Oregon will never be a perennial top 10 recruiting school, until we continuously make BCS bowl games.
We are headed in the right direction, but not there yet.
As far as I am concerned, our class is sick nasty. 3 FOUR * Linebacker recruits?!?! Are you kidding me? Just 2 years ago we would have taken just ONE 4* LB and been happy.
Our coaches know who to take and who to offer. If you haven't noticed, most of our studs are 3* and below.
Of course, I'd love to have a top 10 class, but it is just not realistic at this stage in the game.
2010 is looking great, and it could happen there, but we need to keep producing.
I just got done watching Ethan Grant's highlight and WHOA...speed kills, and to think of the pipeline we could be setting down there as well? Patience my fellow Ducks..Patience.
We went 10-3 after losing A 1st round pick and a would be consensus pre-season All-American in Stewart and a Heisman caliber quarterback.
We've lost players before and we will continue to lose players. As much as it sucks, losing Byrd is a good thing in the LONG TERM. Anytime you get players who are good enough to leave early, you're program is on the rise and you are going to gain a reputation of putting players in the League, which is a huge selling point.
So if we lose out on Bryce Brown, don't fret, when has Oregon ever been weak at the running back position in the MB era?
Lose out on Tahj? Sucks, but DT is waiting in the wings ( a former LSU verbal) and Chip is going to get a 5* QB somewhere soon, whether it is in the 09 class or 10', it's going to happen.
Leon and other JC guys can't get into Oregon? It happens to every school, just deal with it. We are more than capable of finding replacements.
What I am saying is this isn't Oregon football circa 99-01..we do not rebuild, we RELOAD damnitt!
