You guys didn’t like the last thread? Well Merry Christmas, here is a new one.
Barring any big news/hires I’ll be back Jan 1. Use this as a general thread until then.
Enjoy the holiday break, and remember to spike your eggnog, and if Angry@angry’s siblings post here, please give him an atomic wedgie and kick him in the nuts for me.
Merry Christmas to all you fellow degenerates! Remember it is about a lot more than spiked eggnog, although that’s not too bad either.
I liked the last thread, provoked some good points to consider, I thought.
In regards to the loss of recruits due to the defection of KS: the converse may also be true. Bringing in a good recruiting DC may also cause recruits to ride in on his coattails. One can hope, right?
And a very merry Christmas to all of you.
OK…. Here is my final offer! A 2 for 1 special. Make me the OC and I will throw in a free well established defensive coordinator, to be named later. As it looks like I may be coming into a little unexpected cash soon, we will split the salary.
Address offers to: Cutty Sark ? Serenity Lane, Los Angeles
bcc: jWil ? Parents’s basement Junction City, Oregon
In seriousness, Sark is radioactive now. Suing your former employer for dismissing you essentially due to your drinking issues isn’t going to encourage anyone else to hire you (except maybe Nebraska since they have the stupidest AD in the country)
Shawn Eichorst : You’re welcome!
Happy Holidays!
Well here’s to a better 2016!
Back surgery last Saturday.
Truck stolen last night
Pending divorce.
At least Beaver Basketball is looking up!!!! Merry Christmas, fellow Beavs!
damn dude. 2016 has to be better for you. Merry Christmas AB degenerates
OUCH! FWIW – I’ve found that when bad things happened to me they forced me out of my complacency and into a state where I was willing to evaluate myself and my situation. Anything to get me out of my psychological pain. Speaking for myself I can truthfully say that in hindsight the bad times caused better times to happen which wouldn’t have happened otherwise because of my complacency.
On a similar note: The link between depression and creativity, and how it can be good for you
http://creativesomething.net/post/55508909341/the-link-between-depression-and-creativity-and
Like I said, FWIW.
All the best and here’s hoping 2016 is better for you.
Divorce isn’t so bad. Gives you the opportunity to meet all sorts of new beavers. Hang in there, heal up, collect that insurance money and 2016 will be better.
Well there’s that! Guess I better take the back rehab seriously!
Rehab= cute physical therapists. A door closes and one opens.
I’ve had a year like that before…hang in there! Things will get better!
Feel bad for you, but it does like you have the makings for a great Country song.
If only I a dog that someone could shoot.
As DAC would say, now you have the perfect country and western song.
Think outside the box.
Get a dog that can shoot someone.
And Merry Christmas to you.
I’m not joking, btw.
Get a dog. I would say a GSD is a safe bet always. A border collie is the easiest ever because they are so damn smart and loyal. A Vizsla would be the same.
When my guy dies, I’m gonna go American Alsation (Alsation, of course, being the root for GSDs).
Or I’m going to visit the pound every day until I find the dog I know will live happily with me.
I think I’m going the GSP route. My brother has one and she handles herself beautifully in the field. ive also hinted over Vizslas and have been very impressed…beautiful lines.
Agreed 100%… duh… short hair…
Be great to your best friend.
1996 for me…divorced a flight attendant, blew my Achilles, then found the greatest gal in my life. With change comes opportunity.
This year has brought more challenges…hence not many posts.
Hang in there…be good to yourself and go from there!
Does Ellen DeGeneres hang out at angrybeavs and, sorry Ellen, but why would anyone want to wish her a Merry Christmas?
In order to fit in I guess I’d better do it too.
Merry Christmas and all that Ellen and the same to the rest of the degeners(ates) that hang out here too. :-)
You’ve got me, M&S — how did Ellen DeG get into this thread? :-)
Anyway Merry Christmas to all, or Merry Winter Solstice, or whatever else it may be that you celebrate this time of year, and Santa, pleassssse bring us a good DC — soon.
Ah Ha! I just got it…degenerates, De Generes. Sorry, a little slow today.
Duly noted and modified. :-)
Santa brought the Huskers a lump of coal last year. Someone ran a naughty program in Lincoln, running a winning coach out of town like that, shame shame!
Maybe we’ll get our Red Ryder BB gun this year. Or maybe we got one last year with Sitake but shot our eye out
This is how the story is supposed to end, isn’t it?
“….pranging ducks on the wing…”
Always a good thing….
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!!!
Hey Jack, post a good jazz video later if you get a chance please, thanks and Merry Christmas!
Negative 5? C’mom guys, have some heart. Well, I’m not Jack and I don’t play one on TV but here’s something somewhat jazzy if not straight-ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKb9Ms68ME
In particular, watch Jaco Pastorius. One of the truly great musicians of our time.
Sending the bat(shit crazy) signal up to Jack is an automatic -6 at least ;)
http://youtu.be/mRGsG7knVKs
The “Red Sleigh Down” episode is one of my favorite Christmas shows….
Kyle: “Iraqis killed Santa!”
Mr. Hankey, with one of the great understatements of all time: “That sure doesn’t seem very Christmasy.”
Paraphrasing, but damn that was a funny episode…the torture scene:
“Oh no, not Santa’s balls!”….
I have a candidate for DC. But there is no shot of getting him back….at all. Rocky Long the only bright spot on the ass pimple that was Pettibones tenure at OSU.
And merry Christmas, or merry what ever you celebrate.
Also I completely forgot Brady Hoke was an assistant at OSU. He is really know as a good recruiter and coached d-lineman and linebackers. I wonder if he would be someone to look at? Where the hell did he go?
He did spend some time observing spring camp this year….
Also the last i heard his name
https://twitter.com/Con_Chron/status/586218837437100032
He interviewed twice for the ECU job, but I sounds like they didn’t want to pay his assistants. That was 2 weeks ago, and they just hired that Duke OC as their coach. So he’s still in the wind.
He’s apparently job hunting but striking out on HC jobs.
http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2015/12/15/michigan-wolverines-brady-hoke/77382698/
Yeah, there was a michigan player who said Hoke fell asleep on his couch during a in-home visit. Hoke denies it. I don’t know….anybody have an opinion on him? He has been successfull, but Michigan fans hate him….so I guess he can’t be that bad.
Merry Christmas Angry, sorry about the lump of coal you’ll likely receive in the morning.
That coal only keeps the “hate fire” burning…..for you.
Who has time to hate?
A@A provides mucho pleasure as he befuddles himself… then posts.
It’s absolutely amazing stuff. It’s not casuistic. It would be a brilliant troll if that were true. I actually think he thinks he is on point and fails to be so with almost any major contrarian point he wants to deliver.
He is “nuh-uh,” “you dumb” or ad hominem. He has no other play I know of. But I actually think he thinks he has contributed many solid ideas… not none. It’s magical stuff. We’re talking FSM worthy.
You’re right Jack. TBT
You finally did it on Thursday! Good for you!
Alas, it’s now Friday. So i can’t respond with any old pics. Sorry.
But Merry Christmas to you too.
Nice word! Casuistic
Never heard that one before.
Merry Christmas to all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TabOBCM9jYU
https://youtu.be/a2MZyKvNMBg
And if you’re wanting big band instead, this is for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nKzMHBV8Y
Thanks!
This CD is a stocking stuffer for Lady Beavergopher. We saw this in concert last year in Minneapolis.
It is rare to experience true greatness, but that group is just phenomenal. I’ve heard them about eight times and and always come out of their performances on a high. Props for you excellent taste.
And if you just want standards the kids will bounce to, there’s always this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htrD3h8nJq0&list=PLA69DF6BBC6D7DB7A
Here’s my contribution. This song, to me, is the greatest Chrismas song ever made. You don’t have to be a Christian to like it…but it helps. It has been recorded many many times, but I think this is the best version, I get goose bumps every time this version comes on, and I have to listen to it til the end. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/4Zh-yR0pbmU
First… Fairytale of New York.
Second… Groban is a boy. He will always be a boy. There are many many other covers that are much better, some in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41jx96xpbho
Bocelli is good. Pavarotti and Domingo in Italian is great also. Wish the recording was better on youtube. I just like Gorbans delivery the best. There are some Celtic singers that are excellent also, but I don’t care for the higher pitch deliveries.
Good and great are objective terms that have nothing to do with what you like.
And, in the end, you like what you like.
Stockings are stuffed, and now it’s time for headphones. I haven’t listened to Three Suns since last year. They will trip you on headphones.
Groban kind of a choad though.
Christmas*
Another Christmas, another lump of coal and another bundle of faggots
And you’re here looking for someone to hit on, is that right?
Stop looking in the mirror
Sorry about the coal… I guess. A little personal responsibility might help you.
But at least you have firewood. So there’s that.
bundle of faggots? Interesting. Is that what the crowds at Autzen or TATT arena are being referred to now?
Dude… it was bait.
Merry Xmas angrybeavs.
Not one peep on the OSU DC search yet. Would like to know if Orlando and GA have spoken. I think Aranda and GA likely have had some contact. Really think it would benefit the Beavs to get someone like Orlando who is very used to working as DC across McGiven as OC. Don’t think Orlando could turn down 750K.
The delay could be due to his prep for the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Eve vs FSU and also Aranda’s Holiday Bowl matchup vs USC on the 30th. Big games for both these targets. Orlando to me is more likely but a perfect start of the New Year would be hearing Oregon State has a deal with one of them to become our DC in the Pac-12.
I like your theories much better than mine which goes like this: he hasn’t found anybody and is still looking.
Currently I’m telling myself that the DC search pales when comparing it to headlines like this:
Pope Goes Full Doomsday: “For Those Who Celebrate Christmas… It May Be Their Last”
Posted on December 25, 2015 by The Doc
In a solemn sermon at the Vatican, Pope Francis has announced that Christmas this year will be a “charade” due to the fact that the globe is currently engaging in World War 3.
