Great time of the year: Baseball plays 4 beginning Thursday, FB practice continues, WBB with a BIG game Friday, and……MBB coming off a win to face Tree tonight!
The last thread was a good one, speak up if a baseball only thread is wanted before conference play begins. Meanwhile lets use this one like the last…general.
FB info is sketchy at best right now, reporters only seeing the last 20 minutes of daily practice. That may change next week, as mentioned on the big O podcast, there will be a scrimmage which MAY be open to scribes (and public???).
From reports so far, it is hard to asses how the Beavs QB competition is going. Luton seems to be receiving the most publicity but that may be cause the reporters find him more interesting. Of course, the coaches seem to have built up his possibilities prior to the start of spring ball.
Down south, Slick Buddha has already offered over a hundred for 2018, including 9 QB’s. He has installed one assistant as “QB/TE coach”. Willie already has said he’ll call plays and be involved in coaching QB’s, doesn’t sound like much of a delegator. A few of his assts have clauses which waive their buyout if they move on to specific jobs, is this common?
yes it’s common for assistants not necessarily HCs.
heh heh… asses
Again, why Buddha? That’s a lousy pejorative. Buddha makes sense. Someone on the last thread pegged it with the NU@NU game being Bike Smiley versus the Fortune Cookie.
Simple Jack vs the Fortune Cookie. Has a nice ring to it.
Still chuckling over your characterization on the previous thread!
lame shithouse poetry
For a good time, come play with Willie.
RADIO ALERT:
DC Kevin Clune is scheduled for 12:15 today on 1080 am in PDX.
Go Beavs!
Wouldn’t read anything into practice reports since so little is observed by the media. Only injuries would be concerning.
Will have to wait until the spring game to get a decent read on things.
I’m reading the QB rotation in practice to signify that the coaching staff is giving Luton the chance to win the job, or perhaps more accurately lose the job, contrary to what was said about McMaryon being the default guy. Not that I’m upset with that denouement, just sayin.
Andersen investing more time this year in understanding the offense, at least according to Kevin Hampton at GT:
Andersen has tried to be as involved as possible with the offensive side of the ball.
He admits that he has a lot to learn and that he’s making progress.
“I learn every day in that meeting room. I learn a little bit more about the offense. It’s still a foreign language to me,” he said. “I try to get into that without being in the way and learn on the run with the players and the coaches.”
Andersen said that it’s much easier to break down the different components that factor into the success or failure of a play.
“You learn the personnel even more when you know sitting in those films with the offensive coaches exactly what a young man is supposed to do,” he said. “It’s easier to see why that play was successful, maybe why that play wasn’t successful so many times.”
http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/football/osu-football-beavers-get-in-pads-for-practice/article_08898f16-1d3a-5ab3-af9f-d415779c277b.html
I’m a major Team Andersen guy. I feel he’s the right coach, at the right time. I love the direction he’s taking our program, and I guess more importantly I love the fact that he’s got GPA rising, off the field issues almost null and void, and he really seems to care about helping mold these 18 year old man children into good men.
The only thing that really seems off to me is his perceived lack of knowledge on offense. He was a college center correct? And he’s been a football coach for what, 20 years? Head coach for 7+ years. Football isn’t rocket science. How can he know so little? He seems to be a straight shooter but Is it just a cop out because he like to focus on D?
He must realize the Defense is close to being very good. This isn’t the BIG 10, 12 or SEC where 14 points will win you a game. in the PAC 12 you have to have a legit offense also or you will get beat. Must be why he’s shifting focus.
I suspect he’s a bit self-deprecating. Like you said, he played center. And as a D coordinator, he had to study opposing offenses and scheme to stop them.
So I don’t think he knows little, I think he needs to better understand how this team is going to score more – he’s said they need 40+ points per game to win the PAC – throw the ball more, the Phillips’ contributions/influence in the passing game, and (hopefully) maintain a strong running game. In other words, “how are all of these offensive guys going to meet the goals I’ve set for this team?” kind of approach.
Is the athletic dept doing anything to get the women’s game to sold out for Stanford? They should be.
How about raffle off a date with Gulich? Angry would show up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS8oYNK73Ek
This Isaac Hodgins they just offered seemed undersized and off the radar.
Geez I wonder how they found him…? (Hint; not “off” he radar at all, probably been in his home multiple times)
Off the radar of recruiting services and other teams you fucking dolt.
He doesn’t even have a profile on some services.
Stop calling them services.
Good point.
*Pay to play message boards
Watch him turn out to be a 5*
He is the brother of the WR Hodgins we already signed. Maybe the WR Hodgins would duck behind his brother to make us notice the bro…..
seems on the short side for what GA has been going after. Makes me wonder if he is more a DE than a NT.
RADIO TAKEAWAYS……….Fun(?) Facts(?):
Clune was asked about the O-side of things, said McM is operating faster now. As for D, he did mention Brandon Arnold as a guy they are counting on.
He brought up the “HC that cares about you” factor which is part of the recruiting pitch. Then got sidetracked by the hosts, discussing GA’s choice of booze.
Anyone else catch anything of note?
On the JoeBeav show, the substitute hosts did a decent job from what I heard. Something new to me was mention of Max Englebrekt being an MBA candidate. His story will be seen on the MLB network sometime Thursday morning……between 7 and 9?
I keep reading in media the major question mark is the offensive line because of 3 graduating and injuries. But then they say the good news is we are really good at run blocking and 4th at pass protection in the P12. I don’t get that you can say the “good news” is “last year” blah blah blah. That was last year… we are replacing so many positions on the O-line that what does last year have to do with it. The offensive line is my #1 worry this year, which btw is a nice change from QB worry being #1. Anyway, here is a read on the offensive line:
http://www.buildingthedam.com/2017/2/22/14679486/2017-position-preview-offensive-line
Kyle Nobach will redshirt and return next season
http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/baseball/osu-baseball-notebook-nobach-to-redshirt-return-in/article_d8e4784d-7d6d-5d47-9793-170e6013d2eb.html
Thanks.
So Eggers had it right about Nobach.
Casey expects to use the same pitching rotation this week, no surprise, I suppose.
Never thought I’d see Casey quoted as saying, “We certainly didn’t play defense the way we’d like, but I do think we played with good intentions,”
Golly, I like that quote!
Had to figure as much when they gave his number to Zalesky.
So, what kind of booze does he like?
Strikes me as a whiskey guy.
It was some kind of bourbon, name started with a “B”.
The interview should be available here, I couldn’t get it to play.
http://media.1080thefan.com/a/118501384/dirt-sprague-wednesday-2-22-17-hour-1.htm
He was very vague as if the topic was so poorly presented that he thought the hosts were off their rocker. He strikes me as a tunnel vision ‘Football is serious’ guy who was thrown by the need to discuss booze after talking for 10 minutes about really focused football insights. The 1080 guys are dopes anyway, and need to grow up. Clune made them sound like junior high boys who had just snuck some of Dad’s scotch and were bragging about it to General Patton himself, they sounded so out of step within the end of the conversation.
