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Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:37 pm
by AshlandDuck
This back and forth regarding Chris Miller is pretty funny. I don't think Miller is a good idea, but Alan is just throwing darts against a wall trying to rationalize against him. It's funny. No ill will Alan, I'm just amused.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:47 am
by TualatinDuck
Chris Miller is not a target.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:14 am
by lmduck
It is always amusing to see all the posts about bringing back former players to coach just because they are former players. In the case of Miller there is some credence because he has been a successful
Coach in the high school ranks. I prefer they hire the best available candidate, not a former player just because it would look good.
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Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:47 am
by buckmarkduck
lmduck wrote:It is always amusing to see all the posts about bringing back former players to coach just because they are former players. In the case of Miller there is some credence because he has been a successful
Coach in the high school ranks. I prefer they hire the best available candidate, not a former player just because it would look good.
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HS football is as different from College football, as calculus is from basic math. And let's be honest, Miller didn't own HS football in Oregon, he was average. A good spot for him to start would be at a Portland St or as a QC guy for UO, not as a coach.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:54 am
by greenyellow
buckmarkduck wrote:lmduck wrote:It is always amusing to see all the posts about bringing back former players to coach just because they are former players. In the case of Miller there is some credence because he has been a successful
Coach in the high school ranks. I prefer they hire the best available candidate, not a former player just because it would look good.
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HS football is as different from College football, as calculus is from basic math. And let's be honest, Miller didn't own HS football in Oregon, he was average. A good spot for him to start would be at a Portland St or as a QC guy for UO, not as a coach.
Well Oregon may have an analyst spot open as Danny Langsdorf is supposedly headed to Fresno State as their new OC.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:50 pm
by Alan
Not throwing darts, just simply posting thoughts. As someone said Miller has done pretty good at the high school level, I agree. I trust Cristobal to hire the right person, if Miller came in I agree it should be at the GA spot. But overall I know he will not be joining the Ducks it was simply a thought I posted, not a wish....... not throwing darts
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:07 pm
by bellsduck
Miller also has coaching experience at the NFL level and was pretty well respected while there
The guy knows football. I'm not saying he'd be my #1 choice, but I don't discount the idea as freely as a few of you have.
For what it's worth, he himself said he's probably looking at a different level
From Oregonlive.com
Miller says the ideal situation is to coach an FCS or Division II college program, where he can recruit players from a three or four-state region. While returning to the NFL is also a possible, Miller thinks college is ideal because "coaching kids that are still impressionable that you can help mentor is kind of what my calling is."
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:38 am
by AshlandDuck
Alan wrote:Not throwing darts, just simply posting thoughts. As someone said Miller has done pretty good at the high school level, I agree. I trust Cristobal to hire the right person, if Miller came in I agree it should be at the GA spot. But overall I know he will not be joining the Ducks it was simply a thought I posted, not a wish....... not throwing darts
The two ideas you threw out there were immediately rejected by posters who knew better. I'm just saying it looks funny when you say someone will be great then repeatedly disqualify him for reasons that aren't actually relevant. It seems you are trying to rationalize against your preference for some reason. Maybe throwing darts isn't the right analogy, but it's still amusing.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:49 am
by AshlandDuck
This is kind of an aside regarding Miller, but it was something I noticed a few months back on twitter. He posted something encouraging to an Oregon recruit, I can't remember who, and I just was kind of saddened. No response, no likes. Typically when a prominent person responds to some recruit it's a big deal to people and they typically garner a lot of extra likes. This guy was an all-time great Oregon QB, an NFL pro bowler, and he cares about the program - but at least in this case, no one noticed.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:52 pm
by GrantDuck
Just want a coach who can develop WR's as far as catching and running proper routes. The lack of development of our WR's this year was sad. Some could barely run routes. Johnson's response was MORE JUGGS MAcHINE!!!!
I wonder if Keenan Howry is in coaching...
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:11 pm
by alxtw
“He’s taught us a lot,” Johnny Johnson said. “I’ve learned more in the months he’s been here than I have in the past two and a half years.”
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:08 am
by jimmy12
Crazy what happens when you hire a coach that is a specialist. I can assure you that this year the WRs will be 10x better. Will there be drops? Yes but routes will be better, Drops less and drives longer. It will also help the defense by keeping them off the field.
Re: WR Coach Michael Johnson leaving?
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:22 pm
by duck58
lmduck wrote:It is always amusing to see all the posts about bringing back former players to coach just because they are former players. In the case of Miller there is some credence because he has been a successful
Coach in the high school ranks. I prefer they hire the best available candidate, not a former player just because it would look good.
I'm a West Linn fan, since my grandson played there. The only years they were extremely successful(runnerup and state championship) was because they were loaded with talent, as much as it was Miller coaching. Forsyth and Moldon were 4* and Tawa would have been at least a top 10 5* national recruit if he hadn't took baseball scholarship at Stanford. Bergeron would have been a wide receiver for Ducks had he not left. M. Johnson was all league LB at EWU as RSF. The list could go on. The last two years and those preceding that group WL has been somewhat mediocre. I love Miller and his wife as people. They are great. I remember him as an Oregon QB. He was good. I'm just not convinced he was a top high school coach.
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