Rest of article: http://www.silverdoctors.com/pope-goes-full-doomsday-for-those-who-celebrate-christmas-it-may-be-their-last/
That site looks loonier than this one! Impressive
I’ve never visited the vatican’s website but I have no reason to doubt that it would be loony considering who’s responsible for the site. That being a bunch of child molesting perverts who have been known to burn people at the stake if you don’t buy into their bull shit.
Come to think of it that “burn ’em at the stake” pretty much describes most religions.
I sure hope that wasn’t the Vatican site
I’m sure it’s not connected to any PM-based currency idea.
I noticed one of our assistant coaches started following Aranda recently. Doesnt mean much but tought id mention
Interesting nevertheless. Thanks.
Its too quiet… GA must be waiting until after a bowl game to announce the hire
I wonder if any recruits have an idea who it will be?
I keep waiting for comments re Kait’s twitter …… what is it called id, or handle or ???? @k_cock1
https://twitter.com/k_cock1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
Whatever it’s called I’m thinking she came up with that on purpose. Now my only question is what is she trying to tell us?
Is this a job for the cold, wet nose?
Anyone actually see the commercial she’s talking about?
Yes
Did you see it online or on an ESPN broadcast?
Broadcast about a week ago
I hope everyone had a great day… other than the part about having to wake up earlier than normal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtC8NK4QeKg
You received four negs for hoping everyone had a nice Christmas? Damn, Jack! I’ll take it back to 3 as a token of seasonal cheer!
don’t care
but thanks
Happy Holidays everyone
I figured out who angry is!
http://angrybeaver.deviantart.com
This explains the Canadian Amish avatars, eh! He’s actually a woman, who knew? :)
Perfect!
Anyone mention Osia Lewis as DC? Seems more likely than Long or Hoke. But maybe GA is thinking higher-profile.
If I recall, they interviewed him last year for the head coaching job because he’s African American and checked off a box – errrr I mean a great DC
FWIW
BYU hires Cougar legend Ty Detmer as offensive coordinator
http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2015/12/24/10637828/byu-coaching-search-offensive-coordinator-ty-detmer/in/9626409
BYU football coaching staff tracker, departures and replacements
http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2015/12/11/9902054/byu-football-coaching-staff-tracker-assistant-coaches-departures-replacements/in/9626409
BYU could be in for a world of hurt with all that inexperience.
It’ll be interesting to watch.
And what looks to be a very tough schedule next year. Read on a BYU site that they think it’s a schedule that will get them a New Year’s Six Bowl with one loss or even the playoffs if they run the table. Of course, it’s delusional thinking, but as an independent you have to have that type of schedule to be delusional to begin with.
“Ball in the Family”, so they’ll be happy a short while…
“Ball in the family” sounds like a porno parody. Or would that be Ballin the family?
According to that second article, bronco was the D coordinator. Why can’t GA do the same thing? And what is the difference between a head coach calling offensive plays vs. defensive plays? Seems like he could do it and maybe hire a full time special teams coach, or an extra defense coach.
I don’t remember the details now, but a couple of years ago Bronco fired his DC during the season after they got off to an awful start defensively. He took over and they improved greatly through out the season.
Based on this ESPN scouting report about Handsome Tanielu (Could be a good starter for lower Power-5, Group-of-5 program) which I found on SB Nation. I’m sure glad the Beavs didn’t waste a scholarship on him. Just kidding but it does bring home the fact that currently the OSU DL is nothing better than a lower tier unit. As an aside, on some message boards “we didn’t want him anyway” seems to be the reasoning by some Beav fans when a recruited player decides to play elsewhere. Imo, pretending it didn’t matter as a way of dealing with it is not the way to improve a program.
http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2015/12/23/10310532/byu-football-recruiting-snow-dt-handsome-tanielu-signs-with-cougars
snip
Here is the scouting report on Handsome according to ESPN.com.
STRENGTHS: Thickly built with very good bulk as well as playing strength. Does good job of shooting hands with upper body strength to press blockers and hold ground when he stays low. Flashes adequate lateral mobility to be active between the tackles. Displays good bull rush ability…
AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT: May not be quite as tall as listed. Can give ground when doesn’t win with quickness and leverage. Active with hands as pass rusher, but needs to continue to refine usage… BOTTOM LINE: Tanielu is an active and strong interior DL. Not a real dynamic, quick penetrating presence, but can be stout versus run and work as an interior pass rusher. Could be a good starter for lower Power-5, Group-of-5 program or quickly add quality depth to a higher tier Power-5 program.
snip
Based on the following excerpt from the same article I’m wondering who else KT will be going after.
snip
The addition of Tanielu will shore up a position that desperately needed some depth. With the departure of Bronson Kaufusi, BYU needs all the defensive line help they can get. Logan Taele has been granted another year of eligibility and Travis Tuiloma will return but beyond that the Cougars will be relatively inexperienced up front.
snip
Go coooooooooooooogs
Here’s hoping they don’t Coug it.
The couging has commenced
Noticed one of our coaches started following Stanford DL coach Randy Hart. Not saying he’s a candidate for DC, but he does have ties to Urban Meyer. (I know, a stretch, but still) Only problem is he’s 68 years old, so not sure how much he has left in the tank for coaching. Has a ton of solid experience at DL and DC. Just wanted to put his name out there since we have heard nothing regarding the coaching search.
Good grief, Charlie Brown. ‘Tis the holiday season. People are scattered all over, away from their workplaces. Unless GA had alerted possible D coaches some time ago, I wonder how much can even be put in motion just now.
Happy Boxing Day.
Yeah….
that thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZDBXm11WXY
Any bets on when we will actually hear candidate names announced? Maybe after bowl week?
I would imagine after the new years bowls, if we hear a list at all.
Leach servin’ up the coug special in the 4th quarter
Coug Special 86’d by horrible Miami play
PAC still perfect in bowls
Go Bruins tonight! Make 5-8 a reality! Hip hip hooray!
Please do tell me again how the beavz squadron failed to compete in a single conference game?
How did we go Sleeve Jackson to Mick Haass to winless in PAC – 12 performances?
Competed pretty good against your faggot ducks.
Really?
Yes really.
Pretty pathetic, man.
How so?
When you use precise words, use them precisely.
Shouldn’t you be more concerned with what Liberace costume your athletes are going to wear vs TCU?
LOL
notice I wrote athletes, not student-athletes. There’s a difference. Would you believe oregon football uniforms have their own twitter page? Not gonna link it, but it’s true. That’s how over the fucking top ridiculous they’ve become. A new uniform for each game, a “dress a duck” page on whoregonlive. I guess when you have an owner with pockets that deep you can afford to be wasteful. Dude prolly wipes with $100 bills
Ironically the ewegenites who support the Knight money in quack sports probably also go to those Occupy rallies and vote to soak the 1% with no real sense of hypocrisy
Don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about scotty. You would do better to reference ironic eyewear and something about patchouli.
To make it sting further it seems the basketball teams have both given up on the seasons and talking heads say winless conference but how about Washington state Ernie Kent I don’t think is very excellent.
Yawn. Go find something productive to do.
and those talking heads saying winless conference seasons would be whom? Your stuffed animals you interviewed from your mom’s basement?
Ummm… them?
Not even! Are you nuts?
Has anyone seen any actual candidates mentioned anywhere? I would love to have Aranda or Orlando. Salave’a would be great for recruiting. We must be waiting until after a bowl game(probably Houston or Wisconsin’s) to announce the hire. Do you think we might get a surprise hire?
Not a word.
I think it’s cool.
Dear Gary, please do not hire the DC’s from Indiana or Duke.
Or VT or Tulsa
No kidding.
Squadron lost each contest Ok then
?
Duck off!
My list of favorite DC candidates in order
1. Dave Aranda- Would be a huge get and make our defense a lot better.Probably much better than Sitake. But would likely leave in 1-3 years.
2. Todd Orlando- Good coach and seems to be a good recruiter(might be Herman not him). Would be a good get.
3. Joe Saleve’a- Good DL coach and great recruiter. I would like to see what he could do with our DL and LB commits.
4. Kevin Clune- Good LB coach. Coached Bobby Wagner and a few other good LBs at Utah State. Not sure if I want him as our DC. He’s the DC at Utah State now… unsure if he would want our LB coaching job.
5. Justin Wilcox- Was once considered a good young up and coming coach. Good recruiter and he’s from Oregon.Still pretty young.
Saleve’a could really help the pass rush and seems to be a realistic candidate. Shemar Smith, Isaac Garcia, and Hamilcar Rashed could thrive with him as the DC. Saleve’a is also a great recruiter which seems to be very important to Andersen.
I posted this up above, but what about Brady Hoke? good recruiter, defensive guy, ex-beaver (which doesn’t matter), looking for a job.
I’d put him above Clune and Wilcox. Would he consider the LB coach job if we got Aranda, Orlando, or Salave’a?
I think he has a media gig with Sirius, and he’s been trying to get back into head coaching. I think the only way to get him is a DC position. But again someone needs to ask, you never know. I think he’s more viable than Aranda, I don’t know about orlando or the other guy.
other than the fact that he played for Oregon, what’s the rap against Wilcox?
Not knowing who on his defense is responsible for a fullback in the flat. Read this.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/6/9859194/usc-clay-helton-fired-defensive-coaches-justin-wilcox
umm, he sucks? Other than when he was at Boise, his defenses have been mediocre at best
He was known as a cheap shot at Boise… which turned out not to be him. Then he hasn’t produced anything except recruiting results… since.
We don’t need to be associated with the Great Sark Incident of 2015. [Your deity here] knows, you don’t want to be a part of that!
You must be fearful of stuff.
There!
I said it!
Yeah, but what does it mean, precisely?
That Sark was a poison, and he affected some within his system. And we don’t want any part of that.
Definitely agree to that.
FWIW – my post was sorta tongue in cheek…on your “precisely” topic to a@a (I think it was)..
at any rate I agree about the Sark guy.
How about this for off the wall – GA becomes HC/DC with emphasis on DC and the Beavs bring in Erickson as associate HC? Hell, they brought Riley back again… I remember Erickson gave all the credit to Riley but that was PC rhetoric IMO. Erickson brought in Chad & TJ and put the team together.
