Ducking Out: Mike Bellotti Leaving Oregon for ESPN

Hey this is sweet!  It would be nice to get some west coast guys at ESPIN who’s analysis has become pretty much a SEC love fest.

Kent as AD?
I would like to see it.
Ernie loves the UO, is intelligent, and as coach had one of the highest grad rates in the nation.
Doubt it would happen, but there are worse choices.

I agree with you Gabe, it would be nice to have a West Coast voice being heard.

Can’t blame Bellotti for running out before his reputation is tarnished by the current hoodlum pallooza within the football program.

Aint it the truth about jumping off the Titanic Markmay?

But Mike has to at least share some of the blame as these neer-do-wells at the UofhO are all at least Sophs and were recruited on his watch.

The hOs have been cutting corners in the ‘values and character’ department for some time now. You know hophead Bongterrio was hittin the hookah while he was there, he just didnt get caught. They had a highly touted recruit involved in a drive-by a few years ago and with this offseason the oh-so misunderstood and disenfranchised hOs have outnumbered the stand-up kids…Where there is smoke….

I cant wait for Craters 1000 word diatribe.

I’d love to hear plausible candidates for all jobs at Oregon, because I feel like literally no names would surprise me, so bring ’em, Craterlake et al.

Timmm—-berrr

This is some of the fall out of the Oregon football melt down over the past few weeks and bigdanster is right—Mike Bellotti shares in a lot of the blame for these "players’ and their behavior which included burglery among other things.

Maybe Bellotti had a way to handle these kids because he recruited them and Chip Kelly had less leverage over them—and they sure have gone off the reservation once Bellotti became the AD

It also sounds like Bellotti wasn’t very happy in his role as the AD with lots of administrative/political tasks to carry out and the fact that the NIKE founder still has a big hand in Oregon sports probably didn’t help either.

Chip Kelly is one his own now to some extent and what he did last season with keeping his team together and playing an exciting brand of football is all to his credit.

I hope this year gives him a chance to settle things down again with the suspensions and problems subsiding.

Andy
I still think Ernie is the best choice.
He cares.
He is intelligent, unlike certain Duck haters.
He is loyal to the UO.
As coach he consistently had one of the highest graduation rates in Div.1.
He is a Basketball guy and would be the best for picking a replacement.
He is also an African American. That way there should be no questions if Oregon chooses someone like Mark Few as BB coach.
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Poor danster does not have enough digits on his paws to count all the trangressions at Penn State under JoePa. It would take the Ducks years to catch up; which they won’t.

That ’ol "glass houses" thing.

its too bad he blew it big time by firing ernie kent….personally i think mike was jealous of ernie and his doings for the ducks..thats my opinion….and the football team craziness can all be traced back to mike and his tenure as head coach  dont think for one second it doesnt……i have good people on the in that say this….mike is kinda a hell-raiser…so heck he fits right in at espn…hahahaha  just dont get caught with your pants down mike,,with an espn intern(u watch..it’ll happen!)  I will laugh my tail off!!!!!!!!!   lololol

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Gotta love a USC fan whining about inappropriate and excessive media
love.  Someone remind the last time an SEC team — heck, any team
besides USC — gave up nearly 50 to a team and two weeks later jumped
that team in the polls.

Bellotti — The translation here is simple:  "I thought being an AD
would be cool.  In fact, I hated it.  I want to coach again, not
appprove press releases and kiss Phil’s butt."

I doubt Oregon minds too much.  They need a fresh start in a bad way.

Guess he wanted to get the stink off of himself.

Perspective
Folks.

Perspective!

University of
Florida: At least 27 arrests in the past five years.

University of
Alabama: Ten arrested during coach Nick Saban’s first 18 months.

University of
Washington: At least a dozen members of the 2000 team, which won the
2001 Rose Bowl, were arrested on charges that included felony
assault, domestic violence and animal cruelty.

Michigan State:
11 were charged after a fight last November.

Ohio State: 14
arrested between 2001 and 2004.

Penn
State: 46 arrested on 163 criminal charges between 2002 and 2007. 27
players guilty on 45 charges.

University
of Oregon: 6 Arrests within the past year, and ONLY one year.

Whose
criminal record would you rather have?

Keep
things in Perspective. I know it’s not as much fun.

Bellotti
wasn’t forced to leave, I do wonder if he decided AD wasn’t something
he wanted to do.

Not
everyone likes to fire people.

All you needed to know.

yea  bellotti is a bad guy, thats all I’m sayin’  ..radatz  u blog too much on here……get to work!