I like Clune better each time I hear him. No nonsense and he seems to be an X&O guys who likes the nuts and bolts of coaching.
Agree 100%. The hosts seemed to be bragging that, sometime in the past, they’d gotten GA to name a drink of choice.
I have high hopes that Clune and the Beavs D can keep the team in every game this season.
Whiskey?!?!? Whiskey is for pussies!!!!! Buuuuurp!
Patron Silver is where it’s at bitches!!!! Blllllaaaaaarrrrggghhh. Look at me motherfuckers! I took public drunkenness to a whole new fucking level and rode it all the way to Alabama then to the no fun league for the runner up! Being a drunk fuck and garnering success come hand in hand for me!
Tell that fucking amateur Larry Eustachy to come spend a weekend at the Cutty Sark tank to see how to party like a rock star and move up in the professional world!!!
Dirty bird bitches!!!!
Your pal,
Cutty Sark
PS, fucking fight on SC!!!!
PPS, fuck you Saban!!!!
This team could still catch fire, go on a roll, and win the whole thing! Too much talent!
Easily knock the Ducks out of contention completely and ruin their season in the civil war in the process! We’ll be making the trip to ensure things go as planned!
I love the confidence but I’m not sure it’s ever been more misplaced
No kidding, what does he mean by “still” and “whole thing”? Sounds like cheerleading.
Baseball today. Let’s see if the offense can get off to a better start. Batting and defensive lineups will likely still be in flux.
Madrigal, Grenier, Harrison, Rutschman, Donahue and Cary have locked up spots. Kwan, Anderson and Larnach battling for the last OF position. Gretler looks to be the last IF. Maybe Atwood challenges some.
Curious to see if Hickey or Donovan make their debuts this weekend. I can only think that some minor injuries held them back last week.
While waiting for the noon (PT) start, some may want to check out the Max E. interview on MLB Net, link below.
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7417714/v1225163783/hot-stove-welcomes-max-engelbrekt-on-thursdays-show
Beavs up early 6-1. Top 3.
Both team’s pitchers about equal in strikes and total number of pitches — huge difference in hitting, Beavs hitting the cork out of the ball right now!
Football projections:
For entertainment, I try to project the starters for Off and Defense. Based on practice reports, I was most inaccurate with the linebackers. Injury to Ugwoebu and development of redshirt frosh are responsible. Tamoelau at ILB wasnt on my radar. I hope he is overachieving. Neither was redshirt Kee Whetzel at OLB and soph Shemiah Untoa-Whtison.
Interesting that these young LBs have appeared to eclipse Jonathan Willis (junior) who was written about last year.
Also interesting that Liuchan has moved to DE per OSU roster. Some on this board liked him at LB. Per roster he is 250 pounds….
Who thinks Tamoelau will be the starter at ILB??
Go beavs
Note Jonathan Willis isnt listed as playing with the 1s or 2s per oregonian.
My guess would be hungalu and hughes murray but its really tough to tell this early. They are switching up personnell a lot.
“Every year it’s about figuring it out. This is the 2017 version with different players. I have to figure out their strengths and weaknesses. I have to figure out the opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. And we have to match up to put ourselves in the best situation, and that evolves over time. How we started the season and then with the injuries and with all the different things that happened, we finished as a much different defense at the end of the year than we were at the beginning. And that’s fine. But trying to hone in and figure out exactly what is the best path for this team is always the art of what we do as coaches. ” — Kevin Clune
Only a suspicion, but I think our defense was dialed back a little last season due to new Defensive coach as well as having to adjust playbook based on injuries.
I expect with a second season in, more plays will be installed and with that, there will be discovery of which players now fit best (after a season of development, coming back from injury, etc.) in which packages?
Is Liuchan a junior or senior? Could be an interesting move if’s he’s maintained his speed.
Beavs give the children of the corn baseball some butt stuffins. 10-1 final
OSU shows up on the ESPN “trap game” once again, this time Stanford. Heck, at this rate the Beavs could end up winning 10 games!
Willie Taggart is such an idiot.
http://www.dailyemerald.com/2017/02/23/willie-taggart-not-talking-oregonians-lead-ducks-beat-reporter/
Wait… three kids in the hospital… and it wasn’t grueling? Does he think grueling means he makes his players eat gruel… and that’s bad?
If he hides from the media, can we rename him the young dope?
If he’s not talking he must not yet have received his latest shipment of fortune cookies….
“When you’re not fair and honest, then to me that’s personal,” Taggart said. “When you do something that’s negative and it’s going to be personal, then I won’t have shit to do with you.”
Cursing huh? Classy.
I spotted this guy’s mental illness day 1. Just saying.
I’m curious to see if Canzano will admit he was wrong and bought the snake oil…
Exactly, I wrote him earlier today about it, and just again now. No response. We’ll see if he has a piece about it tomorrow. My guess is yes since he gets about 3/4 of his ideas from this site.
Wonder if Nemec will touch it. His colleague is blacklisted, and his favorite coach is the one in the wrong.
Also, they don’t get any free duck T shirts or ash trays
One outlet says Taggart is highest paid public employee in Oregon and wont talk to the largest paper in Oregon
Man, if this guy is this thin skinned with the soft media market of Portland, he won’t last long.
He’s clearly mentally ill/narcissist.
Is this numbnut even going to last a year? I guess he learned how to be bizarre from his mentor, but I think Harbaugh is a better coach.
Maybe he’ll start asking for “nice questions ”
Looking forward to his responses when he’s losing not the off season, but sctual games. Imagine after a beat down by UW…
Totally, it’ll be fun to see if he snaps at a post game.
Statesman Journal picked it up:
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/blogs/martini/2017/02/23/oregon-ducks-coach-willie-taggarts-feud-oregonian-deeply-concerning/98331948/
lol… dudes gone full Trump
Practice report is up: http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2017/02/darell_garretson_rests_ankle_d.html
Not much news.
It will be curious to see if the University has any backlash towards their student newspaper for putting this story out there. Especially with those colorful quotes intact.
Willie’s probably not loving the lack of support
It’s hard to believe recruits want to play for that guy.
I think the up athletic department threatened to revoke their press pass last year.
Was this posted?
http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2017/02/calvin_tyler_jr_oregon_state_b.html
Pretty impressive. Why wasn’t this guy at least a 4 star? If he’s the best player in SE Texas that’s a huge coup.
concur. besides which, this proves that all the tumult surrounding the “loss” or recruits who are RB’s is mis-placed anxiety. RB is the one position in football–high school, college, or pro–where there is an ample supply of nearly equal talent. Sure, there is the outlying 5 star guy here or there, an Ezekiel Elliott, or closer to home a Steven Jackson, for example, but the bell curve on this position is very wide at the top. Same might be said for WR. Now, losing QB’s, DB’s, or linemen as recruits, that’s a different story.
I almost posted it, assumed it was in twitter feed.
Great award for the kid and a great commitment for OSU.
