Quack Fix: Bellotti reportedly asked for $7 million before leaving, Oregon still waiting on word about Payne
by jtlight on May 25, 2010 7:31 AM PDT
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- The big news of the day is Mike Bellotti reportedly asking for $7 million after being essentially forced out by UO President Richard Lariviere. While this seems extreme, I view this as non-news. This is yet another repercussion of the lack of a written contract. Based on Bellotti's oral agreement, this is what Bellotti felt he was owed. This is really a problem that was 20 years in the making. No significant employee should be working without contract for precisely these situations. For all of the issues, I'm happy with how this has been handled by both Bellotti and Lariviere. Hopefully we'll never be in this situation again.
- Oregon baseball has risen in the polls, though only by one spot this week. The Ducks are now 21st in the Baseball America poll. The Ducks will have a great chance to rise further, and possibly move into a position to host a regional, with strong showings against OSU and Cal this week. Both teams have winning records overall, but are in the bottom half of the conference, while Cal is currently in the midst of a 7 game losing streak, which included being swept by WSU and UCLA.
- It's been an exciting offseason for the Pac-10, with expansion talk. One item recently discussed is the possibility of the Pac-10 adding a championship game without adding more teams. While this is currently not allowed by the NCAA, the Pac-10 could petition for a chance, however, Larry Scott is denying that the Pac-10 will push for this rule to be repealed, for now. If the Pac-10 could add a championship game, that may make expansion less attractive to the conference.
- Oregon softball outfielder Shelley Deadmond has a blog post at GoDucks.com about the regional sweep. The Ducks did what they needed to do, and made the big plays to win the weekend. I'm excited for super-regionals to start, and see just how far the team can go.
- Oregon track is competing in the NCAA regionals this weekend, and will be looking to qualify as many athletes as possible for the NCAA championships (which will be in Eugene). GoDucks.tv has a number of interviews with team members, and this one with Vin Lananna.
- Lastly, Oregon is still waiting to hear the status of Kenny Payne, though at this point, it's widely assume that Payne will be leaving the Ducks for Kentucky. While this has led some to overreact, I like dvieira's comment in yesterday's quack fix. Payne has done a good job, no doubt, but he is not irreplaceable. For all his recruiting prowess, it obviously didn't help the W-L column over the past few years. If Payne leaves, I'll wish him nothing but the best, and look forward to what Dana Altman can do.
What are your thoughts on Payne? Leave 'em below. GO DUCKS!
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UO Sportsdude is wrong of course
We’d rather not lose Payne but its hardly the end of the world.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Except that he’s 6’3" and skinny as hell.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
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my snap judgement
Shit he needs to get some meat on those bones if he’s going to run the spread.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
Good times. Oregon is being incredibly selective at the position this year.
It sounds like they will be taking two QBs this year.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Also, here’s a video of him at a combine
And a youtube highlight vid.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
looks like he holds the ball by his waste until he starts to throw
Stackin' wins like legos; toastin' Pac-10 like de eggos
Kids going to be a stud
Check out his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMpcL9fm5p8
He looks even better in his video than Bryan Bennett did in his HS video and I think that Bennett’s going to be a stud!
"No one ever rises to low expectations." - Chip Kelly Head Coach at the Univ. of Oregon.
by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on May 25, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
He has the skinniest legs on Earth.
I thought Dennis Dixon had them, then I saw Lavasier Tuinei. I though Lavasier Tuinei had the skinniest legs on Earth, then I saw Marcus Mariota.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Dude it's called Gold Bond
Use it!
"No one ever rises to low expectations." - Chip Kelly Head Coach at the Univ. of Oregon.
by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on May 25, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I suck at captions.
But that is positively Vince Carteresque.
by HoodRiverDuck on May 25, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Except for the part where he’s not pouting and loafing in an attempt to get traded.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I hate him too.
But that dunk over Frederic Weis is still my favorite dunk of all time.
by HoodRiverDuck on May 25, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if you can get jock itch on your face.
If anyone knows, it’s the dude Vince Carter is riding in this picture.
He's an amazing player
But unfortunately there is a reason he has never won much.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Best dunker ever
"The code word for going on two might be, you know, "Mickelson,’’ because he always comes in second – stuff like that.'’
by trumpetduck on May 25, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
This Arizona State player is deathly afraid of awesome.