Riley on the sideline chewing gum, looking like he’s gonna fall asleep.
“Nebraska is a run-heavy team”.
Not if Riley has anything to say about it!
Ha ha, oh Banker, you rascal.
5-8 looking good so far! Hip hip poor bastards!
interesting stat: Nebraska 115th (out of 120-something schools) in turnovers.
flailing in the flat.
I hope that shithead Mora doesn’t take the foot off the petal.
Where would he put it. the leaf?
The Ballon knot.
Husker offsides penalty on PAT gives Bruins a free point
Thanks Riley :)
Ucla can’t stop getting penalties, it’s going to bite them in the ass if they don’t clean it up.
Thanks, Bruce!
From Corn Nation:
“he just can’t take running the ball… he can’t”
Riley looking like a baby with gas
He’s smiling?
In a very strange way
And Riley takes possession with 2 timeouts into the locker room
Helmet to helmet is always targeting
I feel bad for Armstrong having to play for Riley. Dude should declare for the draft as soon as humanly possible.
Well that’s the end of that.
Rod Gilmore is a very good analyst. And not just because he’s called out Langsdorf’s play calling in the red zone. Very insightful about Rosen’s weakness, which we didn’t have a glimmer of witnessing in Corvallis in early November
Thanks Bruins :(
Happy Belated Merry Christmas beavos!!!
Riley bites back in a real way today! My 3 team all Pac 12 parlay would have paid $250..
Mora and crew should probably be fired after that performance.
Can’t be happy for Mike Riley for winning the bowl game. He left this program seriously lacking in talent. Set us back for multiple years.
Those poor bastards end the season on a high note full of hope… Predictable setup for the ball yank in one or two years. 6-7, Mediocre Mike at his best.
Biley and company tried like hell to give it to the Bruins in the 4th, but they wouldn’t take it. Fuck Mora! MR looked a little lost after the game, he was smiling like they had won something important and he was being ignored because nobody gave two shits.. Hey Mikey, you were still 6-7.
Sticking to the script perfectly: Flounder around at seven win seasons in the next few years, win some upsets and crappy bowls, and fans fight amongst themselves in the coaches vs. players debate as to why they can’t get win the big ten.
They’ll be excited when they finally have a 9 or 10 win season, somehow forgetting they used to have a coach who did that EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
Alright, done with Christmas stuff. Did I miss any news?
Also, any opinions on Marcel Yates as DC? Haven’t seen him mentioned.
Why did he leave aTm for Boise?
He was Co Defensive Coordinator at Texas A&M and Boise State is his alma mater. He could probably run the entire defense at Boise State which he didn’t at Texas A&M
Yates’ salary in 2015: – Marcel Yates, defensive coordinator, $330,013 (+$12,501)^
http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/bronco-beat-blog/article40856253.html
“The biggest changes in this year’s contracts were the three-year deal for defensive coordinator Marcel Yates, a first for a Boise State assistant,….”
Wow. guys typically only got one to two-year deals?
What’s his approach at BSU? How successful have his Ds been?
Mentioned plenty
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2015/12/who_will_replace_kalani_sitake.html#3
I have a tendency to overlook coaches who are successful where it’s just systemic success.
I think it usually depends on the head man, so far as what I’m willing to understand about a new coach.
It’s a good name. I have to look more closely.
Angry and others have pointed out that Riley’s narrative is sometimes winning just as his testicles are about to be cut off.
Too bad for the PAC 12.
nobody ever needed to point it out
that’s how everyone reading this sentence ended up here
it’s not about Riley
it’s not about Riley’s friends
okay…
It kinda is like Riley’s friends… insofar as it isn’t.
Can we fucking lose Riley?
Can we?
Nope buddy, we’re stuck with him. You gotta keep the pressure on or before you know it, he’s back for a third time! And IT IS about Riley, the Portland paper saw fit to put a NU/UCLA story on the front page of the sports section. Give it three or four years and maybe it will fade.
DAMMIT!
If Biley’s back for round 3….Oh god no
NOT. FUNNY.
Here is a classic for y’all:
When asked why Riley didn’t show “fire and brimstone” while at OSU (as he did today??), Eggers tweets, “He did,…when necessary”
Yeah, that’s it, Kerry; it wasn’t often important for him to wake up at poor little OSU!………….you can’t make this BS up.
Fire and brimstone? What, did Mike sigh heavily on the sidelines? Or did he put 2 pieces of gum in his mouth at once?
He looked more pissed tonight than I saw in a decade of Riley at OSU.
Someone stole his bike?
Sounds like SB Nation writer Kevin Trahan knows a little about Riley, he says, “… it’s still unclear what Mike Riley wants his team to be as he tries to fit Nebraska’s spread players into his traditionally pro-style system.”
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/27/10668834/nebraska-ucla-foster-farms-bowl-recap-final-score
LMFAO!
Dave in Tumwater called #TPB radio show after the Illinois loss. Scroll way down to Oct. 5 segment 2:
http://www.1620thezone.com/UnsportsmanlikeConductPodcasts.aspx
HILARIOUS AND SPOT ON!!!!
In segment 3 the hosts read part of an article from the Gazette Times calling out bewildering clock management, etc. Must-listen radio lol
Segment 4 and the hosts are literally googling “Mike Riley clock management”. I’m dying here, save me
I’m somewhat curious to see what happens at Nebraska but some of you guys Riley obsession is bordering on douche’y I love you Scotty but live in the now bro.
I’m stuck waiting for updates on a computer and doing laundry. Gotta have some background comedy, and these Husker podcasts after a loss are gold
Still, I suppose I should move on eventually…. If I have to….. :(
Don’t feel obligated Scotty, how many years did we put up with Riley? Follow NU football to your hearts delight. I personally plan on rooting against NU football with some vim and vigor until the day Riley is shit-canned.
Unfortunately, he won’t be fired. He’ll be allowed to retire…
I’ll probably have one year of hardcore anti-Riley rooting (this last year) followed by mediumcore once football season rolls around again next year, and then softcore after that. I reserve the right to go hardcore again if he knocks on the door of a championship though (hey it’s a crazy world, never know)
Once OSU football starts recovering from his wake of destruction, my anti-Riley passion will diminish. Maybe.
Dropping lines for walleye and perch….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_BjzDCDXs
Love it gawdamnyouall!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJhHn-TuDY
And?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJhHn-TuDY
Wait, beavz go winless and all the coaches leave meanwhile Mike Riley wins a bowl game? I’m not sure but I think he called more run plays last night than he did in his last 5 years in Corvallis.
….and the Ducks cheat….tell us something we don’t already know.
Don’t you have a Chip Kelly or Mariota poster on the wall of your mom’s basement to go whack off to?
Quacks like pretending they’re too good to care about OSU or the rivalry, but it’s obviously not true.
Someone saw GA at the SLC airport. Wonder if he’s going for a Utah coach or on his way back from meeting someone else
https://twitter.com/LSUcaligrl/status/681163191288659969
I think he has family there too. Too bad she didnt check where he was flying
GA’s mother and brothers live in SLC.
Ed Lamb takes DC job at BYU
FWIW This shows him as assistant head coach, TE coach and Ilaisa Tuiaki as DC.
http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2015/12/11/9902054/byu-football-coaching-staff-tracker-assistant-coaches-departures-replacements/in/9626409
You’re right, didn’t read it very closely. Seems like not a great move to go from head coach in the big sky to position coach at BYU, unless his magic underwear started tingling
During the press conference Holmoe said, paraphrasing here, he knew what it was like when a person is given their first HC job and he was going to do what he could to help KS with the transition. Hiring Lamb with his 8 years experience as a head coach might be part of Holmoe’s way of making the transition easier.
Also, Lamb might be a fall back position if it turns out that KS can’t hack it.
On the face of it it would seem that this isn’t a very good career move for Lamb so there must have been other promises made in order to make him want to take the job. 30 virgins instead of 21 or something like that perhaps.
These guys have been and are getting paid hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to play a game they already love.
There is no bad career move.
It seems to me, being a mormon and getting to coach at BYU is a big deal…I guess. It’s like Muslims going to mecca, kind of thing.
More like Catholics coaching at Notre Dame.
Angry brought up Yates and I have him 3rd in my Top 5 for Oregon State to bring on as DC.
Top 5:
1) Aranda (High quality DC and knows how to teach)
2) Orlando (Solid DC & knows McGiven well. Entering prime production years)
3) Yates (Younger but has shown considerable promise of ability)
4) Pendergast (Likely higher if not for age)
5) Wilcox (Has incentive to have a couple better years again)
6) Saleve’a (Appears to be good coach and recruiter)
7) Clune (Final guaranteed yes if all else fails)
Angry brought up Yates and I have him 3rd in my Top 5 for Oregon State to bring on as DC.
Top 5:
1) Aranda (High quality DC and knows how to teach)
2) Orlando (Solid DC & knows McGiven well. Entering prime production years)
3) Yates (Younger but has shown considerable promise of ability)
4) Pendergast (Likely higher if not for age)
5) Wilcox (Has incentive to have a couple better years again)
6) Saleve’a (Appears to be good coach and recruiter)
7) Clune (Final guaranteed yes if all else fails)
Angry brought up Yates and I have him 3rd in my Top 5 for Oregon State to bring on as DC.
Top 5:
1) Aranda (High quality DC and knows how to teach)
2) Orlando (Solid DC & knows McGiven well. Entering prime production years)
3) Yates (Younger but has shown considerable promise of ability)
4) Pendergast (Likely higher if not for age)
5) Wilcox (Has incentive to have a couple better years again)
6) Saleve’a (Appears to be good coach and recruiter)
7) Clune (Final guaranteed yes if all else fails)
What’s OSU’s selling point/leverage that would help us land #1 or #2? I could see the rest moving given the right salary increase and/ot status change, but what convinces those other two?
We can take Aranda to 900K+ from 500K & Orlando from 500K to 750K+ and the leap to a Big 5 program in the nation’s 2nd most highly regarded conference.
