Quack Fix: Oregon not thinking small with coaching possibilities, Ducks gear up for spring practice
by jtlight on Mar 23, 2010 7:30 AM PDT
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PrintA lot of quack today, including some honest to goodness on the field football talk. Let's get to it:
- The Oregon coaching search will apparently have very little cost limit, as the Ducks are reportedly going to take a shot at Florida coach Billy Donovan, who currently makes $3.3 million per year, third highest in NCAA basketball. Other coaching targets Jamie Dixon and Mark Turgeon both make over a million per year. Though Donovan is a long shot, whoever Oregon gets, it's clear he will be making a hefty salary.
- On top of the cost of a new coach, Oregon still owes over $2 million to it's former basketball coaches. Cue more Oregonian articles about the finances of the Athletic Department falling apart.
- Oh wait, they already have an article about that, as they shed a bit of light on the Mike Bellotti golden parachute. Only $600,000 of the sum will be up front, and Bellotti will receive $25,000 per month after May 1st. This will hopefully lessen the strain on the Athletic Department.
- The Oregon women continue their season tonight as they take on New Mexico at Mac Court in the second of the NIT. New Mexico will be a tough challenge for the Ducks, so they'll need all the support they can get from the home crowd.
- Chip Kelly held a teleconference yesterday and Rob Moseley, as always, has the scoop. Of note, LaMichael James will be practicing during spring, so he's academically eligible, a very good sign after he was kept off campus for almost a month. In position moves, Eddie Pleasant has been moved to Rover and Dion Jordan and Brandon Hanna will be playing DE. Apparently the coaching staff is not worried at all about LB depth in 2010, another good sign. The status of Jeremiah Masoli and Kiko Alonso has not been finalized, and Kelly will be meeting with Masoli on Monday, March 29th. Also, Dior Mathis, James Scales, and Terrance Mitchell will be early admits for school, and participate in spring practices, which should help add a bit of depth to the secondary.
- The talk of spring practice is sure to be the QB competition between Nate Costa and Darron Thomas. Kelly won't push for a QB that can make the big plays, but he's looking for someone that can efficiently distribute the ball to Oregon's many playmakers. Costa is more limited physically than Thomas, so if Thomas can show that he has adequate decision making, he should win the job.
How ya feeling about the Ducks headed into spring practice? Leave your thoughts below.
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I hope the AD has a pot of gold somewhere
other than Phil Knight to cover all the buyouts and parachutes they’ve promised Bellotti, Kent et al, Moos, etc. Smaller donors like me didn’t sign on to make the rich, richer. All that on top of gigantic salaries being dangled in front of prospective basketball coaches . . . well I just hope we can cover all of it.
Sorry to see that Bellotti’s early departure is going to cost us even more for the searches for a BB coach and his replacement. I wish he would have finished a few pieces of unfinished business. Meanwhile, how does OS get such a HUGE pass for their budget shortfalls, even with taking state subsidies and student fees?
Let’s not forget the Athletic Department has the $100 mil legacy fund collecting interest. They’ll be just fine.
As far as OS goes, their budget shortfalls are ridiculous, and the Oregonian coverage of all of Oregon’s supposed “financial troubles” are a joke. While Oregon has bee in the red this year (and previous years), they have not had to dip into state of general education funds to make up those shortfalls (to my knowledge, someone please correct me if I’m wrong).
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Nope Oregon athletics are still self sufficient. Plus, we’re not getting turned down for pay check games, we sell out our stadium, and we have tons of money waiting in the wings to help cover a lot of the debt we’ve increased to finance larger projects.
Oregon’s athletic financial situation is fine. Cross town? Not so much.
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And we have great faciliites
New basketball arena, new baseball stadium, football stadium that sells out in a snap, even a track facility that typically sells out. Not bad.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Bellotti said earlier this year that we earned 13 units
of tv revenues for our 12 games last year and each was worth $350,000 . . . that’s about $4.5 million and doesn’t count Rose Bowl money. Still, we put a chunk of change into the Legacy Fund and I had hoped that we wouldn’t tap into it unless we had a “rainy day”. Maybe we do have plenty of other money laying around, but that’s not what I heard Bellotti say when he was talking about cutting the budget.
Even if no one cares, fair is fair
I just want some of their dirty laundry aired. I’m tired of having to shoulder that burden for the entire state all the time.