"The code word for going on two might be, you know, "Mickelson,’’ because he always comes in second – stuff like that.'’
by trumpetduck on May 25, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Just Like Foot-Ball Clap Clap Clap-Clap-Clap
by JonathanPDX on May 25, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Aah, where is the chloroform gas coming from?!
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright this thread is boring. Therefore, time to spice it up.
Favorite Food Network Show:
A) Iron Check
B) Diners Drive Ins and Dives
C) Dinner Impossible
D) Good Eats
E) Other (explain below)
F) WTF? What kind of man watches the F***ing Food Network?
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
The Food Network is one of those channels that I will never watch on purpose (e.g. “Oooh, Good Eats is on, let’s turn it to the FN!”), but I find myself inexplicably interested if it happens to be on. There were a couple of shows that I was especially interested in, but I have no idea what they were called:
One show where they picked a type of food (like grilled hamburgers) and then had someone face-off with an expert like Bobby Flay to see whose recipe was better.
Another show where this one intense dude with glasses oversaw the cooking of a gourmet meal for a lot of people using whatever was available in a limited time alotment.
I think I’m secretly attracted to these shows because I enjoy cooking, I just don’t have time to do it. (Quick story – my fifth anniversary was last Friday, so I took off work early without my wife’s knowledge and spent all afternoon cooking lamb curry madras, Maori fry bread, mashed sweet potatoes, and pavlova, which are all recipes from New Zealand – our honeymoon location. It turned out pretty well, although the curry didn’t thicken quite as much as I would have liked. My wife was completely surprised.)
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Food Network
the wife and I watch this a lot, and its one of the only non-sports channels that I watch.
I have no idea what Iron Check is? Did you mean Iron Chef? That can be fun, but I don’t learn much about the food, and its not really on the fly as they would make it seem. They plan it out in advance.
I love Chopped, on the other hand, because it is on the fly and many of the ingredients are totally wacky.
Diners, Drive ins, and Dives is boring. Unwrapped is extra boring.
Dinner Impossible, which Gorby also alluded to is good stuff. I’m also a big fan of Good Eats, because I like cooking and Alton Brown has sort of a quirky personality. Not a big Throwdown fan as I don’t really like Bobby Flay.
I refuse to watch Food Network Challenge because its always some stupid disney cake or something? Why can’t they have like a rack of ribs challenge or a chili cookoff?
In short, I guess that means Chopped is my favorite Food Network show, followed by Good Eats and Dinner Impossible.
Also, Rachael Ray creeps me out.
Can I have my manhood back now?
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Barefoot Contessa
My wife loves this show because of its use of basic ingredients one can get a farmer’s market. And I love making fun of rich, snobby people in the Hamptons. It’s a match made in heaven.
Dave, you’re right that Chopped is the best competition show on the network. Iron Chef is alright, but like you said, I don’t learn anything. And don’t get me started on all those damn cake shows.
Giada is obviously the best thing on the network…just look at her! Seriously though, I like Throwdown the best though because sometimes people get genuinelly pissed that Fley is showing up to compete with them. It’s pretty funny.
Rachel Ray doesn’t bother me like she does other people, and her food is simple enough to make.
There’s A LOT of Food Network on in my house right after football season because it’s almost all football all the time before that (because I’ll watch the replays later in the night after watching the game live) so I’ll make it up to her in that way. I don’t mind it though.
Sidenote: Have you watched Gordon Ramsey when he’s not doing one of his awful Fox shows? Kitchen Nightmares on BBC is one of the best food shows around because they actually go into detail about how he helps these people with ALL aspects of the business, but with more of an emphasis on the cooking than on the stale drama Fox is interested in.
Wow. This may be he most I’ve ever written on food.
Giada creeps me out
its like her head is WAY too big for her body.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Her name is also 2 letters short of Giardia, which shouldn't inspire digestive confidence.
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on May 25, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Not when Top Chef is on and you can fast forward through the ads.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
no
the reason Chopped is great is because you might get rice cakes, parsnips, and candy corn and are expected to make a gourmet meal out of all those ingredients. It requires incredible creativity.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Chopped is a cheap knock off of Top Chef. It’s decent, but there’s really no comparison.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
WRONG! Hells kitchen is stupid. Ramsey just yelling at a bunch of people who would never really be considered Chefs in any kitchen.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
Thank you for confirming my assumptions on this show.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
WHAT?!? YOU DONKEY!
