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Tipsters on the Oregon Ducks

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Tonight I received a detailed tip alleging the University of Oregon paid for Bruce Barron. The tipster requested I go public with his tip and said angrybeavs is the first source he's contacted about this, but he also asked the details (i.e. payment amount, player's name, coach's names, etc), which were laid out in the body of the email, remain confidential for now. Hopefully he will come forward and share with the public what he shared with me.

Additionally, I received this email from an Oregon staffer over the weekend, pasted verbatim with permission:

This is a good one:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2011/11/at_the_university_of_oregon_sp.html

He mentions pretty much everything except the fact that Kilkenny donated $500,000 to Frohnmayer's Fanconi Foundation, before and after Frohnmayer signed the secret deal.

Overall, good stuff, guys, but we need more. If anyone else has information, and is actually willing to go on the record, let's talk. The Oregonian wanted to discuss the last round of "rumors", but I couldn't speak with them definitively since nobody would go on the record. People need to speak out if they have facts and proof.

Basketball Discussion

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Like all of you, I'm excited for Saturday's opener. It affords an opportunity to step away from this miserable football season. I'm just wondering how long that excitement will last. I mean, last year I was excited, too…for about an hour.

My gut says this year's team will be better.

– Calvin Haynes, Lathan Wallace, Omari Johnson = a better team.

We'll figure out once and for all if the past three years were a talent or coaching issue. Is Craig Robinson going to continue his undisciplined schoolyard style? Will he insist on zone defense? Will the current players be able to play zone more effectively? Most importantly, will there be any inside presence, both scoring and rebounding?

Craig Robinson is officially on the hot seat, which in the absurd world of OSU athletics, means he will probably be extended through 2030 before tip off.

Where is the World is Bob Decarolis?

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I've written him emails, but have not received any responses.

I haven't seen a single quote in any newspaper or media outlet in months. Just to make sure this isn't an oversight or error on my end, I typed "Bob Decarolis" into Google News…nothing…

In this, the biggest crisis in modern OSU athletics, our athletic director has disappeared. Something to think about before making your next donation.

#Occupy Reser?

Fire Mike Riley

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I don't think I've ever made a post calling for Riley's head. Pretty sure I stuck to assistants, and wrote Riley should retire. But that's it, I've seen enough.

Yet another telecaster calls him out on National TV. People can blame lack of talent all they want, but what I just saw is a coach with no clue.

1. Butchery of timeouts.

2. Butchery of challenges.

3. Butchery of clock management.

4. Down by 18 points, no hurry up offense–Riley let the 3rd quarter expire without getting off a play.

Forget chess, strategy, tactics, and all the fancy x/o stuff. He failed the prerequisite: coaching 101.

Stanford @ Oregon State (2nd Half)

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Riley.

Ugh.