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pacifichigh
Since 11 May 2005
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| DrScoles wrote: | | Its called Karma, as long as Bellotti is at the helm, ducks will suck... |
The lame part was not getting Leaf ready for the inevitable.
As for karma get real dude, Bellotti and the Ducks are legit and have proven to be a force to be reckoned with.
Ya'll are very lucky to be facing a depleted Oregon team for the CW. |
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
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| Sun Nov 18, 07 2:26 pm |
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| DrScoles wrote: | | ducks will suck... |
Dem are fightin' words. . .
I don't know what I will get more enjoyment from come Civil War. . .the Ducks beating the Beavers or when my guests (both U of O and OSU grads) have to take a "Beaver" at my house party and have to wipe their respective asses with TP imprinted with the Beavers logo on it.
December 1st will be a great day for sure. |
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DROCK999
Since 31 May 2007
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| Sun Nov 18, 07 5:02 pm |
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| DrScoles wrote: | Bellotti has zero class.
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Your entire comment is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard and therefore should be disregarded by all. Dixon is amazing. |
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DrScoles
Since 13 Nov 2006
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| Tue Nov 20, 07 2:16 pm |
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| Quote: | | Your entire comment is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard and therefore should be disregarded by all. Dixon is amazing. |
LOL I agree, Dixon is amazing, probably didn't have a shot at the pros, but be nice to give him a chance. Bellotti's ego and aspirations put a kid at serious risk, not cool. "I took myself out of it" COMEDY 
I don't have a problem with a fellow pac-10 team doing well, even the ducks. When I lived on the east coast and Oregon went to the rose bowl against penn state, I rooted for them. However, it is hard to argue that bellotti's decision making is suspect.
| Quote: | It's a question of leadership and Bellotti didn't show it
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Oregonian
T he head football coach at the University of Oregon could have blamed his blind spot when it comes to ACL injuries on greed. Or pressure from influential boosters.
Mike Bellotti could have just said that sending a spread-option quarterback into a football game with a torn ACL was a terrible decision, one that he'd rethink given another opportunity.
If he wanted to make sense of this for the rest of us, Bellotti could have said he made a mistake. Or that he got bad advice. Or that he realized he'd never get this close to another national championship and had so many people telling him he had to start Dennis Dixon, that he didn't stop to realize that there's more than football at stake here.
Instead, Bellotti said of the Dixon decision: "I took myself out of it." Then, during a weekly conference call, he snapped at one Ducks beat reporter who asked a question about university responsibility. Then, after being second-guessed about the decision, Bellotti threatened, as apparent punishment, that he'd alter policy and not discuss injuries anymore.
So I have just one question for the rest of us today:
Would you let this guy coach your kid?
We understand that Dixon is an adult. And we all understand that he was in the Heisman race and badly wanted to play against Arizona, even after injuring the ligament in his left knee 12 days before against Arizona State. And we get that doctors fulfilled their "informed consent" requirements and explained to Dixon that he was risking further injury to his ligament, joint and surrounding cartilage by playing.
What we might never comprehend, though, is how Bellotti, the state's highest-paid employee, doesn't understand that he had an obligation to be involved in a decision with high stakes not only for Oregon's football program, but also for a student-athlete. It's called leadership.
National title? Heisman trophy? Fame? Fortune? Glory?
Wonderful, sure. But at what cost, coach?
The handling of the Dixon decision could tarnish Bellotti's reputation, and he knows it. There's no other reason for his attempt to diminish his role in the process. There's no other need for the flimsy plausible deniability he's created. Or the contempt for anyone who dares to suggest that he was wrong.
When I learned of Dixon's injury, I half wondered if this signaled that we'd officially entered "The Friday Night Lights" era at UO, starring Dennis "Booby" Dixon. Not exactly the stuff of "Chicken Soup for the Coach's Soul." Hey, winning big is one thing, but trampling on your values and risking it all to do so stinks.
Dennis Dixon Sr., who was in the locker room at halftime against Arizona, said Monday that his son was walking around while the Ducks prepared for the second half and saying, "I feel good." It's a wonder that Bellotti didn't helicopter a specialist into the stadium, get quick clearance, and start the second half with his senior running the plays.
