Now that Pat Casey (Oregon State) and Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt) have turned down the ducks who will they go after? It is my understanding that they want to talk with UC Irvine (HC) and the AAA manager of the Atlanta Braves.
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch ran a story this morning that said Dave Brundage, who is in his first year managing the Richmond Braves (AAA), has taken his name out of consideration for the Oregon head job.
One Name, Harold Reynolds.
EH,
LOL, your post made my day!
I miss Harold.
LOL, your post made my day!
I miss Harold.
Brundage took his name out? I thought he was really interested in the job. I could have sworn he was quoted in the newspaper here saying he would love to come back to Oregon.
Rob,
PM.
PM.
Go Ducks! Quack! Quack!
Hey, I'm available?!
Hey, I'm available?!
quote:Originally posted by justbaseball:
Go Ducks! Quack! Quack!
Hey, I'm available?!
TD,
Will you work for quackers or do you want cash?
I heard that Bill Mallard is interested 
Here's the blurb regarding Brundage from yesterday's Richmond Times-Dispatch:
STAYING PUT: R-Braves manager Dave Brundage removed himself from consideration for the baseball coaching job at the University of Oregon yesterday.
The Ducks are reviving their baseball program. Brundage, who lives in Portland and is well known in the state after a stellar high school career and a stellar college career at Oregon State, was interviewed by Oregon officials a few weeks ago.
Brundage said he talked with Atlanta farm director Kurt Kemp yesterday and told him he no longer was interested in the Oregon job.
"When you've been chasing a dream [of getting to the major leagues] all your life . . . I felt like it would have compromised that position," Brundage said. "No question one of the most intriguing parts was being in the state of Oregon and being with my family. But I was more concerned about compromising my position with the Atlanta Braves.
"I like what I do and I like the organization I'm with. . . . People have done me right here. The organization has done me right. Once you go back to college baseball, I think you close doors on some opportunities."
STAYING PUT: R-Braves manager Dave Brundage removed himself from consideration for the baseball coaching job at the University of Oregon yesterday.
The Ducks are reviving their baseball program. Brundage, who lives in Portland and is well known in the state after a stellar high school career and a stellar college career at Oregon State, was interviewed by Oregon officials a few weeks ago.
Brundage said he talked with Atlanta farm director Kurt Kemp yesterday and told him he no longer was interested in the Oregon job.
"When you've been chasing a dream [of getting to the major leagues] all your life . . . I felt like it would have compromised that position," Brundage said. "No question one of the most intriguing parts was being in the state of Oregon and being with my family. But I was more concerned about compromising my position with the Atlanta Braves.
"I like what I do and I like the organization I'm with. . . . People have done me right here. The organization has done me right. Once you go back to college baseball, I think you close doors on some opportunities."
What gives? All of these guys ducking out.
Maybe we should ask Detective Drake.
Maybe The Donald should Coach them.
No not Trump.
Duck.
EhEh
EH
Maybe The Donald should Coach them.
No not Trump.
Duck.
EhEh
EH
Dave Serrano will take the job and it should be done within a week.
WOW! Thats big news.
Nice scoop ncball. 
Just a very educated guess (but I bet I'm right). Bottom line- He should. It's the opportunity of a lifetime.
I agree. They could make him the highest paid college coach in the nation, (middle six figures at least im guessing) plus I'm sure he would be able to convince his best young anteaters to follow him to oregon.
I wouldnt be suprised if they make a regional within the first two years.
All they need is a stadium and they're set.
I wouldnt be suprised if they make a regional within the first two years.
All they need is a stadium and they're set.
quote:Originally posted by Walawala:
I'm sure he would be able to convince his best young anteaters to follow him to oregon.
I'm sure once they get a glimpse of the size of the ants that hang out on U of O's campus there will be a convoy of hungry Anteaters snaking north on I-5. Take a look at size of these two ants outside of the Center for Conflicted Gender and Animal Magnetism building...
quote:Originally posted by ncball:
Dave Serrano will take the job and it should be done within a week.
He supposedly is in discussions and is supposed to meet with Oregon this week.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=281
The Oregon Ducks baseball starts in 09 right?
Could Coach Serrano last a year without baseball??
Could he Recruit all year??
The Anteater's would be a good Coaching job.
Young Program, Great location.
EH
Could Coach Serrano last a year without baseball??
Could he Recruit all year??
The Anteater's would be a good Coaching job.
Young Program, Great location.
EH
Probably not. With the new transfer rules they would have to sit a season.quote:I'm sure he would be able to convince his best young anteaters to follow him to oregon
quote:Could Coach Serrano last a year without baseball?? Could he Recruit all year??