I’ll trade increased scrutiny for Pac-10 championships any day.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
donovan
I really don’t want donovan – he’s too costly and I don’t think he is a marquee coach for that type of salary. I’d much rather have Jamie Dixon.
by westspec on Mar 23, 2010 8:19 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I don't want him either
My fear in offering enormous sums of money to coaches who aren’t coming here is that when we do get our coach, it’s going to be for a huge sum of money that we wouldn’t have offered him in the first place. We’ll be stuck. I want someone who really wants to coach us for us and not just for the money.
You know what, one of the reason they may be dangling this money out there is to prove to some coaches that Oregon is serious about getting someone long term and willing to pay for. Plus, if a coach is unhappy where he’s at, money might be the first thing that peaks his interest… cough, Mark Few
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Few
If I were him I’d leave, the gravy train at Gonzaga is over.
I'm not a troll, I just have really dumb opinions.
by MurphyLPiddleton on Mar 23, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
See I think Few has it made
Crappy conference and all the alums wants is to make the NCAAs every year and win a few tourney games every few years. Much easier to do in Spokane than Eugene.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
And Gongaza is a private school..
.. and nobody “needs to know” how much they are paying their basketball coach.
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Why the hell not?
I’ve seen that reported a lot. Here’s the first quote I could find after a google search (source: Seattle Times):
Kilkenny is a longtime Gonzaga booster, and annually kicks into a kitty that enhances Few’s contract. So there he was, attempting to separate the coach from a deal that he helps make possible.
Yes, as a private school, donors are allowed to make direct contributions to the coach to enhance their salaries and they are not required to disclose how much it is. Supposedly, both Kilkenny and Knight both write checks to Gonzaga for Few.
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does Phil Knight still contribute $25k or something to Pat Casey’s salary? when he almost went to Notre Dame a few years back, i thought i saw that.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
It was mentioned in some Olive piece not too long ago. Not the exact figure, but it did mention that Knight was paying part of his salary.
Plus made improvements to their baseball facility
that Casey wanted . . . or else. Doesn’t stop the NIKE/Knight hate-a-palooza from the beavos.
This is true
Don’t necessarily look at them floating Donovan rumors as a sign that Oregon is trying to lure Donovan. Look at it like the search committee is trying to go finishing with dynamite. By floating the rumor, even if it isn’t true, you’re going to draw a lot of secondary interest from other coaches because of the money involved.
by Brian Floyd on Mar 23, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
LaMichael James is apparently a 3.4 student
so I’m glad he was able to remain academically eligible. His professors must have agreed to work with him.
I think Josh Huff has already graduated and I had thought he was going to be here for the spring as well. Mathis and Mitchell struck up a friendship during their recruitment so that’s great that they’re coming in early together.
I had heard that about Huff as well, though apparently it’s not confirmed at this point. Moseley did say that there may be other early enrolled players.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Someone has to explain to me..
.. how a former employee who already has another job gets 25k per month “to assist … in seeking a transition to other employment opportunities currently available to him”.. and that 25k monthly stipend continues for, what, 6 years?
The Spirits of St Louis got the best golden parachute in sports history, but this deal may qualifiy for individual honors.
BENZDUCK FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR!
Why the hell not?
Exactly!!! I don't know what ESPN is going to pay him, but
it would seem that he has made the transition rather nicely without the $25,000 monthly stipend. I’d feel a lot better about the Coach/AD that we have compensated rather nicely over the last 20 years if he announced that he was going to forgo all or part of the $2.3 million. I heard him twice talk in very negative terms about our budget and the need to get it trimmed and under control. Now he’s taking the money and running . . . either he knows the budget is in better shape than he led us to believe or he doesn’t care.
THE PEOPLE HAVE DEMANDS!
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-O-B-L-I-G-A-T-E-D-T-O-D-O-I-T"
by JShufelt on Mar 23, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow! Not too bad!
The U of O: Where idle hands are the devil's workshop.
by ProbablyMonty on Mar 23, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I've always wondered
Who pays for the surgeries that college players get? Do they have insurance through the university? Some sort of workmen’s comp? Or is it insurance through the parents’ work? I have NO idea.
If they're due to playing for their team
The university does.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Example, at D3 Grinnell our starting SF my junior year tore his ACL when he got fouled/wrestled to the court
He told me the school had insurance which covered the surgery.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
my one man campaign continues…
“Coaching jobs and those things aren’t even in my head right now – we’re trying to make the playoffs,” said Williams, a graduate of Notre Dame who said he has not been contacted about the Oregon position, as Ernie Kent is concluding his final year.
Williams, 38, said he would not close the door on any opportunity, even at the college level.
so you’re sayin’ there’s a chance….
