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Another Oregon based Media Take on Christobal

ScubaCane said:
Oregon has always been insignificant in my college football world, never liked them and never hated them, but all this crap coming from their media and fans disparaging Miami has me praying that Mario takes the job so I can enjoy some of their tears.
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Go back to the end of 2017. I kid you not they had the same takes VERBATIM when there was smoke that Taggart was leaving to FSU.
 
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westcoastcanes said:
I am in Portland and wanted to share our local media take on this. This is not behind a paywall if you are so inclined to check it out yourself. Mods please merge with the appropriate thread if you think it is necessary~

Oregon Live re: Cristobal

LAS VEGAS -- The University of Miami is a fighting mess right now. The Board of Trustees is divided but pulled together plans to interview athletic director candidates on Thursday and again today. After that, maybe it will hire a new head football coach. Or maybe not.


Which bring us to Clara Cristobal’s youngest son -- Mario.

He was born in Miami, went to elementary school there, learned to drive his first car there and when it came time to pick a college he stayed home and became a Hurricane. Just last weekend Mario flew across the country in a rush to visit his mother who he said is sick and not doing well.

Cristobal arrived back in Eugene after the brief visit and said: “She’s fighting. That’s the best way to say it, and that’s exactly what I expected to see out of her. We’re going to go day-by-day.”

Oregon will play Utah today in the Pac-12 Championship game. Cristobal, 51, appears focused on the job he has to do. He pointed out that his mother, who instilled hard-scrabble work ethic and values in her children, would have wanted him to be with his team. She’d have told him to do the job to the best of his abilities and he always listened to his mother so that’s just what he’s doing.

Still, one source close to Cristobal told me late Thursday night, “The mom issue is rough. They’re very close and he’s struggling.”

It puts the football in perspective doesn’t it?

Miami may need a football coach in the coming days. If there’s a vacancy boosters in South Florida will undoubtedly pool resources and aim at some point to attempt to bring Cristobal home. I’m just not sold the Ducks coach would abandon what he’s built in four seasons at Oregon. He’s climbed three quarters of the way up the College Football Playoff mountain. His two children and wife, Jessica, by all accounts appear to love living in Eugene. Unless I’m reading it all wrong I can’t see Cristobal doing an about-face and descending to the bottom of that mountain so he can start the task over -- even at Miami.

Would the UO coach maybe leave in three or five seasons? Sure, maybe if he’d hit the ceiling at Oregon or circumstances changed. What if Nick Saban retires and the Alabama job opens in a year or three? Yup. I’d bet AD Greg Byrne would have Cristobal on his short list. I’d even help the guy pack. But right now I’m all-in on the idea that Cristobal won’t do what Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly did this week to their universities.

Miami may be waiting on Cristobal today but I think it will always be there.

Instead, I think Cristobal will maniacally focus on beating Utah and ushering the Ducks to another Rose Bowl. Then, I suspect he’ll shift directions and jump on a private charter from Las Vegas and get to his mother’s side as quickly as he can. While all that’s going on I’m thinking Oregon AD Rob Mullens will be playing some good defense and talking with Cristobal’s agent about what more the Ducks might be able to do to make Miami a non-factor in this hiring cycle.

Conspiracy theorists noted on Thursday night that a flight plan was filed for a private charter from Miami to Las Vegas. It very could be a bachelor party or some whale who just likes to play roulette on The Strip every weekend. I received several inquiries from nervous boosters who noted the flight plan and wondered if the Hurricanes are planning to pounce on the Ducks’ coach with a hard sales pitch and a blank check should Oregon lose to Utah.

Coaches talk about family all the time in sports. They use it in recruiting and team building. I’m left thinking a little bit about how that extends to an entire university community. Utah, which had two players die in less than a year, is a wonderful example of that. The Utes pulled together, not just as a team but as a university community this season. It’s been a galvanizing ride to the title game for that program. Perspective is a powerful thing.

Meanwhile, there’s a lot going on today across the field for Oregon, isn’t there?

