A few things ...
-- The common denominator for the staff Oregon coach Willie Taggart is assembling in Eugene appears to be recruiting expertise.
All the X-and-O wizardry in the world won't allow a program to succeed in the upper echelon without upper-echelon talent.
If nothing else, the Ducks should have players to work with.
The two new, co-offensive coordinators -- Mario Cristobal, who comes to Eugene from Alabama, and former South Florida assistant David Reaves -- both have serious recruiting chops.
Here is a story by The O's Andrew Greif about why Cristobal elected to leave Alabama to join Taggart:
How in the world did new Oregon coach Willie Taggart persuade a native Floridian who's never coached west of Tuscaloosa to leave a national title contender and bolt for the West Coast to join a program coming off a 4-8 record?