Today on the Inside Read; the Northwest Showcase nets two prospects and an Oregon offer, discussing two OL visitors.

DSA Inside Read: 6/3/2019

Bri Amaranthus of Comcast/NBC Sports sat down with Juwan Johnson for an interview.

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Among the salient points:

Justin Herbert's a more assertive leader than people assume.

He regularly gets the receiver group together to work on their game.

The two are developing some chemistry on and off the practice field.

Herbert's arm talent exceeds anything he's seen before.

A year or two ago Andrew Nemec was indignant that Oregon skipped this event, but they were represented yesterday and offered
Emarrion Winston, a 6-3, 220 linebacker from Central Catholic and offensive lineman Taliese Fuaga, 6-5, 320 from Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma, WA.

Fired coach who recruited quite a bit of talent. Might be where Altman looks next?

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/mar/21/mbacke-diong-becomes-fifth-player-to-transfer-from/

no offer yet, but worth keeping an eye on

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Hearing that a local youngster with a familiar last name may have received good news today.

Any insiders got the word?

I recently caught up with 2021 Texas athlete Shadrach Banks to talk recruiting and he mentioned Oregon as one of the school's he's planning on visiting this summer. Banks is expected to be a Rival100 prospect when those rankings are released later this month.

You can read the story and watch his sophomore highlights here.

There may be no better comparison for our talent right now on offense than the New England Patriots offense. Multiple backs, 1 solid wide out, 1 legit slot player, a dominant TE and the GOAT QB.

If Arroyo and Cristobal could spend some time with Josh McDaniel and see how he plans for and attacks a defense we could be scary good on offense.

Bouk will get the most out of our receivers and are RB’s are more than serviceable and are all very good receivers out of the backfield. McCormick, Breeland and Webb will be match up nightmares and Johnson and Addison could both develop nicely.

Scheme and match ups. Plug and play, NE has been a master of it and we could learn something from them. Same with what KC is doing too.

Bailey transfers out instead of returning to the team. That leaves the following returners according to 2018-2019 roster:

1. Pritchard (SG)
2. Okoro (PF)
3. Richardson (PG)
4. Johnson (PG)

We have 4 commits and 1 transfer

1. CJ Walker (F)
2. Isaac Johnson (C)
3. Chandler Lawson (F)
4. Chris Duarte (F)
5. Eric Williams (SG) (Transfer)

That leaves 3 spots on the roster yet to fill. Would of been nice to hang on to Wooten, Norris and Bailey to bolster the experience. Now coaches are scrambling to fill the roster and how those unknown players fit with recruits and returners is an unanswered question of chemistry. If you’re Duke or Kentucky and you replace open roster spots with top 25 players every year it makes things a little easier but Oregon isn’t Kentucky or Duke. Altman always seems to bring the team together toward the end of the season but Arizona and Washington took a big step forward this year while a promising Oregon recruiting class finished with a fizzle then took some hits with Wooten opting out and Norris and Bailey transfers.

Gaston Bouchereau who ran unattached this year, but has collegiate eligibility and has run 100m: 10.29/ 200m: 20.75 (both legal times) is going to come to Oregon. He visited this weekend, after an earlier visit to USC, and committed to Oregon. This is a huge pickup for the Oregon sprint corps..

Gaston won the Collegiate Section of the 100 a couple months ago at Mt Sac taking down Oraine Palmer and USC's top sprinter in the process.

Rams extend Troy Hill's contract for another two years.

Always one of my favorites.

peaking at the right time of the season
Oregon Men 5th
Oregon women 4th

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Men
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Women
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Even with all the departures, 22/1 isn't too bad. It's all just water in the wind, but many pre season polls had dropped the Ducks altogether.

Per Jeff Greer
Updated hoops national title odds, post-NBA Draft withdrawal deadline, per @betonline_ag: Kentucky 15/2 Duke 6/1 Michigan State, Virginia 8/1 Michigan 12/1 North Carolina 14/1 Gonzaga, Villanova 16/1 Kansas, Marquette, Oregon 22/1 Louisville, Memphis 25/1 Arizona 28/1

The Oregon legend was recently added to the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor, and his jersey is a reminder that it's barely 3 months until the season opener against Auburn, 93 days officially.

An old Marine Corps buddy is retiring from the military this weekend so my wife and I are in the area visiting. Flock Talk will be up soon, will try to get back up to speed when we get back home Sunday

Manuel is a Gator, but he is still eyeing other schools and plans to take all five official visits.

Oregon is a school he listed as a potential visitor.

link: MANUEL UPDATE

I post this because just the other day it was brought up if UW was even a rival of UO in track. Also, look for more transfers in college sports.... and in track certainly.
Washington now has Andy and Maurica Powell at the helm. They will continue to be a distance/ cross country threat... but I don’t expect them to be a track threat.

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A bunch of CBB talent in the West coming up in 20-22 who show Oregon interest, including 7 footers, Mobley, Makur Maker and others. FWIW, Fancast hows Oregon, 67% for Maker. Those 2 are almost for sure OAD, but sounds good enough to contribute from day 1.

https://oregon.rivals.com/news/magic-memorial-day-bossi-s-takeaways-from-socal

Broke the California state re ordering for freshmen with a wind legal 10.55

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