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I have no credible source, but read it on O-Live chat room who apprently read on Rivals board. Anyone? I would be disappointed.

That post was from a spoof account. Bobrickert99 is not Bob Rickert.

I love those guys-- thanks for the clarification.

There may be some truth to this. Sounds like he may have been playing the coaches some. Maybe someone else has come into the picture and they didn't want to hold a spot if they felt he (King) may be going/leaning elsewhere anyway.

That would be pretty short sighted if true, considering he'd now be likely to go to one of your primary rivals.

Perhaps someone better has popped up into that DL slot..... just sayin'

Destroyer77 wrote:Perhaps someone better has popped up into that DL slot..... just sayin'

That was my first thought - IF TRUE... If the "me or Owa" rumors really are true, maybe the Ducks have been told that Owa's coming for sure, told King and he told them he indeed will be going elsewhere.

If the Ducks really do have an opportunity to steal Potoae away from the Fuskies (or a similar situation elsewhere) having an open schollie to offer and not having to wait like they did w/ Lowe could go a long way in getting that switch finalized.

Right now everything's speculation, but with our need (which is actually pretty desperate) at DL, I can't imagine the Ducks would literally PULL an offer from a big-time kid, living IN EUGENE, unless they were 200% sure they had absolutely zero shot at him, and had another guy solidly in place.

Regardless of anything that's happened this year, I think if you'd have told Duck fans that they were going to end up with 2 4 star DTs (Potoae and Werner -- PURE SPECULATION ON MY PART) and Owa (MORE SPECULATION -- I HAVE 0 inside info)... Ducks fans would be ecstatic.

One other thought... In my boredom last night, I was checking out ESPN's top 150 watch list for next year's class. While the list is probably close to 500 kids deep, there's a lot of talent in the NW and Cali, including 4 or 5 BIG DTs, some big wrs, etc. My other thought would be that they could be cutting their losses and using his schollie to get a head start on some of the local talent next year.

Personally -- even though it's complete speculation, I think either scenario is a pretty dang good "backup plan" to getting King.

They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

ncduck wrote:They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

word is Gabe is out. the other word is OWA back to UCLA. Ducks out.

Werner is all that is left and he is 50/50. But the word is Ducks lead ( today anyhow).

sx1080 wrote:

ncduck wrote:They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

word is Gabe is out. the other word is OWA back to UCLA. Ducks out.

Werner is all that is left and he is 50/50. But the word is Ducks lead ( today anyhow).

^^^This.

Word on Rivals is that King is gone, and we don't look good for Owa at all. Werner is our only hope for DL this year.

sx1080 wrote:

ncduck wrote:They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

word is Gabe is out. the other word is OWA back to UCLA. Ducks out.

Werner is all that is left and he is 50/50. But the word is Ducks lead ( today anyhow).

Well that sucks, although not surprising. I wonder if this latest incident has anything to do with these recruiting decisions? I'm not gonna sit here and say that Chip can't close, but this happens every year. It's just frustrating.

duckgrad99 wrote:

sx1080 wrote:

ncduck wrote:They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

word is Gabe is out. the other word is OWA back to UCLA. Ducks out.

Werner is all that is left and he is 50/50. But the word is Ducks lead ( today anyhow).

Well that sucks, although not surprising. I wonder if this latest incident has anything to do with these recruiting decisions? I'm not gonna sit here and say that Chip can't close, but this happens every year. It's just frustrating.

yeah, I just hope Chip doesnt offer the one and two star projects down the list just to fill slots. Best to save them until next yr. Ducks O will be flying. But the D line..hmm?????????

karlhungis wrote:That post was from a spoof account. Bobrickert99 is not Bob Rickert.

+1

If we don't land any of these guys it isn't because Chip can't close, it is because a top defensive player typically wants to play for a team that has a good defense and a coach that they can learn from so they can play at the next level. Alliotti is not that guy and the Ducks are not that team. The fact that these guys are still interested in us this late in the process shows how good Chip and the other guys are at recruiting. I am surprised at how many highly rated defensive players (other then DT's) the Ducks have received commitments from. Hopefully either Alliotti's D improves with Kelly allowing Alliotti to do more or Kelly brings in a better DC and we start landing some of these guys in the near future otherwise without size and talent on the D-line the Ducks will probably never play in a NC. I sure hope we can land Werner since it is sounding more and more like he is the only one we really have a shot with at this point.

sx1080 wrote:

ncduck wrote:They wouldn't just pull the offer unless he did something. More likely, they would say we're also recruiting other guys but as always it is first come first served. And then proceed to recruit other dudes even if Gabe wanted to go somewhere else. Which might I add is conjecture at this point.

word is Gabe is out. the other word is OWA back to UCLA. Ducks out.

Werner is all that is left and he is 50/50. But the word is Ducks lead ( today anyhow).

Some of you guys crack me up...is it 50/50 or do the Ducks lead? Can't have both.....