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Sounds like perhaps UW is not showing a lot of confidence in Huard taking over.

I don't know anything about these guys, I'll be eager to read about any official profile articles that will come out about them.

If Lanning flips Darris Smith, that might deter Cyrus Moss from considering Oregon.

That's a downer, he has the size and potential to be a really good DT for Oregon. He should at least wait and see who is the DL coach before making a decision.

Now THAT'S some serious shade lol

Harrison Taggart will sign with Oregon tomorrow I like this kid. He's a faster linebacker than anyone Oregon currently has on the roster and would potentially help in coverage which was a significant weakness in this season's defense.

This places a rather large importance on retaining as many of the best recruiters on the old staff as possible...McClendon, Mastro, also Salave'a. It would be great if Mirabal stays but I know that's highly unlikely.

That's nice of them to do that. Now the question is going to be whether they'll all be able to focus on the bowl game since a lot of them are on other jobs now.

I could see McGee becoming more of a slot receiver, I think he has the skills for it.

The RB room is crowded, I was half expecting at least one back to transfer even if Mario hadn't left.

Only if we want 2* recruit's at db. Rod Chance runs circles around Lake when it comes to recruiting.

Hmm, this might mean that he won't retain Joe Salave'a? Joe's not quite as good as a recruiter as Lupoi but I think he's a better DL coach.

Josh Pate is always interesting to listen to. He brings up some good points in how Mario structured and recruited the Oregon program, making is very inviting for SEC coaches looking for new digs. In theory it sounds like it makes it an easier situation for Dan Lanning to get started quickly.

It's the same scenario as when Taggart left with less than two weeks before early signing and it took a few days before it was decided Mario would be the head coach. By that time a lot of recruits decommited but he was able to salvage a high ranking class (I think 13?). If Lanning can recover a top 15 recruiting class by the time the regular signing period ends, I'd consider that a huge success.

I don't think you can really compare Utah to Alabama...

Ooh ooh me me

I highly doubt Chip would take a step down to OC when he's still a HC. UCLA still wants him around after all.

If that's true then that's not a good start for Mario.

I don't think Haener needed to apologize. His reasoning made sense to try the transfer portal and follow his old coach.

How do we do that? When MC announced his departure Lincoln Riley already moved to USC, Brian Kelly to LSU, etc...a lot of dominos already fell leaving Oregon with the scraps. In the current climate, even BYU is playing hardcore defense by giving a big extension to Sitake. It's not a normal time right now when it comes to hiring coaches.

Or that the candidate pool we want is really shallow right now. Oregon's HC search is pretty late in the game right now since the other big programs have already found their guys. The timing of MC's departure has really hamstrung the search in my opinion. I don't think it's a huge step down to pick up someone of Lanning's caliber. He's one of, if not the best assistant coach in the nation right now.

It would definitely be intriguing to see him come onboard...if Lanning were to mold Oregon to a sub-10 ppg super defense? Now that would be pretty awesome.

For the sake of speculation though....if Oregon were to go with a first time HC hire, Lanning certainly would be a top candidate. The game against Alabama not withstanding, Georgia has had an extremely stingy defense this year...allowing only 9.5 ppg this season so far. It would also at some interesting subplots given that Oregon and Georgia play next season

The only thing we can say for sure is that Oregon has been doing a good job of controlling the flow of information out of their offices, no one really knows anything....it's all rumors and conjecture until we hear it directly from Mullens' mouth.

Absolutely. But I understand why he'd take it, it's another "going home" scenario since he was at Nevada for so many years previously.