Blitz had this article up on Thursday after Riley bailed.
We’ve all seen what The Oregonian (Lindsay Schnell and Ken Goe) has written about OSU.
With the poaching of Gary Andersen from Wisconsin, I ask sincerely: can we put the false narrative that OSU is a cow-town that nobody would ever (a) want to coach in or (b) want to play in….to rest?
Everything I predicted years ago has come true. Riley was the problem. The fanbase is stoked. We could upgrade the coach, etc. Welcome to the era of what we’ve all wanted. It feels surreal, but this is the NEW narrative.
Bo Pellini just caused a twenty car pile up as he slammed on the breaks just outside Youngstown, Ohio. Cited for road rage, but his wife said “that’s just the way he is.” JB
Bo Pellini just caused a twenty car pile up as he slammed on the breaks just outside Youngstown, Ohio. Cited for road rage, but his wife said “that’s just the way he is.” JB
I kept waiting for you to post your resume here this past week. I suppose your body of work just speaks for itself?
Look at this crap from Jaynes about replacing Riley being a crapshoot. Lazy “journalism” built on a false narrative.
http://www.csnnw.com/beavers/it-will-be-crapshoot-replacing-riley-oregon-state
I’m sure, but I’m tired of clicking and reading hacks’ musings.
Don’t do that again. That guy is not even worthy of being called a hack.
“Be Careful What You Wish For….”
The excitement might kill you
Great hire, well said Angry, fuck the haters I’m out!
Out of what?
My mind… Loose “half baked” reference
As much as I hope this to be true, I think it’s only mortally wounded right now. Not dead yet.
It’ll be dead if Andersen gets this program contending for a PAC-12 championship within the next 2-3 years though.
Not IF, but when!!! No more Debbie Downers!!!
Hear, hear! (clink, clink, clink!!)
I’m glad OSU went for the splash hire. A 4 star recruit. I wonder how much misdirection BDC gave the media when all the names were put out there.
Media reports a 3 million dollar buyout.
Good think Bob had been active in courting donors for Mike Riley’s buyout. We already had that money in place.
Now we know why BDC was acting like such a cocky asshole during that press conference!!
You sly summa bitch you…
C-nza-o just told Euhus via Twitter that Andersen is “debatable” as to being the better hire than P. Hill. True story.
At least he was man enough to admit Anderson is better than Riley. That alone must’ve taken all the courage he has. :|
Bald Faced LIE
One has to wonder exactly how much money Pat Hill’s people gave Canzano for his work the last few days
Is Pat Hill even still alive?
“Today Oregon State hires the corpse of Pat Hill” …and John Canzano goes wild.
What is up with Canzano? Does he have the hots for men with outdated Fu Manchu mustaches. Give it a rest bald-head numbnut. Pat Hill’s window has passed unless he wants a FCS job.
You must be kidding. I thought I was the hater of college football. What is that dude smoking?
If ever there was a writer who should be doing tabloids it’s Canzano. Yellow journalism mixed with lack-of-knowledge.
Let’s see if the blitz poster from a few days ago who said not to mention a name was referring to Andersen.
How about.. who cares?
Just saw this comment which made me chuckle….
Robert Husseman @RHusseman · 1h 1 hour ago
The new Valley Football Center must be beyond our wildest dreams.
Angry Anderson fits exactly what you were calling for… A Defensive minded coach who loves to run the rock! Couple that with the QB and WR talent we are known for pulling in and I think this could be a beautiful marriage
“Angry Anderson fits exactly what you were calling for”
Which leads me to believe Angry had inside info and was just stringing us along to build up subscriptions for his site….oh….nevermind….
Is Anderson possibly running from Alvarez’s meddlesome presence a false alternative narrative?
I’m curious about your collective take on that angle of these developments. I mean that this is possibly a great hire, but it has a dark lining if he was primarily running from the weird pressures of his old job.
Don’t think too much about it :)
Why would that be dark? You’re all over the upside down definition of good and bad here.
What I am getting at is that a person having dual motivations for making a major life decision sometimes allows the immediate motivation, rather than a more carefully analyzed one, to win out on the decision making process.
