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General Thread

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FTD and Willie Taggart (still not impressed).

General thread where anything goes, Beavlettes. Enjoy.

Willie Taggart Impressions

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This guy spewed populist rhetoric for a half hour. His words all fell flat. He talked about energy and gave a fake smile, but didn’t really seem to have said energy. He sounded nervous, rambled, and was reading off a script.

Zero fear of this guy as a Beaver.

Oregon hired him, reportedly, to get away from “flash” and style over substance, yet they opened the presser with a flashy video. Oregon is the only program in America that could hire Abe Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson to their staff and still have zero substance. They just know no other way.

Edit: Link to press conference.

Recruiting Talk

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Some names to watch over the next few months.

  • Brian Cole
  • Jordan Agasiva
  • Juliano Falaniko
  • Craig Evans
  • Jamire Calvin
  • Rahyme Johnson
  • Brandon Pili

Per my hunches, sources, etc, I think Evans is the only good bet of the bunch, but the Beavs are 33-50% with most of the other guys. Battling maybe a school or two. In-home visit tonight with Calvin per Twitter. Personally I want as many high quality (legit 3 stars and above) DT and OLs as we can get.

Saw mention of Isaiah Miller in the prior thread. I think we lost him to an SEC school since they’re all coming late to the party and much closer to home. The perils of recruiting Florida…

Anyway, list names you’re hearing, what positions you think the Beavs should be recruiting for their final 6 slots, etc.

Gary Andersen Will Leave Corvallis (Once The Rebuild is Complete)

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Not only his history:

  1. Rebuilding Utah State then leaving
  2. Going to Wisconsin and being bored with a program that reloads.

But watch his answer at the 2:50 minute mark of this video to see where I’m coming from.

The guy is clearly in love with the rebuilding process. Once this is done, he will look to rebuild something else. As Beaver fans, we should start to wonder who will be available year 4. GA will be done with the rebuild then. Year 5 the most. I get why people think he loves the Beavs, and he genuinely seems to like it in Corvallis, but I think he gets his rocks off rebuilding. Period.

Scout.com Bankrupt

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Just in time to sign Angie to a deal so lucrative she bailed on all her Rivals subscribers…

Scout.com: Scout has been “hit with an involuntary Chapter 11 petition in the US Bankruptcy Court”. Scout has 21 days to respond or would make the bankrutcy official. According to TheStreet.com three primary creditors are owed nearly $800,000. Scout Media President responded to TheStreet via email by saying, “We have no comment at this time other than to say Scout’s best-in-class network of publishers will continue to provide the premium content and dynamic communities that our millions of users know and love.”

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