Interesting 2 questions, EH. That is exactly what his predecessor ... John Savage ... did at UC Irvine before he left for a Pac-10 program. We had some friends who were recruited by Savage and it is a very diffiult 'sell' for the coach without a field. As I understand it, Savage actually took architectural renderingss of the future stadium, etc. He succeeded in getting players, but had a very young team the first season, and brought JUCO players in to help put some experience on the field.
If he (or whomever) follows the same recruiting mode as Savage at UCI when he had a "free year" without a baseball team, we can expect even more very early commitments (early Junior year).
Obviously I have no inside information...but if Nike really is helping to bankroll this reborn program with $$ I can imagine the conversation with Pat Casey (OSU coach just up the road) must have been very interesting.
Oregon's football facilities are the nicest I've seen anywhere. If anything like that kind of effort is put into the baseball program (and based on who they're talking to for a coach I'd say there's some very serious effort) then the Duck baseball program will hit the ground running at full throttle.
More opportunities for West Coast kids. I like it! Quack! Quack!
Obviously I have no inside information...but if Nike really is helping to bankroll this reborn program with $$ I can imagine the conversation with Pat Casey (OSU coach just up the road) must have been very interesting.
Oregon's football facilities are the nicest I've seen anywhere. If anything like that kind of effort is put into the baseball program (and based on who they're talking to for a coach I'd say there's some very serious effort) then the Duck baseball program will hit the ground running at full throttle.
More opportunities for West Coast kids. I like it! Quack! Quack!
quote:Originally posted by TG:Probably not. With the new transfer rules they would have to sit a season.quote:I'm sure he would be able to convince his best young anteaters to follow him to oregon
O wow you're right i forgot about that new rule. I dont like that rule at all.
I agreee with justbaseball, one of the greatest aspects of this is the new opportunity for west coast baseball players. Having another big school add a program like this changes options for some very talented players, including I would suspect, some quality juco players, at least in the early years. This will be great to watch as it develops.
Totally agree. Lots of Beavers fans are scoffing, calling the Ducks wannabes, that sort of thing. But the way I look at it: more opportunities for good players in the NW. Very good thing.
Unfortunately they will have limited scholarships the first few years, starting with about 4 and gradually phasing in to get to 11.7. That will present a recruiting challenge for sure.
The conversation with Casey must have been interesting indeed, given the resources that Phil Knight could throw at the program. Phil Knight actually is already helping fund Casey's current contract - he stepped up with some $$ to keep him from taking the Notre Dame job.
It will be interesting to see how this develops.
Unfortunately they will have limited scholarships the first few years, starting with about 4 and gradually phasing in to get to 11.7. That will present a recruiting challenge for sure.
The conversation with Casey must have been interesting indeed, given the resources that Phil Knight could throw at the program. Phil Knight actually is already helping fund Casey's current contract - he stepped up with some $$ to keep him from taking the Notre Dame job.
It will be interesting to see how this develops.
quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
Lots of Beavers fans are scoffing, calling the Ducks wannabes, that sort of thing.
We'll never know the answer of course, but wouldn't it be interesting to know if this effort to revitalize the Duck baseball program would have been undertaken if the Beavers had not been so successful recently? Is there a correlation?
quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
It will be interesting to see how this develops.
Yes it will Rob...
Hope he doesn't leave. Oregon announced they would fund only 4 scholarships a year, building the program over 3 years. They also don't have a stadium. So that would not only be a year without baseball until the program starts in '09, but a LONNNNGGGG wait to build a contender while OSU continues its dominance. Yes, Oregon can throw money at him beyond UCI's ability to do so, but it wasn't enough for Vandy's coach...
quote:Originally posted by brod:
Hope he doesn't leave. Oregon announced they would fund only 4 scholarships a year, building the program over 3 years. They also don't have a stadium. So that would not only be a year without baseball until the program starts in '09, but a LONNNNGGGG wait to build a contender while OSU continues its dominance. Yes, Oregon can throw money at him beyond UCI's ability to do so, but it wasn't enough for Vandy's coach...
You need to understand that Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt) makes more money than UCI could ever pay a baseball coach. If Dave takes the Oregon job it will be about taking care of his family for a long time. UCI is a great job but they just cannot pay what the large schools are able to pay. Dave would be able to triple his base salary and live in an area with a less expensive cost of living. This is nothing more than economics 101. Dave would have taken the Tennessee job (yes I know the BS that Mike Hamilton distributed about Dave's bachelors) if Tennessee would have been willing to pay anything close to what the average SEC coach made. Mike Hamilton just didn't want to put a large sum of money into baseball coaching salaries.
cbg: I can count - Good coaches will always get better offers. The previous coach at UCI was John Savage, so they know how to hire coaches. But who's to say the next offer Coach Serrano gets won't be better? And I was referring to the fact that the Vandy coach previously turned down the Oregon offer despite it being for more money. The fact remains that Oregon will struggle for a while in the Pac 10 no matter who is the coach giving the funding for schollies. Long term they will be competitive. But Econ 101 does not always explain the results in the CWS or MLB.