Only in retrospect does it become clearer that maybe the immediate stimulus was not a rational one and buyer’s remorse could result.
All manner of motives for Anderson jumping the Wisky ship have arisen.
1) family hates state of WI.
2) Anderson didn’t like Wisky admins, including Alvarez.
3) too much heat for last Saturday’s beat down.
4) pressure to get to CFP is out of line with Wisky’s historical status in the BIG. (Delusional fans)
If Anderson is running away from Wisky as much or more as running to you, you have to wonder about his longer term career plan is all.
I was just wondering what your guys’ take on Wisky being the motive for his abrupt career move.
Andersen likes the west coast, and a west coast job opened up. He contacted OSU. I don’t think he was running from Wisconsin. Watch Alvarez in the presser–he says Andersen mostly made a family decision.
Even Tinkle tweeted (ha ha) “great day to be a beaver! Welcome to OSU gary Anderson!”
I went on Schnell’s twitter out of curiosity, and found she retweeted this:
https://twitter.com/JakeZivin/status/542817673907023873
She seems determined to make sure OSU never escapes Riley’s shadow.
Starting to think she’s Mike Riley’s illegitimate daughter at this point
That Riley could do that is obviously a testament to Prothro
The next time I see Matt or Renee I will tell them I think Jake is an idiot.
I had some inside info last week and didn’t now it. A gal that works for the little lady is a Wisky grad, as well her hubby. They had a meeting the day after Mikey left and she told her that her husband is positive the Gary Anderson is going take the Oregon State job. My reply was something along the lines that her hubby is serious dumb shit and there is now way in hell he is going to OSU.
Who would have thunk it?
that Gary
I think I’m going to call him “The Gary”
I like the sound of it.
Has a nice ring to it.
The other Gary
“I’m the Gary. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Garyness, or uh, Gare, or El Garyrino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
You should have started the rumor anyway – no one would have noticed given all the other junk being spewed about. Then, given 2days’s news, we would all be marveling at your wisdom and insight.
BTW: F you Bucky!
Looks like Ted Miller is saying that it is very likely that Anderson’s DC, Dave Aranda will be coming along with him. Reading his credentials, I’m liking this hire even better if he joins the staff…
Go Beavs!
He is awesome. They played great, sound D this year with very little talent. Lost their front 7 from the previous year. Very good players, many who were multi year starters and the got better at least statistically. Runs a blitz happy 3-4.
they got
ESPN’s college football page is totally on top of things.
Headline story “How Did Nebraska Pull It Off?” —story about how nebraska managed to hire away mike riley from osu, without anybody knowing.
They’ll have to publish one for OSU now too. I’m curious how they did it and how it was kept quiet.
They must have read this site and laughed at the ridiculousness of the posts.
Suckers.
Should have been titled …WHY did Nebraska do it…
I cant get over how Nebraska hired a lesser coach than they already had, and we hired a better one. The whole affair is SO bizarre. I see the hand of the Great Beaver in the sky in this….
When Riley left, I was thanking the Great Beaver in the sky for it’s love and thoughtfulness. Now I am in AWE of it’s great love with the hiring of “the Gary”.
Luck o’ the beavers?
Merry Christmas! Everybody! Go Beavs!
They drew the stupid card and had to play it?
And let’s all start getting the spelling right.
Andersen with an E. Even I was spelling it with an O.
agreed, lets show the man some respect and least get his name right.
Just saw Gary’s bio that he was an assistant at Rick’s College (1989-92). Being a mormon (or having a mormon background) will continue the ‘family atmosphere’ and have a leg up with the Polynesian recruits.
You should ask him about tithing.
Nice hire OSU! Matt Wells got his football DNA from Gary Andersen.
Me thinks BDC was in a HireMattWells state of mind! I wonder what his thoughts on real Spring Games are? Orange vs Black would be fun for our first taste.
Angry, your going to have to change this website to happy Beavs dot com. How can the fan base not be stoked with Casey, Tinkle, and now Gary Andersen. Today is a great day to be a Beaver
Not to mention Rueck, et. al.!!!