I feel like both would entertain offers from OSU, but ultimately have those offers matched by current teams.
And $900k is a lot of cheddar for a team that can’t fill a small stadium
I don’t mind them paying big bucks….if the hire produces. Because people will come.
Yes, but the political side is that our HC has to keep those lines of communication open. There has to be continuing trust between him and any potential candidate. And that starts with getting your guys raises if that’s all you do.
Why would anybody put wilcox on a list? He is aweful, I’d rather hire Banker back…..well maybe not, but he’s just as bad.
Looked bad in the Pac-12 Championship against a very good Stanford team and Heisman contender but that is still lightyears past where OSU finished. He may be just slightly better than average but a decent recruiter with motivation to come back and prove himself after being let go by USC. #5 isn’t a very strong endorsement either. I also would put JW ahead of Clune but would possibly have the WSU guy at my 5 slot.
Johnny Hekker cheap shots a Seahawk player, then later on a punt some Seahawk players run at Hekkers and he nearly goes fetal position.
https://twitter.com/BrianMFloyd/status/681240317471907841
The cheap shot was weak
So was the fetal position move
He got that toughness from Riley
Hekker and the Rams get the last laugh. Scoreboard. Again
Enjoy Lambeau in January Shehawks. Could’ve had an easy wildcard game against Washington. Now it’s Minnesota’s to lose
I am not opposed to considering Orgeron. He is gettable at fair price if Aranda and Orlando prove harder and is a big name and recruiter still in national perception. OSU would get mileage and some solid recruits with such a hire I imagine. He’d be in my Top 3. Then guys like Pendergast, Saleve’a or maybe Yates as my next 3 followed by Wilcox and Clune bringing up the rear.
Orgeron doesnt want to leave LSU and is expected to get a healthy raise this year.
http://www.wwltv.com/story/sports/ncaa/lsu/2015/12/27/lsus-orgeron-says-hes-not-looking-leave/77947814/
Orgeron is intriguing. Has anyone heard anything or know much about LSU DB coach Corey Raymond? He is supposed to be on the rise in SEC territory as a guy who may start to get some interest for DC roles in other conferences.
Lots of Aranda to Miami chatter out there, btw
I’ve seen a couple of comments about Butch Davis maybe becoming DC. He interviewed for the HC job at Miami also.
This would be a coup in a good way
Another name to watch…Morgan Scalley
Safeties coach and recruiting coordinator for Utah. Look him up. Has charisma and presence. Probably why theit defense actually improved after Sitake left and an ace recruiter.
GA was in SLC yesterday. This may have legs and would be a savvy hire. Upcomer with great upside for OSU.
“GA was in SLC yesterday”
OR he was in SLC visiting his mother and family. Considering it is the holidays
He was spotted at the airport, so that must mean he was on a layover either to or from Wisconsin. Duh…
My bad. I forgot arrivals and departures at SLC airport are only to/from Madison.
We’re gettin Aranda!!!!!
True. I was on Madison slc flight last month…however,didn’t see a single football coach
Salt Lake City has an airport?
My guess is the reason the Utes incrementally improved this season is due to: a lot of seniors on the two deep at DL, LD, and S. Only corner was relatively untested. And, the new DC, John Pease, is very good, and very old.
Not saying Scalley shouldn’t be given credit. I would just put him at number 3 or lower on the list.
Lol huskers beat a depleted unranked UCLA team and suddenly think they’re world beaters! At least a few huskers on the thread are still sane:
http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?81547-Best-6-7-team-in-the-nation
Go from annual 9+ win seasons to 6-7 and somehow “the future looks bright.” Riley has ’em right where he wants them #TPB
Wow, what delusional bullshit. Somehow the worst season since 2007 just does not register with these idiots. When Riley disappoints them completely, the backlash is going to roll him down to his San Antone’ retirement home like a tidal wave.
What kind of incomprehensible mystique does Riley have that allows him to hold the belief over so many in a fan base that his brand of mediocrity is a surefire step in the direction of future greatness.
The Chargers are the only ones who have ever followed through on firing him?
Cuz he’s such an experienced gosh darn nice grandpa
That’s like being the smelliest shit in an Porta potty. Congratulations Nebraska!
U could say the same about us being optimistic and having scheme change and such. I honestly agree but just playing devils advocate.
For whatever reason, Riley’s teams usually played well in meaningless bowl games (with the exception of the most high profile meaningless bowl game, in which they totally blew it against a bad UT team).
I see a lot of level-headed and tongue in cheek comments in that thread.
What is quintessential Riley is the despair he institutes at the beginning of the season, which can’t help but lead to improvement during the course of the season (i.e. finding identity), and hope from the fan base returns- pointing to a brighter future. However, the entire cycle repeats itself every season. Riley’s tenure at NU has not been long enough for the more astute fans to recognize this, yet. The non-astute fans never will.
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The really good news, though, is the quality of the team asserted itself in the latter part of the season, which appeared to come from both the players (who showed great character in not bailing on the season) and the coaches. So at least the future looks good.
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Okay, so who does everyone think we realistically end up with for DC? Not who we want, just who we think it will be.
My money’s on some relative unknown from a Utah-based school
If so my money is on Morgan Scalley.
Scalley for DC or LB coach?
Clune or Yates seem like the most likely based on the names I’ve seen thrown around so far. Clune must be your guy then
Scalley is a stud recruiter. Can’t believe his name hasn’t cropped up here til now. His safeties were a sound unit and guy looks hungry and laser focused.
Scalley >> Clune
Rumors from Madison about a former GA recruit looking at a transfer. Dual threat QB. Started practicing at WR mid season.
D.J. Gillins – Football – Wisconsin Athletics
http://www.uwbadgers.com › roster
High School: Four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals and 247 Sports … ranked as No. 4 dual-threat quarterback in the …
Barry Alvarez not worried about losing UW defensive coordinator Dave Aranda
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/barry-alvarez-not-worried-about-losing-uw-defensive-coordinator-dave-aranda-b99640339z1-363567501.html
that’s a pretty juicy story mud&sticks linked to. Reading closely between the lines, it has a whistling past the graveyard-like quality and he’s actually quite concerned about losing Aranda. Talking about how well-compensated Aranda is and that he should be satisfied with that compensation is odd. However, the most interesting line is when Alvarez says “if your wife’s not happy, you’re not happy” and I think that is the imperative we’ve overlooked in Andersen’s decision to leave.
I stumbled upon the actual job posting for our defensive coordinator. The official closing date for applications appears to be January 4th, which suggests that no announcement could be made until January 5th at the earliest? That right?
Is there also the issue of ensuring diversity considerations which could require more interviews?
That makes sense emotionally and logically. It’s the holidays, and it’s an important hire. Take time and make a good offer/choice,
For Classified Staff positions, they don’t/can’t conduct formal interviews until after the closing date, and I believe that the same rule applies to Administrative/Faculty positions, such as DC, as well. I can’t imagine, however, that GA hasn’t reached out to potential hires to gauge interest. The most likely scenario is that GA and company already know who will be formally invited to interview, including minority candidates. Of course, that short-list could easily change if a current applicant withdraws or a surprise candidate submits their application by the deadline.
it is also possible that some coaches (or representatives) reached out and expressed interests in the open DC position. The same way GA reached out to OSU last year
I don’t think we have to be that cynical.
We don’t have an airport or a mall.
Yay!
fuck you if you think those are important in a college town.
The narrative has changed. Get on board.
Sione Finau, Kyle White, Shurod Thompson, Howard Houston (target), and Riley Sharp are all following Morgan Scalley now. Might mean nothing but interesting.
Looks like they’ve been following him for awhile and that’s not a recent change. Would say that has more to do with Utah recruiting than anything DC related
Women’s team looking pretty good against Notre Dame today. Not great, but pretty good. We still have the problem of turning it over, but the ladies are handling the press right now better and shooting a bit better than they were last week, and they look like they came to play.
That was a close one, they almost pulled it off.
Lost by one. some poor clutch shot making down the stretch again. But they battled on the road against the #3 team, should help come pac12 season. Hopefully, they can make a run during the league even without Wiese.
I’m just so sick of taking solace in losses, e.g. “they battled” or “they came so close”. The Tennessee snafu definitely rubbed me the wrong way I guess. I wish they’d win sometimes. They’re 0-2 as far as I’m concerned, because the only two games that have mattered they lost both.
I hear you. The moral victory loses its luster after awhile.
They played with more effort and intensity than the men’s team does.
Poor shooting and turnovers kinda did them in, though they had a couple of chances there in the last couple minutes. McWilliams made a couple of free throws with a second on the clock for the final score. Weisner had another poor game shooting, as did Hamblin. OSU played them closer than I thought they would, but still it is hard to beat a good team shooting <40% from the field, especially on the road.
A loss is a loss
Brilliant insight
Thanks, I do what I can
Had trouble logging on to ESPN, so I was forced to settle for Ron Callan (sp?) over the radio. Sounded like Katie performed like the Frosh she is and that Gabby, as a Jr., gave us lots to look forward to. Hamblin seemed to be a disappointment.
I’m with “thatguy”, tired of coming close, battling, and still ending with a loss. That said, conference play is most important and these games vs Tenn and ND are good preparation. No reason for the gals to think anything other than full effort will be needed EVERY night from now on.
If they will avoid looking past ANYONE, I think they can repeat as conf champs.
And, Ron calls a pretty good game, IMHO.
I think it will be pretty tough for them to repeat as Pac-12 champs. We’ll see if they can get past the LA schools next weekend, though they could easily start conference 0-2. No breaks on scheduling like they had last year.
I am with your analysis. Everybody wants us to win these games and become a powerhouse. However, sometimes teams have to grow throughout the season, and can become better as they learn from tough wins and loses. I am not giving any moral victories for close play here. They have performed poorly down the stretch of two most competitive games of the season. Wiesner seems to be putting too much pressure on herself that she can’t handle. She has not handled the clutch times well this season.