The real question:  how long will he stay in the booth?  I’m betting that it won’t be long before he’s back on the sidelines.  And hey, Bill Moos – the athletic director who hired him at Oregon – is set to take over at Washington State.  There’s a decent chance that they might have a job opening in the very near future…

Belotti is not an AD…he proved this as having not even lasted a year in his role and having the single worst string of off season "Ducks Gone Wild" events occur under his executive tenure.  It’s his recruits that have gone gangsta!    He has said over and over that he would not leave Eugene…"Bristol here I come!"   He said that he would help with Kelly’s transition…Blount and off season melt down…"I’m outta here."   He has a DUII son and wife who is a DUII waiting to happen.  It’s time for him to leave.  

Being an AD has very little to do with athletics, as I’m guessing Mike B. discovered. Your time is spent schmoozing donors, placating the university administration, fighting budget wars, shuffling endless papers, and taking the blame when some player or other strays off the reservation. That job requires a completely different skill set than coaching. Belotti is an excellent coach. In coaching there are immediate rewards and instant feedback (wins & losses) as to how well you’re doing. As an AD, not so much. I think it’s very probable that he just decided that he didn’t like the job. Sit in the booth for a year or two, let the dust settle, and see what’s down the road. Maybe he’ll like the TV gig, maybe he’ll coach again… Oregon also has a unique situation where the athletic department seems to be virtually a corporate division of Nike. That might tend to complicate the situation a bit.A successful, high-profile businessman might be a good choice for a replacement. (Not from Nike, though, obviously) Someone with name recognition in the community who has done all the same kinds of things that an AD does for years. Management, hiring and firing, community relations, budgeting, etc…

It
appears Bellotti was motivated to take the AD job because Oregon did
not want to lose Kelly.
The motivation?
To take the job the
University offered a $2.3 Mil. resignation and
release of claims.

It
was money offered to Bellotti, because of his years of service to the
UO, if he left.
Bellotti
never really wanted the job. The AD job was a cut in pay, from $1.9 M
to $675 K.

The
$2.3 M is Bellotti’s Golden Parachute.

He
never really had his heart in the job, all of the stuff that came
later simply reinforced in his mind he didn’t like the job. He was
bothered with the firing of Ernie Kent, and bothered by the 6
arrests.

Another
reason Oregon wanted Bellotti to become AD is because Pat
Kilkenny wanted to leave the job.

Kilkenny
is a consultant to the Athletic dept, currently out looking for a new
BB coach.

Kilkenny
is a possible, interim replacement.

Two
other possibilities are both executive senior associate ADs.

Jim
Bartko or Renee
Baumgartner, both are willing though I’m not sure how enthused.

Former
interim AD and retired VP of the University, Dan Williams, is a
possibility.

Williams
made Bellotti the head coach when he was AD.

All
of the above seem to be interim choices.

Side
note:As a Seahawks fan I wish Seattle had taken Bellotti over
Carroll. :(

Bellotti
consistently out coached Pete. Pete won because of recruiting.

Well, we knew it was coming.

Now hes even figured out how to use the boldface…sheeesh.

Crater, at this point I’ll give you one. I’ll even let you pick which one.

If I were you I would take James temper tantrum in Boise which seemed to be the catalyst for what has become the Oregon home for wayward youth.

I’ll just give it to you. Yes, it is okay to punch players and their fans who talk smack to you.

But if you want me to say it is OK to steal from fratboys I would have a much easier time with that.

Whatever you choose, you still have 6 arrests, a fired BBall coach and an AD that just pulled a Sarah Palin to try to explain away.

All just coincidences I’m sure.

Remember?? Its ME who is the "dim bulb"?? Remember?

OCD Dan
You are Obsessed with me.
You feel a Compulsion to respond off topic.
It’s a Disorder.
Get help.

Since you keep bringing it up:
Which criminal record would you prefer?
Penn State or Oregon?
Simple question, you just keep dodgin’.

Oooooh that was slick Crater.

OCD very imaginative. Plus we got some more of your expert psychoanalysis all with your inventive use of typeface and serifs.

But check the story subject at the top of the page, "off topic"? I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but even your intellectual superiority does not dictate the subject matter.

So Nostradumbass, any predictions as to how far my obsessive/compulsive disorder for you will go?

Oooops!!! My bulb is flickering in your lumenescent glow

Dan
Dodger in the 21st and a 10th Century:

Because
you have trouble with long posts I have broken this up into pieces.
It might be helpful for you to reread the section several times
before going to the next. That way it hopefully won’t tax your brain
too much.

It
is off topic because we have already established Oregon doesn’t have
a crime problem.

Six
arrests in one year, and ONLY one year, does not qualify as a crime
problem.

I
think we agree Penn State doesn’t have a crime problem with a
total of 46 players charged on 163 counts. Twenty Seven players
guilty on 45 charges. SEVEN years of crime.

