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We are trying to get anything on him that we can.

Thats' also my take on the recruiting situation Oregon finds itself in. Chip is focused on looking for quality recruits that fit his system. This is the downside of slow playing the recruiting game. It is what it is. That being said, wouldn't be surprised with late signing surprise(s). He working hard to flip Jack etc. time will tell.

Where are all of the "We close strong" people that bashed me when I said recruiting wasn't going to be what we've become use too this year?

The sky is not falling and we'll be ok BUT we had better make sure we don't go down this same path next year. I don't believe we can have back to back recruiting years like this and maintain a top 5 position.

GO DUCKS!

Oregon for whatever reason slow played way to many kids this year - The staff needs to identify the 25-30 kids they want to go after, get them up here in the camp season and lock them down. Like it or not, you need to have 10-15 kids locked down in the summer.

This class from an average star perspective is still in line with the last three classes (top 15) so its not a train wreck or anything. But when you have the "opening" down the block, facilities, nike, top 5 program, ect. you should be able to sleep walk to a top 10 class. There were way to many kids that "wanted to hear from UO" this year who we let slip away.

Sucks as a fan, but thats just because we all want the pomp and circumstance we think we deserve with:
4 straight years of BCS games.
B2B BCS Bowl wins.
Conference Dominance outside of 3 games over the past 4 years, etc. etc.

I would like to close with Jack at the very least and throw in McEvoy, Hunt, and Cunningham and Id be stoked. Class would be Quality over Quantity.

Me too! But beginning to wonder if I'm just daydreamin!

Yeah, the sunshine pumpers get just as annoying as the sky-is-falling folks.

It's somewhere in the middle, as always.

What we have here (and last year at OL) is a situation where the coaches' recruiting strategy is not 100% successful. They are whiffing big at some positions and maybe with some top prospects. You can trust the coaches all you want, but they ain't perfect, nobody is. So they've got to come up with a way to succeed in this recruiting environment because, let's face it, it's harder to recruit to Eugene, Oregon, than a lot of other places.

This team will be fine, but next year the coaches need to lock up some real talent at OL and LB and DT because if they don't, this will not be a top 5 program.

"devastating"? seriously ... it was devastating? high school seniors haven't proven anything yet ... Boyett's injury was devastating. Missing a gimme field goal was devastating. Not getting a Los Angeles kid to leave Los Angeles is certainly not devastating.

if we end up trading Redmond for Hunt, ... I think we'll be pretty pleased

I am in complete agreement with this. And I am not bashing the staff. I just think we need to learn from this year and start our recruiting process sooner than we have been.

I also don't think this year will end up being as bad as some think. I do think we will close with a solid class of 19-21 commits that will be in the top 15-20 range. But that being said, I think we have to make the necessary adjustments to get some commits signed sooner next year while still holding to the same standards that Chip has become known for.

This is intellecually lazy and insulting to all the programs that are beating us for recruits. If they go somewhere else is always because they didn't fit our system because our coaches hold recruits to some mysterious higher standard. Give me a break. They are flat out getting their butts kicked on the recruiting trail for whatever reason, sanctions, NFL, whatever, doesn't change the reality that dozens and dozens of highly rated players have spurned Oregon for other schools.