their fair share of bad decisions) but they saw the writing on the wall. And Barnes can whine all he wants, but if it were OS they would have jumped too and not given one iota about Oregon.
I honestly hope OS lands in the B12. I think that would be a great fit for them. I agree that Smith is a decent coach and they are on the upside now and hopefully they have some options other than the MW.
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Can we just call them the most aggrieved fan base in all of college football??????
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That beaverblitz poster gives new meaning to 'I have no clue about this whole thing and my hatred of the Ducks is more important than caring about my own school/teams.'
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Meeting of P9 presidents and ADs is slated to start at 8am according to all the twitter 'sources'.
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David Marsh- you are 100% correct in your assessment about DL's pay increase. It was donor funded by a 'pool' of donors.
Again, (please don't take this as me beating up on the former coach) while DL did not share any great revelations regarding the team yesterday and yes, he hedged on Ferguson's status (he should be good to do based on what I have heard) it was just refreshing to listen to Dan yesterday. He does have energy and a spirit about him that is infectious. Yes, he speaks 'coach talk' but he comes across as happy.
I know Mario did not like the press and especially Crepea, but he just never came across well when dealing with the media. Maybe he is better at it in Miami .
I sensed Dan really meant it when he said he wanted to be at Oregon for the long haul and it truly does sound like anchoring his family at this point in his life is very important.
Will he have more growing pains, sure he will and I am sure (unlike his predecessor) he will own them and learn from them like he did last year.
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I was told the players grew very weary of Mario the last year. They saw the game plans that exhibited no creativity and they also saw the chasm that developed between the coaches. Mario had his buddies and the others were left out. Case in point, very few went to Miami with him. Other than Salavea, Mirabal, Feld and Woodiel none of the others went with him. Yes, some got head coaching jobs but none took the big money to go with him. Mario and Moorehead were barely speaking at the end of the year.
I raised a point in another thread that also stood out for me which is the culture. Mario talked about culture and family but I don't think ever really knew how to cultivate culture and impart a family vibe. Mario was always the smartest man in the room and I think the players picked up on that.
I THINK Dan has developed culture and knows how to create the vibe. A lot has been made over the fact that Nix babysits for Lanning but Dan also has his home open 24x7 for any player anytime. Mario never did that and never had the players to his home.
Seems pretty obvious there is a whole different vibe around the team.
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Actually they ruled it cardiac arrest. There is a difference:
A heart attack is when one of the coronary arteries becomes blocked. The heart muscle is robbed of its vital blood supply and, if left untreated, will begin to die because it is not getting enough oxygen. A cardiac arrest is when a person's heart stops pumping blood around their body and they stop breathing normally.
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Unfortunately a lot of things about TFC (the former coach) seem to be coming to light.
I know a lot of folks loved Joe Salavea and he of course was a very good person, but his lack of ability to close the deal with recruits on the defensive side of the ball really became obvious last year thus leading to Dan's need to overhaul things. Just my two cents.
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This is very old school but I can't help myself- Nix and Bassa both had suits on. Ties and all. Thus far they were the only ones. Not saying the others looked bad, they had on their school logo polos but Nix and Bassa turned it up a notch.
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In the famoous words of Albert Einstein:
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
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Canzano: Finding Logic in a 74-Point Drubbing
in Our Beloved Ducks
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