He’s put up 4 star production but his athleticism shows he’s got a lot of work to do before he can be successful in college.
I think he’s a high 2 star due to size and overall athleticism. The tape shows the competition he was up against was pretty poor. He didn’t really make any guys miss or really make something out of nothing. Many of the defenders were out of position and/or the play was blocked very well. Film didn’t show what he could do when the blocks weren’t there.
Pros – Vision, reads blocks well, good open field runner
Cons – Lacks initial burst, size will limit after contact yards, needs some space to really get going.
He’s a guy who will produce depending on his line. Will challenge for carries as a RS junior. Looks like his mental game is there but needs to put in some work in the weight room.
Donnel Pumphrey, who broke the NCAA career rushing record this year, is 5’8″ 169lbs. I’m sure there a few coaches out there who feel like dumbasses for not offering him because of his size.
As far as Calvin lacking initial burst, do you also think Le’veon Bell lacks initial burst? I’m not trying to compare him to Bell, not even close, but Calvin does have very good patience and awareness of his blocker’s and his defenders positioning. He also uses his change of speed to throw off defenders in the open field. I’m not sure what you’re seeing as far as not making defenders miss. He made multiple defenders miss with his quick jump cuts. He’s very efficient in his movements and doesn’t have an exaggerated running style. I do agree that the film doesn’t show what he can do when the blocks weren’t there but a lot of that is on the runner being patient and waiting for his blocks. I’ve seen plenty of RB’s go from 0 to 100 only to run into the back of an offensive lineman.
I don’t think you cited enough outliers as empirical evidence. Le’Veon Bell has incredible burst which allows him to run the way he does (and no other backs run the same way). Running style wise, they may be similar but there is no comparison for athleticism.
In his film, Tyler does not look like a man among boys, which would qualify him as a 4 star. He runs by guys but they are way out of position. I’d say 90% of his TD runs, the defenders crashed down too far and he only had to get by one or two guys. There isn’t a suddenness of speed out of his jump cuts.
This is why I don’t think he’ll challenge for carries for a few years while he hits the weight room to improve his speed. He’s going to need a lot of development to be an effective RB, which is why he’s a high 2 star.
Just commenting I enjoy more detailed analysis like this — even if the assessments aren’t all in agreement.
Stars are based on perceived talent, to a lesser extent production, and some degree of hype (this is both good and bad) or speculation. There are five stars who turn out to be busts just as there are two stars who end up developing into a far better player than forecasters thought.
Stars go away once you’re enrolled in a football program? I think most players understand what matters is what you do to improve yourself and put out on the field.
To me stars tell me if a guy is capable of playing on day 1 or later. Then they go away after the first year.
5 stars – Come in and play right away. Would be out incumbent starter. Would start on most teams in conference right now.
4 stars – Compete right away. Contribute and challenge for playing time.
3 stars and below – Possibly contribute but expect redshirt first year.
There was no one in the class who I think will beat out any returning players for a starting job. Don’t really think stars apply to JC transfers, I expect them to contribute right away, otherwise they were a waste of a scholarship.
That’s a really simple/bad way to look at stars, for so many reasons…
Stars are dumb.
I can’t think of any other reasons.
Good old Nike – icymt
http://www.davidebarco.com/the-new-york-times-a-body-of-data-exposed
Apparently the men played Stanford last night and lost. Huh.
They ruined a good story line by winning a damn game, now they are just a bad, boring team.
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST (for slick Willie?): Andrew Murray, who is supervising the ucks FB strength coach was previously the senior sports physiologist at the Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar.
From what the reporter said in a video, he may need to use some of that psychology on Willie. Indications are that Murray is not only supervising the SC, but coordinating with Willie.
http://registerguard.com/rg/sports/35302106-81/story.csp
BTW: the comment there by “Bruce Duck” is pretty relevant, he says the SC should have used the month long suspension to upgrade his professional certification.
The video: http://registerguard.com/rg/sports/football/35301883-69/the-press-box-taking-stalk-of-willie-taggarts-whirlwind-start-with-the-oregon-ducks.html.csp
Anyone else been watching Rutschman’s bat? Nice to see him get hits #2 and #3 of the season vs Neb.
Regarding Taggart v. Grief: I see the only good to come of it for the Ducks is an us against the world rallying cry “Even the Oregonian is against us now, we’ll show them all…”
I don’t think they are wired for such a mindset, because the type of players that have been funnelling through are too attention hungry and entitled to change.
The surprise is that it was reported in such a light at all, given the general love affair with Nike U for most media outlets, including the Oregonian. At this rate Taggart may implode if Uncle Phil starts threatening “Natty now, Buddha man”
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/MenckenNotes.pdf
Did I hurt someone’s feelings… again?
Poor guy. Sad!
Here’s a trophy to make the sad go away.
https://fas.org/man/smedley.htm
Whoa! Utah kicked the crap out of Ohio State Thursday, 12-0! Can the Beavs do the same Friday?
Reports Ole Miss boosters paid recruit $13000 – $15500 and he still went to a higher bidder. We lost a transfer last year to Ole Miss. Wonder if he got paid?
Thats like two years pay in Mississippi….
Almost spit my coffee on my screen…
Free tickets to tonight’s game at Dutch Bros Coffee?!?
https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeaverNation?src=hash
Hope other OSU Sports teams attend and support WBB tonight.
Any guesses on attendance figures?
6969
One meeeellion people.
6873
7104
How’s that for optimism.
6500
IPAs and Beavs, two of my favorite subjects!
Talking about hops here:
“Variants developed in America – like Cascade, Chinook and Amarillo are what make what make American IPA, well, American. Cascade hops, noted for their citrusy, floral quality, were invented at the Oregon State University in 1971. So… Go Beavers!”
http://wearebrewstuds.com/features/craft-beer-history-american-ipa-go-beavers/
I do like the mosaic hops a great deal…enjoy them responsibly while you responsibly enjoy beaver sports…
Goe with a criticism piece on Taggart. Haven’t read it yet but look forward to doing so. Guess it’s not Goe; he just linked to it.
http://www.dailyemerald.com/2017/02/23/willie-taggart-not-talking-oregonians-lead-ducks-beat-reporter/
I just got the sense early on that coaching Oregon, which was an elite program (until last year) and of course still has elite expectations, was too big of a leap for Taggart. Even hiring Leavitt so quickly felt wrong to me. Leavitt had some serious issues at USF and screwed himself out of a lifetime HC gig because he couldn’t control his temper. It kind of feels like these hardass Floridians who think they know “tough football” are going to shape up this soft P-12 school. Maybe it will work, but it feels like it could implode. A lot of missteps to start off.
Those are different issues.
Banning selective media is moronic at best. And it exposes how truly insecure he is.
If you want the media to either ignore or write nice things about you, simply do what the rest of us do. Don’t do stupid and wrong stuff.
Give me a break Jack, you do stupid and wrong things all the fucking time. Banning is insecure says PHD Jack who got his degree (AA) in women’s studies.
