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Move was expected after 4-8 season. Lost Civil War game to Oregon State last Sat.
Shoot. Was hoping for one more year.
Move was expected after 4-8 season. Lost Civil War game to Oregon State last Sat.
Ideally. I think with Phil waiving $10 mill a year around, the idea for them is that anyone who's committed is going to be more excited by the new coach than Helfrich. Wonder who's on their short list. What candidate would you pay $10 mill a year for?And, time to raid their commit list.
Ideally. I think with Phil waiving $10 mill a year around, the idea for them is that anyone who's committed is going to be more excited by the new coach than Helfrich. Wonder who's on their short list. What candidate would you pay $10 mill a year for?
Ideally. I think with Phil waiving $10 mill a year around, the idea for them is that anyone who's committed is going to be more excited by the new coach than Helfrich. Wonder who's on their short list. What candidate would you pay $10 mill a year for?
Ideally. I think with Phil waiving $10 mill a year around, the idea for them is that anyone who's committed is going to be more excited by the new coach than Helfrich. Wonder who's on their short list. What candidate would you pay $10 mill a year for?
That would sure be a dyck move (and stupid) by Nike U to pay a new coach $10M. Texas is paying Herman $5M.
The Ducks have always had a boner for UW. Peterson will get an offer.
They are on the hook for $11 million to their old coach now.That would sure be a dyck move (and stupid) by Nike U to pay a new coach $10M. Texas is paying Herman $5M.
No way. They already blew that hire. I predict they'll hire Jim McElwain. Would be a great hire. They'd never do this, but how good would of a fit would Art Briles be in Eugene?
They are on the hook for $11 million to their old coach now.
Doubt it. He's like Erickson. An NFL guy until he's out of options.Chip comes home.
The Duck fans are also very free with Knight's money.Phil Knight carries $11 million around in his golf cart. Chump change, my friend.
My guess is this. Not sure what the financials would look like but gotta think Chip could command a kings ransom right now with the way helfrich drove his team into the ground. Plus Chips NFL future looking pretty dicey right now. Gotta think Phil would pay off SF and dump the truck for a Chip reunion. It would be a good move for everyone IMO.Chip comes home.
The Ducks have always had a boner for UW. Peterson will get an offer.
I heard coach Petersen is signing with them.Ideally. I think with Phil waiving $10 mill a year around, the idea for them is that anyone who's committed is going to be more excited by the new coach than Helfrich. Wonder who's on their short list. What candidate would you pay $10 mill a year for?
The Ducks are really very sweet in their simplicity.And vice versa.
The Ducks are really very sweet in their simplicity.
I thought it might happen after blowing the 31-0 halftime lead last year in the Alamo Bowl vs. TCU. Not immediately after that game, but before the end of this season. That was the beginning of the end for Helfrich.I predicted this weeks ago. One would think I'm a Duck insider...
Do you think UO made this move without gauging the interest of their top 5 names?
I thought it might happen after blowing the 31-0 halftime lead last year in the Alamo Bowl vs. TCU. Not immediately after that game, but before the end of this season. That was the beginning of the end for Helfrich.
I'm predicting UO hires PJ Fleck of Western Michigan.
Glad Cougar
I heard coach Petersen is signing with them.
(Hi Moondoggie )
Football-wise Briles would be a great fit. But in politically correct Oregon with his baggage? Doubt it.No way. They already blew that hire. I predict they'll hire Jim McElwain. Would be a great hire. They'd never do this, but how good would of a fit would Art Briles be in Eugene?
that 10 million figure was tossed around a while back and debunked, at least publiclyOregon ain't afraid to blow money. Remember the Joey Heisman banner?
Do you think UO made this move without gauging the interest of their top 5 names?
I don't think politically correct has anything to do with it. The guy turned his eye on multiple rapes in the name of winning. You can call that a number of things, political correctness is not one of them.Football-wise Briles would be a great fit. But in politically correct Oregon with his baggage? Doubt it.
Ha! I'm hearing it's Leach, they like gimmicky offenses down there.
I thought it might happen after blowing the 31-0 halftime lead last year in the Alamo Bowl vs. TCU. Not immediately after that game, but before the end of this season. That was the beginning of the end for Helfrich.
I'm predicting UO hires PJ Fleck of Western Michigan.
Glad Cougar
Those "gimmicky offenses" completely owned you clowns for what, 12 years or something like that? It took a terrible coach in Eugene for you to snap that streak.
I had to laugh at some of the articles that were saying that Oregon firing Helfrich was proof that any coach could get fired at any time and that college football teams had no loyalty. They are ignoring the fact that the Ducks were already mediocre last year but VAJ was a good enough transfer QB to hide it. Only a fool would think that they could get away with plugging in mercenaries at QB and stay relevant. I'm not sure who to blame on their staff, but nobody in the Pac-12 has done a worse job at developing QB's and defensive players than Oregon.
Kelly went 37-1 against teams with less than 9 wins and his only loss to one of those teams was 8-5 Stanford in 2009 (Kelly's first year at Oregon). Helfrich started out fine and went 26-1 in his first three seasons but went 4-3 against non-elite teams this year. More damning, Kelly went 9-6 against top flight competition in his years at the helm and Helfrich is currently 7-12. In 2014, it looked like Helfrich was better at 6-3 and getting into the National Championship game. In the two years since then, Oregon has gone 1-9 against the top level competition. Once they lost Mariotta, the Ducks have been beaten routinely by the good teams on the schedule. Going 1-4 in 2015 was bad but if WSU wins our bowl game, the Ducks could go 0-6 against teams with 9+ wins if Utah doesn't win their game.
Helfrich didn't get fired because of one bad season. He got fired because it looks like he and his staff are not capable of developing QB's and defensive players that can compete at the top level of the conference for two years in a row and there's no reason to believe that next year would be any different. It's too bad that they fired him because I was liking the idea of Oregon reverting to their pre-1994 form. Hope they stay there.