Recent video of Andersen previewing the B1G title game
http://www.btn2go.com/video/gary-andersen-interview—eve-of-b1g-championship-game
I’m a little frightened. He’s speaking coherently and using technicalities. And at the same time.
I’m still a little frightened that he speaks to that level and the game still somehow got away from him 59-0.
http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/angelsfan.gif?w=660&h=371
If you imagine the KC kid is OSU fans, and the Angels kid is Nebraska fans, then I think this sums up the state of both fanbases right now.
knock that shit !! off Angel fan here
miss click on that dv
Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon’s reaction to news that Andersen is coming to OSU
Had this to say:
“Asked if he thought Andersen made the jump in part to install a spread offense — the pro-style attack is a long-standing tradition at Wisconsin — Gordon said he and a few teammates believed it was a factor.
“At the end of the day we don’t know that but it’s a good reason,” Gordon said. “
Cool interview from when he joined Wisconsin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNe69NYcXoo
Could this be why Angry tinted the Angry Orange color on this site to the RED side of the hue scale long ago? A sign of things to come? This week has been bookended by two very RED schools.
Makes you go hmmmmm…
Hope He brings Aranda with him.. The only negative of this hire is what the hell happened in the Ohio State game!!
Additionally, Wisconsin has been slow to evolve when it comes to paying assistants what has become customary market value elsewhere.
He’s afraid of losing Dave; a coach told me, referring to Badgers defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, who should have been a Broyles Award finalist after the outstanding job he’s done in 2014.
Whichever SEC teams miss out on Will Muschamp — whether it’s Auburn, Texas A&M or South Carolina — could wind up pushing for Aranda. Each would likely offer in the $1 million per year range.
It’s sounding like part of the reason he’s leaving is he wants to run the spread offense and there’s some pushback from ‘old school Wisconsin’ people. Kind of like the shit Rich Rodriguez was dealing with. ‘A Michigan man doesn’t let the QB run the ball.’
Wisconsin has this kid committed, I bet we make a run at him. Sorry James Pensyl, I bet you don’t fit the offense. Maybe Mike will take you.
https://rivals.yahoo.com/wisconsin/football/recruiting/player-Austin-Kafentzis-134082;_ylt=Aryo6e2lyPoRiwNGnHORnLg_u5B4
His name is too hard to pronounce.
If Yaz can pronounce Pagliarulo, then Parker can pronounce Kafentzis.. unless Parker is going to Lincoln too.
Actually kind of sucks because Pensyl seems like he’s been trying to keep the other recruits committed. He said he committed to OSU, not the coaches… Wonder what will happen with him if they do want to run a spread.
I know, I feel bad for the guy. Hell, I don’t know…maybe he can run? Not like we would know if these guys are athletic or not, with our style of play.
Of course there’s a fake Gary Anderson twitter handle.
Gary Andersen (@BeingAndersen) tweeted at 3:30pm – 10 Dec 14:
Oh mother fucker the wrong spelling of my name is trending (https://twitter.com/BeingAndersen/status/542823608670621696?s=17)
Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=18
What are the odds on:
1) Oregon State players/recruits being able to learn the new playbook quickly by next fall?
2) Oregon State having a winning record?
3) Oregon State having no injuries at the start of Fall camp?
and 4) We get most of Gary Andersen’s Assistants?!
1) Is the playbook complicated – will it take 2-3 years?
nah, somehow other teams develop players quicker than 3-4 years in the program. These kids are smart, they’ll get it.
5) athletic freshmen see the field and contribute on offense? Including QBs?
I’m in such a good mood with this hire, how about random speculation.
Andersen wants to run the spread…Braxton Miller to transfer to old OSU?
Bob D just wrote me back to say thanks for my donation and for encouraging others to do the same. Get out and donate what you can, fellas.
I just dropped a deposit on tickets, haven’t been a season ticket holder in ages. I’ll be bringing friends who are new to the Beavers, or giving them to folks who may not otherwise go.
I haven’t been this excited for football in quite some time.
I’m going to be making a lot more donations.
I don’t hate OSU. I just hated the mentality. Today feels like a sea change. Even if this coach doesn’t work out (though I think he will), it’s a learning experience where people finally realize there is life beyond Riley. The entire blog was based around helping/making/forcing people to realize this.