Compare
Oregon’s one year to PSU 2007, 17
Players charged on 72 Counts.

I
have asked you many times:

Would
you rather have Oregon’s crime problem or Penn State’s? No more
Dodgin’ Dan. Which one?

Rest
assured the people at Oregon don’t consider this one year as anything
other than an aberration. Bellotti isn’t being forced out because
there is concern the Soprano’s have taken over.

On
Blount, Kelly did the right thing.

Compare
Kelly to JoePa.

Senior
Austin Scott was charged with:
Felony rape, sexual assault,
aggravated indecent assault, simple assault, indecent assault.

He
had realistic hopes of an NFL career.

Joe
suspended him for the year. Ending his hopes for the NFL.

He
was innocent, now he works as a bouncer in a club.

Kelly
suspended Blount for the year. The NCAA said one game was enough.
Kelly realized he might have overreacted, he called in 4 respectable
and knowledgeable outsiders to help him in doing what was best for
the person, LeGarrette Blount.

Kelly
wasn’t so proud he had to stick to his guns. He followed the advice
given. He allowed Blount to work his way back on the team.

Because
of his conversations with Kermit Washington, and by following the
plan, Blount grew up into a much more responsible man. The plan
required him to focus on academics. Now he doesn’t have to become a
bouncer if the NFL doesn’t work out.

Some
people think Kelly should have stuck to his original sentence.

I
wonder how many of those people think Don Crowe should be still in
prison. He sold less than an ounce of pot to an undercover cop. What
do you think Dan? Should Texas have stuck with the 50 year sentence?

Kelly
at first handled the Blount problem so extremely, BECAUSE it was so
unusual at Oregon.

He
didn’t give up on the kid, and worked to solve the problem. It shows
Oregon is on the right track.

Bellotti
wasn’t forced out because of Blount.

The
Facts Dan, just the facts:

1.
Oregon AD Pat
Kilkenny wanted out.

2.
Oregon had an assistant coach that was a hot item and would be tapped
for a head coaching job somewhere. Oregon didn’t want to lose Kelly.

3.
Bellotti had the management skills necessary to be AD.

If
Oregon could move Bellotti to AD, Kilkenny is happy. Kelly becomes
coach.

With
Bellotti as AD, if Kelly fails, Bellotti is still around to be a back
up.

Bellotti
really didn’t want to be AD. To give him some incentive Oregon
offered him $2.3
Million if it didn’t work out.

JUST
THE FACTS

He
never wanted to be AD, Dan.

I’m
sorry if it was too long for you Dan.

Now
sit back an contemplate, whose record for crime would you prefer?
Penn State or Oregon?

WOW…..dude get a freakin life.

But this is still fun so here goes:

A)YOU have established the hOs dont have a problem. Whos "we"?

B)ANY arrests at ANY time is a problem.

C)Refer to "A)"…there you go thinking again

D)Build a time machine and go back to 2007, the rest of us live in 2010.

E)I would rather have NO crime problem anywhere….but I’ll take responsibility for PSU when you "man up", as you like to say, about the hOs.

F)What the people think in Oregon matters about as much to me as what I think matters to them.

G)Blount is a penis…and a small one too.

H)I answered this one dumbass, SUE!!!!

I)I dont give a ratsass what the NCAA or Gruden, or Dungy or whoeverthefck said. I care about what was said and what really happened.

J)People, (even Vietnam vets), shouldnt break the law, whatever it is. If they do…serve your time. I’m talking about the hOs a$$hole, not some pot peddler.

The rest of your drivel is just that.

You obviously fancy yourself some kind of self described/elected intellectual/spokesman. I’ll run with it.

You can, in your delusional grandeur, fancy yourself a kind of Eugene loser hanging out on Blair with your drum/guitar spouting off elitist and meaningless prose to the other hippiecrits.

I’ll be Charles Bukowski stumbling out of the Side Pocket. After I slap your sanctimonious a$$, I’ll take your hitar and pawn it for video poker and beer at the Cottage Inn.

DODGE

You’re
beginning to look like a minivan.

Once
again:

Would
you rather have Oregon’s crime problem or Penn State’s?

You
have not answered that question. You dodged it with a sarcastic
remark once but never answered.

People
get arrested, that’s life. Anytime you have several hundred kids from
various parts of the world gathered together you will always have
problems. Sometimes they result in arrests.

That’s
life, deal with it. Life isn’t perfect.

There
were two topics here Dan.

The
main article was about why Bellotti left.

Then
Andy asked about plausible candidates for jobs. I don’t know
what BB coach they may end up hiring. I listed several candidates for
AD.

I
gave the reason he left. AND I gave the reason why he was not running
or forced out.

You
seem to have a problem with Oregon, not why Bellotti left.