Why don’t you just give up? Ya? Give up. You don’t really want to be here. You don’t care. You’re not even trying. You’ve already given up. You doughnut. GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!
Ramsay is second only to the Magna Carta in England’s gifts to civilization.
yeah because berating people, calling names, giving no advice and just expecting them to fail is what builds a great leader.
If the candidates were actually qualified to be on the show, I might buy it, but most of them are like ex-nanny’s, insurance salesmen, and porta-potty cleaners.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
…that never make it to the final round. The final two are almost always the ones with experience. Ramsay can be a bully, but he’s not stupid.
Hell’s Kitchen is clearly American Idol with food, and like Simon Cowell, he just gives the American TV audience what it wants: Humiliation. I actually first saw Ramsay in the original BBC Kitchen Nightmares. It’s not like he’s completely different, but if you saw that first, and then Ramsay’s US TV shows, you’d see just how much of an act he’s putting on.
I actually like Kitchen Nightmares (the UK version, NOT the US version). Hell’s Kitchen is a farce by comparison and is so ridiculous. I stopped watching after the first season.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
E. Giata’s cleavage
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
but her head is too big for her body
she freaks me out, man.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on May 25, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You have a serious problem if her head is the part of her body you are concentrating on.
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
No
you’re just a horny teenager that would do anything with a pulse.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on May 25, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
No, I would not do Guy Fieri.
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I lol'd and all my roommates looked at me weird
"The code word for going on two might be, you know, "Mickelson,’’ because he always comes in second – stuff like that.'’
by trumpetduck on May 25, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
No
you’re just a horny teenager that would do anything with a pulse.
"The code word for going on two might be, you know, "Mickelson,’’ because he always comes in second – stuff like that.'’
by trumpetduck on May 25, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Best Thing I Ever Ate is better than any of those.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
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I also enjoy Man v. Food on the Travel Channel
There is no way I could eat most of that stuff. Its insane. Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods is also very interesting.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Yes! Best Thing I Ever Ate is one of the best food shows. I always have to make and eat everything they show on that show.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
Chefs who aren't on TV are generally better.
STILL stopping every few minutes to realize "Whoa. The Saints won the Super Bowl."
by AllSaintsDay on May 25, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
but I need something to watch when no good sports are on.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Treme
STILL stopping every few minutes to realize "Whoa. The Saints won the Super Bowl."
by AllSaintsDay on May 26, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
It’s unfortunate that Mad Men doesn’t start up again for 2 more months. But hey, you could always get your hands on The Wire.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Is it sad that the only thing I know about Mad Men is that one redhead woman is freaking stacked.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
No, because that’s the only thing you NEED to know.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
I hear it is a great show… but I’ve never watched it. I’ve just seen stills and pictures. I see the appeal to the show without knowing anything else.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
Saying Christina Hendricks is stacked is like saying that UW had a bad season in 2008.
Wow.
by HoodRiverDuck on May 27, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm watching the Suns Lakers game
and a commercial for Agate Alley Bistro just came on. Groan.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
Does that run east-west or north-south?
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Unauthorized use of The Map, you owe Tako $52,000.
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on May 25, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I use the map if it strikes my damn fancy, thank you very much. At most, I owe him $37.33.
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That should be the interest accumulated to the initial 423$ fine.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
I am truly, truly shocked that TN did not make the list.
¡Viva los Patos!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on May 25, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Preseason polls don't mean jack.
By season’s end they’ll finish sub .500 and outside of the top-20, well behind the likes of Oregon, California, Arizona and Nebraska. Even then, the myopic among them will proclaim Washington’s return to recycling prominence is just another year away. They’ll tell us how, once they complete construction of their new waste management center, they will again be a contender.
Of course, they’re wrong.
31-6, 45-21, 34-14, 55-34, 44-10, 43-19. Do you see a pattern?
by JConant on May 25, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any poll that calls Nevada a green state is retarded.
Las Vegas casinos alone waste more water in a day than most states do in a year.
(This statistic brought to you by Statistics I Made Up On The Spot, Inc.)
by HoodRiverDuck on May 26, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
That was my reaction. Nevada is also a hot spot of mining, power production, and cities like Las Vegas that have a millions of lights on millions of buildings and they operate 24 hours a day.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
That's what happen when you 'Build a Dam.'
Damn, that was a play on words.
"If you can't copy 'em, don't imitate ''em."
YOGI BERRA
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