It's now being reported that Chip Kelly was also offered and turned Oregon down.
So the guy they got was the guy they offered after Justin Wilcox and Chip Kelly said "thanks but no thanks"
Chip doesn't surprise me. Big boosters wanted him, and a large group of fans did too. They're wrong, but they still did want him. Wilcox, is hard to fathom. Throughout the process, it was widely known, that there was about 20% of fans that wanted Wilcox, but around 70% were far against it.[/b]
The only people that wanted Wilcox, were people that grew up with his family and some former players (cough cough cough, Joey five picks)