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A Duck Perspective re Buddeh Baker and Potatopotahto'e

If Sark was still at UW both of these guys would be wearing the green and yellow (and carbon and grey and black and pink).

Each was the best Washington state player of their given year - getting those kind of guys makes a big, big difference.

I don't think Oregon needs to get the best Washington guys, but it certainly is a cherry on top when we do. But I think that UW needs to get the best Washington guys.

While I think that UO would have been better for Baker in terms of player development and pro potential (I think John Neal is one of the best DB coaches around, also if Baker were serious about T&F, well, UO T&F >>>>>>> UW T&F), I think Potetao'e will do really well at UW and it is a better fit for him.

Nothing here is intended as back-handed snark - Peterman is doing the in-state recruiting thing right and you have to give him full credit for it.

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  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,513
    AZDuck said:

    If Sark was still at UW both of these guys would be wearing the green and yellow (and carbon and grey and black and pink)powder blue and gold.

    Each was the best Washington state player of their given year - getting those kind of guys makes a big, big difference.

    I don't think Oregon needs to get the best Washington guys, but it certainly is a cherry on top when we do. But I think that UW needs to get the best Washington guys.

    While I think that UO would have been better for Baker in terms of player development and pro potential (I think John Neal is one of the best DB coaches around, also if Baker were serious about T&F, well, UO T&F >>>>>>> UW T&F), I think Potetao'e will do really well at UW and it is a better fit for him.

    Nothing here is intended as back-handed snark - Peterman is doing the in-state recruiting thing right and you have to give him full credit for it.

    FTFY
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Don't be a doog. Baker was already a solid UO commit when Pete flipped him. I think Potato'e would have gone our way as well
  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,513
    It's funny that you're telling me "not to be a doog" but you're the one who is completely rewriting history. Baker decomitted from UO because he couldn't see himself living in Eugene for 4 years. Those were his own words. After that, he was no longer considering UO and narrowed his choices to UCLA and UW. Though most believed he would ultimately choose UW, there were some analysts who picked him to go to UCLA. So Baker's final 2 were UW and UCLA and those were the only schools he was considering.

    Potatoe has been a UCLA lean for the last month until visiting UW last weekend. Helfrich tried to get in late but Potatoe said no thanks.
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Well, what I know about Baker was that he was too nice to come out and say he wouldn't commit to Sark... and the UCLA talk at the end was a smokescreen. He de-committed from UO and silent verballed to UW the same day. Potato'e was not as high on our board supposedly, but based on what I've read I think that if Sark was still at UW he would be more likely to go to UO than UCLA.

    This is all TBS rumor garbage but that's what the TBS stalkers tell me (not Ektard)
  • 79smoothdawg
    79smoothdawg Member Posts: 721
    ENOUGH! Take this to 7-11 and settle it.
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Fine, I won't compliment Peterman EVER AGAIN
  • MisterEm
    MisterEm Member Posts: 6,685
    AZDuck said:

    Fine, I won't compliment Peterman EVER AGAIN

    That was a compliment?

    My mother in law approves.




    (Baker would be a Bruin if not a Dawg. Sorry.) ;)
  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    AZDuck said:

    Well, what I know about Baker was that he was too nice to come out and say he wouldn't commit to Sark... and the UCLA talk at the end was a smokescreen. He de-committed from UO and silent verballed to UW the same day. Potato'e was not as high on our board supposedly, but based on what I've read I think that if Sark was still at UW he would be more likely to go to UO than UCLA.

    This is all TBS rumor garbage but that's what the TBS stalkers tell me (not Ektard)

    Potato isn't very high on your board, but you're trying to sign "Empterman" Sterk and Fotu "2A Killa" Leiato with one week before signing day?
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Potatoe = lineman. We already got dudes there. I'm sure we'd like him, but we're scrambling for LBs.
  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    It's Butta not Buddeh, get it right stupid quack
  • topdawgnc
    topdawgnc Member Posts: 7,839
    AZDuck said:

    If Sark was still at UW both of these guys would be wearing the green and yellow (and carbon and grey and black and pink).

    Each was the best Washington state player of their given year - getting those kind of guys makes a big, big difference.

    I don't think Oregon needs to get the best Washington guys, but it certainly is a cherry on top when we do. But I think that UW needs to get the best Washington guys.

    While I think that UO would have been better for Baker in terms of player development and pro potential (I think John Neal is one of the best DB coaches around, also if Baker were serious about T&F, well, UO T&F >>>>>>> UW T&F), I think Potetao'e will do really well at UW and it is a better fit for him.

    Nothing here is intended as back-handed snark - Peterman is doing the in-state recruiting thing right and you have to give him full credit for it.

    Peterman has higher and more draft picks than Oregon ...

    I think Baker will do just fine.
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Damn, I generate more butthurt when I'm trying to compliment your team.

    Butta is going to be just fine at UW, agreed.

    But 29 > 11
  • topdawgnc
    topdawgnc Member Posts: 7,839
    AZDuck said:

    Damn, I generate more butthurt when I'm trying to compliment your team.

    Butta is going to be just fine at UW, agreed.

    But 29 > 11

    It's not butt hurt, it is fact.

    Peterman has more 1st and 2nd round draft picks than Oregon during his time as head coach.

    Baker will be fine ... if Peterman is who we thought he was.
  • kh83
    kh83 Member Posts: 596
    I actually agree with AZ here - no Peterson opens a spot in the final two for both IMO and I see Ducks closing better than fUcla
  • Alexis
    Alexis Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,393 Founders Club
    PUMP MY GAS DUCK!!!IIlll
  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622
    edited January 2015
    This reminds me of when mike billotti said that oregon would've gotten Jake Locker if they had a baseball team. Yah, right.

    Quacks are infamous for claiming a "close second" in a recruiting race.
  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    edited January 2015
    kh83 said:

    I actually agree with AZ here - no "Peterson" opens a spot in the final two for both IMO and I see Ducks closing better than fUcla

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  • kh83
    kh83 Member Posts: 596
    Spelling = not my thing
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    It's Butta not Buddeh, get it right stupid quack

    Not edgy enough
  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,728 Founders Club
    AZ is the best duck poster on this board by far (considering he is an actual duck), but he's misguided here
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,470 Founders Club

    kh83 said:

    I actually agree with AZ here - no "Peterson" opens a spot in the final two for both IMO and I see Ducks closing better than fUcla

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    We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
  • Quietcowskee
    Quietcowskee Member Posts: 4,239 Standard Supporter
    Dooks jumped a shark called Florida State the other day. Enjoy the way down.
  • HuskyHalfBrain
    HuskyHalfBrain Member Posts: 1,311

    Doogles said:

    AZ is the best duck poster on this board by far (considering he is an actual duck), but he's misguided here


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    No fucking way that midget is 4'6" tall.
  • MisterEm
    MisterEm Member Posts: 6,685

    Dooks jumped a shark called Florida State the other day. Enjoy the way down.

    Doog POTD nominee.