Who's taking over the job at Oregon?

FormerTree wrote:

Is Magness' name in the hat, or did he burn too many bridges with Nike upper decking NOP on the way out??

Magness doesn't have the coaching resume or leadership skills for a program like OU.

*UO

obvious, reaches, and dark horses wrote:

Joe Franklin, especially if UNM is going out of business. Experience high-end NCAA athletes and knows West coast.

Ben Thomas, good on-field coach and seems like all the Powell's did was coach (no worries regarding equipment, alumni, fundraising, travel, etc)?

Van Hoy, was an assistant to an assistant 5 years ago; has built good programs quickly.

Gary's, husband/wife worked really well before. Rob has good experience fast pro people and there are only so many female coaches?

Ian Dobson, a disciple of Vin and in the area?

Chris Fox, would be his if he wanted and may be able to keep Brian with him?

Milt, if rumors of desiring ND are true, why not Oregon? Or does he need to be in charge?

Andy Gerard and Vin reunited?

The real big splash would be Schumacher and possibly Dobert back to college scene?

I think this does encompass most everyone Vin might be considering.

Nah, he's a little overrated and besides, hooked up with Kim C. while she was an undergrad + ended up marrying her. That's a little sketch.

Financial Farah wrote:

Just tossing a thought out: Drew Wartenburg?

How about Tonja Buford-Bailey who was at Texas, and bring in Salazar at her assistant coaching the Distance runners, If Salazar can take Rupp from scratch , what if he had talented distance runners in numbers so Oregon would dominate the NCAA and by the time they graduate, they could be running 26.30-27:00 for 10k and 2:03-207 Marathons and having 10-15 runners doing that every year and not just one, remember Salazar got Rupp before he had any formal training for running, he just saw Rupp playing soccer and he told Rupp you have a good stride, I think you could be a good runner and the rest is history, so imagine what Salazar could do with groups of young runners who have already shown a talent for running and at Oregon he would have the advantage of recruiting, compared to high school where he can only recruit kids who already attend the school because they happen to live in the neighborhood and just hope one or more has talent that can be developed.

Robert Johnson isn’t leaving so no for TBB, she should try for Kentucky.

Heck no to Salazar, as long as he’s coaching Rupp he’ll never consider coaching in college plus he’s not college coaching material... doesn’t want to recruit and comply to NCAA rules.

This is Vanhoys position to lose. Or the the VTech guy

Hopefully not Bobby Johnson.

The Angel of Death wrote:

Duck Soup wrote:

What about Rob Conner or Pat Tyson?

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Some of you may remember that after Martin Smith got the axe at UO, Pat Tyson DID take over the distance coaching duties for a track season on an interim volunteer basis. EVERYONE thought he was a shoe in to take over full time, the Vin took over. He loves Spokane and has a good thing going at Gonzaga, so I doubt he plans on leaving.

Even before that, wasn't he supposed to take over from Bill, before Smith got the job? For some reason I remember rumors that maybe some track assistant or director who I remember from camp named Gillespie (?) or something was going to take the head job, and Tyson would do distance. Then there was a split within the Eugene community as to who should get the job, and it went to Smith. I could be misremembering things but I thought for sure he was in on the job to replace Bill, then Smith came in instead.

Regardless, hard to see him leaving Gonzaga now. And hard to see him adjusting/ wanting to dive into what Oregon has become in terms of an Athletic Department. Though sitting under Johnson and just recruiting would be good. And he certainly has developed some good runners at Gonzaga, especially in the steeple and 1500.

The game is for young men wrote:

This is Vanhoys position to lose. Or the the VTech guy

I guess I could see Vanhoy, but something is wrong with Vatech coach. He applies for everything and never gets the job. Or does he just use it for leverage at Vatech?

With the success of solely distance at Notre Dame and the shaking up of coaching staff there, could Sean Carlson or Matt Sparks be considered?

So here's a question: how much longer is Vin going to be with Oregon?

Ben Thomas, currently the distance coach at Virginia Tech, was the women's distance coach at Appalachian State (NC)back when Robert Johnson was the jumps (and sprints?) coach at Appalachian too. Not sure what kind of chemistry they have/had, but at least we know they know each other well. Would be pretty wild to see the App State program from the early 2000s morph into the current Oregon program. Strange times we live in.

Halon Devries from Kentucky. You heard it here first.

not happening wrote:

Magness doesn't have the coaching resume or leadership skills for a program like OU.

I'm getting pretty sick of all the trolls on this board attacking Magness. Thankfully the NCAAs that just transpired can help you all shut the f up for a few months.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM STANDINGS

1. Georgia, 52 points

2. Florida, 42 points

3. Houston, 35 points

4. USC, 34 points

5. Alabama, 33 points

5. Texas Tech, 33 points

7. Texas A&M, 29 points

8. Stanford, 28 points

8. LSU, 28 points

10. Mississippi State, 26 points

You're right that he doesn't have the resume or leadership skills for a program like UO. Why would he want to take a step backwards when Houston is better?

Guys. Come on. This isn't that hard. You don't have to be ready for the position. You either can coach or you can't.

What had the Powell's done before getting the Oregon job? I think they had like one year at Columbia.

Can you imagine the reaction of Rupp and Salazar?

if it's not Coach J.S. then the Ducks are dumber than actual ducks.

Shoebacca wrote:

not happening wrote:

Magness doesn't have the coaching resume or leadership skills for a program like OU.

I'm getting pretty sick of all the trolls on this board attacking Magness. Thankfully the NCAAs that just transpired can help you all shut the f up for a few months.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM STANDINGS

1. Georgia, 52 points

2. Florida, 42 points

3. Houston, 35 points

4. USC, 34 points

5. Alabama, 33 points

5. Texas Tech, 33 points

7. Texas A&M, 29 points

8. Stanford, 28 points

8. LSU, 28 points

10. Mississippi State, 26 points

You're right that he doesn't have the resume or leadership skills for a program like UO. Why would he want to take a step backwards when Houston is better?

You do know that none of those 35 points came from distance athletes right?

So congratulations on being the only person in the world who thinks Houston is a better program than Oregon...hint: basing your opinion on one season when the Ducks are down might not be a valid sample size.