That’s an interesting and complete overreaction. It’s not to be unexpected with you. But the complete dismissal of anything resembling reason so early in one of your discourses is odd.
Are you lovin’ you some Willie?
Yes, I know those are different issues if the comment was directed to me, but maybe all part of why Taggart has a good chance of falling flat on his face Questionable decisions and thin skinned, not a good combination. Seems like his tenure at USF was pretty smooth, but I guess he had an advantage following Leavitt. He seems freaked out about the enormity of this job.
Well yeah… anyone who isn’t man enough to face some reporter is just a wuss… a loser… possibly just a moron with zero upside… most likely a cynical piece of shit who is just a coward.
It takes a special kind of self-castration to show your insecurities in this way.
Baseball with game 2 of the weekend vs Ohio State.
Yesterday was a good blueprint for the year. Jump out early and the pitching staff will hold the line.
Heimlich with a fairly efficient outing, 91 pitches for 7 innings.
Britton had a little shaky outing but came out unscathed. Couple walks and a lot of pitches for 2 innings.
Get ready, Gretler starting at catcher.
Adley is DH, hope to see him build on yesterday’s 2 hits.
Ohio State 1 – Beavs 0 , top of the 5th
3-0 now, 2 run hr.
Interesting T5 where the Buckeyes got two on a 2R HR; followed up with a bunt which Gretler, apparently, made a great play for the out at first. After two singles, a foul out and swinging K on a 2-2 count ended the inning. Going to the b5, 3-0
Fehmel at 86 pitches, maybe enough for today.
Jon W. doing slightly better today, Hank H. providing very good commentary. IMHO
RallyBeavs?
OK, here we go, BB and single to put two on with no out for KJ.
Damn! KJ into a dp; Donahue now on 3b.
On to the t7, Beavs with only 3 hits, 2 errors, 5 LOB.
B7 will bring up Beavs #6 hitter..Grenier.
Still 3-0
4-0 Ohio State. It’s going to be one of those days.
5-1 is a good start.
Feels like one of those days, but Beavs have 1/3 of their outs left and facing a new pitcher.
GO BEAVS!
It is really hard to follow John Warren. Has he ever watched baseball before this season?
Beavs go down 6-1.
Quick takeaways:
Only 5 hits, none from the heart of the order.
Hit into 2 untimely DP’s…..(are any timely?)
Beavs pitchers hit 3 batters, delivered 1 WP, only one BB
Gretler apparently looked good behind the plate.
AREN’T WE EXPECTING AN EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM BEAVGOPHER??
I would say a DP is timely when the game is obviously out of reach (Beavs ahead by 10+ runs) in the last or final inning — game is 3.5+ hrs long.
Yup, timely hitting wasn’t there today. Had a guy on third base at least three times today in the heart of the order.
Nothing yet from Canzano or the big O on Buddha Willie’s tantrum, but the Washington Post has picked it up:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/02/24/oregon-coach-willie-taggart-is-mad-at-a-reporter-for-doing-his-job/?utm_term=.1fd89241fed8
I don’t get it……..was Taggart never questioned by the Tampa media? If he’s freaked out about the Portland media, he needs to study Mike Riley or something. Taggart is going to have a stroke before the season even starts.
Right?
He’s pulling a Harbaugh and trying to be a hardass, and it’s totally backfiring. It’s a bad time to be bashing the press………….
I bash the Oregon press all the time. They were awful in how they portrayed Riley….and many other things….so, I get it. But you can go many other routes than he’s choosing. For example, I started my own blog and explained how I see things. Many people agreed, and eventually over time Riley exposed himself to all to the point nobody could deny or back him, and reality/truth won. If Willie were smart he’d just write on twitter a letter showing how he viewed the incident and let it go. But, he’s a narcissistic lunatic who is only concerned with his image, not truth.
Hey McKalk:
1. Sign up and get an avatar. You’re a long time member and need a presence.
2. That idiot who used to thumb down ever post you make seems to have left. Though, it was pretty funny to see him do it every time, and you question/freak out every time why someone would thumb you down.
You know that was schtick, right? I wasn’t really upset. The only time I was upset was when Jack lumped me in with some Craig Robinson racists!!!! It should be noted that Jack did apologize.
I’ll look into the avatar thing.
You seemed genuinely upset, which made it hilarious. I almost wanted to thumb you down to see you freak out. Kinda sucks it was fake. I never thumbed you down, btw, and just thumbed you up. You’re a classic commenter.
Sorry, it was good fun, remember there was someone giving Jack thumbs down on every post and Whiskey also. How’s this for an avatar? I was trying to find one of Ralph with a More extra long in his mouth, but no luck. Thank you for the kind words, also.
Lastly, it wasn’t fake……..it was “ACTING” as Jon Lovitz would say!
Did this get posted yet?
Rileys WR coach gets jail time.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18743539/keith-williams-nebraska-cornhuskers-wide-receivers-coach-gets-30-days-jail-3rd-dui
Riley, the ever strict disciplinarian, will warm his seat for return while he’s gone, since Riley has some heat to spare.
” going to jail is such a neat deal”
I always love the phrase “accept responsibility”……..what’s he going to say……I love drinking and driving and I’m going to start back up in hopes that I don’t get caught this time?
“what’s he going to say……I love drinking and driving and I’m going to start back up in hopes that I don’t get caught this time?”
Yes, if he had a backbone and was honest.
Any time a person gets caught and apologizes the translation is “I’m not sorry, but I’m sorry I got caught”, and any adult should know that and see through the rhetoric.
And did I read it right, this is his third time caught? Shit, I’m going to Nebraska so I can drive out in the country while swigging a jug of moonshine since it sounds like I’ve got two stops to play with!
If I had to live in Nebraska, I’d probably turn to the drink, too
actually, Nebraska is a pretty interesting place, topographically if not in other respects. Great Oregon Trail landmarks (Scotts Bluff, Chimney Rock, etc.), great railroad history and trackside action; classic Lincoln Highway segments, Nebraska City on the River is a beautiful town, and need I say anything about the home of the College World Series?
Some of my relatives are from western Nebraska area and you’re right, the topography is much different, more like Wyoming. Wildcat Hills, Sandhills, etc. I’ve driven through the Sandhills a couple of times, very unique. The areas around Lincoln seemed pretty typical midwest though.
Yeah, agree, it’s nice.
I lived there for a week while doing training, then drove through at least 5 times.
Omaha is nicer than Lincoln. The western half is a very unique landscape. Platte River is great, too, though those dumb bastards have polluted it.
So instead of just corn, it has rocks and corn. I stand corrected.
You forgot sand, but I guess sand is just really small rocks in the end.
Sand can also be calcium carbonate.
By my reckoning, five degenerates here have predicted the attendance for the WBB game which begins in less than two hours:
-ObjCritic 7104
-StateU 6969
-oob 6873
-homefry 6500
-Jack one meeeelion
Anyone else?
How about over/under on TO’s committed by the good gals? For reference, 22 in the 2 OT win at maples. I’ll go out on a limb with……under 16.