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/03/oregon_basketball_monty_willia.html
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
funny quote from Bill Simmons about Luke Ridnour trying to guard Joe Johnson last night:
Luke Ridnour drains a 3. Atlanta responds by clearing out so Joe Johnson can abuse him one-on-one. Five-foot leaner. Money. Poor Ridnour. His career has answered the question, “What would it be like if you or I tried to guard NBA players?”
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100323&sportCat=nba
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
so are you closer in stature to Ridnour (6’ 190 lbs) or Joe Johnson (6’7" 230 lbs)? My post defense would be a little closer to Luke’s…conclusion is perfect.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Ridnour is a PG......why the hell is he guarding Johnson
That’s like making a judgement of Johnson’s defense if he had to guard PF’s….in the context he is referring to this observation doesn’t work
probably because Johnson plays point at times and without Bibby on the floor who else could he guard?
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
Simmons is an asshat.
Besides, Rid scored 18, dished 8, only had 1 turnover and the Bucks won.
at least he has nice things to say about portland there..
…and Rip City is already on edge enough thanks to the firing of assistant GM Tom Penn and the subsequent “Kevin Pritchard might be next” rumors. Which is really what separates Portland from any other basketball city: NOBODY ELSE would care this much about an assistant GM getting fired unless he got canned because he was plowing into his assistant on a Xerox machine or something. In Portland, this saga is being analyzed like President Obama’s health care package. There is no other NBA city like it. And I mean that as a compliment.
subsequent "Kevin Pritchard might be next" rumors.
yeah, and guess what Clown Face Monkey Spunk started that rumor? Man I detest that guy.
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no, CFMS, just got that rumor from NBA insiders. that press conference yesterday sure didnt put the fire out….
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
If they fire Pritchard
it would me a monumental mistake. Too many egos amongst the Vulcan insiders.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Mar 23, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He hates the Blazers
He’s always been jealous ever since we got the #1 pick instead of his beloved Celtics. Forget that the Celtics won the f-ing title.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
people that think he hates the blazers don’t pay attention. what does comparing Luke Ridnour (doesn’t play for the blazers) to someone like us guarding Joe Johnson have to do w/ hating the blazers? why would a Celtics fan be jealous of the Blazers? he likes the city and thinks its funny how awesome/sensitive/smart all the fans are.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
He said that the Blazers would only won 41 games and fail to make the playoffs this year
He also said the Clippers would make it.
FAIL!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i’m pretty sure he has a whole column about ridiculous predictions at the beginning of each year. most blazer fans thought we’d be the #2 seed and win 60+ games. his original point was that we wouldn’t be as good as everyone predicted we would cuz things would happen. bad luck has happened and they’ve plugged along and had a decent season considering everything.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
In the next paragraph simmons says he’s always liked ridnour
by westspec on Mar 23, 2010 11:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like him
and his book
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
As much as I like Rid, he’s no Gary Payton.
To quote Jay Bilas, Ridnour couldn’t guard a chair.
Doesn’t make him a bad NBA player. (ref: Kiki Vandeweghe — when Julius Erving was on his farewell tour, collecting various alms from the NBA venues, the joke was that Portland’s gift to Dr. J was to put Kiki on him that night.)
BENZDUCK FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR!
Why the hell not?
Benz – who in the NBA plays most like Kiki these days? i’ve always wondered that. Monta Ellis? i’m thinking a superior shooter/scorer but zero defense…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
The O is reporting Bidwell has signed with the Redskins
Good for him
http://blog.oregonlive.com/nfl/2010/03/former_oregon_punter_josh_bidw_1.html
Washington announced today that it has signed free agent punter Josh Bidwell, released by Tampa Bay on Mar. 4.
Bidwell, out of Oregon, spent six seasons with Tampa Bay (2004-09) after signing with the team as a free agent in 2004.
He will be entering his 11th season in the league. During his career, Bidwell has averaged 42.8 yards on over 700 punts. He averaged 45.6 in 2005, the year he was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
In Breaking News just across ESPN:
Billy Donovan has turned down an offer to coach…………….St. John’s.
i’m wondering if his agent hasn’t floated that he’d be willing to leave FLA for the right job. why else would crummy, broke St. John’s even try to gauge his interest?