With all that being said, the team two executed possessions away from being undefeated. Is it something that needs improvement? Most definitely, Is it cause for concern? Yes. Can they turn it around? we shall see.
RIP Lemmy
What???!?!?!? Say it isn’t so! RIP Lemmy. Another one from my youth gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09hBGGpSjk
Ace of Spades part 2
But so awesome at the same time.
Plus Lemmy played bass and wrote the vocals. So if it sounds like Ace of Spades it’s because Lemmy wanted it to.
It is a rippin’ tune and he does play a Rick. The video is trashy.
A lovely tribute from The Young Ones…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPd6CCMyvhE
Husker delusion reaching record levels:
http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?81597-Losing-by-20-or-More-Points
Now they’re pumped that it’s the first time in 15 seasons they didn’t lose a game by 20 or more points. Don’t worry huskers, Riley will show you what he’s all about… Just give it time. The sunshine pumping, lowered expectations, and rationalizations are mindboggling.
The Riley Phenomenon is very deserving of scientific study. I can’t explain it.
I had a dream awhile ago about OSU playing Nebraska in a bowl game, (it wasn’t the rose bowl, I’m not that delusional). God I hope it happens while Riley is in Nebraska, I would fly anywhere to watch that.
Did ya catch this from that board? Seems very true, these guys are really stuck in the “old days”:
How many Nebraska fans does it take to change a light bulb? None, we all just sit around in the dark and talk about how great the old light bulb was.
Oh, and thanks scotty, for the link the other day to the Nebraska sports talk show. Those guys are beginning to see the light, but remain convinced that Tumwater Dave isn’t an astute follower of the Beavs, but someone who has personal issues with Riley. Too funny, assuming Riley stole Dave’s high school sweetheart.
NU football is interesting because they seem to be a program that somehow lost its “eliteness” and try as they may, just can’t get it back. The NU fans are insufferable because they still behave like they are relevant. Programs like Ohio St or Alabama must drive them crazy because they have had down years, but always come roaring back to greatness. NU can’t get there.
kinda like Univ. of Washington too.
It’s not a phenomenon. It’s human nature. We always try to find positive aspects in things we can’t control but have a vested interest. This was the first year of Riley for the Huskers so it makes sense for them to do whatever it takes to create hope. But if Riley is still there in 3 years and he’s performing the same as he always does, then hope is out the window and they will get smacked in the face with reality. I guess we could say the same about our own coaching situation.
But Riley takes it to a whole other level
Riley takes a team with 9 win talent and roars into a 5 win reg season. Then, of course, with the luck o the Riley he gets a low tier bowl against a lesser opponent than if he were 9-3, and scratches out a win….
Well, the husker die hards have taken consolation. Hope still lives! The good-guy image carries him off the field on its shoulders…
God, I am glad we are rid of him!
Holy shit! I cannot believe I just read that a 6-7 season with no “blowout losses” is better than a 9-4 season with “blowout losses”. These clowns cannot be real.
The longer we wait for a DC the more likely it seems we will get Aranda or Orlando. Any of the other rumored candidates could have accepted by now because their bowl games have been over for a while.
As pointed out above, the DC job posting doesn’t close until Jan. 04. They can’t formally interview, much less hire anyone until then. That’s not to say, however, that either of the aforementioned aren’t primary targets. Also don’t know whether a job opening announcement has to remain posted for a minimum amount of time and the closing date coincidentally fell on Jan. 4, or if it was chosen purposely to coincide with the end of bowl season. The plot thickens.
In Oregon, the posting must be up for a minimum of 1 week and a good amount of candidates to form a pool.
Looks like the women’s team quit. Rueck has lost the locker room
Still better than the ducks.
Based on what? I thought I’d hit you with a down vote but you already have 13. Never seen that many on a post before. On second thought, here’s 14.
I had a thought a couple days ago. Saban will need a DC after Smart is officially named the UGA coach. If I was Dave Aranda, I would be on the phone to try to get that job and get my PhD in coaching. Being a coordinator for Saban is an almost automatic step to a high profile HC job.
Sorry to pour water on the Aranda coming to Corvallis delusion. There is always Pure Orange if you want to live in fantasy land. Go Beav’s!
Oregon State is the state’s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. No better place to get your PhD!!!!!
Not in football. Stay thirsty my friend.
Aranda has already been mentored by GA so for a lot of reasons (different mentor, prestige, exposure, etc.) going to Alabama would be a step up in his career.
Saban already hired a DC. So that’s not happening.
Clune apparently on his way to interview per footballscoop.com
“Per source, Utah State defensive coordinator Kevin Clune is headed to Corvallis to “interview” for the same role. Clune previously served as defensive coordinator at Hawaii and coached linebackers at Utah State from 2009-2013. Clune served as defensive coordinator at Weber State and Southern Utah prior to joining the staff at Utah State.”
http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/
Clune is a great LB coach. Is he a good DC?
… But Robinette retweeted this https://twitter.com/BleedOrangBlack/status/681874818979893254
Oh wow!
I thought we would go after Tom Izzo first.
Gary appears to be a Rand Paul fan, so that says he’s off his nut.
Why does it say that?
I think it’s more nuts to believe any of the other candidates are good options, or even options at all.
Because you can’t believe in the inherent immorality of empire at the same time you adhere to that which needs empire to be successful.
But you’re also correct in that almost all the other candidates don’t even have half of it right.
Libertarians live in an ideological fantasyland and attempt to manipulate by pushing a message of individual freedom, but when it comes down to the practical, it turns out they want an individualized government that matches their personal values and subjects others to mandates and laws.
And what world do liberals live in?
Substitute the name of any party for “libertarians”; then substitute that party’s catch phrase after “message of”…..then remove “individualized”, and you could make that work for any party including the Tea Party, evangelicals, etc, wouldn’t you say?
I wouldn’t say that. The whole core of Libertarian belief is smaller government. This is a hoax. Individualized isn’t smaller. Abortion is just one example where many Libertarians demonstrate this.
And I’d say liberals live in a world where their policies have the ability to be tested against reality, because much of it already exists in one form or another.
All of our candidates suck. If this batch is the best we can do, the country is already doomed.
All of them are bought and paid for by the puppet masters (the new world order crowd) so, imo, no matter who the people vote into office we’re fucked.
If by chance there was someone who wasn’t a puppet and had a chance of being elected he’d be taken out one way or the other.
Even if they did manage to keep from getting blackmailed or killed they’d and got elected they’d have to deal with the corruption in congress and the rest of government.
We’re fucked.
Meh, being a cynic is the easy way out. There are differences between candidates, even if you think they all suck. If we had Al Gore, we don’t have the Iraq war. If we have McCain, we have an escalation of the previius wars and we’re probably in Iran, too. If we have Romney, we have fewer people with health insurance and we have his AG in Oregon trying to over rule legal weed, like Bush jr did with assisted suicide.
This quote comes to mind, bendbeaver:
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….”
I like this one: “the way to make people passively obey is by convincing them to believe a doomsday narrative and that they carry no influence or ability to create change”.
Already fell for “hope and change” back in 2008.
So have things changed since 2008?
Yes, there is no more hope ;)
Agreed I don’t even follow it anymore because we’re well past the point of no return.
Mike riley will be on canzano today to talk about why he left OSU, gosh darnit.
https://twitter.com/johncanzanobft/status/681904261588881408
1) He had a complex offensive system with no one to run it effectively;
2) He didn’t have the RPI to get into a bowl game with a losing record; and
3) Brenda Tracey.
What a neat deal, Remmers will also be on canzano in the 1 o’clock hour. EDIT: 2 o’clock hour.
He came in early at 12:59
I missed it. What did he say? (Not that I’d believe it)
I’m getting this second hand sooo….confirmed BDC sat him down after the CW loss and told him no more extensions to the contract, and they need to win or assistants need to be fired.
If true as we suspected from the beginning, it further proves that gum chewing bastard is, indeed, a no-accountability asshole
Yup, although I’m glad he’s gone, it shows he’s more loyal to his buddies than to a school or its players. What a chicken shit. He gets butt hurt the first time someone questions him……but thank God he’s spinless, or we would of had to deal with him this year.
And kudos to BDC for showing some balls, weather it was his balls or Ed Rays.
That is a bad visual.
https://youtu.be/Y4AcgjQmpsU
Here is the link to the Canzano/Riley interview:
https://soundcloud.com/kxtg-the-bald-faced-truth
I didn’t take time to listen twice, but it sounded like Riley asked to say goodbye to Dr. Ray and BDC told him he’d take care of that. I think the final meeting took about 30 seconds. Check the link if you want to get it all straight from the horses(asses) mouth.
As for contracts, I believe Riley said that BDC told him no long term contracts/extensions for assistants.
spelling police
spinless or spineless https://www.google.com/search?q=spineless&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8?
Love it!
I still graduated from OSU……so I got that going for me…which is nice.
Two asshats talking in circles, yipee!
From what I heard….it seemed Canzano did a good job of not letting Riley deflect. But I’m getting that second hand, so I’m not sure.
people just blindly hate Canzano because he has said some negative things about their team. Newsflash, thats his job to not wear team colored glasses.
Meh.
I can’t speak for others. But I just find him not very interesting almost all of the time. He has a tendency to drive into the dirt questions most of us have already asked, answered and dismissed.
The Tracey story was a revelation. So he occasionally uses his platform for real editorial work. But most often he aims for the lowest common denominator with stale tricks. It’s the predominant business model for media at the moment. So you can’t blame him for being a creature of his industry. He’s not bucking the trend by either staunchly upholding journalistic integrity or wandering off into Crazyland. So he just is what he is.
I sure hope there’s not too much inbreeding going on.
Apparently someone advocates inbreeding.
Tulsa beating SMU would be a nice gift for today.
:(
I know. It was a rough game. SMU plays dirty when the chips are down. I typically like watching a Larry Brown team play ball, even if I think he should be nowhere near college hoops. Tulsa tried to make a late run but couldn’t get over the physicality allowed by the refs.
They also couldn’t cover Milton for some reason.