And, I say again:
ISN’T BEAVERGOPHER SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING IN WITH THE BASEBALL SCOOP?
28 TOs, 7272
My favorite Rush album!
Rush sucks
Meh… their first album was good. And they had selective songs from some of their others. But it’s hard to argue with you here. I would agree because they do nothing live that you don’t hear on their albums.
By-Tor and the Snow Dog was just on some worst song of all time list that was reading, but the first album had some hard rocking charms for me at the time…………”they call me the working man, I guess that’s what I am”!
FREE WILLIE…..NOT!
Wilner feels U of zero should provide “counsel” to keep Willie out of trouble. Says that’s what USF did when they installed Dick Tomey to “have administrative oversight of USF’s football program…”.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/former-arizona-coach-dick-tomey-hired-at-usf/2217140
I guess Nikegon needs to find a has been “senior” coach to calm down, I mean “mentor”, Spaz Willie. Maybe Belotti will come back? So anything on how Willie did at Western Kentucky or was he allowed to go wild there because no one gave two shits about Sun Belt football?
The quality of play in this game is dissapointing. These are two top 10 teams?
All I see is great defense, y’all!
What sport are we watching?
Hanson, gotta love her D, but she has shot more than anyone on the team, 1/9.
No one wants the 9-14 foot shot.
Couple breaks went to the Beavs, could be down 2 instead of up 2.
Pretty soon someone besides Syd will be shooting FT’s, that 83% for the team won’t last.
Attendance announced at 9604, very nice! well deserved!
9604? I win! How many turnovers?
8600
BG! Where ya been? Any baseball eyewitness reports?
Opinion of Tommy Paul and Brandon Eisert?
How’d Gretler look behind the plate?
Well done scotty, the least worst guess. Indeed you are a winner!
Only 10 TO’s!!!
And, FYI 9 of 11 at the FT!
Those two factors were totally unexpected, very nice to see. Post game radio, Syd said she was focusing on TO’s.
Only 10?! Gotta be a record by a Rueck team. Hey, I don’t care if they have 50, as long as they win!
Losing by 31 to Cal. Completely ridiculous. Sure hope Barnes has some expectations and standards as AD cause right now MBB is totally lacking them. Sad state of affairs.
Utah is garbage. I was going to say the OSU men’s team is smoldering garbage, but forget that. How bad must Utah have played?! Incredible loss.
Somehow the Beavs only turned the ball over 10 times and somehow Utah turned it over 17 times that was the big difference in the game. Also, they played a little team defense for a few minutes here and there. Lastly, STj got insanely hot at the right time.
Poor MP, it’s turd-spinnin’ time!
And everybody noticed who got our last 4 points, right?
(in WBB I mean)
Olaf Schaftenaar?
Right…you probably noticed the aggressive rebound work.
That angry, he sure knows how to pick ’em.
Quit hoarding, angry! I like tall women.
Impressive feat by the WBB team. Picked to finish fifth after losing some key players, and they win the conference title. Heart, skill, and no crappy off-court incidents. Gotta respect that.
Dateline: Surprise, AZ
PAC/B1G challenge. Great set up and a beautiful ballpark. Lots of Beav fans. Very few Buckeyes and a very good contingent of Huskers. Amazing the best seats are mostly not occupied as the fans chase the sun.
Game one all went our way and game two nothing went our way. Early season college ball in a nutshell. Here are my observations.
The good: Madrigal is a hitting machine. It looks like he is hitting off a tee. Every ball he hit was a sharp line drive with the exception of one. The DP ball he hit today was two feet from being a two run
RBI hit. He absolutely tattooed his first at bat and was robbed of a probable triple by a nice play by the CF from tOSU.
The team looks to have good speed overall.
The frosh catcher has a great arm and made some nice blocks behind the plate.
Luke H looks bigger and hit 93 on the gun a few times.
The bad: The infield D is not very good. Madrigal and Grenier booted a couple of balls and missed several outs. The throws to first were often off target or sailing. Ohio State looked like the better team today. Throws were on target and no dumb mistakes. The play at second base was a mess from what we have been accustomed to.
Carey misjudged a couple of balls that should have been outs. He also was caught napping and missed scoring on a wild pitch late in the game against Nebraska. It should have been a 11-1 final.
Husker fans were very impressed with our team. “Took us behind the woodshed” was my favorite quote. The guys I talked to sounded like they have realized that MR is not the coach to take them where they want to go.
We drove down to Tempe and took in the UCLA game. The ASU arena was STERILE. What a crappy atmosphere. It really makes me appreciate Williams Arena and Gill.
F22’s, F35’s, F15’s, and F16’s flying over the stadium in Surprise. Very cool.
Discovered a great named brewery…….Belching Beaver! According to my wife, named after me.
Go Beavs!
Thanks, worth waiting for.
How did Adley’s swing look?
Looked OK. He chased some obvious balls, but several players did yesterday. Harrison took a HR swing on a ball about a foot high in the zone.
Agree with oneoldbeav “No one wants the 9-14 foot shot..” So many open looks passed up. Learning to hit those would make the game so much easier for WBB.
Hope they can keep their focus Sunday and win the championship outright.
Sounds like focus won’t be a problem:
“The Beavers want to beat Cal and win the Pac-12 outright on Sunday.
“Conference play is not done yet,” Wiese said, “and it’s Senior Day. It’ll be emotional. Cal is going to try to crash the party.”
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/347179-225840-something-to-celebrate
Weisner scored a lot of points in that range. It would be big if someone on this team would score long-range. Great win though last night.
*score mid-range*
Good job by the athletic department getting the game sold out. Nice to see all the hard work by the women’s team has finally been rewarded with a well deserved sell out.
It was a game the team needed to prep for the postseason. A tough grind it out game vs a very good defense. They went lost the lead late and came back to pull it out. That’s what championship teams do.
Hopefully they don’t have a let down tomorrow and win the title outright. It’ll be tough to win 3 straight at the conference tourney but one team has to and I like the ladies chances. If they do that, they have a very slim chance at a #1 seed.
http://www.osubeavers.com/news/2017/2/25/womens-gymnastics-beavers-top-197-point-mark-to-beat-stanford.aspx
Another women’s team defeated Stanford yesterday.
Beavers taking down trees. The way life should be.
The win is big but that away score is bigger. Will help them get a higher seed.
KJ Harrison with a 2 run bomb has the Beavs up early on the children of the corn. 2-0 in the 2nd
Beavs 5 – Corn 2 final
Final: Beavs win 5-2. Error free game today.
Beavergopher can go have a pitcher to toast pitcher Max Englebrekt for those 3 K’s lookin to slam the door in the t9.
Sounds like Mullholland strugled a bit, not as sharp as previously.
Adley seems to be making contact but still hitting just .167
Early game tomorrow, 8am PT
It all starts Saturday at the civil war! Gonna beat those ducks badly!!! People forget how much a full Gill Coliseum can turn the tables! They’re sleeping on us now but they’ll soon find out what’s up!
