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“Coral Gables Senior High School ... is a school with a great deal of history, located within a residential neighborhood,” he said during a news conference Monday at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Overtown. “This has come on us in a very surprising way. We respect our schools, we respect the community and at this point we are not entertaining any such idea.” Maybe he is just negotiating, but sounds familiar to how this was all put together. https://www.yahoo.com/news/um-booster-pitch-build-stadium-220814525.html

Wow, he really is just one soundbite after another.

Same site, odds for usc hire. Also Altman definitely wasn't on our radar, right? USC Head Coach Odds Coach Odds Implied chance James Franklin (Penn State HC) +450 18.2% Luke Fickell (Cincinnati HC) +450 18.2% Urban Meyer (Jacksonville Jaguars HC) +500 16.7% Matt Campbell (Iowa State HC) +950 9.5% PJ Fleck (Minnesota HC) +1000 9.1% Mario Cristobal (Oregon HC) +1200 7.7% Tony Elliott (Clemson OC) +1600 5.9% Dave Aranda (Baylor HC) +1600 5.9% Bob Stoops (Retired Oklahoma HC) +2000 4.8% Eric Bienemy (Chiefs HC) +3000 3.2% Chris Peterson (Retired Washington HC) +5000 2% Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss HC) +5000 2% Steve Sarkisian (Texas HC) +10000 1% Pete Caroll (Seattle Seahawks HC) +10000 1%

My bet is he got the Oregon contract to line his pocket. He was gone way before the Utah game. Maybe he would, in hindsight, have left before the game, and never have even looked at the contract. The reason PK pulled the contract, which I bet he did, was because he knew exactly what was going on, maybe Cristobal didn't, but I doubt it. PK wasn't going to have that contract used to only up the pay for Cristobal. PK gave him that contract out of respect, I don't think it was returned. I will agree, it is time to move onward and forward with the Oregon Football Program. I will try to stay on the higher ground going forward, thanks for the discussion.

Wouldn't hiring CK be much like Miami hiring Cristobal? Miami wants the grand old days. Do we want to try and recreate something from the past? The whole Miami hiring Cristobal, and the talk of rehiring CK reminds me of going to my 20th high school reunion. Nothing wrong with it, but there was one guy, same haircut, same cool car, hadn't changed one bit. He hadn't really evolved either, same stories, same life really. I don't really want to change the program, but we need to keep evolving. We need to get back to being innovative, taking chances. Oregon is an exciting place to live and play. Oregon football speaks to that, let it do that again. Nike's motto was 'Just Do It' and that didn't mean just do it again!

I won't cheer for Mario's failure. His offense, and management style didn't fit what I wanted for Oregon. If it works out well in Miami then good for him, and the hurricanes. I will give it a double take if he becomes an offensive wizard. I hope he evolves, much like I hoped he would at Oregon.

I think you meant embrace highest point we have reached, so far, on the trajectory enabled by the Pick. The apex has yet to be seen and hopefully is a nice broad plateau!

Pretty good list, just behind Helfrich is a good spot. He did some good things, and the program was pretty clean during his time. He said all the right things, and for the most part tried to follow through on those statements. There was definitely some smoke coming from some of the criticism of Cristobal as a coach. I hope Miami is an even better fit for his vision of what football should be.

Sounds like Mastro and Mirabel will be the cornerstones of his offense. I wonder if he will make Mastro his OC? It will be interesting to follow his journey down there, wish him the best of luck!

FunDuck, great writing, just not sure the outcome you call for wouldn't lead us to the same jail blazer scenario which soured you on the mighty Trailblazers. I will agree we need to be bold, aggressive and intelligent on this decision. I think the power brokers are going to make sure we do so this time.

I'm poking fun at us as fans and Mario. He said it and we bought it. I don't blame him for saying stuff, I do blame him for not following through. I also want us to be honest about the weakness we have shown for not fully evaluating candidates. I hope I don't offend anyone, but I would rather go too humor, then direct attacks on character. I agree it is a fine line and hope I don't cross it. I just find it healthy to look for humor while thinking about the meaning. I know it was said asking Cristobal about his past statements about his desires for the offense was off limits at press conferences. I think it definitely isn't off limits now that we aren't holding our breath waiting for it to happen. I also agree humor can be both therapeutic and dangerous. I hope mine is therapeutic, and we can all ponder what we had, and what we need going forward. My apologies, in advance, to anyone I may offend.

