I know all fans understand that recruiting is important, but some don't understand that it is the biggest challenge to winning in an out of the way place like Eugene,OR.
Willie Taggart is the best recruiter in the country. Good coaches are not that rare. Great recruiters are extremely rare. If Taggart stays, the Ducks are going to win National championships. It Could happen with another coach as well ,but Taggart in my mind is as sure a thing as it gets in college football. I not trade him for Chip Kelly, Nick Saban,or any other coach in the country. Recruiting is EVERYTHING
Another problem is this. When most coaches leave right before recruits sign,the majority of verbal commits still sign with that school. In this case, with all these Florida kids, the recruiting class will most likely be decimated. Maybe they can save it by hiring Cristabol or someone else from within,but it could get really ugly.This staff are not Oregon guys like the last staff. Most would probably go with him unless they were promoted
DF4L said in another thread that it "would set back Oregon football 30 years" . That is not true, but right now we are a year or 2 at most for competing for Pac 12 titles, and playoff appearances. If Taggart leaves the future is unknown. The program will still be very good, but with Taggart it is heading for being in the top 5 in the country on a regular basis.Even if things go well,it would at least put the program back 3 years or so,as far as having any chance of being elite
The odds are that Taggart stays as several things have to fall in place,starting with the FSU job coming open.I don't think he will screw us, but if he leaves , that's what he will be doing.I don't care if NEW England comes in offering him 20 million a year. A guy should not leave after one year. He should stay long enough to pay back the trust of the guys who hired him
Willie Taggart is the best recruiter in the country. Good coaches are not that rare. Great recruiters are extremely rare. If Taggart stays, the Ducks are going to win National championships. It Could happen with another coach as well ,but Taggart in my mind is as sure a thing as it gets in college football. I not trade him for Chip Kelly, Nick Saban,or any other coach in the country. Recruiting is EVERYTHING
Another problem is this. When most coaches leave right before recruits sign,the majority of verbal commits still sign with that school. In this case, with all these Florida kids, the recruiting class will most likely be decimated. Maybe they can save it by hiring Cristabol or someone else from within,but it could get really ugly.This staff are not Oregon guys like the last staff. Most would probably go with him unless they were promoted
DF4L said in another thread that it "would set back Oregon football 30 years" . That is not true, but right now we are a year or 2 at most for competing for Pac 12 titles, and playoff appearances. If Taggart leaves the future is unknown. The program will still be very good, but with Taggart it is heading for being in the top 5 in the country on a regular basis.Even if things go well,it would at least put the program back 3 years or so,as far as having any chance of being elite
The odds are that Taggart stays as several things have to fall in place,starting with the FSU job coming open.I don't think he will screw us, but if he leaves , that's what he will be doing.I don't care if NEW England comes in offering him 20 million a year. A guy should not leave after one year. He should stay long enough to pay back the trust of the guys who hired him
