- Obviously not too much news today.
- Don't read too much into the search moving to a new basein NYC. As mentioned elsewhere, teh National Football Foundation has their annual awards ceremony tomorrow and there are a lot of people in NYC for the event
- One interesting report came from Aaron Fentress. While most speculated that the 'deal that fell apart' last night was Chip Kelly, Fentress says it was McElwain.
- This would match much better than the Chip Kelly narrative
- Chip's dad passed Friday, so any proposed 'announcement' for Sunday would have been called off much earlier than Sunday afternoon
- While I never thought McElwain was a great fit at Oregon, he would provide the solid culture missing
- Most importantly, the reason that this search is dragging on is simple: The Ducks need to make a splash; but it is more important to get the right guy rather than the splashy guy
- A week ago, it was really Fleck's to lose. The problem is that is when just the non-football, non-legal guys are talking. Phil and Pat like Fleck, but there are others who are not quite so high on him
- I was asked about Mike Bellotti's possible involvement and I think you can see his fingerprints all over the statement being attributed to 'Oregon insiders' when the term not enough substance is used in regard to Fleck.
- Phil and Pat have tremendous respect for Bellotti and will use his more level-headed advice to temper their own enthusiasm; hence the reason for the changing nature of this search
- Dan Mullen. His name keeps coming up, but he might be more difficult to pull. There are things that stand in his favor, like his ties to Chip and Urban Meyer, but his price tag is sure to be steep. He makes north of 4.2 million and would carry about a big buyout; not including assistants.
- Mullen has had fantastic success with both Dak Prescott (presumptive NFL ROY) and Nick Fitzgerald this season, but has not impressed everyone. Mississippi State has made over $100 million in facilities upgrades at his request and he has still not broken through like the brass at MSU had hoped.
- For those that think there was 'no plan' and that Mullens is just flailing about; nothing could be firther from the truth.
- The thing that really blew up this search was Kansas. Yes. Kansas. When they beat Texas, Tom Herman was taken off the table, so to speak. Had the Longhorns won that game, and found a way to become bowl eligible, it is highly probable Charlie Strong saves his job, and with that, Tom Herman is much more available.
- Yes, Oregon would have still had to deal with LSU, and they may have won that battle still, but the Ducks had a much better chance of snagging Herman without Texas
- I will have an article up tomorrow detailing some "Wildcards" and "Sitting Head Coaches" in the AM that could be targeted while Mullens is in New York
- Don't read too much into the search moving to a new basein NYC. As mentioned elsewhere, teh National Football Foundation has their annual awards ceremony tomorrow and there are a lot of people in NYC for the event
- One interesting report came from Aaron Fentress. While most speculated that the 'deal that fell apart' last night was Chip Kelly, Fentress says it was McElwain.
- This would match much better than the Chip Kelly narrative
- Chip's dad passed Friday, so any proposed 'announcement' for Sunday would have been called off much earlier than Sunday afternoon
- While I never thought McElwain was a great fit at Oregon, he would provide the solid culture missing
- Most importantly, the reason that this search is dragging on is simple: The Ducks need to make a splash; but it is more important to get the right guy rather than the splashy guy
- A week ago, it was really Fleck's to lose. The problem is that is when just the non-football, non-legal guys are talking. Phil and Pat like Fleck, but there are others who are not quite so high on him
- I was asked about Mike Bellotti's possible involvement and I think you can see his fingerprints all over the statement being attributed to 'Oregon insiders' when the term not enough substance is used in regard to Fleck.
- Phil and Pat have tremendous respect for Bellotti and will use his more level-headed advice to temper their own enthusiasm; hence the reason for the changing nature of this search
- Dan Mullen. His name keeps coming up, but he might be more difficult to pull. There are things that stand in his favor, like his ties to Chip and Urban Meyer, but his price tag is sure to be steep. He makes north of 4.2 million and would carry about a big buyout; not including assistants.
- Mullen has had fantastic success with both Dak Prescott (presumptive NFL ROY) and Nick Fitzgerald this season, but has not impressed everyone. Mississippi State has made over $100 million in facilities upgrades at his request and he has still not broken through like the brass at MSU had hoped.
- For those that think there was 'no plan' and that Mullens is just flailing about; nothing could be firther from the truth.
- The thing that really blew up this search was Kansas. Yes. Kansas. When they beat Texas, Tom Herman was taken off the table, so to speak. Had the Longhorns won that game, and found a way to become bowl eligible, it is highly probable Charlie Strong saves his job, and with that, Tom Herman is much more available.
- Yes, Oregon would have still had to deal with LSU, and they may have won that battle still, but the Ducks had a much better chance of snagging Herman without Texas
- I will have an article up tomorrow detailing some "Wildcards" and "Sitting Head Coaches" in the AM that could be targeted while Mullens is in New York
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