I have one major concern, but I’ll talk about that over the upcoming days.
The concern is will it take the angry out of angrybeavs.
You know who I will give a huge assist to in this hire? Wayne Tinkle.
Bob was on the fence about making the move to get a new basketball coach. He finally pulls the trigger and we get Wayne Tinkle in here…and season tickets and donations explode. The windfall of that excitement had to make Bob think what could be done if he could get Mike out of town for a reasonable sum of money.
Thanks coach Tinkle!
Well I don’t fucking believe it.
is this really happening? Am I in a dream?
Yep … this is SO weird! Nobody in the freakin world could have predicted this. Nebraska hires Riley, a clearly worse coach than they had, and OSU miraculously gets out from under a huge ablatross, his contract. Then we hire a better coach… Holy crap, this is MIRACULOUS!
With this hire, I believe big ballz BDC has just rewritten the definition of poetic justice.
Take that Goe in hand! Anderson first ass kicking should be Goe in the middle of Reser.
I just bought 2 season tickets for Women’s Basketball in preparation of giving up my Football season tickets, but now I may have to reconsider.
Recruiting names to keep an eye on
BadgerBlitz.com (@McNamaraRivals) tweeted at 6:25 PM on Wed, Dec 10, 2014:
Would be shocked if Andersen didn’t take Kauha’aha’a and Woods with him to Oregon State. He’ll also do everything he can to get Aranda, too.
(https://twitter.com/McNamaraRivals/status/542867627652444160?s=03)
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I just hope Brennan gets rewarded for being a good soldier this week, pretty much the only one who acted like he still gave a shit. I’d love Seumalo to stick around too, but…we’ll see I guess.
Andersen’s contract, 5 or 6 years starting at $2.5million.
To me, that’s a fucking bargain, especially in light of Mediocre Mike’s $2.7 million per year.
“The Beavers’ hiring of Gary Andersen from Wisconsin sent the college football sphere into a frenzy on Wednesday afternoon, with several prominent analysts and Oregon State fans showing their support for the hire.
In fact, within minutes of OSU’s announcement, Gary Andersen was the #6 trending topic in the world on Twitter.”
– Eat Me Goe
Hey, who knows how high #JuneJones or #TheWeasel would have gotten?
It’s
AndersEn, boys. Pay attention now!
HUGE THANKS TO BDC!! You da MAN, Bobby!
https://twitter.com/schadjoe/status/542832709555748865
I’m fully in support of this hire still, but what an interesting tidbit this is.
HIP HIP!!!!!
Hoorayyyyyy!
I wrote to BDC and Ed Ray asking them not to allow Andersen to bring Andy Ludwig. I recommend you all do the same.
Here’s to never having to here that stupid shit again
I’m so happy! It’s an absolutely fantastic day to be a beaver. Just made my first ever donation to OSU even.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/81913/andersen-a-good-surprise-answer-for-oregon-state
“Not to sound like a Pollyanna”
I think Miller might read this blog.
He reads it.
it is sort of hard not to read your site there are not a lot of Beavers sites out there. I do enjoy reading this site. I might not always agree but it is always a good read and everyone one here has some weird twisted to them in a good way
AB is basically these guys only for sports blogs: http://content6.flixster.com/movie/11/17/86/11178644_800.jpg
haha yep there are some great characters in the comments section. Big fan of this site :)
i watched some utah state 2012 highlights and hopefully he brings that offense here
Absolutely great hire IMO
Oh he’ll be bringing it. He already has some mobile QB like McMaryion waiting in the wings… It’s gonna be great. I think it’s going to take a lot of the pressure off our OL and pass blocking. Our RBs are going to flourish.
I’m sorry but what in the actual fuck is that article
“As simple as it sounds, and as difficult as it may be for some to believe, Riley’s teams were overachievers.”
Right ok, the student who gets a C could be considered an overachiever when compared to the F student.
“Fans are never satisfied, though; it’s human nature to always want more, to be greedy.”