I just spotted Dave Aranda drinking a pumpkin latte while simultaneously exiting a plane at LAX and PDX while wearing USC embroidered socks.
Leach signs new contract extension, along with Grinch and Salave’a.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14460506/washington-state-cougars-extend-coach-mike-leach-contract-2020-season
If it is Clune, that could be good. Cut from the same cloth, so schematically should be a smooth transition. Recruiting would be a question mark. I think Sitake was overrated in this respect, as well, but they did find some under the radar Polynesian gems at Utah.
People criticized angry last week when he suggested Shurod Thompson may not last as a commit with the news of Baldwin’s demotion. Now the once 100% committed player is planning to official visit at Utah.
You can never be too shur.
Oh please, both of you refused to provide evidence, so it was a case of “who knows”? Where are you hearing this from, anyway?
And besides, no player is “100% committed” until he signs the letter of intent. Until then, he can take all the visits to other campuses he wants.
Being reported by Blair Angulo at Rivals today.
100% committed were words Shurod used about a month or two ago
He’s mad you didn’t post screen shots of the sources. Which would have been dumb on so many levels, the most obvious being that person wouldn’t be a source for long.
Unless the source specifically asked to not be named, I’m can’t take that as an excuse. What puzzles me is that you always are so skeptical and feel a need for evidence when you’re the one being told information, but you get mad when us readers here are skeptical in return.
I (and probably many others, too) don’t like your double standard of “Be VERY skeptical of whatever Riley/Banker/people in authority say! But if I say it, take it at my word because I said so.”
Oh whatever.
Recruits are going to be upset about coaching changes. I don’t think that’s any big revelation. And some of them are going to grumble under their breaths… again, not a revelation.
Decisive moves were made without ego soothing communications. But they were made in the express context of putting the best players on the field, running them at their best positions and realizing their greatest potentials. I can live with that if it’s what has brought GA past success and is what it takes to get us there. I don’t mind the constant tinkering method when decisions aren’t protracted. Rosters change from year to year. Constant tinkering is required.
So the context implies there are coaches who are willing to take star-shaped pegs and go find or create star-shaped holes in which to fit them. And there are some who think star-shaped pegs can simply fit in a round hole if you make the hole big enough.
While I agree that the demotion might play havoc on our recruits. RanY is right about the “100% committed” part. If you could take someone’s word, there wouldn’t be a need for contracts. I think Paul Lucas is a shining example.
People are thumbing you down now, too. The truth is painful, as they say.
Chipster out at Philly… should be interesting
headed to Tennessee, no doubt
Too bad Mariota has chronic knee issues
If Baldwin is still on the staff why would Thompson care what position Dave Baldwin has? Baldwin wouldn’t even coach Thompson because he’s a safety. He was probably going to take that visit anyway. Most recruits take visits to see all of their options and make sure they’re making the right decision.
The Bay Area recruits are mad.
Chip Kelly was fired….. so let’s hear predictions of where he ends up. As long as it isn’t in the Pac12, I don’t really care.
Somewhere in the nfl.
My money was on Maryland, but they already hired a coach. Probably regretting that now. USC named Helton HC, so the Pac is safe from Chipster. I don’t know, there’s a couple SEC teams without coaches, but maybe he wants another shot at the NFL.
Did Syracuse hire a new coach? I think he’ll land there. I think he wants to be near New England and will take a lesser job to do so. If all those jobs are full he’ll sit the year out and get one next year.
They hired Dino Babers from Bowling Green.
They should probably fire him and hire Chip. Haha. I bet he would have coached there…the guy loves New England. I don’t think Chip cares about money too much.
He’ll stay in the NFL. Chip did not like having to glad hand boosters. In the NFL, he can just coach.
Since it appears the Colts job will also come open, that might be an option with Luck there.
isn’t that what happened to Belechick way back?
There is a good series on the NFL network that covers Belichick and the Browns if that is what you are talking about wannabeav. It’s also a must watch for the Browns fans in the league, but you may want to hide all the sharp objects, keep animals out of kicking distance, and purchase some earmuffs for the kids.
According to this documentary, Belichick assembled the same team of people in Cleveland that he later had at the Pats. He was in the impossible process of turning the Browns into what the Patriots became in the 2000s. In 1994, they were 11-5 and had won a playoff game. The reason they fell apart in 1995 was due to some dumb ass deciding to move the team after 4 or 5 games.
Here’s a list of Belichick’s staff: 1) Ozzy Newsome, famous for building the two Ravens’
championship teams as GM, 2) Nick Sabin, famous for failing at the Dolphins and dominating the SEC, 3) Kurt Ferentz , not really household name famous but is the coach of the 12-1 Iowa Hawkeyes, 4) and a whole bunch of other people who went on to success.
And…..Art Modell fired them all, except for Ozzie Newsome, for having a bad season with a self imposed distraction of moving in the MIDDLE of the season to Baltimore. And everyone, except Cowboy fans, scratch their head about Jerry Jones about being a bad owner.
Sorry about your luck Cleveland fans.
What he said. But I think he wants the power a head coach in college gets, and he wants to be back in the Northeast. I don’t see him sticking around the NFL.
apparently you missed the interview where he said he burned his boat
“I’m all in,” Kelly told Brookover. “I think it was Cortez who burned the boats. I’ve burned the boats, so I’m not going back. I’m in. I’m an NFL coach and this is where I want to be. If there was any indecision . . . I wouldn’t have made the jump.”
http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/10/philadelphia_eagles_coach_chip_21.html
You also probably missed the fact he fucking hated schmoozing boosters and recruiting
Clearly the Titans and Mariota are the favorites
What?!?!? Awww, that’s too bad. You mean that fat piece of human garbage isn’t the next best thing since sliced bread??? Dude would trade his own mother to win a football game. He has zero class, a win at any cost mentality and is a complete control freak. He fell flat on his face in the big boy league? Good. He fucked himself when he traded Nick Foles for Glass Joe, I mean Sam Bradford.
I can see it now. Duck fan jerking off to his CK poster dreaming of a return to Eugene and thinking it’s a realistic possibility. Dream on fuckwads
I seem to remember his post-game interview once upon a time w/ Erin Andrews on the field where he told those d-bag Ucks fans to “shut up and have some respect” when they rushed around him after storming the field during his interview. He got kudos in my book for that one at least.
Riley interview was actually good.
He basically admitted the discussion with Bob D was an issue, though he says it didn’t play a role in him leaving (obvious lie, for sure a nice guy).
concur. going back to one of your epic posts, he was in what seemed like a manic mode today, as in, not depressed. I thought the key points he made (in addition to getting an overture from Nebraska the very day BDC finally laid some expectations on him) were (1) his wife was open to it; she knew the local vibe was negative even if he was oblivious; (2) he thought change would be good for OSU too; (3) he referred to his time there as “bad years” interspersed with some “better years,” impliedly better than bad, but not avowedly good or great years, which was precisely the critique found here on this blog,
You mean, he Keyser Söze’d us. What a dick.
I’m thinking we’ll hear Aranda to Miami soon.
I’m thinking he stays in Madison.
In a Holiday Inn Express.
OSU, Miami and USC are the only P5 openings left, i think. He stays in Madison, book it.
if, as everyone seems to believe, Aranda would be perceived as being within a year or two of a head coaching position, why would Andersen invite being put back exactly in this same position in a year or two for now. I’m betting that he’s going for an up and comer and probably from the Utah nexus since that’s his comfort zone. Accordingly, all indications lead to Clune.
Clune? Sure hope this interview is to satisfy the must interview 3 people preference. Most people have Clune at or near the bottom of potential lists of who they want. He was always a guaranteed yes. This is like taking the somewhat overweight girl to the prom because you are not positive the cheerleader you like will say yes.
Many guys I would want before Clune. Scalley who may steal Shurod T from us included. Thought we could get Orlando interested with a nice offer and an outside shot at Aranda. Sure hope we are going the bottom of the pay range with a guy like Clune. 530K seems more than generous. Atleast we save money with Clune I guess if this is who we end up with.
What’s wrong with Clune? His D played well, and he can be had for like 300k. If he can’t recruit then I don’t want him, but as a coordinator he seems good.
I’d take Clune over Justin Wilcox. I cannot believe some folks here think Wilcox would be a good idea
I think it’s moot; GA would never work with Wilcox.
I don’t want him, either.
Any other transfer rumors?
Chip Kelly balked at less control
ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio says Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie had been thinking about making changes in the organization for weeks, including stripping Kelly of personnel control. Lurie decided to part ways with Kelly when he balked at the idea, so the team could get a jump on some available assistant coaches. Kelly told Fox Sports he didn’t fight the decision and he wants to stay in the NFL and not return to college.
And this piece of yellow journalism is pure horseshit. Rattling off six college gigs that already have head coaches? Nice piece of hard hitting work there
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14462640/potential-landing-spots-chip-kelly-nfl
Re: the Canzano/Riley interview, Gina responds to BDC telling Riley that, multi-year contracts of assistants were going to be eliminated with this:Interesting, considering every Gary Andersen assistant is on a multi-year deal
There was no faith left in Riley, they knew they fucked up with the long term contracts that Riley got. Its the easy way to get rid of him, without firing him. The athletic dept went from a “whatever” attitude to the mafia in the last few years.
Yup, and Gina knows it.
She is so much better than Lindsay; won’t be around long. Features like, “why did it work?” and the just starting “exit interviews” with current staff would have never occurred to Lindsay.
She was too busy shoe shopping and keeping voodoo donuts in business
Buffets.
you think I’m joking? Here’s one of her tweets from two days ago.
Lindsay Schnell
?@Lindsay_Schnell
Also, for the love of humanity, @AmericanAir could you tell me where my checked bag is?! My favorite shoes are in that thing!!!
https://twitter.com/Lindsay_Schnell/status/681262083724427266
Dumb twunt is a horrible and lazy journalist. Why in the fuck SI hired her is beyond me.
No she kills buffets, it’s her nickname…you know…lindsay “destroyer of buffets” Schnell
LSU players now faking injuries to slow down Texas Tech’s offense. And they’re leading by 15. SEC alright.