Cristobal’s mother is battling. Her son is thinking on her while trying to capture his third-straight Pac-12 title. His alma mater’s football program is splintered in pieces and looking in his direction for glue. The boosters at Miami are desperate and nobody seems to know who is in charge right now. Amid that, Oregon has to be focused on trying to put its arms around its football coach.

Not in some attempt to keep him in Eugene. But because it needs to let him know it’s there.
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"Momma called. And when Momma calls, you just have to come runnin'."
- Ida Kilgore Bryant
 
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They don’t even pump their own gas in Oregon so of course they’re entitled and going to get defensive and be in denial. 2 years ago I had to show a grown man wearing an Oregon hoodie, on vacation, how to pump gas in his rental car.

Totally off topic but it still bothers me to this day. Can’t have respect for those people
 
JayCane20 said:
They don’t even pump their own gas in Oregon so of course they’re entitled and going to get defensive and be in denial. 2 years ago I had to show a grown man wearing an Oregon hoodie, on vacation, how to pump gas in his rental car.

Totally off topic but it still bothers me to this day. Can’t have respect for those people
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Yikes.
 
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We're not immune to it but this stuff from Oregon just seems to constantly reek of child-like sensibilities and rationale. Things like:

-I can't see Cristobal leaving now. Maybe in a couple years but not now.

-Miami will always be there. You don't have to leave now.

-We just need to hug Coach and let him know we're here for him.
 
407cane said:
we have more talent than oregon, only difference in us being " at the bottom of the mountain" is coaching.

take their coach and give it a year and oregon will see where miami really stands
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LOL @ “bottom of the mountain”.

With a healthy Chaney, I’d take our offense over the Ducks all day, err day.
 
So basically Oregons hopes are pinned on "he won't leave what he built over the last four years." Seems to me that is an excellent reason that he can walk away without guilt. Took a program in shambles and made it into a conference title contender, he is leaving it in good hands for the next guy.

As for he wouldn't want to participate in another rebuild? This is where dummies who only look at the W/L record don't realize that a halfway competent coach would have won 10+ games with this roster. At the very least, UVA and FSU are wins, UM plays NC St in the conference championship (who we already beat) and if we win the bowl, that's at minimum, an 11 win season without breaking a sweat. And then he gets a QB who has had the best start of a career of any ACC QB in 15 years. UM is not a rebuild.
 
westcoastcanes said:
I am in Portland and wanted to share our local media take on this. This is not behind a paywall if you are so inclined to check it out yourself. Mods please merge with the appropriate thread if you think it is necessary~

Oregon Live re: Cristobal

LAS VEGAS -- The University of Miami is a fighting mess right now. The Board of Trustees is divided but pulled together plans to interview athletic director candidates on Thursday and again today. After that, maybe it will hire a new head football coach. Or maybe not.


Which bring us to Clara Cristobal’s youngest son -- Mario.

He was born in Miami, went to elementary school there, learned to drive his first car there and when it came time to pick a college he stayed home and became a Hurricane. Just last weekend Mario flew across the country in a rush to visit his mother who he said is sick and not doing well.

Cristobal arrived back in Eugene after the brief visit and said: “She’s fighting. That’s the best way to say it, and that’s exactly what I expected to see out of her. We’re going to go day-by-day.”

Oregon will play Utah today in the Pac-12 Championship game. Cristobal, 51, appears focused on the job he has to do. He pointed out that his mother, who instilled hard-scrabble work ethic and values in her children, would have wanted him to be with his team. She’d have told him to do the job to the best of his abilities and he always listened to his mother so that’s just what he’s doing.

Still, one source close to Cristobal told me late Thursday night, “The mom issue is rough. They’re very close and he’s struggling.”

It puts the football in perspective doesn’t it?

