.500 record I get Swaye, but keep in mind, he took the reigns on two very bad programs and within four years turned each of them around.
There's a difference when you go 2-10, 7-5, 7-5 at one school and then 2-10, 4-8, 8-5, 10-2 at another vs the Sark 7-6 paradigm.
He may not be great, but Taggart at least has shown the ability to improve programs. Maybe he doesn't take us to Chip's level, but he might stop the downward fall, and put us back to one great hire away from winning conference championships again.
The way I look at it, is that Taggart looks to be a pretty solid upgrade from Helfrich.
Thats where youre wrong duckis. Helfrich has sophomores returning across line, talent across bored at WR, running back, TE and the 2nd best freshman signal caller in the conference. Herbert is going to be great. UO ficked themselves by firing helfrich.
Some reason you and the delusional fans, and administration, think Oregon is a national power that doesnt rebuild..."WE are mighty oregon, we dont have time to rebuild. We reload..." Now look at the mess Mullens put you in. His presence at the playoff committee is the closest you buttfuckerds will get to the playoff in the next decade.
Although Fulmer achieved a lot more than any pathetic duck coach ever has, the situations are similar in 1 way... In that good coaches are hard to find, and helfrich was a good coach. Thats the only similarity though. Tennessee hasnt found a coach in over a decade after dumping a man with an impressive long term SEC record after 2 bad years. Boy id imagine the vols fans still want him back.
There's gonna be 35k "fans" in Autzen wishing Helfrich was still there next year. (35k will be average attendance going forward). The rest will be up on Montlake looking to poach a ticket to watch a winner. Helfrich would have had UO right back in the discussion in 2 years, by rebuilding a young team, a slew of talent and future stud to run his offense.
Oregon has never played defense so all he had to do was score points, and Herbert will have no problem doing that going forward.
Speaking of poaching, I wonder if there's any junk OKG's in your recruiting class to send up here. Prolly none who can play at the dawgs level. Enjoy the cactus bowl in 2 years with Haggard roaming the sidelines wondering why he took a job in this league.