OL Matthew Bedford out indefinitely

[OregonFan4Life]

I never meant to make it sound like Hythloday isn’t smart, he knows a lot about football and has way too much free time cause he watches thousands of hours of film. In fact it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if Lanning hired him as an analyst to just sit in a dark room by himself making notes for roster management and scouting future opponents, just don’t ever let him interact with any players, recruits, or their families and let it be known that the coaches very well may throw his notes in the trash occasionally. I just struggle with listening to him on podcasts cause he dominates conversations and acts like those who oppose him are idiots, just the way he handled Doug disagreeing with him about Smith’s roster management at MSU was painful to listen to.

[lmduck]

I never meant to make it sound like Hythloday isn’t smart, he knows a lot about football and has way too much free time cause he watches thousands of hours of film. In fact it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if Lanning hired him as an analyst to just sit in a dark room by himself making notes for roster management and scouting future opponents, just don’t ever let him interact with any players, recruits, or their families and let it be known that the coaches very well may throw his notes in the trash occasionally. I just struggle with listening to him on podcasts cause he dominates conversations and acts like those who oppose him are idiots, just the way he handled Doug disagreeing with him about Smith’s roster management at MSU was painful to listen to.

So why would DL hire him based on what you said?


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[JIDuck97]

Hythloday is amazing. There is a reason that other teams fans can't wait to get to play Oregon and see what his analysis of each player on their team is. He does come across as arrogant, but that doesn't at all feel like a fair assessment. We all know and like people that are arrogant. Our own head coach for example. Hythloday is a stats and technique junkie, and is known for usually being right. He also on his articles at the bottom includes an accountability corner where he lists how he was previously wrong. He is literally one of the best analysts out there.

[OregonFan4Life]

Comparing Hythloday to Lanning is comical, there’s a difference between confident and arrogant. Like I said, I’m aware Hythloday is really smart and spends a lot of time on his articles/analysis and does a great job at that, but I just struggle listening to him. He can be very insulting in how he talks about players and coaches and he over-simplifies the game too much cause he’s solely focused on analytics, there’s more to football than analytics. Even after Lanning retires from coaching, if he does commentating he’d never talk about a player the way Hythloday has about Steve Stephens IV, sure he has struggled but IMO Hythloday has no right taking about a duck player that way on a podcast that many duck fans will listen to.

Sorry to the mods, this will be my last post on this topic about Hythloday, I know this is about Bedford so I’ll no longer post here about Hythloday.

[JIDuck97]

Comparing Hythloday to Lanning is comical, there’s a difference between comical and arrogant. Like I said, I’m aware Hythloday is really smart and spends a lot of time on his articles/analysis and does a great job at that, but I just struggle listening to him. He can be very insulting in how he talks about players and coaches and he over-simplifies the game too much cause he’s solely focused on analytics, there’s more to football than analytics. Even after Lanning retires from coaching, if he does commentating he’d never talk about a player the way Hythloday has about Steve Stephens IV, sure he has struggled but IMO Hythloday has no right taking about a duck player that way on a podcast that many duck fans will listen to.

Sorry to the mods, this will be my last post on this topic about Hythloday, I know this is about Bedford so I’ll no longer post here about Hythloday.

It was only a comparison on the part of them both being arrogant. Of course Lanning wouldn't talk about a player like an analyst would. It's OK to not like Hythloday, but he breaks down how he sees players play and is respected for it. Other teams fans want to know what he thinks of their players.

[GrantDuck]

Looks like Pickard at C and Poncho at RG.

Doesn't speak well to our development at OL that none of the scholarship guys on the interior are ready. Big concern next year.

Hopefully Iuli and Bedford are back by mid-season.

[lmduck]

Arrogant is hardly a word I would use to describe Dan.


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[Phalanx]

Arrogant is hardly a word I would use to describe Dan.


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Yeah, not sure where that came from. I don't see coach Lanning needing to make it about himself at all. Whenever anyone praises him, he nearly always deflects praise to the players and the 'progrum'.

[JIDuck97]

Arrogant is hardly a word I would use to describe Dan.


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Yeah, not sure where that came from. I don't see coach Lanning needing to make it about himself at all. Whenever anyone praises him, he nearly always deflects praise to the players and the 'progrum'.

I think confident would be a better word.

[buckmarkduck]

Arrogant is hardly a word I would use to describe Dan.


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Listening to the qb11 podcast they just did. The only one arrogant, and who seems to get mad and yell at someone at least once a podcast. Is the most useless one there, DougTS. I can’t ever figure out why he feels the need to yell on his cohost and guest. It would be far better without him there.

[lmduck]

Having engaged with Dan’s predecessor a few times I can tell you he gave new meaning to ‘arrogant’


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[Duck07]

As someone who has obviously straddled/crossed the line once or twuce in that regard, I always try to end those kind of discussions in an amicable and cordial way and you never saw that with Mario and Crepea, lol.

So is it a confirmed thing that Pickard is that much better than Poncho at Center? I've got to imagine that with a first year starter at the position from either player that you prioritize your C1 regardless of the OG injuries and you'd move C2 to OG before C1.

[webfoots2001]

As someone who has obviously straddled/crossed the line once or twuce in that regard, I always try to end those kind of discussions in an amicable and cordial way and you never saw that with Mario and Crepea, lol.

So is it a confirmed thing that Pickard is that much better than Poncho at Center? I've got to imagine that with a first year starter at the position from either player that you prioritize your C1 regardless of the OG injuries and you'd move C2 to OG before C1.

I don’t think it’s an issue that Pickard is a better center but that Poncho playing guard with Pickard at center is the best combination along the line. I could also be wrong and the experiment didn’t work.

[droop10]

The few interviews I’ve seen of players this offseason, a number of them seem to really be praising Pickard, and it seems like he may be one of the leaders on the OL. He could just be one of those special walk-ons that end up being great players. I wouldn’t necessarily consider him starting as an indictment on the development of others.

[squintsdd]

It's funny that a walk-on developing into a starter is being used to complain about the possible development of other players. I would think it speaks to the staffs ability to develop players to a high level.