Easley Interview..

[havfm]

On a Florida site: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2010 ... apsule-Q-A

If you didn't pick Florida, where would you have gone and why?
Oregon because of the defensive line coach (Jerry Azzinaro).

I think this speaks volumes abouts Azz's credentials. Both Easley and Heimuli - two top DT's in the class vouched for him.

[gofightingducks]

Hopefully this translates into some top DT's picking Oregon next year.

[duckgrad99]

That's nice, but it sucks to be second.

[Bigducker]

That still hurts.

[wlduck]

As someone who sells for living, the worst feeling is when you make a follow up call to a prospect and they say"we really liked you, but we bought from the other guy".

Kind of like a girl telling you she wants to be your friend.

[neezy3]

coffees for closers

[wlduck]

coffees for closers

Amen brother. Second place is steak knives. Third place is your fired.

[UOducksTK1]

I think this is still good to hear. Shows that Azz is able to connect with recruits. Give him another year or two to do his thing, and I'm sure our D-line will rarely be a major recruiting concern.

[pudgejeff]

As someone who sells for living, the worst feeling is when you make a follow up call to a prospect and they say"we really liked you, but we bought from the other guy".

Kind of like a girl telling you she wants to be your friend.

[gofightingducks]

If you were the #2 or #3 player in the country and had the option between the program that plays in the overrated SEC that has history, NC's, media love, warm weather, and is known for it's D, etc and a program in a small town in a state most people know nothing about in the underrated PAC-10 where it rains quite a bit and is not known for the D which one would you choose to have the better shot at making millions at the next level? I think it is great that we were even on is radar let alone his 2nd choice. Too bad Urban Meyer is a douchebag and swept in at the last moment.

[ksmack]

On Easley that is a good interview and it does speak volumes on what coach Azz does here at Oregon..to be mentioned 2nd how many times have we been in this position, Bryce Brown, T Pryor...just to name a few! Warm weather and bigger school will beat you more time than not! ....Also Coach Azz.has ties in the eastern part of the country...he worked with Dwight freeney from syracuse...so Give Azz some time...especially what he can get out of the recruits he got this year!

[PDXShogun]

Mosley makes in interesting point about Coach Azz:

"I think they Ducks would argue that they DID do something, with the coaching change last year. Expecting Azzinaro, who is new to the West Coast this year, to clean up in his first year would have been asking a lot. Clearly the Ducks didn’t have a lot of traction with many guys entering this cycle."

Coinsidering he didn't start at Oregon until the spring and was from the East coast, coaches from many other schools had probably been on many of these guys since the fall or earlier. To come as close as he did with Easley and to pull Heimuli shows what he could be capable of. Next year when he'll have had more time to build relationships and connections, I don't think we'll have this same problem.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Mosley makes in interesting point about Coach Azz:

"I think they Ducks would argue that they DID do something, with the coaching change last year. Expecting Azzinaro, who is new to the West Coast this year, to clean up in his first year would have been asking a lot. Clearly the Ducks didn’t have a lot of traction with many guys entering this cycle."

Coinsidering he didn't start at Oregon until the spring and was from the East coast, coaches from many other schools had probably been on many of these guys since the fall or earlier. To come as close as he did with Easley and to pull Heimuli shows what he could be capable of. Next year when he'll have had more time to build relationships and connections, I don't think we'll have this same problem.

I've been saying that along along but nobody wanted to listen. I guess its just easier to blame everything on NA.

[freedjr]

We (myself included) have complained a lot about coming in second, just waiting for that breakthrough. Well, Lache could be that breakthrough and hopefully, we'll really start pulling them in the next few years. Especially if we have another successful season.

I agree, silver in the Easley sweepstakes sucks but next year, gold is ours!