Duck offense dominates
■ The offense controls the defense in Oregon’s first
scrimmage, while two former Ducks are NFL-bound
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
While former Ducks Reuben
Droughns and Peter Sirmon expe
rienced the joy of being selected in
the NFL Draft, the current Oregon
squad participated in its first ma
jor spring scrimmage of the sea
son.
Droughns was the first to go in
the seven-round, two-day draft.
He was reportedly at a friend’s
house and not following the draft
when his name was called by the
Detroit Lions as the 19th pick in
the third round.
Sirmon had to wait until Sun
day morning to hear he was select
ed as the 34th pick in the fourth
round by the defending AFC
Champion Tennessee Titans.
The former Ducks not drafted
— Michael Fletcher, Dietrich
Moore, Tony Hartley and Nathan
Villegas — will likely have an op
portunity to try out for a team as
free agents.
Saturday’s scrimmage gave
plenty of current Oregon players
an opportunity to show head
coach Mike Bellotti what they can
The offensive players clearly
dominated the defense in the 90
minute, con
trolled scrim
mage at Autzen
Stadium.
Joey Harring
ton ignited the
quartet of quar
terbacks, completing all five of his
passes for 97 yards, while engi
neering two touchdowns in two
drives.
All in all, the four quarterbacks
connected on a total of 18 of 28
passes for 385 yards. A.J. Feeley,
however, was just 2 of 7 for 12
yards.
“Offensively, our quarterbacks
and receivers hooked up and did
a pretty good job,” Bellotti said.
The surprise in the receiving
corps was former Oregon prep
standout Cy Aleman, who caught
four passes for 191 yards. He was
the recipient of fourth-string quar
terback Orlando Evans’ 95-yard
touchdown bomb.
“Cy is playing with a renewed
attitude about football,” Bellotti
said. “He has gotten stronger and
has been healthy and looks to be
ready to contribute.”
Starting tailback Jermaine
Hanspard, who had to stay in
town for the scrimmage instead of
competing with the men’s track
team at the prestigious Mount San
Antonio College Relays, ran for
two yards on six carries.
The absences of secondary
members Gary Barker and Rashad
Bauman, who were nursing minor
injuries, hurt the defense.
The defense could only muster
two forced turnovers, compared
with the three touchdowns and
two field goals for the offense.
Oregon will scrimmage again
next weekend, before culminating
its month of workouts With the an
nual Spring Game on April 29 at
Autzen Stadium.
Kent lands top assistant coach
■ Oregon fills idle assistant
coaching position with the
hiring of 22-year veteran
Scott Duncan
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
At last, the staff is complete.
When Don Newman left the
Ducks to become an assistant
coach for the NBA’s Milwaukee
Bucks back in September, it left a
void in the Oregon basketball
coaching staff.
Seven months later, that vacan
cy has been filled. On Friday, Ore
gon head coach Ernie Kent an
nounced the hiring of Scott
Duncan, who has 22 years of expe
rience as a major college assistant
coach.
Duncan is highly respected in
the coaching ranks and has been a
part of Division I-A programs that
have qualified for postseason play
11 times in the past 16 years. Most
recently, Duncan was an assistant
at Clemson.
He is best
known for his
recruiting skills.
Last November,
he was a major
part in helping
Clemson land
four of the na
tion’s top 100 recruits.
“I was looking for someone who
would be able to take our recruit
ing success to the next level,”
Kent said in a released statement.
“He has been successful at every
level throughout his coaching ca
reer.”
Duncan first became aware of
the tradition of Oregon basketball
after working at a summer camp at
McArthur Court in 1977.
“Eugene is a great basketball at
mosphere, maybe one of the best
five places to play in the country,”
Duncan said. “It has captured the
attention of a national audience.”
But why leave a conference that
includeS*the likes of North Caroli
na, Duke and Wake Forest?
“I’m sure there will be some
people who would ask why I
would leave the [A.C.C.] for the
Pac-10,” Duncan said. “The an
swer is Ernie Kent. He is a giant in
our profession right now.”
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