If it Quacks Like a Duck...

[NightSwimmer]

Watch it closely. It might just become an Eagle right before your very eyes!

This complicates the selection process for my pre-season Top Ten rankings for 2013. Oh well... Need to wait for the NFL draft, recruiting and Spring practice anyway to make an educated guess.

 

[fairsheet]

Watch it closely. It might just become an Eagle right before your very eyes!

This complicates the selection process for my pre-season Top Ten rankings for 2013. Oh well... Need to wait for the NFL draft, recruiting and Spring practice anyway to make an educated guess.

As I'm a Cougar and a Husky, I HATED (in the sports sense of the word) Pete Carroll when he coached USC. But, now that he's coaching the Seahawks, he's my new best friend! Anyhoo......USC ran a pro-style offense under Carroll. Kelly and Oregon run a "novelty" offense. I'll not be surprised if Kelly's not quite so successful in the pros, as Carroll's been.

 

[Jen]

What I HATE (in the sports sense of the word) is that you and I like the same team.


(got this off my Facebook wall. It was put there before their heartbreaking loss last week.

Jen

As I'm a Cougar and a Husky, I HATED (in the sports sense of the word) Pete Carroll when he coached USC. But, now that he's coaching the Seahawks, he's my new best friend! Anyhoo......USC ran a pro-style offense under Carroll. Kelly and Oregon run a "novelty" offense. I'll not be surprised if Kelly's not quite so successful in the pros, as Carroll's been.

 

[NightSwimmer]

As I'm a Cougar and a Husky, I HATED (in the sports sense of the word) Pete Carroll when he coached USC. But, now that he's coaching the Seahawks, he's my new best friend! Anyhoo......USC ran a pro-style offense under Carroll. Kelly and Oregon run a "novelty" offense. I'll not be surprised if Kelly's not quite so successful in the pros, as Carroll's been.

I'm really more concerned with who will be running the Duck's gimmick offense next year. The university is saying that they will promote an assistant to the HC position. I'm curious about how many assistants Kelly will take with him as he leaves. It won't be easy to hire a new HC with NCAA investigations looming. Oregon football could be facing a long dry spell. Had Coach Kelly elected to stay with the Ducks, I would almost certainly have projected them as a Top 10 team entering the 2013 season. Now, I'm not so sure.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

I'm really more concerned with who will be running the Duck's gimmick offense next year. The university is saying that they will promote an assistant to the HC position. I'm curious about how many assistants Kelly will take with him as he leaves. It won't be easy to hire a new HC with NCAA investigations looming. Oregon football could be facing a long dry spell. Had Coach Kelly elected to stay with the Ducks, I would almost certainly have projected them as a Top 10 team entering the 2013 season. Now, I'm not so sure.

It may be that Chip Kelly decided to leave for the NFL because he was beginning to realize that his novelty offense would simply not work against the Stanford defense, and that Stanford would be winning the PAC-12 next year, and perhaps the year after that, and.....

 

[NightSwimmer]

It may be that Chip Kelly decided to leave for the NFL because he was beginning to realize that his novelty offense would simply not work against the Stanford defense, and that Stanford would be winning the PAC-12 next year, and perhaps the year after that, and.....

Stanford has been on a roll lately, haven't they? I would guess that this event erases any doubt that they will be favored to win the PAC next year.

 

[fairsheet]

Another problem for the Eagles......at Oregon, Kelly was able to recruit the precise parts and pieces he needed to make his offense work. He can't do that in the NFL. He's gotta work with what he's got. And sure....over time, he can morph his lineup towards his vision, but the NFL has limited patience.