Miami may need a football coach in the coming days. If there’s a vacancy boosters in South Florida will undoubtedly pool resources and aim at some point to attempt to bring Cristobal home. I’m just not sold the Ducks coach would abandon what he’s built in four seasons at Oregon. He’s climbed three quarters of the way up the College Football Playoff mountain. His two children and wife, Jessica, by all accounts appear to love living in Eugene. Unless I’m reading it all wrong I can’t see Cristobal doing an about-face and descending to the bottom of that mountain so he can start the task over -- even at Miami.

Would the UO coach maybe leave in three or five seasons? Sure, maybe if he’d hit the ceiling at Oregon or circumstances changed. What if Nick Saban retires and the Alabama job opens in a year or three? Yup. I’d bet AD Greg Byrne would have Cristobal on his short list. I’d even help the guy pack. But right now I’m all-in on the idea that Cristobal won’t do what Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly did this week to their universities.

Miami may be waiting on Cristobal today but I think it will always be there.

Instead, I think Cristobal will maniacally focus on beating Utah and ushering the Ducks to another Rose Bowl. Then, I suspect he’ll shift directions and jump on a private charter from Las Vegas and get to his mother’s side as quickly as he can. While all that’s going on I’m thinking Oregon AD Rob Mullens will be playing some good defense and talking with Cristobal’s agent about what more the Ducks might be able to do to make Miami a non-factor in this hiring cycle.

Conspiracy theorists noted on Thursday night that a flight plan was filed for a private charter from Miami to Las Vegas. It very could be a bachelor party or some whale who just likes to play roulette on The Strip every weekend. I received several inquiries from nervous boosters who noted the flight plan and wondered if the Hurricanes are planning to pounce on the Ducks’ coach with a hard sales pitch and a blank check should Oregon lose to Utah.

Coaches talk about family all the time in sports. They use it in recruiting and team building. I’m left thinking a little bit about how that extends to an entire university community. Utah, which had two players die in less than a year, is a wonderful example of that. The Utes pulled together, not just as a team but as a university community this season. It’s been a galvanizing ride to the title game for that program. Perspective is a powerful thing.

Meanwhile, there’s a lot going on today across the field for Oregon, isn’t there?

Cristobal’s mother is battling. Her son is thinking on her while trying to capture his third-straight Pac-12 title. His alma mater’s football program is splintered in pieces and looking in his direction for glue. The boosters at Miami are desperate and nobody seems to know who is in charge right now. Amid that, Oregon has to be focused on trying to put its arms around its football coach.

Not in some attempt to keep him in Eugene. But because it needs to let him know it’s there.
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So sappy
 
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So, how important is tonight's PAC12 Championship game? Is Mario's status in Eugene impacted at all by whether Oregon wins or loses?
 
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westcoastcanes said:
I am in Portland and wanted to share our local media take on this. This is not behind a paywall if you are so inclined to check it out yourself. Mods please merge with the appropriate thread if you think it is necessary~

Oregon Live re: Cristobal

LAS VEGAS -- The University of Miami is a fighting mess right now. The Board of Trustees is divided but pulled together plans to interview athletic director candidates on Thursday and again today. After that, maybe it will hire a new head football coach. Or maybe not.


Which bring us to Clara Cristobal’s youngest son -- Mario.

He was born in Miami, went to elementary school there, learned to drive his first car there and when it came time to pick a college he stayed home and became a Hurricane. Just last weekend Mario flew across the country in a rush to visit his mother who he said is sick and not doing well.

Cristobal arrived back in Eugene after the brief visit and said: “She’s fighting. That’s the best way to say it, and that’s exactly what I expected to see out of her. We’re going to go day-by-day.”

Oregon will play Utah today in the Pac-12 Championship game. Cristobal, 51, appears focused on the job he has to do. He pointed out that his mother, who instilled hard-scrabble work ethic and values in her children, would have wanted him to be with his team. She’d have told him to do the job to the best of his abilities and he always listened to his mother so that’s just what he’s doing.

Still, one source close to Cristobal told me late Thursday night, “The mom issue is rough. They’re very close and he’s struggling.”

It puts the football in perspective doesn’t it?

