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I think it is a recipe for mediocrity if that is the only metric you look at. But instability from having coaches leave for greener pastures is also a recipe for poor results.  Not all coaching hires pan out.  It took us three tries to hire Harbaugh after Willingham left, and while the next Oregon coaches won’t have to contend with admissions, they might still be the Oregon analogies to Teevens and Harris.

That being said, I agree that Outsider’s Wilcox stanning seems a bit out of whack with accomplishments to date. He may be the best that Cal can manage, but that might still not be enough to match expectations at Oregon.  And I agree that Wilcox’ recruiting has not impressed, even if he does do a pretty good job at getting the most out of the guys he lands.

Ultimately, to make it to the top requires both recruiting and coaching chops.  Cristobal was good at the former, but a loss to a bad Stanford team and two bad losses to Utah call into question the latter.  Duck fans aren’t looking for a coach to take them to the Alamo bowl. So Oregon may view Cristobal’s departure to Miami in much the same way that Washington viewed Sarkisian’s departure to USC.  He was doing well enough that it would have been tough to fire him, but not so well that it was worth overbidding to keep him.

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I think it is a recipe for mediocrity if that is the only metric you look at. But instability from having coaches leave for greener pastures is also a recipe for poor results.  Not all coaching hires pan out.  It took us three tries to hire Harbaugh after Willingham left, and while the next Oregon coaches won’t have to contend with admissions, they might still be the Oregon analogies to Teevens and Harris.

That being said, I agree that Outsider’s Wilcox stanning seems a bit out of whack with accomplishments to date. He may be the best that Cal can manage, but that might still not be enough to match expectations at Oregon.  And I agree that Wilcox’ recruiting has not impressed, even if he does do a pretty good job at getting the most out of the guys he lands.

Ultimately, to make it to the top requires both recruiting and coaching chops.  Cristobal was good at the former, but a loss to a bad Stanford team and two bad losses to Utah call into question the latter.  Duck fans aren’t looking for a coach to take them to the Alamo bowl. So Oregon may view Cristobal’s departure to Miami in much the same way that Washington viewed Sarkisian’s departure to USC.  He was doing well enough that it would have been tough to fire him, but not so well that it was worth overbidding to keep him.

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