Yea exactly. What’s the point of playing him? If he was great, sure. But this isn’t Vernon Adams. Burn this year as development for Ty Thompson
1) Coaches need to be able to accurately evaluate their players and determine who gives the team the best chance to win. Strike 1 for the Ducks. 2) Coaches need to be able to put together a game plan that maximizes strengths and covers for weaknesses. Strike 2. 3) Coaches need to have their players physically and mentally ready to play. This is doubly true of college coaches. Strike 3. 4) At some point even the most loyal Duck fans will need to accept that those great recruiting classes they have been hearing about just aren't anything special.
AB isn't accurate as a downfield passer which really limits the offense. Opponents are loading up on the run and rightfully not fearing the deep ball. Even his completions often feature big adjustments from the receivers. STOMP
He's not a very accurate thrower often times behind the receiver and he was way long on the one long ball with receiver wide open.
The results lately though do bring up the question as to whether they are recruiting more for "talent" rather than heart, desire, determination.
about Anthony Brown: his career completion% is 55%. That's not good at all, and it's only 56.5% this season. Now, if you just gauged by this season you might think that a big reason for that low completion percentage is him making 'sure' that only his targets had a chance at the ball. But his career TD/Int ratio is 2.33. For comparison: Mariota had a TD/int ratio of 7.5 and a completion rate of 67%; Herbert's marks were 4.13 and 64%; Darron Thomas was at 3.88 and 61%; Jeremiah Masoli's marks at Oregon were 2.54 and 58% but Masoli was great at making reads after the snap (he was also a QB in a RB's body). Brown is terrible at that and it cost the Ducks the game last night. It's time for a change, IMO. I think that's especially true with CJ Verdell out. The Ducks have to be able to get the ball in the hands of the WR's and TE's now and Brown has shown that he's not accurate enough to do that consistently. Too many empty possessions last night because of AB's reads and inaccuracy but that also likely means growing pains. The Duck record after they went with freshman Justin Herbert was 2-5 ***************************************************************** about Cristobal: I think you can kind of toss out last year because of Covid. The year before that, the Ducks went 12-2 winning both the Pac-12 championship and the Rose Bowl. In MC's 1st year they went 9-4 and beat Michigan State in the bowl game. A poor game manager couldn't have posted those records. Just like a poor game manager wouldn't have beat tOSU in their stadium. He's won 2 pac-12 championships in 3 years. A bad coach wouldn't have done that Cristobal has had to replace both his offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator over the last 12 games. MC's record as the Oregon coach, including the Covid year, is 29-10. That's a .744 winning percentage. His post-season record is 4-1 compare Cristobal to a couple of great coaches: Mike Bellotti at Oregon and Chris Peterson at Washington overall winning percentage: Cristobal .744....Peterson .679....Bellotti .678 post-season record: Cristobal 4-1....Peterson 4-4....Bellotti 6-6 Cristobal didn't inherit a very talented roster like Chip Kelly did, or Mark Halfrich did. He had to build a culture and recruit talent like Bellotti and Peterson did. And so far, even counting yesterday, he has registered better marks than either of those long-time coaches. it's just off-base to slam him for being a bad game manager or for poor coaching. He wouldn't have that record if he was either. It may be a legitimate criticism to say he's too stubborn. He really seems intent on Oregon establishing an identity as a physical team, and sometimes I think that's yielded conservative play calls. And it might be why Anthony Brown is the QB. He also might have fucked up by hiring Tim Deruyter as the defensive coordinator. I have been unimpressed with the bend-don't-break defense of the Ducks this year. It hasn't been effective at all
Right now, OSU is playing with more heart and pride than the Ducks. On paper the Ducks have more talent...but results matter. There's not much value in "talent" that doesn't translate to performance on the field.
Why are the ducks so overrated? They beat Ohio St by a touchdown, barely beat a Fresno team which lost to Hawaii. The AP should have them at like 21. But I bet they will end up sitting at 11 Also, haha duck fans
Hubris. This team is filled with players who think they are the shit. They make stupid stupid mistakes. Zero discipline. I put a lot of that on coaching.
I read that the Ducks have lost 4 of the last 5 OT games they’ve played. Not a good stat for the program.
you have to reach all the way back to Chip Kelly for that stat Cristobal is 1-2 with both losses coming to Stanford. He's also 29-10 as a coach at Oregon and 4-1 in the post-season
MSN had an article blasting PAC-12 officiating and the missed false start at the end of Q4. Ref had his flag pulled and ready to toss, the Ducks line was calling the false start, Stanford’s line stopped as if they were also expecting the flag. And then Stanford’s QB made an easy completion to make it first-and-goal. But that’s why you play through the whistle….
the targeting call really needs to be shit-canned, or at least adjusted to eliminate ejections for inadvertent helmet contact. Stanford won because of 3 Duck penalties on their last drive....and that doesn't count that non-called false start. The targeting on Thibodeaux was questionable but I guess you could justify it. The roughing call on Dorlus was bullshit, and the PI in the last timed down was total bullshit Pac-12 official are the worst. I looked at the numbers yesterday, and out of 130 NCAA teams, 6 pac-12 teams are in the most 27 penalized teams. 8 pac-12 teams are among the most 50 penalized. And that is how it's been for years. They blow their fucking whistles way too much. There were 20 penalties in that Duck game yesterday