Miami may need a football coach in the coming days. If there’s a vacancy boosters in South Florida will undoubtedly pool resources and aim at some point to attempt to bring Cristobal home. I’m just not sold the Ducks coach would abandon what he’s built in four seasons at Oregon. He’s climbed three quarters of the way up the College Football Playoff mountain. His two children and wife, Jessica, by all accounts appear to love living in Eugene. Unless I’m reading it all wrong I can’t see Cristobal doing an about-face and descending to the bottom of that mountain so he can start the task over -- even at Miami.

Would the UO coach maybe leave in three or five seasons? Sure, maybe if he’d hit the ceiling at Oregon or circumstances changed. What if Nick Saban retires and the Alabama job opens in a year or three? Yup. I’d bet AD Greg Byrne would have Cristobal on his short list. I’d even help the guy pack. But right now I’m all-in on the idea that Cristobal won’t do what Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly did this week to their universities.

Miami may be waiting on Cristobal today but I think it will always be there.

Instead, I think Cristobal will maniacally focus on beating Utah and ushering the Ducks to another Rose Bowl. Then, I suspect he’ll shift directions and jump on a private charter from Las Vegas and get to his mother’s side as quickly as he can. While all that’s going on I’m thinking Oregon AD Rob Mullens will be playing some good defense and talking with Cristobal’s agent about what more the Ducks might be able to do to make Miami a non-factor in this hiring cycle.

Conspiracy theorists noted on Thursday night that a flight plan was filed for a private charter from Miami to Las Vegas. It very could be a bachelor party or some whale who just likes to play roulette on The Strip every weekend. I received several inquiries from nervous boosters who noted the flight plan and wondered if the Hurricanes are planning to pounce on the Ducks’ coach with a hard sales pitch and a blank check should Oregon lose to Utah.

Coaches talk about family all the time in sports. They use it in recruiting and team building. I’m left thinking a little bit about how that extends to an entire university community. Utah, which had two players die in less than a year, is a wonderful example of that. The Utes pulled together, not just as a team but as a university community this season. It’s been a galvanizing ride to the title game for that program. Perspective is a powerful thing.

Meanwhile, there’s a lot going on today across the field for Oregon, isn’t there?

Cristobal’s mother is battling. Her son is thinking on her while trying to capture his third-straight Pac-12 title. His alma mater’s football program is splintered in pieces and looking in his direction for glue. The boosters at Miami are desperate and nobody seems to know who is in charge right now. Amid that, Oregon has to be focused on trying to put its arms around its football coach.

Not in some attempt to keep him in Eugene. But because it needs to let him know it’s there.
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Could have been written for Vogue or People Magazine. Tito, quick get me a tissue.
 
TimeBum said:
So basically Oregons hopes are pinned on "he won't leave what he built over the last four years." Seems to me that is an excellent reason that he can walk away without guilt. Took a program in shambles and made it into a conference title contender, he is leaving it in good hands for the next guy.

As for he wouldn't want to participate in another rebuild? This is where dummies who only look at the W/L record don't realize that a halfway competent coach would have won 10+ games with this roster. At the very least, UVA and FSU are wins, UM plays NC St in the conference championship (who we already beat) and if we win the bowl, that's at minimum, an 11 win season without breaking a sweat. And then he gets a QB who has had the best start of a career of any ACC QB in 15 years. UM is not a rebuild.
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yeah, I would not consider us a rebuild at all. Just needs a bit of renovation and touch up in some key areas which can be done relatively quickly through the portal. I think we can be a top 10 team next year with the right touch ups and coach.
 
JayCane20 said:
They don’t even pump their own gas in Oregon so of course they’re entitled and going to get defensive and be in denial. 2 years ago I had to show a grown man wearing an Oregon hoodie, on vacation, how to pump gas in his rental car.

Totally off topic but it still bothers me to this day. Can’t have respect for those people
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It is actually by law interestingly enough. When I first moved here and was driving through rural Oregon I thought I was getting robbed by some meth addict as a semi toothed man approached my driver side door when I shut my engine off.
 
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