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Honestly, I’d rather coach bball at st johns than at florida. But he was probably offered the job to appease boosters who want to see them get the best
by westspec on Mar 23, 2010 1:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
@MightyOregon:
KEZI says TV station KXLY in Spokane contacted them to say a reliable source contacted them stating, “Few may take the job (in Eugene)”
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
i wonder if we could buy someone’s recruiting class like Kentucky did this year to Memphis…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Gonzaga doesnt have anyone signed this year according to ESPN.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Oregon only has room for two
You probably wouldn’t want GU’s recruiting classes. He’s great at finding talent, but most of it is under the radar guys. Few has never really pulled the big haul, but he can recruit and develop guys for the system, which is what GU thrives on. In other words, it wouldn’t be a quick fix.
i want a team full of Canadians and Australians. how did Calipari get rid of everyone last summer to make room for his guys?
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
It isn't too hard
New coach means a cleaning of house sometimes. His Jr. class all bailed to make room, knowing they wouldn’t get PT. If I had to guess, there was a wink wink nudge nudge you won’t be playing kind of deal when he decided to assemble that recruiting class. It was a perfect storm with a lot of Jrs, most of which couldn’t compare to the freshmen he brought.
so what happens when T. Jones and T. Ross from Jefferson (portland) wanna come here?
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
how do we have soo many juniors?? i’m pretty sure Casey Martin is our recruiting coordinator.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
And that was what came up when we were talking about coaches and their recruiting
The class to worry about isn’t this years class. It’s next years class. Whoever is coming in as coach needs to put their foot on the floor and go to work for that class. They also need to find a way to balance this stuff out
yeah. its a kinda low to mid-major way of thinking about recruiting. get all the kids in together and let them grow for a couple years and make a run when they’re jr/sr’s…sorry…you’re not a mid-major and we need to compete every year.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Two of the four we signed last year were Sophs
and added to the glut of that class. 2012 is going to be a killer with all the schollies we’ll have available.
We need to decide if we're a 1 and done program
Like Kentucky or if we’re going for 4-year guys like Washington, Duke or Cal.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Either way we need to break up the classes. This 10 guys in one class thing has to stop. It’s definitely a contributing factor to the inconsistency of the program. 10 Frosh/Sophs cannot consistently compete at the top levels in college.
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And look at Cal
They will SUCK next year unless they have a great recruiting class with all their seniors leaving.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I don’t mind having a class that is senior lead, as long as you have the guys behind to fill in. 5 seniors is not that big a deal if you have some juniors, sophs, freshmen, and recruits coming in to fill the gaps.
10 is too many. Two-thirds of the team is in 1 class. you can’t fill around that. Plus, it makes it difficult to recruit guys, you don’t have the spots and the recruits will also feel like they have a lot of upper classemen to compete against for playing time.
This is one of the many reasons for Ernie’s down fall. He never broke up the classes
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We both feel the same way
You’re seeing the problems at WSU and Oregon right now. WSU has 11 guys, I think, in the fresh/soph classes. It really creates a boom or bust deal. You could go two bad and two good, or if your guys don’t pan out you could be looking at 6 bad years and many problems.
It’s key to get some kind of balance between classes
Just look at these two new head coaches work out the details together.
What a beautiful thing.
My parents don't believe in Canzano either.
by Bill Musgrave on Mar 24, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
He would
Recruiting to GU isn’t easy and they’ve made a living off under the radar kids.
Give him some big time backing and he can actually target kids. What I found telling was Romar saying the UW recruits against Oregon and UW, and now some against Seattle U., but never against GU. GU just doesn’t target the same kids because they can’t.
KXLY also denies breaking that story.
And KEZI says someone at KXLY leaked it to them.
Who knows what the truth really is?
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-O-B-L-I-G-A-T-E-D-T-O-D-O-I-T"
KXLY is firing off twitter bullets left and right
Saying “Hell no we didn’t say that” in a more professional way
Its a non-denial denial sort of statement though
They said they haven’t “Said” anything about it. Doesn’t mean it isn’t true, only that they haven’t reported it/confirmed it.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
when’s the Horizon Air Oregon Duck plane land w/ him on it?
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
that would be nice
I thought we were only allowed to play fantasy-land DURING games though
I can haz footbawl?
Fire Mark Few
Just kidding, I’m bored.
I'm not a troll, I just have really dumb opinions.
by MurphyLPiddleton on Mar 23, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
If someone was really devious, they’d start a Fire Mark Few website for the Zag fans, just to see if we can ruffle his feathers to leave Spokane for Oregon.
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"Ruffle his feathers"?
Wouldnt that insinuate that he is already a Duck? You want to fire Duck coach Mark Few?
He is a Duck. He graduated from there. Once a Duck, always a Duck. Gonzaga is just borrowing him for the time being.