We have a MAJOR coaching and talent advantage! With Tres we run away with this conference next year!
Just realizing Beavs won’t make the NCAA tourney this year…. Ducks always threatened by Beavs…SAD
sudden avian death?
Huh?? Its not 1980 and Ralph isn’t coaching. Did they get a commitment from Tres Payton?
Duck sarcasm, don’t take the bait.
Surprise report from Surprise:
Donahue had one of the best catches I have ever seen. He is shaded to center and the Neb player nails one down the line. He runs forever and lays out to catch it about a foot of the ground in foul territory. To bad it was not on TV. Sports Center Top Ten play. Awesome catch.
KJ got under the ball slightly on his HR. It was a mile up in the air. He almost got another his next AB.
Adley looked good swinging today. He nailed a pitch that they caught at the back of the track at the 400 ft mark in dead center. It sure looked like a HR leaving the plate.
Tweedt looked good for the first few innings. Was hitting 87-88 mph on the scoreboard gun.
Mulholland struggled and benefited from a really bad call from the HP ump to get a strike out on an obvious walk. It was a big play. The Ump was awful. More on that later.
Max was awesome. He exuedes confidence coming in and delivers the goods. Throws strikes and works fast. 87 on the gun, but he gets some great movement with pinpoint accuracy.
Beavs leading tOSU 3-0 in the 5th for you early bird AB degenerates.
RIP Chet Donnely
I’m not normally one to give much of a shit but I’m genuinely bummed about Bill Paxton.
Jake Thompson has gone 7 full and allowed 1 hit, 3BB, 5K’s. With a pitch count at 82 it appears he can go further. Ohio State bats aren’t that bad, are they? Sounds like a good outing so far.
Beavs up 4-0 going to the b7. Missed an opportunity for more in the sixth.
Middle and bottom of the lineup coming through today. Batters 1-3 are 0 for 9, 4-9 are 7 for 19. Good to see the “no-name” guys step up when the top guys take the day-off.
Top four batters are 1-14 now.
Jake T. leaves after 8 full, 97 pitches, gave up an HR to spoil his shutout. Still, a 2 hitter is nothing to sneeze at.
Max E. on for the 9th, second day in a row. Seems like a chance, with a 5-1 lead, to give someone like Church, or ? some game action.
Beavs win, 5-1 final. Home opening series next weekend vs UC Davis.
Beavs win 5-1.
Englebrekt faces 5 batters in the 9th, walks 2. Much different outing than yesterday.
He got one DP and missed out on one DP due to an error on Gretler, will be looking forward to beavergophers take on that error
WBB coming up at 11, senior day…….we’re gonna miss all three seniors next year!
Did not go. Wife had enough baseball.
Lady Beavs off to a dominating 17-4 start
32-16. Beavs playing with intensity and looking well-tuned at the right time.
Cal picks up intensity and cuts the lead to just 5. Beavs looking like crap on offense.
Lady Beavs win the conference outright. Only team to win 3 straight other than Stanford.
Well done with the youth on the roster…27-3. Helluva season.
They’ll need better offensive consistency in the NCAA tournament(?).
Ol’ Tara must be going crazy
Could Pivec be the new Hanson, except with more offense? I do know that I’d want her by my side if caught in an alley fight! Took a shot to the nose after being all over the floor on the previous possession. Hope everyone saw her scoop that floor ball to Hanson(?).
Angry’s gal getting more confident, could be a major factor in post season, and for sure next year.
Anyway, nice to see 76% from the line for the team and, at least, maintaining their season average of 14 TO’s. Still, that TO number will likely haunt them all the way to the end…whenever that is.
Yeah turnovers are their achilles heal. Their Defense can limit the “pts off Turnovers” so they can counter balance with great defense. But stronger defensive teams will attempt to take away Wiese and force them into bad passes. It will come down to their strength, which is defense.
latest rpi
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi
Pac 12 has four teams in top 10. Next highest is Atlantic Coast with 2.
They’ll need to win the conf tourney and need a few upsets in other conf tourneys to land a 1 seed.
So are OSU and Stanford likely to swap places in the AP rankings now?
It appears that the Pac tournament has little value in improving the Beavers standing or perception, and offers more risk than reward, but hopefully the tournament play will help them improve offensive consistency and provide youthful players more confidence going into the NCAA tourney.
Like many people watching the Stanford game, I wanted Orum and Gulich to take the mid-range shots but in a press conference Rueck said they weren’t good shots. Hmm. Nevertheless I hope they work on it.
Statistically speaking 3’s and shots at the basket are the most efficient scoring opportunities. You can argue that there is some benefit to shooting mid-range shots to force the D to cover more ground though.
Yeah, it’s hard to argue with Rueck given his track record. It is also hard to discern his entire meaning from some of these interviews.
But it sure seems to open up things for Syd and the other 3pt shooters when the D has to respect Marie from mid range. We saw some of that Sunday and won’t be surprised to see more in post season. Seems like the Stanford game was a turning point for Marie’s confidence. Not particularly confidence in mid-range (that came Sunday) but overall confidence. IMO
For a long time the “book” on Marie and Kolbie was that you could leave them alone and, instead, overload on Syd; that could be changing.
It was clear to me that Rueck wanted to make Stanford play the entire shot clock unless OS had a great shot. Those weren’t great shots and thus they didn’t take them. Great discipline from those ladies. They took those much more against Cal.
Women tied for #6!
Supposed to be #4 but they messed up the envelopes.
Lady Beavs #6 in the AP poll. Magnificent coaching job by Scott and beyond magnificent play and will to win this year by Syd.
This is the problem with the polls. OS was not expected to be this good, so the respect doesn’t come. If WA or Stanford would have had the OS season, they would likely be in the top four. RPI in top four, toughest conference, a 1 seed should be a good possibility.
Here’s ESPN’s note
Oregon State: The Beavers already have an outright Pac-12 title and have had one of the most consistent seasons in America. Oregon State could earn a No. 1 seed if it adds a conference tournament championship — and gets some help. Specifically, failures by any two of the three among Baylor, Mississippi State and South Carolina to reach their respective conference finals could open the door. The Beavers are unlikely to fall out of the No. 2 slot and can only elevate if things go their way.
The other thing, is that team did not have a tough non-conf slate (which is probably because of lowered expectations).
Didn’t play any ranked teams in non-conf. The teams ahead of them did.
What is the purpose and benefit of the tourney? I guess I could see a “championship” game when you have conference divisions and everybody doesn’t play each other during the regular season. But that’s not the case here. The Beavs have already been crowned league champs. Also, this sport does not attract a lot fans to games, so I doubt it makes money(?).
The Beavs have beaten Stanford twice, lost to UCLA (now #15) and USC (not in top 25), so there’s nothing to gain. Plus, you have risk of injury playing before the NCAA tourney.
I recognize other teams have something to gain (UCLA, UW, Stanford, maybe even ASU), but it appears the Pac conference sets up its own league champion for potential negative impacts.
