Helfrich officially fired

I actually felt Helfrich gave value to u of o being the person he is.  The way they left him hanging then dumping him only makes me despise them more than ever.  With the personnel they've recruited based on their offense I certainly can't see them being better over the next 3 years.  New coaches have different philosophy's and ideas which will only slow the process.  Here's hoping he takes the money and gets a coaching job that eventually comes back to haunt them.   

From a "that's an interesting hire" perspective I'd like to see what happens.  About the complete opposite to the Chip Kelly era.

I find it hard to believe that they are going to take a risk on anyone other than an established big name coach, and even that is not a sure bet. They decided to have instant relevance in baseball by hiring Horton, and he rapidly made them a playoff club, but he's not gotten them to a Series yet, and Phil is 78 and he wants a title!

My money is on someone worth spending $5+ million a year on, not on gambling on a coordinator except in a very special case. Say what you want about Belloooti, but he knew talent when he hired the Chipster.

Looking at Oregon's situation and available coaches I really feel fortunate to have THE Coach A as our leader. None of the names mentioned bring Coach A's mojo.

Cheers for MOJO!

I've been a critic if GA and still not sold, year 3 is the "tell", but to your point I believe you hit the nail on the head as one of the key reasons GA came to OSU... President is supportive both in $ and reorganization of program, no DB/overbearing AD, and no authoritarian "pontiff"/owner/big booster.

GA was allowed to do it his way here... sink or swim it's all on him. And that's the way it should be.

Anyone coach going to TSDTR loses a lot of moral credibility in my eyes... going to a highly publicized train wreck, multiple NCAA violations in multiple sports, and with little institutional control of its athletes and programs. Not the type of guy I want coaching my kid or program. But, they'll find the guy to take Phil's $$.

The admin allowed uncle "despot" to create a self destructive ouroboros that will eventually devour itself. I'll enjoy watching.

I am not sure about the lackey assessment - whatever you can say about the Chipster, he didn't appear to be anyone's lackey.  He came in and did what he was supposed to do, then left when he got his shot at the NFL, even if the "powers that be"  offered him more money.  As long as you win, you get left to do what you are doing.  Once you start losing after having some success, then everyone is breathing down your neck - OSU has its big money boosters too who throw their weight around, tho perhaps without the shear force of the uck's leading money man.

baseba1111 - I'm with you on the GA thing. It's his program here, his word is law, anything he wants he's going to get (with the exception of an remodeled west side of the stadium any time soon). I get why he left Wisconsin (side note: it looks pretty likely that Chryst gets to a "Big Six" bowl in year two doing it Barry's way against a pretty brutal schedule that included an insane six teams ranked in the top ten at the time they played them. They went 3-2 in those games with Penn St. still to come on Saturday).

I see where you're coming from on the UO coach thing too....Helfrich's personality seemed at odds with the culture there, and that might be why it didn't work as smoothly as everyone in Eugene would've liked. Hard to steer the ship against the current. I think we're all hoping they hire a sleazebag that validates our hatred of all things green and yellow. I remember for a few years when the Ducks had Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson, and Freddie Jones I found it a little more difficult to dislike them on the basketball court. Thankfully that corrected itself rather quickly.