I was reading......

[Ghost Pepper]

some Pac-12 dribble about best coaching positions... something about how USC is tops followed by Oregon and then at the end of the article all the Pac-12 posters beat up on each other about why the other schools suck so.....


BTW- UW fans are always a hoot!


That said posters kept saying over and over again it's "LOCATION' that makes the school so choice.... A couple posters remarked Phil can throw millions into Oregon and it's still in Eugene. The UW crew went on that Oregon is not cultured like Seattle or LA or Berkely or Palo Alto......nor does it have the education base and on and on, which as we know is what all the top 150 players in the nation are seeking first....

But the orginal topic was best places to coach.....

One could argue very effectively that Norman, Ok or Lincoln, Nebraska, Tallahasse, Florida, Baton Rouge or Auburn for that matter might even have less culture and worse weather both hot and cold than Eugene. Fair to say? Yet all of these small cities hoist national championships flags, some multiple ones.....

I purposely left out Bama, Notre Dame, Florida Gators and Texas cause many might argue tradition like they do for USC.....

So.... I'd say that by the recruiting trends and what schools have amazing classes year after year location may not be as important as so many think. Just ask FSU!

I think it comes down to coaching, style and energy and for that I don't think Eugene is #2 to anybody "ANYMORE" in the Pac-12 and maybe only a handful of teams nationally but we're sprinting after them in our Nike GEAR!

Thoughts?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I have found the UW fans to be the most ignorant on the west coast.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

oregon has got juice right now, but not so much nationally, i mean boise state is on espn every game it seems, doesnt make them get many 5 stars...still a novelty nationally im afraid to say

when it comes down to it though, its always going to be easier to sell fun in the sun, big city, shiny cars, hot tan pussy, and money than eugene oregon

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Yesterday 10:29 PM3RA1N1AC

when it comes down to it though, its always going to be easier to sell fun in the sun, big city, shiny cars, hot tan pussy, and money than eugene oregon

I can tell you for sure that Norman, Lincoln, Tallahasee, Baton Rouge, Auburn and Ann Arbor are certainly not fun in the sun, big car, big clubs, women havens. These college towns recruit very very well. Michigan is the only team out reruiting USC right now...

This goes back once again to this huge issue. Oregon high school football must get better. All these schools I've mentioned above pull their talent in larger part from their states. Oregon doesn't do that and we are paying the price in recruiting for not have great high school teams. It's really that simple!

 

[Zalsa]

I've been to Ann Arbor before(my dad grew up in Dearborn, right outside of it) and while Ann Arbor has humid weather out the ass, it's a very nice town and U of M is a great school. They may have hot girls there, I was only 14 at the time lol.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

They may have hot girls there, I was only 14 at the time lol.

So? What does being 14 have to do with anything?

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Well I've lived all over Florida and Tallahasse is hot as hell in the summer, mosquitoes carry extra tanks for drinking and the women unlike Miami are not in thongs rather Jenny Craig. That said, Oregon can become an elite recruiting powerhouse but we have to build a foundation in state first. We should cherry pick from our own trees!

 

[Zalsa]

So? What does being 14 have to do with anything?

I mean I was 14 when I went there. It has been over 6 years and I have a foggy memory, but I remmebred the school and area though! Didn't pay much attention to the people :V

 

[NOVoodoo]

I can tell you for sure that Norman, Lincoln, Tallahasee, Baton Rouge, Auburn and Ann Arbor are certainly not fun in the sun, big car, big clubs, women havens. These college towns recruit very very well. Michigan is the only team out reruiting USC right now...

This goes back once again to this huge issue. Oregon high school football must get better. All these schools I've mentioned above pull their talent in larger part from their states. Oregon doesn't do that and we are paying the price in recruiting for not have great high school teams. It's really that simple!

How are Tallahasee and Baton Rouge not "fun in the sun, big car, big clubs, women havens"? Maybe, take away the "big clubs," but I have friends who recently played for both programs, and you best believe, there's a lot of "fun in the sun" and women. In fact, I'd go as far to say that I'd rather be a career second-stringer for a prominent SEC school who peaked at that level, than an NFL journeyman out of DII school. The SEC second-stringers may never make it in the league, but at least they lived the rock star lifestyle that is being an SEC athlete.

Regardless... you're right that the problem is with the high school athletes in the area. Most of the SEC recruiting classes are composed of south-eastern athletes. Is it the Alabama boy's fault that he'd like to play for Bama or Auburn?

The high school programs are just that much better down south, and every time I check, the recruits that are commiting to the perennially dominant SEC programs are mostly southern kids.

For example, LSU's 2011 recruiting class only consisted of players from LA, MS, AL, FL, and two kids from TX (including a kicker). That's pretty regional. Maybe the south-east just produces better NCAA football teams because the cultural emphasis the area places on football in general.