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Donovan wouldn't be the best option, IMO.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 23, 2010 7:39 PM PDT reply actions
agreed, totally
but he’s not coming. That was a “this is just to show you how fucking serious we are” kind of deal.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Yes
Donovan isn’t the fish they’re trying to catch. He’s simply the bait they’re using to lure others in. It’s one thing to say “we’ll pay a ton”, it’s another to target the most vulnerable of the big 3 in terms of salary. It shows that Oregon not only will pay top dollar in comparison to the Pac-10, but also in comparison to the entire nation. It’s a shrewd move that should open some eyes
by Brian Floyd on Mar 23, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Gonzaga has a SB nation site. who knew?
http://www.slipperstillfits.com/2010/3/22/1384544/u-of-o-keep-your-f-hands-off-our
Let’s just say they aren’t that excited about potentially losing Few…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
KTHXBAI SPOKANIAN FREAKS
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 23, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
for those inclined to care
i’m at the wnit game, and the ducks are up 41-36 at the half. Taylor lilley has 24 of those on 6-8 fro 3
I can haz footbawl?
by axemen23 on Mar 23, 2010 7:59 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm only inclined to care if axeMILF23 is also in attendance, and if there is a photo to back it up.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 23, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Pics or it didn't happen....
Only losing THREE starters from the USC game. (Offense and Defense)
Ladies and Gentlemen your 2010-11 Oregon Ducks.
Oregon-Frontrunners for the 2010 Fulmer Cup
by QuackQuackAttack on Mar 23, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
You've got that right.
Chip Kelly-Bustin' Out The Banhammer Since 2009
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 23, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
can't do it via cell phone
we’re up 89-60 with 2:16 left. taylor lilley has 38. the lobos have a girl big enough to put jenny mowe to shame.
I can haz footbawl?
by axemen23 on Mar 23, 2010 8:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
And thanks for going to the game
Hope they had a decent crowd during spring break.
OT...
Disclaimer: You old timers (benzduck) might not remember this from your high school or college days.
But for chemistry class, we had to make a project of a unit of measurement in chemistry called a mole. It was to be in the shape of a mole, but have a human costume. Examples of other projects done were John Molcain (for John McCain), Barack Molbama (for Barack Obama), Phillip Molmer (for none other than Fat Phil).
So….who did I create?
LaMichmole James, of course. Jersey complete with the Nike swoosh.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 23, 2010 8:39 PM PDT reply actions
I did "Ester". You figure it out.
I put wire rimmed glasses and a trench coat on him. Best. Mole. Ever.
Avogadro idea what you are talking about.
Repeat 6.02×10^23 times.
BENZDUCK FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR!
Why the hell not?
Yes.
We’d always learned it as just 6×10^23 though here.
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I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
6.022x10&23
Sheesh people, can’t we get a little accuracy around here?
My parents don't believe in Canzano either.
by Bill Musgrave on Mar 24, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
And by accuracy, I mean "use of symbols that don't mean what you intend them to"
My parents don't believe in Canzano either.
by Bill Musgrave on Mar 24, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh dear lord, I foudn this one on a different website:
NA = 6.022137 × 10^23
What the hell do we do now? How in the world are we going to complete the chemistry experiments required to create the Kenny Rowe clone army intended to complement the Pleasant army?
My parents don't believe in Canzano either.
by Bill Musgrave on Mar 27, 2010 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think an old person fight is going to help with the cloning.
My parents don't believe in Canzano either.
by Bill Musgrave on Mar 27, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Andy Katz -
Oregon is shooting large by going after Gonzaga’s Mark Few, Pitt’s Jamie Dixon and Florida’s Billy Donovan. I’d be surprised if any of them were to take the bait. The money isn’t as grand as what apparently is being bandied about. The facilities are expected to be beautiful, but Nike czar Phil Knight has always been about improving the infrastructure at Oregon more so than supplementing a coaching salary. Former Oregon AD Pat Kilkenny probably will be making the call. Oregon would likely go with a Nike coach and there is one that I think would be a great fit if the Ducks thought out of the box: BYU’s Dave Rose, who has done a tremendous job with the Cougars. Everyone at the school from the president on down was superb in helping Rose out during his horrific pancreatic cancer battle over the summer. But it would be hard for Rose to turn down Oregon, if the Ducks were to look at him. Rose coaches an entertaining style that would be a great fit, and he’s an A-plus person who would do wonders with the boosters. If not Rose, then non-Nike coaches Randy Bennett of Saint Mary’s and Mark Turgeon of Texas A&M should be given a shot to at least decide if they want to move.
Only if Jimmer comes along…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
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