Morning Quack Fix: 1.23.09
by jtlight on Jan 23, 2009 8:15 AM PST
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PrintSo, I write the Friday morning Quack Fix. And you know, this is gonna get really depressing, really fast. Because I get to try to say something about the previous nights debacle, which I probably will not have seen or heard at all, being halfway across the country. So each Friday, I hop on the internet and start poking around duckland, and of course, the first thing I get to read is about the latest men's basketball defeat. Maybe defeat is too kind. How about obliteration?
And the team fulfilled my expectations again. They were never competitive, and lost by 22 (also the margin at halftime). They have not won at Stanford in a long, long time. The Ducks turned the ball over 22 times. But, the problem with this team isn't just that they're terrible. They also don't give a crap (from the above link):
We got much better looks in the second half, for some reason, that we weren't getting in the first half,'' Porter said. ``There's no reason we can't play the whole game like that. We just didn't come out with that fire. I don't have an answer for that.''
Well, the second half is sort of meaningless that the team was already down by 22! But it's nice to know the team just comes out and doesn't play hard.
As you may have noticed, I am fed up with this team. They are poorly coached, they can't do anything halfway decently, and they don't even play hard. What more could you ask for?
On that uplifting note, here's a few links.
- While Tom Hansen takes a lot of grief due to terrible Pac-10 TV and bowl contracts, the biggest travesty of his reign of incompetence is the state of Pac-10 officiating, which is a total joke. A writer from Scout wrote an open letter to Hansen, letting him know of this failure. This situation is embarassing. Pac-10 officiating is a laughingstock around the country. From the onside kick debacle, to any number of calls in basketball or football, this really should be the first order of business for the new comissioner.
- Oregon picked up 3* OL Jamaal Burrell yesterday. He is tall, though not all that large at this point. Nothing a few weight sessions won't cure. he also had offers from Arizona and Washington.
As always. leave your links, thoughts, or opinions on Oregon basketball in the comments. GO DUCKS!
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Wheaton a Beaver
According to Gregg Biggins, Markus Wheaton (WR) has committed to OSU. Apparently, Wheaton was leaning towards Oregon, but after both coaches who had the most contact with him were let go (Pflugrad and Gray), he decided to go to Corvallis.
Aw man. I was looking forward to hearing “Wheaton” in the PA systems and from Jerry Allen.
It's spelled "S-H-U-G-S-D-E-A-D-H-Y-D-R-O-S"
Yep
I can only imagine the crowd reaction he would have gotten at Autzen after any reception — let alone a TD.
And, it hurts even more considering WR is such a position of need.
Anyone think we can petition Markus to stab OSU in the back and sign his LOI to Oregon?
It's spelled "S-H-U-G-S-D-E-A-D-H-Y-D-R-O-S"
No.
Don’t say thing like that. No stealing, OK?
Plus if SC really does come at him with an offer he very well might just go the route of recruits past and dis the us on signing day.
But I’m pumped for this one, he seems to be a legit skill guy. We need that.
I certainly am.
After reading the incoherent babble I scrawled in that last post I’m almost considering that posting while I pretend to work is a bad idea. I need to fully commit to posting and not worry about looking busy.
Jim Radcliffe
Not a lot of pub for the man, but Oregon’s strength and conditioning coach has to be one of the biggest reasons that so many OL and DL recruits like Oregon and go on to shine here. He does a lot of good work and everybody loves him. I’ll be honest, when I see that Oregon keeps picking up undersized linemen, I don’t worry about it at all because I know that Radcliffe does such a good job.
Re: Markus Wheaton, this is an absolute slap in the face to the Oregon program, courtesy of none other than the hated rivals to the north. The Ducks cannot lose recruiting battles like this, period. And our need for talented receivers is really, really high.
by Freeing Ray Schafer on Jan 23, 2009 2:49 PM PST reply actions
It was most definitely not well thought out...
…as the two people recruiting him won’t be long with the program. I don’t really see it as a slap in the face though.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
It's not a slap in the face.
The coaches were fired. Naturally, a kid isn’t going to make a commitment for four years to coaches he hasn’t met yet.
It goes beyond the position coaches.
Markus Wheaton said he was a long-time Duck fan and that Oregon was his dream school. Now, he’s committed to Oregon State. He also plays a position where the Ducks need healthy bodies (WR). So, this should not happen. At all.
For heaven’s sake, man, you’re a Beavs fan…you should be shoving this in the collective faces of this blog right now. Yet, you choose not to.
by Freeing Ray Schafer on Jan 24, 2009 3:07 AM PST up reply actions
Leon switches commitment to Arkansas
Well, looks like it finally happened.
We really need a Boyd or Harris or Brown commitment to pull this class together.
Pflugrad
Schroeder has a great column up today discussing how Gray and Pflugrad are in limbo — not quite sure if they have a job or not. There are some great quotes in the by Pflugrad who seems to be handling the situation as well as could possibly be expected.
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