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Oregon is a joke. What’s the point of all these crazy recruiting classes if you can’t coach them and use them.
 
calvin natt said:
Oregon is a joke. What’s the point of all these crazy recruiting classes if you can’t coach them and use them.
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Have got to get better in the coaching department. There MUST be a way to retain the recruiting and still get the great level of coaching we used to... right?
 
I'm actually pretty impressed with the way they responded. The Ducks lost a couple starters on defense and took one on the chin pretty hard at the end of the first half. Then they come out in the third and take another tough blow. They pulled it together and dominated the last 7 mins of that game.
I'm sure there were some lessons learned. I'm sure they will work on some mistakes made.
First game of the season. Needed a win. Hope the injuries are not serious.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Have got to get better in the coaching department. There MUST be a way to retain the recruiting and still get the great level of coaching we used to... right?
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to be fair, before Covid derailed college football last year, in Cristobal's 2nd season he led the Ducks to a 12-2 record, and their 2 losses were by 6, at Auburn, and 3, at ASU. They clobbered heavily favored Utah in the Pac-12 championship game and beat favored Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. And that season, and especially in the games against USC, Washington, Utah and Wisconsin, Cristobal got a lot of praise for his coaching then. He's also coached Oregon to 2 consecutive Pac-12 championships

today, there were lots of problems. But there is also some small glimmers to0. To start with, the adage about college football is that teams improve the most between their 1st and 2nd games. This was Fresno's 2nd game and they won their first game 45-0. They are also a senior-heavy team. They's aren't a typical non-conference patsy

as for the Duck D, keep in mind this was the first game for the new Defensive Coordinator. The two projected Duck CB's got suspended a couple of weeks ago. Their all-American 'DE' was injured in the 1st Q as well as their starting MLB. The Ducks played a lot of freshman on defense today, again, against a team with a game already under their belt

I think there is some mythology build up around Chip Kelly. What he accomplished at Oregon was mainly with Bellotti recruits. He was innovative as hell, but he caught lightning in a bottle. He sure as hell has not looked like a great coach at UCLA...or in the NFL for that matter. Helfirch was a dud, but was able to do the same thing Kelly did in his 2nd season...take a team of talent he didn't recruit to the National Championship game. Taggart was a snake. Personally, if I could take any Oregon coach from the last 20 years, I'd take Bellotti as a coach with Cristobal as recruiting coordinator. But I'm not ready to write Cristobal off as a head coach yet. He does need good coordinators though
 
wizenheimer said:
to be fair, before Covid derailed college football last year, in Cristobal's 2nd season he led the Ducks to a 12-2 record, and their 2 losses were by 6, at Auburn, and 3, at ASU. They clobbered heavily favored Utah in the Pac-12 championship game and beat favored Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. And that season, and especially in the games against USC, Washington, Utah and Wisconsin, Cristobal got a lot of praise for his coaching then. He's also coached Oregon to 2 consecutive Pac-12 championships

today, there were lots of problems. But there is also some small glimmers to0. To start with, the adage about college football is that teams improve the most between their 1st and 2nd games. This was Fresno's 2nd game and they won their first game 45-0. They are also a senior-heavy team. They's aren't a typical non-conference patsy

as for the Duck D, keep in mind this was the first game for the new Defensive Coordinator. The two projected Duck CB's got suspended a couple of weeks ago. Their all-American 'DE' was injured in the 1st Q as well as their starting MLB. The Ducks played a lot of freshman on defense today, again, against a team with a game already under their belt

I think there is some mythology build up around Chip Kelly. What he accomplished at Oregon was mainly with Bellotti recruits. He was innovative as hell, but he caught lightning in a bottle. He sure as hell has not looked like a great coach at UCLA...or in the NFL for that matter. Helfirch was a dud, but was able to do the same thing Kelly did in his 2nd season...take a team of talent he didn't recruit to the National Championship game. Taggart was a snake. Personally, if I could take any Oregon coach from the last 20 years, I'd take Bellotti as a coach with Cristobal as recruiting coordinator. But I'm not ready to write Cristobal off as a head coach yet. He does need good coordinators though
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As you mentioned earlier, I dont think they played with next week game plan. They didnt play like they practice it was a between the tackles short game plan for the most part.
The three injuries were not good.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I'm actually pretty impressed with the way they responded. The Ducks lost a couple starters on defense and took one on the chin pretty hard at the end of the first half. Then they come out in the third and take another tough blow. They pulled it together and dominated the last 7 mins of that game.
I'm sure there were some lessons learned. I'm sure they will work on some mistakes made.
First game of the season. Needed a win. Hope the injuries are not serious.
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both the offense and defense showed up, finally, in the 4th Q

I agree they are not top-20 material right now. Not only did they lose two starters on defense in the 1st Q today, including their best player, they also lost the two projected starting CB's to suspension about 2 weeks ago. They played a lot of freshman today

I still think a lot of the problems today were from poor play by the Oline and Anthony Brown struggling at times. The Ducks also had several stupid major fouls on defense. Self-inflicted wounds. That personal foul on Flowe just before halftime gave the Bulldogs that TD. FSU had no timeouts and the clock would have run if it wouldn't have been for that penalty

as far as the injuries, it looked like Thibodouax just has a sprained ankle. If it was more serious than that the staff would not have let him walk around in a boot. But it looked like the Dru Mathis injury was a lot more serious. Any time you see somebody in a knee brace like that it's probably not good news
 
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wizenheimer said:
well, I guess Ducks are using SEC rules for punishment

what those guys did was dangerous and stupid. Might very well be criminal charges
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Reckless Endangerment is a criminal charge.
Stupid yes.
 
I wasn't able to watch the Ducks, but followed the gamecast. Good win, not great. Brown did a serviceable job, but wasn't dynamic. For the Ducks to have any chance next week, he will have to be dynamic ,THROWING the ball. I wish Thompson was further along. His talent is comparable to OSU's QB. I hope Brown Jr. proves me wrong. Watching the bumbling Beavers now. Noyer playing mediocre. Frustrating, cause his receivers are getting open. He's fine on the dink & dunk, but brutal on sideline, and down the field throws. I like both the Beavs & Ducks. More the Ducks though.
 
Now if the Beavs could just get the offense moving a bit better.
 
Chip's Boys look for REAL. Love seeing UCLA take it to an SEC power.
 
The LSU QB, under relentless pressure, looks to be made of the right stuff. Got some serious arm strength. with accuracy.
 
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