Miami's recruiting class is already at #11, Mario strength, one talent, isn't what they needed, oh well. He is a salesman and they bought what he was selling. Saban is a salesman too. He sells kids on things he delivers. He told Trevon Diggs he would be the best DB in football, Trevon was pissed, wanted to be a receiver. Saban delivered and all was good. Saban has done this over and over. Cristobal just says what players, families, fans and alumni want to hear, big difference. He didn't deliver, just a sales job.

We were sold our last coach could recruit, coach and develop talent. This time we need somebody who can actually do all three. Talk is cheap, and I trust those looking at these guys to evaluate these three things, not just what is said. This guy has a winning record, stole our best recruit from last year, and can develop talent while putting kids in places to succeed. While I have tremendous respect for the mormon religion there are few places harder to recruit than Provo. I would be happy if those paying the bills find Sitake qualified. Last time we listened to the kids in the back seat when making the decision. Much like on a vacation gone bad when the kids yell stop here, and you are tired and vulnerable. We not only stopped where the kids screamed to stop we bought the timeshare, hook line and sinker. This time let's have the adults make the decision. We won't go through the timeshare sales pitch. We don't need another salesman selling us something that sounds amazing, but is really only lining his pocket. Let's have PK analyze the data, and see what is right for Oregon. The next Oregon coach is going to do well. Let's make sure we do too!

Is he the downfield passing coordinator, the guy that has been in Mario's closet banging on the door yelling, 'LET ME OUT!' Welcome and let's see what you can do, Go Ducks!

The question, would he bring the sledge hammer, fire up the men!

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I just hope the contract buyout has a quick deliver date on the buyout and a massive penalty. That is the only communication I would give Miami! Mullens is unhappy, make them unhappy!

Get Brooks and Bellotti on the phone with all the recruits and let them know the whole Duck nation is behind them and the new coach, whoever it ends up being. Time for the real Oregon Football Program to stand up and carry the day. We have had two charlatans, really a couple snake oil salesman infect the program. It is nice to see the real Oregon stand up, well done Mike Bellotti!

I like it, it is just the Florida snowbirds we have had living here that are adversely effecting the new date. When we stop hiring snowbirds all will be good. Seems like everyone but Oregon knows about the snowbird phenomenon, I suppose we know it well now.

One of the reason's Utah was so strong was the adversity it went through. The deaths were tragic, but the team was bonded from the experience. Another big item was the qb issue. The team pick the back-up qb as their captain, the coaches picked the starter instead to try and lead the team. The coaches plan failed and the players choice ended up leading this team to become a very good team, they deserved to win. Oregon is in a tough situation. It bodes well for our future to see this young man step up and get behind the program which will be here for a very long time. Many things will change, but it is nice to see this student athlete have the fortitude to make the solid choice. Hopefully a strong group will rally around him. This will give the new coach something to build off. I look forward to seeing this happen as the new Oregon Football Program rises up!

Slick said I love it here, Mario said he would never want to leave, the next guy is going to say, who cares, what can you do for us! That is the bottomline of any negotiation. What are you going to do for us, and you evaluate what we are going to do for you, end of story. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE STORIES!

The other real problem with the Cristobal hire is Miami already has the number 11 recruit class in the nation. It is the number 2 class behind Clemson in the ACC, but the Miami problem isn't the recruiting. Miami just hired a salesman to get better output out of their top notch recruits, again a gamble I don't put money on. The main problem is the salesman thinks he is the engineer, that never ends well. Fortunately he isn't in charge of accounting too.

Love Big Joe, not sure how head coach worthy the guy is. I also like giving him the title as one of the older, legacy type coaches. I hope Mullens knows which guy has that connection with the team, as it seemed Cristobal had lost the team. The team had to tell Mullens last time maybe he asks them this time too. He needs to act and lead on this one though. These student athletes are extremely valuable assets to the program. The next coach may just clean house, but the players should know they are a priority, in the short term and longterm.

History tends to repeat itself. Cristobal will recruit, but will he get the support he needs and will he accept it? He will need to get both and accept it to really be successful. I wish him luck, but guys like him only learn very hard lessons, and not the easy ones. I may be wrong and wish him well, say la vie!

Like I said before, we learned Mario is a very good salesman, and that is still true. There were players who followed slick to the FSU killing fields and there will be those who follow Mario, they believe him, no matter what. I do think some will start to question his sincerity, and should. The Oregon Football Program is rock solid, same program as before, they just lost their salesman. We will be hiring a new coach who will be doing more than sales.