17 hours ago17 hr Moderator No. Who do you think was the key Oregon Coach to set the foundation for today's success?Oregon Ducks On SIGeoff Schwartz Names Former Oregon Coach With Underrated...In the era of coach Dan Lanning, Oregon Ducks football is in a second renaissance of sorts. With a 48-8 overall record since assuming the position of head coach
8 hours ago8 hr No. Bellotti was Brook's O-coordinator during Brooks most successful years, 1989-94. In 1988 it was Bob Toledo.2008 was Bellotti's last season as head coach. There were 9 coaches including Bellotti on staff. When Chip took over in 2009, he took the Bellotti slot and hired Helfrich to replace himself (Chip). The other 7 guys were the same in 2009 as they were in 2008. Chip had Bellotti's choices as assistants. I believe all 7 of those guys were still with Chip in 2012 - his last season.Chip did increase the staff from 9 to 11, but as I recall, 7 of the 10 assistants were the same.Over his four years, Chip hired Helfrich, Azzinaro, Frost. Interesting to contemplate whether Bellotti would have hired those guys?
4 hours ago4 hr No. Who said "One game at a time" and "The only thing that matters is that you improve each week?"Brooks or Bellotti? I swear I'm not senile, but I'm not sure. Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by BroncoSas
1 hour ago1 hr No. 7 hours ago, HDuck said:Over his four years, Chip hired Helfrich, Azzinaro, Frost. Interesting to contemplate whether Bellotti would have hired those guys?I know Azz followed Chip into the NFL and to UCLA where Chip eventually fired him. As for Helf and Frost... those guys were fantastic as position coaches and coordinators. Together they coached up the ONLY Heisman in Oregon history. Helfrich found Mariota and brought him to Eugene and coached him his first two years, redshirt and first year starting) and then when Helf became HC it was Frost who helped polish Mariota into the Heisman winner. Both were great as position coaches and coordinators at Oregon. Were they good Head Coaches? Not really...Though Oregon only made the National Title game twice... and Helfrich and Frost were at both of them. One of which Helfrich was the head coach for.. so that's saying something to. They didn't get the job done but arguably 2014 was the best season in Oregon history with a Conference Championship, a Heisman Winner, a Rose Bowl Victory, and a Title Position. Here's hoping Lanning tops that this season. But yeah I think Bellotti would have hired those two guys. I think Bellotti did a better job building a cohesive staff.
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