Holes in the current roster

[karlhungis]

I am way more concerned with our inexperienced coaching staff than I am about the holes in the roster. There is more than enough talent across the board for a capable staff to have a successful season.

[jimmy12]

I am way more concerned with our inexperienced coaching staff than I am about the holes in the roster. There is more than enough talent across the board for a capable staff to have a successful season.

I get this argument, but let me pose this.... MC was not a great on field coach. In fact, he was not very good at all. He also was very VERY controlling and he didn't let Moorhead run his offense. He demanded inside runs and checkdowns. Now we all celebrated the CJ Verdell type runs that showed against Wazzu a couple years back and Ohio State, but when did we see WRs or RBs in space otherwise? Not much at all. We were so bad at getting a lead against bad teams that we never saw Thompson or Butters etc. I would argue that from an offensive perspective, MC was a good recruiter and that's it. On defense, tim deruyter ran a bed don't break with arguably the most talent Oregon has ever seen. They were ok, but not great. Yes, they were injured, but does anyone thing deruyter changed the world? Does anyone think he was irreplaceable? Why didn't MC take him with him? Why not take Yates?

Here's my argument for why this may be a better situation than before. We hired young, relentless coaches who have a lot of play-calling and scheme potential and are rated very highly by the college football landscape. All of them, to a man, has committed to recruiting at the highest level.

So, question: If recruiting and talent stays high, I think we may be better off. We all loved MC because of his relentless work ethic and seeming love for Oregon (which left upon his first offer, which is not exactly kicking and screaming), but I am not convinced it was sustainable long term.

I like this risk.

[rockthief]

@jimmy12 nailed it

[greenyellow]

I'd say maybe add WR to the list if they can't reel in McMillan and/or Johnson.

[GoDucksTroll]

I guess we know why we were recruiting every 4-star WR known to man. Lanning mentioned how Georgia used 13 personnel out of necessity and we have TEs and not WRs. Too bad none of our TEs are Brock Bowers.

The Portal isn’t even done with the taketh portion and we don’t know if it will giveth anything, or if any more recruits are coming. But it’s already clear that DBs will be thin, like 1990s heroin chic thin. As others have said OT will also be ??? as Sala is gone and I think Bass is as well. George Moore will move on to spend more time with his grandchildren. Steven Jones is an interior lineman. Those are the immediate holes, but who needs an offensive line or defensive backs?