Oh right, because wanting an A is totally greedy. This article, unless I’m reading it wrong, is actually chiding/patronizing the fans for expecting performance. How is this even a thing?!! WTF
And next, up absurd scare mongering: “With Riley now gone, and reality setting in, this is dangerous territory for Oregon State.”
Ah yes, we are all totally clutching our pearls over here.
“Riley’s decision set up the perfect scenario to determine his value as OSU’s head coach: How does OSU do without him, and how does he do away from OSU??”
Actually we’re good, thanks. Sorry not sorry fans couldn’t accept mediocrity. LOLZ
We have three 2* OL recruits and two 3* OL Recruits…wonder if Gary will evaluate the recruiting class and deem it acceptable or that it can be better…I feel bad if some of the recruits don’t get to keep their offers.
What do you all think?
I’d bet most keep their offers unless they are clearly not fits for his system. Its late in the game and I doubt Anderson can fill more than about 10 spots with ‘his’ guys.
As long as he believes he can use/develop them he will likely keep them.
JC guys might be in the mix
I was so stoked by this hire that I popped my football donation cherry and pitched in what I could. I can see it now, me not screaming at the tv, “use that thing…. The fuckin, fuckin timeout”.
We’ve been subjected to such shitty coaching that I sometimes forget what they’re called
It seems like a miracle haha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbx522V77NY
Highlights from the 2012 Utah vs. Utah St. game.
Offensively it looks like a bit of everything in there: spread read, triple option, power I, single back. Always 1-2 TEs. I like the balance and mix.
Defensively, attacking 3-4 that gets a lot of sacks. Blitzing from the 3-4 also means the safeties have to play more man-to-man defense than they did under Banker, so we’ll see if Strong can develop that side of his game(Or maybe move him to outside linebacker?).
The game tape looks good; kinda curious to know what went wrong this season for Wisconsin(those fans were IRATE losing to Northwestern).
Turnovers at Northwestern.
That will do it lol.
That would be inside LB in a 3-4. The outside guys are 5-teqs.
Ecstatic with this hire. BDC exceeded my expectations.
The pure fact that a WINNING Big 10 coach, seeing the OSU vacancy, calls the OSU AD and WANTS to come, means the old saw about OSU a dead end and a dissapated Riley is the best we can do, is and clearly was, HORSESHIT. Anyone who says that from now on, you just say… ANDERSEN!
I just hope the Beavers are not just a stop for him
once bitten twice shay I guess
As long as we are good to him: $ wise, sell outs, giving him 3 years to get his guys and let his coaches coach. I think he’ll be here throughout his contract and possibly get a year or 2 extension depending upon his desires of college vs. NFL coaching.
As long as he leaves it better than he started I fine.
Riley didn’t do that from his second stint.
while we’re handing out thanks and kudos, I want to give a big THANK YOU to our leader here; Angry Beav himself. We was COMPLETELY right about Riley (as we saw in that post from the archive earlier today) and has consistently provided insight and verbal ammunition to fend off Schnell, Goe, Miller, Jaynes–that whole sorry crew. Nice job man. YOU DID IT!
Yes, thank you Angry!!!!!!!
I can raise a glass to that.
Our fearless leader
And this is what I mean by tangible evidence. Maybe we’ll call it intangible tangible evidence. I truly believe, as stated earlier that without this site, Robinson and Riley would still be here.
I’ve seen a dramatic change in Pure Orange over year. I used to visit their site only and gave up, hadn’t looked until this year.
Imagine the free reign of uninformed Pollyism regarding Riley from the media nationwide without this site. We’ve already listed them…Goe all the way down.
This site made it OK for EVERYONE to voice displeasure about mediocrity in Beaver Country. From those who had been uncomfortable for a long time…to those who were just catching on.
Bob and Ray, and whomever else noticed. Former players, noticed. It’s so unfortunate that the voice of reason had to be a “thorn” from within but it had to be that way.
I say again. (seems trite)
Well done, Angry!
Andersen won’t have to worry about a micromanaging AD here; he barely manages at all!
/joke
Seriously, whoever made the men’s/women’s BBall and Football hires did an outstanding job.
Hope that Aranda comes with Andersen. He has done an outstanding job and is a hot name right now.