Suck
Every
Cock
Not classy, but I don’t really fault teams that do it. The constant hurry-up is kind of cheap, in and of itself.
This is an argument I don’t understand. How is constant hurry-up in any way cheap? That team trains to play that way. It’s not their fault you don’t. In fact, they are taking advantage of your weaknesses.
And now you suggest the governing body of the sport needs to legislate in your favor so you can subsidize your weaknesses? This isn’t world trade. It’s a game. Deal with it.
Umm, where did I suggest any governing and legislating?
You didn’t. But that can be the only positive outcome from complaining about it. So if you don’t want governing and legislating, why complain?
The best, most ridiculous argument and action taken against the hurry up offense was when Marv Levy got the NFL to ban it for the AFC CG against Sam Wyche. He then went home and instituted it with Jim Kelly and had a lot of success for many years with it.
Methinks you read waaaaay too much into two little sentences I posted.
You complained about the hurry up. You went so far as to sympathize with cheaters who do so to counter something they can’t handle because they’re not smart , talented or diligent enough to do so.
on the bright side, those of us that reside in Oregon will no longer be subjected to Eagles games anymore. Still going to be stuck with the shitty Titans though.
There’s chatter of a CK/Mariota reunion in Tennessee. I know what we can call that possible cockslobfest. Failing to win it all 2:Electric Boogaloo
If nothing else that will help the bandwagon decide which shirt to buy at Wal-Mart.
If it gets them winning games again, then I’m happy. Dreadful being a Titans fan. Never been more upset than after the 2008 divisional playoff loss to the ravens after they had started the season 11-0. If they do by chance hire him I hope they don’t give him full control like they did in Philly.
Les Schwab Invitational has some good games. There’s a kid coming out of Maryland that is signed to UDub and geez. He dunked on half of Garfield and I could see Coach Tinkle sweating bullets knowing he’s gonna have to deal with this guy. I hope all of our guys with future eligibility there (Eubanks, Stevie, Tres) were taking light mental notes because he’s gonna be a problem.
I want the football team to take the basketball route and just start hiring the dads of 5- star recruits. Pick out a 5-star QB and DT and just hire their pops. In the meantime lets get Shurods dad in here to be DBs coach for a few years. Problem solved!
Also the Baldwin demotion was just plain stupid. You don’t need verified sources to see that. And to do it before recruits are signed sealed and delivered. I just don’t understand the move on any level. Can someone please explain it to me? With an attached annotated bibliography?
How about a WAG? McGiven was going to be offered the OC job at BYU and the move was made in order to keep him from jumping too. I could bring up other things but I’ll just leave it at this.
Andersen probably felt that McGiven and Woods were better options than Baldwin for the team. Is this a mistake, could be and time will tell. But, it seems,to me, to be a bigger mistake to wait to make the decision (obviously Andersen believes in the decision) just because of possible recruiting difficulties. He wants the staff to have their new defined roles in January when the team meets again, not in February after siging day. If you waited until February to make changes then you have the signed recruits who are now in your system, but upset with how the system works.
I’m kind of in the “better now than later” on the Baldwin demotion. The results on the field were not pretty against a lot of shitty defenses. Yes, freshmen quarterbacks, but lots of programs play them and score more than 16 points a game. In today’s college game, you should be able to score 16 playing blindfolded. It’s probably not just Baldwin’s fault, but it was needed change.
Listening to the Riley interview. I have to agree: Sounds like he knew shit was about to hit the fan with this year’s team while the administration wanted results, so he jumped ship.
When the going gets tough, Riley bails. Not shocking, I guess.
Riley stuff hits me hard because I used to be a Pollyanna. Realizing Riley stopped being good was like a protracted “there is no Santa.” I feel kinda duped, but at least I wised up, even if it took until Civil War 2012.
I think that’s why it will be interesting to follow Riley at NU for at least a couple of years because on the surface he seems like an inexplicable hire for NU. I can’t completely buy the “nice guy counterpart to Pelini” argument because NU wants so badly to win football games, so one would think the NU adminsitration did due diligence and understood that Riley and his coaching staff LOST games at OSU because of their coaching decisions and strategies (and surprise, surprise, it happend this year at Nebraska).
Right now, from what I’m reading, NU nation is still buying into the “Riley does more with less” narrative and with the presumed talent advantage at NU, Riley will achieve great things. They are calling all of the close losses “bad luck”. I think NU’s schedule is harder next season, so we will see how patient they are in the end.
Has Mike Bellotti released a statement saying he’s not interested in the Philly job?
Like Lurie is going to hire a Nikegon coach right now?
That recent Kerry Eggers piece sure makes it sound like Clune is the most likely DC candidate we land. Had no idea he and GA had such a long history together. OSUtah.
Maybe we even end up with the USU LB coach when all is said and done.
We should know by this weekend.
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/287165-164162-andersen-hopes-to-have-coaches-in-place-by-weekend
I think the Beaver offense is going to be much more interesting and effective next year, with more clearly defined roles (Nall, Lucas, Collins) and more experienced QB play (Garretson, McM). The depth and diversity at RB is also very encouraging, and I expect Isaac to stick around and lead the OLine; the running game should be formidable and create balance and opportunity in the passing game.
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2015/12/oregon_states_kevin_mcgiven_pr.html#incart_river_index
Also, regarding the D Coordinator and recruits and recruiting. I think its important to remember that while Sitake’s departure may affect some recruits, the incoming DC and LB coaches (if both are brought from outside) may pull some talent with them. Now where the DC comes from is obviously important (for example, if Clune, are his recruits to Utah State really Pac material?), and new staff doesn’t necessarily mean a zero sum result in recruiting (brining in as much talent as may have left due to Sitake departure), but it isn’t negative, and recruits may be reassured by and like the new DC.
Hold onto this class, including those highly ranked DBs, and things will be much better in year two.
Above Ripper said the job posting closes on the 4th, but Eggers is saying it is already closed, a week earlier than that.
I’m having a bit of a problem in accepting the notion that Mr. Clune has demonstrated that he deserves to be a DC at the Pac-12 level. All he has on his resume is being a DC for one year at Hawaii and one year at Utah State. That does not impress me for whatever that’s worth.
Also, he hasn’t shown that he has the chops to compete against top level recruiters. Recruiting to Utah State is one thing but that’s no where near what it takes to get top notch kids to attend a school that has no airport.
http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/kevin_clune_395651.html
Kevin Clune, who has 23 years of coaching experience, including seven as a coordinator, is in his first year as Utah State’s defensive coordinator and sixth year overall with the program.
Clune spent the 2014 season as the defensive coordinator at Hawai’i as the Rainbow Warriors defense gave up 26.8 points and 418.2 yards per game, an improvement from the 2013 season, when Hawai’i allowed 38.8 points and 494.7 yards a game.
Clune previously spent five years at Utah State (2009-13) as its linebackers coach, helping the Aggies to three-straight bowl games and a 2012 Western Athletic Conference championship.
Detmer was being mentioned as the OC well before McGiven, so I’m not sure where that idea came from.
If Clune can’t recruit he shouldn’t be hired. My guess is GA thinks he can recruit Poly players and Utah players. I think we can now see the pattern that GA is going to his comfort zone for all hires. Here’s Clune when he was hired a year ago. He seems fine. Don’t like how he jokes so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNGXzkjdI0
“…Detmer was being mentioned as the OC well before McGiven, so I’m not sure where that idea came from….”
I’ll take your word for that.
What causes me to have my WAG is the timing of things. That being, 3 days before KS is officially announced as the new HC OSU promotes McGiven and Woods.
It would be easy and logical to say that it’s just a coincidence but I suspect it isn’t.
Isn’t it a little strange that under playing experience, they have this listed:
1990 San Diego — Linebacker/Defensive Lineman
1995 Fullerton JC — Defensive Lineman
So he played 2 years, 5 years apart?
If you merge that with his coaching experience, it looks like this:
Coaching – 2000 Occidental College – Defensive Line
Coaching – 1996-99 Fullerton JC – Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
Playing – 1995 Fullerton JC — Defensive Lineman
Coaching – 1993-94 Dos Pueblos (Calif.) HS – Linebackers
Coaching – 1991-92 Palma (Calif.) HS – Defensive Line/Receivers
Playing – 1990 San Diego — Linebacker/Defensive Lineman
Clune’s salary is 200k. If it’s more than 300k at OSU I’m going to flip.
What if Clune is coming here as the LB coach? Tuiaki made $250K as LB coach here. $300K is probably what it takes to get him to come here as LB coach. That still gives you $680K to hire a DC.
I guess there’s a question as to how much we value the position itself. So a greater salary might be warranted just to adhere to perception. It’s a poor reason, but it is something of a reality.
I feel like GA wants to pay all his buddies at OSU’s expense. Giving this unproven guy more than 300k to be DC won’t help that perception of mine. I don’t think you bump a guy to 500-600k just because he’s in the PAC. Maybe after a couple years of great D you do that.
I wouldn’t mind a low base salary with performance enhancing bonuses that would equal any in the Pac should he do as well as any in the Pac. You can pay your buddies all you want if they wildly succeed.
I don’t disagree that unproven should get paid as unproven. But the perception of halving the salary of the last guy does what for expectations from those outside the program? At least make it clear that he could be paid as well as anyone when he performs as well as anyone. That way you still give the perception that we will pay fairly, if nothing else.
What I don’t like is when someone comes in low, succeeds, then gets a major bump in pay. Expectations are relieved due to initial success, and then it turns into another struggle for stability. I’m fine with paying a competitive salary for the position rather than the coach himself so long as expectations are set to match that salary, and consequences are meted if they’re not met.
all relative, but USU’s defense rated pretty well in 2015 at least
http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense/sort/totalYards
There’s numerous position coaches across the country that make more than 300. It’s a business, and in business, you hire people to fair but respective pay. What’s the point of being so cheap?
Is it cheap, or is it fair?
If position coaches everywhere are paid more… Not sure how many in the business would see it as fair.
