Autzen Audibles

Blah. Was just truly unfortunate how the whole process played out. Kudos to Helf though for keeping all but one in the class intact and getting a head start on this year's recruiting. It's clear he and the staff disagreed with Chip's recruiting process.

Our 3 stars WERE beating your 5 stars. Oregon is stacked now, they have a lot of 4 stars on the team now and a couple 5 as well.

I think the main things in terms of recruiting are 1 sustainability- almost every team in the PAC is recruiting more talent(especially UCLA, UW, Stanford), so we can't remain stagnant in our recruiting efforts. And 2 advancement- our goal is not to be the top of the PAC anymore. That was a stepping stone. Now we're looking for NCAA trophy/banners. If you get complacent, you get left behind and with Helf at the helm, I think we're aiming to topple the big boys of the south and tOSU, FSU, etc. it's manifest destiny for the Ducks and we're taking over the nation from coast to the other.

I stopped reading half way through....................Chip made some mistakes but everyone seems to forget that he brought in the best recruiting classes we ever had.............Whats the quote? can't argue with success? I guess that doesn't apply to a spoiled fan base.

Enjoyed it, good job ill.

Hey ill, do you have a brother named Nick?

Thanks Sheldon. I personally don't envy those coaches. I honestly don't see how a person can run a successful program on the field and juggle all the effort and man hours it takes to recruit 20-25 high school kids(out of thousands) to come to your school. It's beyond me how they are able to do this. There are only so many hours in the day and I don't envy them.

Double-edged sword.

and maybe you can use the other half of that brain to realize that although his approach did leave some misses out there, chip's approach was more successful than any other coach we have ever had on the recruiting trail. Chip recruited well and with the added benefit of a high character requirement we haven't had "an Urban issue" with his recruiting classes.

Fair enough. But Chip himself wasn't as much of a stalwart in recruiting as our system and our staff was. Chip pulled in very good classes no doubt, but this past year specifically, it could've been all-time good, maybe the best if Chip had put in the effort. He didn't. That's the issue.

Chip was a great coach, but there was something missing in recruiting. He did a good job with due diligence, and prevented major crap from happening. However, there are some guys we offered (Obviously meaning me liked them and their personality) that we missed out on. For what reason? Not sure about the reasons, but the consensus is that there was some amount of neglect. We slow played them too long, or were too busy doing other things. I don't know. But I'm glad things are looking up under Helf....Unless Helf can't get it done on the field :P
Personally, I'd rather have good recruiting classes, and great seasons.....than the other way around

The EV thing is a tough pill to swallow. But lets not forget Chip's recruitment of Arik Armstead. He was honest ("I may or may not be leaving"), straightforward with a simple no-frills meeting in the Armstead's living room. Sark meanwhile attempts his version of a road show with the whole UW staff in tow, rents a hotel conference room and serves up a sllck powerpoint presentation. UW's staff left town with their collective tails tucked between their legs.