This is the same coach who recruited Rodney Woods, despite a then-felony assault conviction and the strong objections of a district attorney in California. And Bellotti's the same coach who brought Richie Incognito onto campus when the University of Nebraska recognized he was a talent on the field, but a terror to the student body off it. Which is only to say, if your kid can play, Bellotti wants him on the field.
The guy wins football games, and has staying power with the right boosters, but would you want your kid in Bellotti's care?
If you're looking for a coach to teach your child, you want him or her to possess good leadership skills. The ability to make good decisions, or quickly reverse bad ones, is valuable. Also attractive are accountability, courage, passion, integrity, honesty, inspiration, vision and patience.
And while Bellotti tried to win a few more games on Dixon's legs, he would have gained much more by demonstrating to the rest of the team that it could win without Dixon the same way that it won without playmakers Jeremiah Johnson, Cameron Colvin and Brian Paysinger.
Far as we know, none of those Ducks were offered the opportunity to play through their injuries.
Bellotti took himself out if it?
What Bellotti really means is that he doesn't want to be held responsible. He wants you to believe that Dixon and the doctors acted alone. And also, Bellotti wants to skate free after misleading the public. In the days before the Arizona game, Oregon officials said Dixon had a knee sprain. On Sunday, Bellotti said, "Actually, a tear of the knee is a sprain."
Actually, it's a headache, coach.
John Canzano: 503-294-5065; JohnCanzano@aol.com To read his blog, go to http://blog.oregonlive.com/ johncanzano; Catch him on the radio on The Bald-Faced Truth from 6-8 p.m. weekdays on KXL (750)
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I'm sitting here in Maui, if it was windy, I wouldn't be writing this!!!
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DROCK999
Since 31 May 2007
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| Tue Nov 20, 07 7:29 pm |
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| For the record John Canzano wears purple and gold on saturdays. He has a personal vendetta against the ducks and isn't worth even reading. He's really just an overall Dick with nothing positive to say so I'd suggest disregarding anything Canzano says, writes, blogs, or signs. |
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DROCK999
Since 31 May 2007
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| Tue Nov 20, 07 7:35 pm |
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"LOL I agree, Dixon is amazing, probably didn't have a shot at the pros, but be nice to give him a chance. "
Umm, any quaterback who is at the top of the heisman runnings (although not anymore, he's still on the list with a torn ACL) I'd say he still has strong odds for him of going into the NFL, simply because there's a paper trail following him cause he's MONEY. |
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DrScoles
Since 13 Nov 2006
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| Wed Nov 21, 07 12:18 am |
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| Charlie ward wasn't drafted. jason white, eric crouch, gino toretta.... they got in, but didn't last... Heisman has just as much to do with hype as it does the individuals shot at doing well in the NFL. UofO is outstanding at hype... What west coast team puts billboards up of their players in NYC? LOL Great place for a University to spend money huh? |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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Here's what my mom had to say, she lives in California (always has) but is a rabid ducks fan ever since I moved here:
| Quote: | I know that I am more of an Oregon Ducks fan than you are, so I will rise to the defense of Coach Mike Bellotti based on years of following his career. Further, I saw the game where Dennis Dixon was "injured", and then when he tried to play with the injury. It was so sad on Thursday night to see Dixon running around, seemingly fine, and then crumple while getting ready to throw a pass. Coach Bellotti pulled him out of the game, and put in the backup quarterback who is TERRIBLE. Dixon kept walking around, with ice on his knee, asking to go back into the game. He literally had tears going down his face as the Ducks were getting killed on the field. Dixon would not go into the locker room, so the coaches sent someone into the stands to get Dixon's father. Dad came down, and tried to comfort his son. Eventually Dixon went into the locker room with his dad. The rest is history.
Jolene's boyfriend is from U of Arizona, and I called them to comment on how impressed I was that coach Bellotti would not let Dixon back into the game, even though the kid was insisting he was fine. But of course Bellotti would do the right thing. He is a graduate of UC Davis, and began his coaching career there. He has had an amazing 12 or so years with the Ducks, and they have never done better. I can't believe that people in Portland are trashing Bellotti because they say he put his own career ahead of that of Dixon's future. Love, Mom |
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