Paying Sitake 750k was insane. It’s more than a lot of head coaches, and he did nothing to deserve it.
4 coordinators in the pac-12 made more than Sitake. So not exactly insane pay
But at least Sitake was paid what was considered fair compared to what he was being paid and being asked to move for a raise. If Clune only warrants so much due to what he already earns, Sitake’s pay wasn’t that far off.
plus, in retrospect, hiring Sitake resulted in all this turmoil.
It is what it is. You hire the best you can get and deal with turnover. Success brings with it one of three things:
1. A successful head coach who brings stability at a higher bar for a sustained time.
2. A head coach who is poached.
3. A head coach who loses coordinators to promotion and doesn’t reach #1 because of it.
The true test will be on the assistants that move on. If they succeed, more coordinators will be hired away. But if they falter and end up in exile in the NFL or FCS, people will stop looking our way for a time.
True, Sitake took money year one and isn’t staying around to pay back ANY of the investment made in him. Net loss of about 400k for the program.
@Angry@angry
Cheap or prudent? Imo that’s the question.
Well, one of them.
How about another: How important is winning football games?
How important is it to have sell out crowds?
Are these things so important that they’d cause the administration to be fiscally irresponsible?
If he’s getting 200k, and you give him 300k, that’s a huge raise. What’s the problem?
The point of being cheap is OSU isn’t Uncle Pennybags. They aren’t poor nor are they rich, so saving 200k or more is a big deal. It can go into other things. That’s the point.
I’d be happy to give Clune 300K as LB coach. Just hope it is Aranda or Orlando as DC. If Clune is lucky enough to actually get the DC job then I could all but guarantee he will get atleast 500K. Sitake got the bump for high demand and assistant head coach title.
Aranda if he comes will make 900K+. Orlando around 750K. If Corey Raymond from LSU you probably don’t go higher than 530K which is what I would cap Clune at. Here’s hoping Aranda or Orlando will listen to a significant pay hike in a premier conference.
Bottom line, a DC at OSU is not worth 750k unless they are an instant game changer. Changer as in……, just because of their superior coaching technique the team goes from giving up 35 points a game to 25 points a game in one year. I wasn’t convinced that was ever going to be Sitake. Now if Sitake was making 400k, give him some time.
Winning and sell-outs are more important than what we pay. I agree, there is a need to be responsible with the budget. But to expect the rebuild moving in the right direction, keeping the recruiting trending up, I don’t think we should be hoping to get a discount DC and making less than half of our previous DC
These are good points. I think the deal is we think we deserve to hire someone who warrants the higher salary. And if Clune doesn’t warrant that salary, then he isn’t who we should be hiring. So if he gets the higher pay from us, the perception would be that OSU is paying friends of the coach in excess when they don’t warrant that pay.
And we’ve been down that road before.
I like to think Stansbury and Ray are in touch enough with that idea that they have had that discussion with GA.
We’ve also seen OSU go cheap before and that almost never works. Rueck being the exception. Coaching is like a fraternity, people hire others “from the family” far more often than not. The other side of going cheap is what does that say to others in coaching circles, that we won’t pay? Not what we want to be known for. Get the best guy you can get, and pay him in respect to his peers.
So the question would be, “Who are [so-and-so]’s peers?
Is the pay commensurate with those peers? Is it in a range we want to continue to attract future coaches and recruits? Or is it inflated for someone who is not a peer simply because we want the perception of the position to be more “respectable” than the person who actually holds the position?
Last comment of the year for me,
Football – Seems like Andersen is going deep into his coaching tree to find replacements. Does he need to make an outside hire? Not necessarily but the risk is much higher if it doesn’t work out.
I think the best place to look is the NFL. Those guys will have the most experience running a 3-4 defense, assuming Andersen wants to keep that scheme. The d coordinator strength should be his coaching. The linebacker coach strength can be recruiting. The second place to look for a d coordinator is the fcs schools. Probably a lot of good candidates there.
Also hopefully recruiting can pick up. Loss of Sitake/Tuiaki should be minimal. Right now the class is probably in the top 50. It’s the bottom of the class that is bringing it down. Doesn’t seem like there are any top recruits interested right now that could save the class.
Basketball – Pretty close to what I expected in non conference. The freshman have showed flashes but have yet to perform consistently. They tend to disappear at times. If the team approaches every game like they did vs Kansas, post season is a very realistic option. Probably will have to go 10-8 in conference play to make it into the big dance.
Women’s bball – should make the postseason. finish top 3 in the conference. Would have been nice if they won their high profile non conf games.
Baseball – I wonder when they are going to publish the roster. Earlier news reports said that they were at 35 guys already so no one is going to be cut. A big season is in store for them. Should be in the top 10 all year long. Non conf isn’t that exciting.
I think you’re the first to mention the NFL. I’m all in considering who it might be. You still have to consider turnover as a possibility. And you would need to hire someone who can recruit by reputation if he can’t do the legwork at first.
Bringing up the NFL and FCS, why is nobody talking about JUCO coaches? Would someone like Jerry Dominguez at Arizona Western consider this kind of move? He runs a very good D. He knows recruiting and does so in many of the same circles our coaches already target. He has worked with our coaches for over a decade. And he runs the academic program for the team.
So Shurod thompson isn’t waffling because Baldwin was demoted, it’s because Sitake left?
Anyone out there have a line of sight of the valley center and thus see the comings and goings?
http://webcam.oregonstate.edu/reser/
Close but……… not quite what I was hoping for. :-)
http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=210607292
Beavs Baseball announces new videoboard for 2016.
Zac Reser pays off.
now the ducks have to go spend some money to get a bigger one. must be tough having always to be the biggest and or the best.
What are they doing with the old board? I hope they plan to keep a perfectly good board and place it in a benneficial location. Even if its for another OSU sport.
Anyone care to speculate where Stanford decomit OG Nate Herbig will be heading?
He committed to Vandy.
Thanks kman. That’s the 2nd guy OSU offered that went to Vandy. Vandy??? What’s up with Vandy?
Must be a Jay Cutler fan!
What’s up with Himphill? Is he Hot on OSU or not? I see his tweet above, seems more worried about how many offers he gets.
OSU is his top school right now, but the Sitake move is enough reason to keep options open
http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2015/12/shurod_thompson_4-star_oregon.html#incart_river_index
Why does he say nothing about Baldwin? Say Coach A is who he is tight with. Also says We’re going to turn it around. What is this source that says baldin domation is reason he is looking elsewhere and why wouldn’t he just say that?
We have top Sources working on it……..what sources you ask?……….TOP SOURCES!!!
http://www.topsource.net/index1.htm
Aranda’s stock shooting up in the Holiday Bowl
Coach Chad is tweeting his approval
Stock having a bit of a pullback after that last Trojan drive
It’s got to be a sign that my favorite coach’s grandson is playing for Aranda.
Right?
Only one “disruptive play calling” penalty on the Badgers D?
I like it, not the penalty but the concept of pre snap D-line movement and disruption. Part of whatever coaching tree you assign to Andersen, Sitake, and Aranda?
Remember, Andersen has that piece of paper in his pocket which explains the rule.
Urban Meyer
An imposter? That’s a first
Bucky got robbed of a TD on a bad call
LA schools killing the conference’s bowl record
F’ing USC. The one time I want them to win.
Helton tenure off to a shaky start.
Play of the day:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2603942-trevone-boykin-arrested-latest-details-comments-and-more-on-tcu-qb
How very TChristianU of him.
Oregon State: Per sources, Gary Andersen is planning to hire Utah State defensive coordinator Kevin Clune as defensive coordinator and Weber State secondary coach Cory Hall barring any unexpected issues.
http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop
UGGHHHHHHHHH
Can the salary savings be used as bonuses for whoever on the coaching staff lands quality recruits???
A bit more info on Cory Hall.
I broke it down from his bio on the OSU athletics site:
1995-1998 Fresno State (Player)
1999-2002 Cincinatti Bengals (Player)
2003-2004 Atlanta Falcons (Player)
NFL All Pro Rookie Honors his first year
2011-2013 Clovis High School (Head Coach)
2014 Wisconsin (Graduate Assistant under Gary Andersen)
2015 Oregon State (Graduate Assistant under Gary Andersen)
2015 Weber State (Assistant. Secondary Coach)
2016 Oregon State (LB Coach?)
http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=209867504
They already have his bio up?
News release 1-28-2015.
And he’s married to…………. his sister???
Meh
Does Clune run a 3-4 defense?
If it happens it will be interesting to see how the D commits react.
I’m posting this here because it will probably never be seen by almost all of the AB’ers but it allows me to get this off my chest without having to burden the others with my cinical (?) thoughts on this.
My big concern is this recruiting class, especially on D and specifically the D line and linebackers, becomes a clusterfuck and is set back another year.
Not sure what clusterfuck means but it sure sounds apt.
snip
clusterfuck – definition of clusterfuck in English from the Oxford …
A disastrously mishandled situation or undertaking.
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Yup, clusterfuck is the right word.
Another concern is imo, image wise, the new DC is a step down from KS and that too could hurt recruiting. Being taught by someone who’s advertised as being one of the best vs some guy who has a total of 2 years experience at Hawaii and Utah State.
Well kid, what is it – – Do you want to be taught by “our guy” or by some nobody that has no real track record?
Also, I suspect Clune has had no contact with the kids OSU is currently recruiting because talent wise they’re a better caliber than the kids that Utah State recruits on a regular basis.
Oh yeah I think my low/no talent friend said Coach Clune had called him about playing at Utah State. Woooo!!! Snicker. Snicker.
Yet another clusterfuck thought: Did GA offer the DC job to Aranda and/or Orlando? If so then one would have to assume that if they were offered, then that also means they turned it down.
SK=Salani Kitake?
My bad. After saying it a few times I think I almost like Salani Kitake better than Kalani Sitake. :-)
But then Salani Kitake kinda sounds like something that would be served in a deli so…
And besides that his mother probably wouldn’t approve.
New thread up on the hires