Slingblade is a goner. No question about it. Oregon won't stand for any coach going 1-6 in conference.
I think he gets another year and it will be a terrible decision.
He hired Pellum and that was a disaster. The schematics of the defense made little sense, but they were disciplined and played hard. The year they made the NC game they lead the nation in takeaways. It was a bend-don't break, but try to get takeaways type of thing. It wasn't a good plan overall and everyone could see it. Sling was correct to stop it early before it became a part of the culture.
He hires Hoke and this mother fucker can't coach a lick of football. He didn't even wear a head set as a head coach. If that doesn't scream "I'm not involved with how we play" then nothing does. I've been coaching offense for a long time now and every play I can tell you where the two lineman are going to the same gap or which linebacker is going to take on a lineman head up. It's literally like if you let the drunk asshole in the bar next to you that traded in his helmet for a Miller Lite after freshman year run the defense. Stanford called a timeout and the Ducks sent 14, fourteen, FUCKING FOUR-TEEN kids out there to play defense and had to burn a time out of their own.
This means in real time he was so confused that he talked about three or four different packages and didn't really communicate which one he wanted so they all went out in week fucking 10! Zero and I mean zero coaches worth a shit from Pop Warner to the Patriots wouldn't have a problem with their guys going to their gap in a one gap defense after 10 weeks. Zero. Every other play two duck defenders will shoot the same gap and the backer will get gobbled up by a lineman and we hope that toothpick freshman white kid will tackle the running back with a full head of steam in open space from his safety position.
Kilkenny mentioned the rest of the staff that has jobs and families.
Sling gets $11 million, he is fine.
Campbell has a 30 years PERS pension.
Greatwood has a 25 year PERS pension.
Pellum has a 20+year PERS pension.
Neal has a 10 year PERS and a great resume.
Hoke is fucking loaded.
Lubick is a head coach's son. Dad will bail him out.
Yost has the resume to go anywhere.
Aiken will go back to the NFL.
The staff will walk away loaded and retired or into a lateral position at worst.
If Sling is back next year then Oregon isn't serious about football. HD Television isn't kind to those who aren't serious anymore. Your fan base will be fucking gone almost overnight. Que the empty Husky Stadium pictures.