You write this like other conferences don’t have the exact same issue. I think it happens for a couple reasons,
1. Exposure. Conf tournaments get more national coverage.
2. Money – I think the conference does make money on the tournament.
3. A chance to steal a spot in the tourney – which at least on the men’s side means more $.
It’s an oddity, but since all other conferences have tournaments, I have little gripe with the format.
I mean why do high schools have conference tournaments to determine spots at state after the regular season?
Oh, don’t forget the money aspect!
I understand other conferences have the same issues, but I don’t understand the rationale behind it.
If it makes money (and I would have guessed it did not by the time you have planning, facilities, travel costs, etc.), I get it. Apparently they get enough ad revenue and attendance though.
I also understand there would be several teams with something to gain, perception-wise. However, a chance to steal a spot in the tourney does not seem like a net gain; it likely comes at the expense of another conference team.
Two parts to this.
From the business standpoint, it brings visibility to the product in a time when people are starting to pay their full attention to it. And if you can add that visibility at even a net zero, you will be repaid in future dealings because your product is valued at least that much more… and shows competent management.
From the fans’ and players’ standpoint, this is why people start paying attention at this time of year. The conference tourneys are last chance saloons. Without them we wouldn’t have had the great run from UCONN men back in 2009. I can’t imagine continuing to watch these games unless I knew the human story could beat back the machine every once in a while.
@angry. The greatest thing happened in Surprise during the second game against Nebraska.
Bad calls from the HP ump (against both teams) led to some fans yapping back and forth.
Really loud and obnoxious Neb fan starts yelling “take him out” over and over in a quiet stadium as Yeske walked out to Mulholland. Neb fans start some cheer and two guys down the row from me start cheering “you got Riley,” clap, clap, clap, “you got Riley.” Beav fans started laughing as well as some Huskers and it shut up the loudmouth. It was hilarious.
AND they paid Oregon St half a million to do so. It’s like Christmas as a kid all over again.
How about this, the latest ESPN bracketolgy projection has Beavs WBB playing UC Davis in first round at Corvallis, yep, the same UC Davis whose baseball team arrives Friday.
To top it off, the WBB team could easily go on to face Indiana, who the baseball guys recently faced.
Small World.
plus, Oneoldbeav, wouldn’t the WBB team be hosting that regional the same weekend the baseball team hosts Ball State? could shape up for some nice double headers across the street from each other
Yes, indeed.
Couple years back I took in a baseball double header vs Grambling State with the WBB final regular season game vs Cal. Stayed in Gill to watch the celebration so long that I missed the first few innings of the second baseball game.
Too bad TV scheduling likely prevents the school from promoting attendance at two events, maybe with special twofer ticket pricing.
Fortune Cookie Buddha and Andrew Greif tweeted a pic ot the two of them together today. Greif hashtags “We #didsomething”
Buddha tweets only the pic, no words, still trying to make out the small print on the fortune cookie script.
They make a cute couple
Give me a break….
Probably had to fondle some ball sacks and wore out his knee pads to get back in the good graces with the UO athletic dept
#didsomethingalright
#slurpslurp
Could be, OTOH: Canzano figured Willie got a call from the UO top level.
He apologized.
https://youtu.be/WJhPLGMhRuQ
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7c/41/03/7c4103860724e1cb318ce16b273584ef.jpg
GOOD GREIF!
You guys have any ideas for a new topic? Not much to criticize, or visa versa, not much exciting going on that hasn’t been discussed here.
I haven’t read much of anything on scott barnes yet. Also, the Ideation team. What do they even do? They’ve been around for more than a year, but all i can think of is “best college town” and updated twitter account names for the various teams. Is that their legacy? Do they survive now that Barnes is the GM?
It’s almost like they had a free pass most of the year because of the lack of leadership/oversight.
Was ideation involved in the changes at Gill?
They should credit angrybeavs for those changes. We’ve beem bitching about moving the cameras for years.
The black seating isn’t likely an ideation change. Theyre more on the marketing side of things.
They put the fans on the football season tix too i think
I think they came up with the SQUAD idea which is a good idea but will take a while to bear results.
Squad was an idea that Stansbury and Lassiter brought grom their prior work at UCF.
“Lassiter said the idea for SQUAD, which the Atlanta-based mobile technology company Experience developed, was conceived while he and athletic director Todd Stansbury were both at the University of Central Florida”
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2016/05/oregon_state_launches_squad_su.html
WBB awards: Gabby=defensive POY, Rueck=COY
To no avail, Rueck had argued for Syd as POY over Kelsey Plum. Seemed like a pretty good two point case:
1)which team would have been more impacted by the loss of Syd/Kelsey
2)Syds team won
Marie, along with Syd, was named to the All PAC12 squad.
http://pac-12.com/article/2017/02/28/2016-17-pac-12-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-honors?utm_source=HootSuite&utm_medium=OwnedSocial&utm_campaign=Pac12Social
It’s a good case but it’s not enough to put her over a player having a historic individual season. Plum is everything to them, UW will be fighting just to finish in the middle of the pack next year.
Ionescu as freshman poy. That recruiting miss will hurt for the next three years.
You are probably correct about Ionescu. Wasn’t there talk that Rueck didn’t see her as selfless enough for his system?
Even if she isn’t much of a team player, the ucks could be dangerous.
It will be interesting to watch the progress of Pivec and the other shooters, along with Marie next season. We lost star players last season and were able to surprise folks this time, a lot to ask for it to keep going at this level.
But for now……just win one at a time.
Ducks sold out for her. Gave her twin bro a walk on spot on the men’s side.
I don’t see a drop defensively next year assuming brown returns, offense will be different. Pivec has a good enough handle to run things. Same questions from last year to this year. Who can replace the leading scorers and defenders?
Ionescu is a primmedonna, that was coming from sources as close as you can get to the coaching staff.
Whatever.
We should get our narrative straight for next year when we get to see Westbrook play.
We’re is she going? I forget.
She might be, but she is a difference maker. The D will not be as good without Gabby. She could shut down anybody in the conference one on one.
May be but she is one smooth player. Rueck, however, stresses closeness in his teams and if she is a prima donna that would disrupt his philosophy as well as his system..
Tennessee
Thanks
This may be a smaller 3 person recruiting class coming in but it’s not shabby. Hoping Brown decides to play next year as she brings some toughness to the team.
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2016/11/la_salle_star_aleah_goodman_5-.html
Why would Brown not play next year?
Brown, who will be graduating this year–along with fellow seniors Sydney Wiese, Gabriella Hanson and Kolbie Orum– is weighing her options about her future.
“Right now I’m planning on graduating with my class. I’m not too sure what I’m looking at after that but It’s kind of up in the air at the moment,” Brown told the Daily Barometer. “Maybe start my masters or go on and look at the pro teams overseas and things like that. Just ready to start my life.”
http://www.orangemedianetwork.com/daily_barometer/red-shirt-junior-breanna-brown-will-participate-in-senior-day/article_50da6352-fc0d-11e6-a74c-c3a02100f340.html
I read it somewhere other than the Barometer but then found this article about her.
