Ducks pulled offer from Gabe King???

[Destroyer77]

Or maybe all of this King, Owa, Huff, Grant, Lache stuff is just smoke-and-mirrors designed to make us go drink gallons of beer RIGHT NOW!

[greenyellow]

Or maybe all of this King, Owa, Huff, Grant, Lache stuff is just smoke-and-mirrors designed to make us go drink gallons of beer RIGHT NOW!

All of this is being orchestrated by the beer companies to encourage drinking after we are all disappointed. Brilliant!!

[UOducksTK1]

Can we at least get a confirmation on this? This still seems like people have taken a rumor and ran with it. It makes zero sense that we would pull an offer for a recruit like King.

A 4* Defensive lineman that lives in Eugene and has us in his top 2 and we pull his offer a week before signing day? How does that make the slightest bit of sense? The only reasoning that I could see is if the NCAA told Chip that if King signs with us that they would punish the school for some sort of recruiting violation.

Again, can anyone ACTUALLY confirm this with a real source and not some unnamed one?

DuckTerritory is saying the same thing. Gabe will probably end up at Cal..

[Destroyer77]

Or maybe all of this King, Owa, Huff, Grant, Lache stuff is just smoke-and-mirrors designed to make us go drink gallons of beer RIGHT NOW!

All of this is being orchestrated by the beer companies to encourage drinking after we are all disappointed. Brilliant!!

On a side note, I'm inventing "Beer IV": an injectable isotonic ale solution that bypasses the gut and immediately makes the consumer feel happy again... or angry, or depressed, or violent.

[karlhungis]

I still don't buy it. Scout, Rivals, and ESPN all still have him considering Oregon with an Oregon offer.

[freedjr]

Or maybe all of this King, Owa, Huff, Grant, Lache stuff is just smoke-and-mirrors designed to make us go drink gallons of beer RIGHT NOW!

All of this is being orchestrated by the beer companies to encourage drinking after we are all disappointed. Brilliant!!

On a side note, I'm inventing "Beer IV": an injectable isotonic ale solution that bypasses the gut and immediately makes the consumer feel happy again... or angry, or depressed, or violent.

As Barney on the Simpsons once said...just tap it in my veins!

Missing out on all would absolutely suck, but 3 things to keep in mind:

1. We still have an awesome recruiting class, including a few incoming and redshirting DEs and DTs. Azzinaro will whip them into shape.
2. We've received major national exposure from MANY high profile recruits this year. It will get better.
3. We will be fine. Chip has thought of this happening. There's no way he was 100% sure we would get one of these guys. He will compensate. He always does.

[greenyellow]

Or maybe all of this King, Owa, Huff, Grant, Lache stuff is just smoke-and-mirrors designed to make us go drink gallons of beer RIGHT NOW!

All of this is being orchestrated by the beer companies to encourage drinking after we are all disappointed. Brilliant!!

On a side note, I'm inventing "Beer IV": an injectable isotonic ale solution that bypasses the gut and immediately makes the consumer feel happy again... or angry, or depressed, or violent.

As Barney on the Simpsons once said...just tap it in my veins!

Missing out on all would absolutely suck, but 3 things to keep in mind:

1. We still have an awesome recruiting class, including a few incoming and redshirting DEs and DTs. Azzinaro will whip them into shape.
2. We've received major national exposure from MANY high profile recruits this year. It will get better.
3. We will be fine. Chip has thought of this happening. There's no way he was 100% sure we would get one of these guys. He will compensate. He always does.

But they've missed on just about every DT recruit they've gone after this season. Unless Werner or Heimuli commit to Oregon, I say the coaches really whiffed on DT recruiting and need to look what they need to do to fix in order to get a top-flight DT, not these 2* filler DTs that only commit once they struck out with every one else.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I find it hilarious that we are most likely are going to finish with an insanely talented class, loaded with athletes to dominate in our offense, but people are whining & pissed cuz we didn't get all the DLs we were going after. Think we're becoming a bit spoiled?

[greenyellow]

I find it hilarious that we are most likely are going to finish with an insanely talented class, loaded with athletes to dominate in our offense, but people are whining & pissed cuz we didn't get all the DLs we were going after. Think we're becoming a bit spoiled?

Yes the class is insanely talented, but the main position that we needed recruits at (DT) has so far not been adequately filled. The only DL we have so far are going to be DEs and at worst smallish DTs, which is one of the problems that needed to be addressed. It seems like we can recruit DEs like there's no tomorrow, but DTs are like trying to strike gold.