Phil Knight just gave University of Oregon $100 million dollars to be used for their athletics programs.
It wasn't specified, but some of that $$ will almost certainly go to the baseball facilities.
It wasn't specified, but some of that $$ will almost certainly go to the baseball facilities.
College: Knight gives $100M to Oregon's arena cause
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon's plan to build a new basketball arena moved a giant step forward yesterday when Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, pledged $100 million to the university, the largest philanthropic gift in school history.
The money is not targeted specifically for an arena, university officials said. Rather, it will create the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund, which will help support all athletic programs.
But indirectly, officials said, the donation will boost the university's effort to replace aging McArthur Court with a new arena near the eastern edge of campus.
"This extraordinary gift will set Oregon athletics on a course toward certain self sufficiency and create the flexibility and financial capacity for the university to move forward with the new athletic arena," Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny said. "Now we can roll up our sleeves and get to work on making the arena a reality."
The university last year estimated it would take more than $200 million to pay for the arena once land costs are figured in. Fundraising for the project has been one of the top priorities for Kilkenny since he got the job earlier this year.
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon's plan to build a new basketball arena moved a giant step forward yesterday when Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, pledged $100 million to the university, the largest philanthropic gift in school history.
The money is not targeted specifically for an arena, university officials said. Rather, it will create the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund, which will help support all athletic programs.
But indirectly, officials said, the donation will boost the university's effort to replace aging McArthur Court with a new arena near the eastern edge of campus.
"This extraordinary gift will set Oregon athletics on a course toward certain self sufficiency and create the flexibility and financial capacity for the university to move forward with the new athletic arena," Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny said. "Now we can roll up our sleeves and get to work on making the arena a reality."
The university last year estimated it would take more than $200 million to pay for the arena once land costs are figured in. Fundraising for the project has been one of the top priorities for Kilkenny since he got the job earlier this year.
Wow! That's a lot of dough! What can the Ducks do with $100 million? I'm guessing their current baseball facility will receive some upgrades...
Field maintenance will switch from this...
...to this Easy Rider model in the green and yellow livery of the U of O.
Instead of these for bases...
...they can get the real deal. Low, low miles...one owner only.
And the dugouts...out with this style...
...and in with these...the corporate logos will have to be changed of course to something a bit more swooshy.
Here's an artist's rendition of a future glimpse of the upcoming Duck baseball squad...
Seriously...for all of the right reasons I do wish the University of Oregon well in their efforts to get baseball re-established there. The Pac-10 will indeed become the Pac-10 in baseball. The U of O is fortunate to have such generous benefactors as Phil and Penny Knight. Much success to their program.
Field maintenance will switch from this...
...to this Easy Rider model in the green and yellow livery of the U of O.
Instead of these for bases...
...they can get the real deal. Low, low miles...one owner only.
And the dugouts...out with this style...
...and in with these...the corporate logos will have to be changed of course to something a bit more swooshy.
Here's an artist's rendition of a future glimpse of the upcoming Duck baseball squad...
Seriously...for all of the right reasons I do wish the University of Oregon well in their efforts to get baseball re-established there. The Pac-10 will indeed become the Pac-10 in baseball. The U of O is fortunate to have such generous benefactors as Phil and Penny Knight. Much success to their program.
I have many thoughts on this possibility…..
But being the political pundit extraordinaire that is Bullwinkle….
My chops are currently closed…..and will stay blocked….for a while, maybe.
I’m going to check which way the wind is blowing,
Run it past some focal groups,
Check with pollsters and special interest groups.
Double talk on CNN
Then say and do nothing.
But being the political pundit extraordinaire that is Bullwinkle….
My chops are currently closed…..and will stay blocked….for a while, maybe.
I’m going to check which way the wind is blowing,
Run it past some focal groups,
Check with pollsters and special interest groups.
Double talk on CNN
Then say and do nothing.
Thank you brown and fuzzy hero! I would be glad to watch you pull this rabbit out of the hat.
UO focuses on Serrano's college degree
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/b....xml&coll=7#continue
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/b....xml&coll=7#continue
Thanks for the links Bullwinkle.
quote:Originally posted by Bullwinkle:
UO focuses on Serrano's college degree
You mean the one he got from Whatsamatta U?
quote:Originally posted by spizzlepop:
You mean the one he got from Whatsamatta U?
Here's their collegiate logo...spelling was never much of a priority there...