You
give your personal fantasies as to what is going on. You’re a bit
Whacked out, and unable to stay on topic.
You
don’t care about what really happened Dan. You only care what your
Twisted mind makes up.

Of
course you don’t care what Oregon did to help Blount become a man,
because you don’t care about people.

I
actually have a very good life Dan. I know I have a lot to be
thankful for. I have traveled a lot, including down there in
Flagstaff. Being able to live in the Eugene area, I know I have a lot
to be thankful for. I have 4 great kids and 3 grand kids, I have a
lot to be thankful for. I am healthy and strong, I have a lot to be
thankful for. I don’t have any addictions, I have a lot to be
thankful for. I have a job and benefits, I have a lot to be thankful
for. I have friends to share food, music, and laughs with, I have a
lot to be thankful for. I have good neighbors, I have a lot to be
thankful for….

Your
whole purpose in life is to make yourself heard by being loud. Not
reasonable or intelligent, just loud. That way you think you are
important.

By
using "naughty" words you think you are funny. You’re an 8 year
old with a fart.

Pitiful,
talk about someone needing to get a life.

The problem is that in your self created intellectual grandeur you feel people OWE you answers.

You got your answers…and I didnt OWE you those.

I’ll say what I want, when I want to and to whom I please.

If you want to continue on with your amateur psychoanalysis, umpteen excuses worded a thousand different ways and your pathetic crusade to cleanse the reputation of your oh-so beloved university and town at some internet sports site, go ahead. It is only chum and fodder for me.

I don’t have any intellectual grandeur, I just listen to the news and pay attention.

As opposed to your, it’s Oregon – Criticize, Criticize, Criticize. Even when the facts say otherwise – Criticize some more.

There is no school that has a "problem" with crime, including Oregon and PSU.
You try real hard to make an issue when there is none.
I’m sure it somehow raises your self esteem if you can tear others apart.
You’re just another parasite.

There is no tarnished reputation to clean Dan, I just like to point out the ignorance of hate filled comments such as the ones you make.

It is easy to report on the bad stuff as if that is the image of a program, any program
Every program actually has more of the good, such as Oregon defensive end Terrell Turner.

And your little crusade continues.

It is an excellent source of material for my sarcasm.

Yes thats right Craterlake…I sit in my dark room with little beads of sweat on my forehead, wringing my hands together plotting my evil revenge for my deep seeded resentments against Eugene, the hOs and their white trash fans.

Man oh man……Youve been doing this since the get-go….first I was a white supremacist bigot secretly pushing a racist agenda, then it was my previously mentioned resentments against your locale.

Now I can only have feelings of self worth and confidence by trolling sports sites and criticizing.

Aint nothing gonna change dude…and I said earlier your deep analysis, (criticisms maybe?) only give me more material.

No Dan, you’re just a hate filled nut.

Oh…..I’m crazy allright.

Wingnut…loop-de-loop….whackjob….nutcase…certi****infiable baby.

"I’ve always been crazy…but its kept me from goin’ insane"
Waylon Jennings

Oh…..I’m crazy allright.

Wingnut…loop-de-loop….whackjob….nutcase…certi****infiable baby.

"I’ve always been crazy…but its kept me from goin’ insane"
Waylon Jennings

Dan,
You remind me of an old roomate.
He was a drunk. I’m not calling you a drunk, you’re probably not.
He would go on rants like you.
There was a white guy getting a lot of love in college hoops.
My roomate "knew" the only reason this guy was getting any love was because he was white.
My roomate was white, and from Virginia, so he figured that gave him an insight as to why everyone liked this guy so much. This guy was the "Great White Hope". It was, "racism that made so many like the player".
Roomie, knew the guy was never going to make it in the pros. He was too slow and his shot wouldn’t fall with all those pros hangin’ on him.
The Hick from French Lick actually turned out to be a pretty decent player.

There are so many similarities between you and roomie, maybe I’ve tried to tie you to his problems of self esteem, and anger.

I’m sure you are a real decent guy when you aren’t hiding behind the internet.

This has gone on enough, I don’t expect to change you. I have presented my case based on facts. You have presented yours based on, your dislike of Oregon.
I’ll let it go at that.
 

Allllrighty then……

Two or three news items about the delinquent Ducks i told you to stop responding to me. Your response was something to the effect of what I said earlier about saying what I want when I want to whomever please.

Now you finally realize that there is no "winner" here.

But of course you must make it seem as though you are above my ilk so you try to snidely dismiss me with some Eugene hippiecrit story with all the racial harmony PC/BS and to make it seem as if you are bestowing unto me some sage advice.

"Politics is the art of making the other person think they are getting what they want"
Winston Curchill

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Euripides