In Reply to: I don't know where Patterson played. With player portal,...... posted by hotspot on September 08, 2025 at 08:11:42
I didn't want Chip. But, I'm a team player, was ready to support him.
Then came his media appearance, in the booth in whatever bowl game we were playing in. The announcer asked Kelly if he was paying close attention to the game, to evaluate players. Kelly said "no, I won't watch anything before I come in, I do my own evaluations, why would I repeat the same things that got the last guy fired?"
I thought, "Crap! That's the same kind of crap Dorrell used to say! That's how he f'ing 'forgot' about Manny White!"
Then at his first press conference, they asked him if he would implement the blur. He said "when I got to Oregon nobody played fast or had shiny helmets, now everybody plays fast and has shiny helmets." Holy crap, did he say that when Guerrero interviewed him? Did Dan interview him? Or, did he just crawl to his door like a supplicant?
Then, when we had 3 outstanding DE's, 4 really. The "4th" guy is still in the NFL. Did Azz use their obvious talent? No! He played all of them out of position, and instead of playing with an edge guy, he played 3 300+ pound freshman NT's. We had no edge. Teams just ran outside on us. Or, when we flushed a passer out of the pocket, the QB just walked toward the sideline and had alllllll day to survey the field while a 300 pound freshman "sprinted" over in pursuit.
There were at least 4 edges on that team that would be starting on this team, not saying much. But, there were 4 damn good to all-american quality edges. Azz didn't play with an edge. When that continued, after being obviously stupid, I gave up hope.