[glazeduck]

I find it hilarious that we are most likely are going to finish with an insanely talented class, loaded with athletes to dominate in our offense, but people are whining & pissed cuz we didn't get all the DLs we were going after. Think we're becoming a bit spoiled?

Ehhh... Yes and no.

I think it's great what we're doing on offense, hell it's great what we've been doing on offense for a decade now, but this story is starting to get old. Like many have said, we're not going to win a championship without a great defense, and w/ or w/out NA, a great defense isn't going to come w/out at least a very good DLine.

Add to that the fact that we were SOOOO CLOSE to SOOOOO MANY of these guys. Apparently Easley was ours until Florida came in at the last moment. Reports had us leading for Owa this past week, Gabe King came to just about everyone of our games, lives down the block and 2 of his best friends have committed here (lets hope at least McCain stays that way). Uko apparently wasn't swayed by Petey committing...

It's understandable that people are freaking out a little bit. Our offense is great and will continue to be, might get even better, but our defense has plenty of room to improve and it doesn't appear, at least at first blush as though we're making great strides to get there... Any good fan, I think SHOULD be a little disappointed.

Here's hoping that Potoae switches and we can bring in a big 3* slobknocker or two as backup options and then just kill it on DL recruiting next year...

The bottom line is we completely struck out recruiting the 2 positions we needed most. It's great to have guys like Curtis White coming in, especially because he's 100% duck, but he, and others, weren't needs.

[chapelhillduck]

The bottom line is we completely struck out recruiting the 2 positions we needed most. It's great to have guys like Curtis White coming in, especially because he's 100% duck, but he, and others, weren't needs.

Curtis could be a damn good DE for us

[dthomas=ddixon]

I understand all that. Yeah it sucks that we've missed on most of the DTs we've gone after. But my point is, when do we ever get all the guys we want? We never get a pefect class, theres always holes that didn't get filled. This class is as good as it gets at every position besides the Dline. Pretty freaking good if you ask me. This class is in no way a dissapointment as some are making it out to be.

[glazeduck]

I understand all that. Yeah it sucks that we've missed on most of the DTs we've gone after. But my point is, when do we ever get all the guys we want? We never get a pefect class, theres always holes that didn't get filled. This class is as good as it gets at every position besides the Dline. Pretty freaking good if you ask me. This class is in no way a dissapointment as some are making it out to be.

True. Great players all over the place. Especially if we can pull an Akuna, Shirley, Hemschoot, Potoae, type of guy at the last minute. Definitely nothing to be disappointed about overall.

But think of it this way... The wife wants to make a special dinner for a big party, so she asks you to go shopping because she needs eggs. You could come back with all the Champagne, caviar, lobster, and fine wine and cheeses in the world and while your wife should be appreciative... if you didn't come home with the eggs she'll still be disappointed w/ you.

Like I said, hopefully we snag Werner and one or two others, but right now it looks like we're looking at a mostly eggless dinner...

[dthomas=ddixon]

I understand all that. Yeah it sucks that we've missed on most of the DTs we've gone after. But my point is, when do we ever get all the guys we want? We never get a pefect class, theres always holes that didn't get filled. This class is as good as it gets at every position besides the Dline. Pretty freaking good if you ask me. This class is in no way a dissapointment as some are making it out to be.

True. Great players all over the place. Especially if we can pull an Akuna, Shirley, Hemschoot, Potoae, type of guy at the last minute. Definitely nothing to be disappointed about overall.

But think of it this way... The wife wants to make a special dinner for a big party, so she asks you to go shopping because she needs eggs. You could come back with all the Champagne, caviar, lobster, and fine wine and cheeses in the world and while your wife should be appreciative... if you didn't come home with the eggs she'll still be disappointed w/ you.

Like I said, hopefully we snag Werner and one or two others, but right now it looks like we're looking at a mostly eggless dinner...

Definitely agree. It doesn't make this class a dissapointment, the good far outweighs the bad. That said, you can't help but be somewhat dissapointed if we don't get any DTs, that would be a big blow. We need Werner & some surprise Dlineman BAD.

[greenyellow]

I'm also dissappointed because currently we have 8 DTs, but 6 of them are upperclassmen. The future depth chart after next season is pretty thin unless you get guys in this year since most freshmen and JC transfers don't do much their first year and that's who we'd be relying on after next season.