OT: Taggart to Oregon

[The Franchise]

He got the job in part because Tony Dungy was pushing him for it.

Lol at the Taggert hire.

Oregon obviously didn't learn from the Al Golden era at Miami.

Not sure what impressed Phil Knight more...

The loss by 16 to Temple or the wins over Towson, Northern Illinois, Uconn, Navy, Memphis, SMU or East Carolina.

What a joke.

I don't get the Taggert slurping either. Very underwhelming choice by Oregon.

What's Dungy's connection to the University of Oregon?

 

[The Franchise]

LOL. UM fans are scared to death of everyone. Taggart, Shannon, Chaz *******, Lame *****in.

South Florida kids have taken visits to Oregon since Phil Knight decided to turn it into a Nike playground. They go there, marvel at the TVs in the hot tubs then come home and forget about Oregon.

Eugene, Oregon is a dump half a world from here no matter how much lipstick that doddering old codger Knight's shaky hands smear on it.

Tighten your pvssy up, Parrotnose. This will have zero effect on UM. In fact, Taggart stood a much better chance taking kids from the area when he was a short drive from UM. Taggart has CA ties from his time with Hypebaugh out there. That's what he'll attempt to use at Oregon.

How many SFL kids have gone to Oregon and played ball?

Somewhere around 0.

 

[Tad Footeball]

He got the job in part because Tony Dungy was pushing him for it.

Lol at the Taggert hire.

Oregon obviously didn't learn from the Al Golden era at Miami.

Not sure what impressed Phil Knight more...

The loss by 16 to Temple or the wins over Towson, Northern Illinois, Uconn, Navy, Memphis, SMU or East Carolina.

What a joke.

I don't get the Taggert slurping either. Very underwhelming choice by Oregon.

What's Dungy's connection to the University of Oregon?

His kid played there.

 

[AustinCane6688]

He got the job in part because Tony Dungy was pushing him for it.

Lol at the Taggert hire.

Oregon obviously didn't learn from the Al Golden era at Miami.

Not sure what impressed Phil Knight more...

The loss by 16 to Temple or the wins over Towson, Northern Illinois, Uconn, Navy, Memphis, SMU or East Carolina.

What a joke.

I don't get the Taggert slurping either. Very underwhelming choice by Oregon.

What's Dungy's connection to the University of Oregon?

His kid played there.

Not to mention the whole Tampa connection thing

 

[deleted3746]

Congrats to Willie, but **** we don't need another national power making Florida a priority recruiting area.

Go Canes

And you wonder why people including me, think you're DannyBoyCane.

 

[deleted3746]

Tacoi Sumler is the only S FL kid I can remember that recently signed with Oregon. He ended up transferring to App St. though.

 

[The Franchise]

He got the job in part because Tony Dungy was pushing him for it.

I don't get the Taggert slurping either. Very underwhelming choice by Oregon.

What's Dungy's connection to the University of Oregon?

His kid played there.

Not to mention the whole Tampa connection thing

There's a Tampa connection to Oregon?

 

[Cane Dynasty]

Corching thread?

Has anyone brought up Butch Davis the God's name yet?

 

[TemplarCane]

He got the job in part because Tony Dungy was pushing him for it.

What's Dungy's connection to the University of Oregon?

His kid played there.

Not to mention the whole Tampa connection thing

There's a Tampa connection to Oregon?

Dungy's son originally went to Oregon but transferred to USF.

 

[valid]

absolutely horrible hire. Oregon should never abandon their up tempo innovative offensive style.

 

[HulkaCaniac]

Corching thread?

Has anyone brought up Butch Davis the God's name yet?

 

[supacane]

Coaches need to stick to where they know. He will be going out west where he probably has little relationships. People think because he was at USF he will get all these FL players.....he won't. If he doesn't recruit the west coast well he's toast. Strong was supposed to be doing all that great stuff at Texas with the FL pipeline. Kids are going to go to FSU, Miami, UF or some SEC school more often then not.

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[gogeta4]

I don't know if people posting go where you know realize that Taggart coached at Stanford and has the Cali connections. Hes from Tampa area, but dude coached oit at Stanford and recruited well there. He'll be ok. He may be able to pull a sw fla kid here and there as well if need be

 

[MetiSkeemz]

Congrats to Willie, but **** we don't need another national power making Florida a priority recruiting area.

Go Canes

He wasn't killing it in recruiting while he was actually in the state, so I wouldn't expect him to be able to convince a significant number of kids to go 3,000 miles away. There will be plenty of talent to choose from on his coast.

Facts. That's USC's problem now. Thank God.

 

[Canedude08]

People that grade coaches solely on win/loss records are a little shortsighted. Taggart came into two bad situations at WKU and USF, and turned them around. WKU was a transitioning FBS program, they were getting crushed when they first arrived to the level, Willie had them bowl eligible before he left. In essence, he set the table for Petrino's lone year, and the success Brohm has found there(I'm still shocked Brohm didn't get any love from bigger programs, he is quite solid and Purdue is a dead end gig). USF was awful during the Holtz era, he inherited a solid program from Leavitt and turned them into pure garbage. Taggart once again trended upwards every year, ending in a 10-2 year this year, USF's first ten win season ever.

Do I think that Taggart is a splash hire? No, but he has the chops to get Oregon back into the Pac-12 fold(I don't see him as a national championship coach, the Chip Kelly era was an outlier for Oregon), he's an upgrade over Helfrich, who most likely shouldn't have been promoted in the first place. It's rare that an assistant is promoted to the top job, and has success in that role. Switzer succeeding Chuck Fairbanks, and Tom Osborne succeeding Devaney happened decades ago. The only relatively recent example was Mike Bellotti at Oregon, and even then, he was solid, but not spectacular. Willie's offense should fit in well with what Oregon wants to do, he does place a premium on speed and athleticism. Oregon made a solid hire, that worse case scenario will have them be a 7-9 win program. Historically, that's what they've been, outside of a couple of pops under Kelly, Belotti and Rich Brooks.

 

[Brometheus]

I'm happy for him. Seems like a great guy

 

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[duke4heisman]

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