Thanks. I hope she comes back.
O-live
What’s a weird thing is that Rueck doesn’t even use all of his scholarships. He uses about 12 per year when he has 15 to use. Lose Brown and they’ll have only 11 on scholarship next year.
I wonder if he would go after a grad transfer if that happens?
Had no idea this was the case, anyone know his reasoning for this?
Seems like an odd way to run a program. I could see leaving a scholarship open on occasion (and even than I’d probably use it to reward some hard working walk on for a year) but leaving 3 open?
Given his success, I don’t think I’ll question his methods. Would he have better results with more players? Incidental question: What happens to the scholarship money he doesn’t use?
Helos pay his COY bonus?
Twelve is the number for the men. Extra bodies means less coaching for the top players and more potential problems with players getting frustrated with no PT.
Agree with Beavgohper. No such thing as a 15 person rotation so 3 Extra players means 3 permanent people on the bench. Practice becomes more difficult to run.
Might not seem like a big deal, but aside from 3 scholarships you have 3 extra people to coordinate travel for, food, etc… Probably actually ends up being quite a bit of money per player.
Actually nice to see someone being successful while only using the resources they need, instead of automatically taking whatever’s available.
Wonder is he gets additional budget?
I am in no way questioning his success but I’d be curious about other top programs on this topic.
It just seems odd to me that you’d leave that many spots available. Maybe its the norm in women’s basketball.
It doesn’t seem like the playing time issue would be real, plenty of scholarship athletes aren’t getting playing time in any given year without causing major issues. 15 scholarships is still only an average of 3 people per class (if you assume some redshirting). Seems like you could keep a pretty solid balance and it seems like 15 players would be pretty manageable for a 4 person coaching staff.
Whatever, he is winning so a pretty minor thing. Just more of a curiosity I guess.
FYI, men get 13 not 12.
Heard on JoeRadio today:
GA, in discussing facilities, mentioned that this morning he’d taken 9 or 10 pics with his phone of lockers which weren’t properly organized. Said he was sure the position coaches would respond to the pics he sent to them and have discussions with their players. Lockers likely to be straightened up soon.
This was brought casually, in the course of the discussion. Sounds like a detail oriented delegator, whose style cannot be reduced to fortune cookie verse.
Sorry to burst a few of your bubbles but WT isn’t going anywhere and has full support of the AD. Which I had already stated for obvious reasons but a few of you just can’t let it go………….from the horses mouth
“We’ve got a blip in the radar screen that we’ve got to fix,” Barnes said. “That fix is coming in who he’s recruiting and who’s on the mend.”
“I mean you think about what’s gone on this year, it’s been really hard and very easily could student athletes give up,” Barnes said. “You look at that bench, they’re all in. They are all in, all the time. They’re playing hard and they’re playing for the coaches and they’re playing for the right reasons. That’s a testament to Wayne and his staff. It really is because you could have easily lost folks along the way.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2017/02/oregon_state_athletic_director_7.html#incart_river_home_pop
But…….Mark Few lost a game. He must be looking to exit Gonzaga for OSU.
Yeah circumstance and co-incidence can really screw things up. I don’t see an issue with coaching or the staff.
The only fault I see is with the JC player selection(s). They would be in the same position without either Dew or Stacey as it turns out.
I hope Malcolm comes back….
Kind of a perfect storm of circumstances and bad luck. I’m willing to give Tinkle a pass because of that.
Will need to land a front court grad transfer or two in the spring/summer. Pretty guard heavy right now with two more guards coming next year.
I don’t believe WT should be let go but there should be some serious scrutiny. Certainly we are a young team without our best player but losing PAC-12 games by an average of 15+ points should never be acceptable or excusable. His offenses have been lackluster for his entire tenure at OSU. Personally, I am not worried about the recruiting misses as I am about his actual coaching ability. Very poor off-ball movement, complete lack of pick and rolls and terrible free throw shooting have nagged his teams for three years now. Additionally, I’m not sure his zone D is any better than CR’s was and why he isn’t using man coverage more often. I don’t buy the excuse that we don’t have the athletes to play man defense. I do have optimism for Wayne but it may be time to look at improvement at the assistant coaches.
I do find it strange that many of you give WT a pass in his third year but Anderson was receiving a heavy dose of criticism until we closed last year on a high note. Not saying either view was right or wrong, just appears to be inconsistent. Anderson dealt with many comparable “tough luck” situations, the same situations you are giving WT a pass on.
You’re an idiot man but I respect the resolve
Very compelling argument asshat.
I think you see more Andersen criticism because you have more football fans who read/view this website then people who also follow basketball. Over my 10 year sampling of angrybeavs my professional analysis is there’s a stark contrast in the sheer number of different people commenting during the 2 seasons.
Tinkle and Andersen also had 2 different approaches: Tinkle inherited a program with decent talent that also had good experience. There was no drop-off during the transition, and the team improved both seasons.
Andersen didn’t like what he saw in the team he inherited, so he blew the thing up and started from scratch building his way or the highway. Much more polarizing.
When Andersen took the helm, us long timers here had several conversations about there being a couple different ways to rebuild a struggling program. Option A) try not to rock the boat. Insert your philosophy and players over time. Probably will have higher lows, but may then take longer to experience the high highs. Option B) Rip the band aid off. You’ll probably get some real low lows, but if done properly will yield higher highs sooner.
I see your point.
What about what WT has done is lending optimism for the future?. I have seen improvement on the recruiting front but clearly he missed on the JC guys. What are the other reasons for optimism? Eubanks’ development is the only bright spot I am currently seeing. They are young, with plenty of opportunity for development, but what evidence is there of WT’s ability to develop players? This is an honest question, not a rhetorical statement.
Sorry to burst your bubble but any new AD at any D1 program in last 20 years always wants his own guys at key coaching positions. GA qualifies as a Barnes guy from previous experience. WT is not even close to being a Barnes guy. No matter what Barnes says in public, WT is on thin ice. Barnes first has to figure out the money thing related to buy out and new salaries. Expect Barnes to move next year if WT does not get the team back to the tournament. The happy talk is just that, happy talk. We are talking big money here and entertainment. Beaver basketball is not entertaining.
Do you really think Barnes expects the team to go from 1-16 to the Tourney the following year? I sure hope he’s more realistic than that.
Maybe not. There are always extenuating circumstances, like not being able to offload the contract or getting close to even on record with a boost in attendance and advertising revenue. But 1-16 should never be acceptable at any D1 school ever. Did Scott Rueck go 1-16 with the dumpster fire that he inherited? There is just too much money at stake for feelings and pleasantries to get in the way…no matter how much we like the people. These and all coaches are not providing research revenue nor academic prestige. The percentage of the student base that they are mentoring for future society integration (jobs) is minimal. They must provide value today for their outlandish compensation. As Whimpy used to say to Popeye ” I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Unfortunately,today, you pay as you go and you had better provide value for your services today.