Utki

Now let's see if all those big time recruits are actually any good or just front runners who can't self motivate.

My cynical mind was he thought Oregon would await with baited breath his decision and hope he chose Oregon over Miami. And when Oregon took back the contract he kind of put himself in a bind and had to choose Miami instead of getting an even fatter raise at Oregon as he had hoped. But he was in a no lose situation I guess. I just find his "integrity" and "good man" schtick a bit much and he would have gone to the highest bidder. But then I might have also.

So much speculation and info flying around these past days. Might somebody clarify if Oregon's contract offer was pulled before Cristobal flew away after the last game? The reason i am asking is unlike most ardent college football fans I do not have much faith in coaches being anything but greasy used car salesmen wanting the most money. So is it feasible that Cristobal took so long because he was trying to push Oregon's price above Miami's and if(this is what I am unclear about) Oregon had offered more money then Cristobal would have just chosen Oregon and used the narrative that he needed to start what he finished. When the contract was (I presume) pulled then he could just use the narrative of returning home. So basically I think he would have stayed in Oregon if the money was greater but was surprised when Knight pulled the contract and used Miami as a fallback. I also believe that even if his mom is ill he used that as cover to go speak to Miami boosters in person. But I am cynical and I don't get on my metaphorical knees when it comes to the BIZARRE need to give adulation to college football coaches. In any case I am thankful we avoided paying this guy huge money to deliver limp results most of the time and I am okay with the prospect of playing smart offense instead of smug tough guy offense.

Kicking and screaming unless the contract offer is pulled when he was trying to play the two schools off of each other.

I was anxiety ridden thinking Oregon was going to give a huge long term contrac to a clearly inferior coach that was also highly inflexible. Nice for him that he gets to go home but WHEWWW!

I assumed his visit to his mother was a pretext to visit Miami officials.