cnnsi Article - Blame Game by Mandel - Great Article

[pdxduck21]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/w ... index.html

Take a look - currently the front page of the college football section. Long story short, Mandel says Kelly is hardly to blame and points out issues Meyer, Saban and Tressel all experience in their early tenors...

Nice to see an intelligent writer stat facts and sound judgement instead of Clownzonish comments...


GO DUCKS

[PDXShogun]

It's nice to see a writer with a little perspective who doesn't feel the need to keep the story going for the sake of selling papers. Best article I've read on our situation, so far.

[wheaton4prez]

Wow. Touched on all the same points I've been making for a week now. Great minds think alike!

[uodux1212]

Good read... I've always liked Mandel...

[hendrg]

Mandel wrote a great article, hopefully it'll get more readers than stupid clownazano's crap.

[duckgrad99]

I believe Duck 07 spent time with Mandel when visiting Eugene for an article about the ducks.

[Duck07]

I believe Duck 07 spent time with Mandel when visiting Eugene for an article about the ducks.

Yea, Mandel was a pretty cool dude to hang out with. He's not a beer drinker but he did like the pear wine at Max's, he loved that its "Moe's," haha. Pat Forde on the otherhand, he had no problem talking beers and burgers at our tailgate.

[autzenzoo]

love the sig duck07!

[pillpushingduck]

^^

[greenyellow]

Excellent sig there. Should recommend that to the Oregonian for his new column picture.

[Sooth]

looks like ken goe found a new bandwagon as well.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pac10/2010/0 ... ducks.html

are we starting to see a groundswell here?

[soduck]

Did I really thank someone at the Oregonian. I am not surprised they/Goe decided to pull back a little on Kelly and the Ducks. Clownzano has the attraction for the Beavers., but I am sure they are a little concern about their releasing Masoli's name and attacking Kelly. Maybe it took Mandel's article to be plagerized / copied to pull them back from the attack on Kelly and get some perspective. BUT at some point maybe we will all look back and see these incidents as no big deal, lets hope first for LMJ to be exonerated and Masoli to not have any more issues. Remember!!! There is no such thing as bad publicity. Mandel's comparing Kelly and the Ducks to The OSU, Florida, Penn Sate, What a great list to be on. Lets hope we have another great season and this will all be forgotten. Amen!!! Go Ducks.

[Sooth]

...and they have to be taking a beating from at least half of their readership not to mention some of the national opinion swaying in Chip's favor. Can you say "Damage control"?

My guess here is that Ken Goe drew the short straw around the Oregonian water cooler.