David Marsh

Joe Salva'e is sticking around for now by the look of it. Everyone else is leaving at some point in the near future. BMac may follow MC or he may not... It will be interesting to see. Tough I think at best he is a co-oc ... I think with a new HC who is defensive we need a very solid OC with a stronger offensive coordinator background than BMac who has done it but not for a long stretch of time.

I've been on the Lane Train ... I can change it to the Dan Van. I think it is a good hire to counter some of the other hires in the conference... Namely Riley. I really really really want to know who the OC will be. The defense I feel will be set. It's got good bones in a good group of players. The offense also has a good base of players... They just need to be used correctly to get the most out of them. Get an OC to do it .. and we are in the hunt for the playoff right away. Cristobal left the Ducks with a pretty good roster... Just need someone to use the players and push them to their potential now... Which may not have happened with MC anyway.

Yeah.. he may leave at the end of the season or more likely next season. But he didn't even entertain jobs most people would consider better than Oregon. Just this year Notre Dame, Oklahoma, LSU, USC, and Florida were all open... He didn't even consider any of those. Last year Texas was available and he didn't even consider it. He is another mid west or east coast guy... All those jobs are more interesting than Oregon. He may change his interest after what happens with the playoff... He did also lose to Georgia last year in a bowl game and that was a meh Georgia team.

He has been announced as the hire but I don't think he will be officially hired until Monday. I am sure he will be recruiting, making calls and doing some visits. Only one week until signing day and he can make use of that week recruiting. Then he goes and coaches for game prep... Then for the second signing period he is all Oregon. Not ideal but he could certainly make it work. I am also sure that Mullens and Knight already talked about this with him and they have a plan.

He's not leaving Cincinnati... He made the playoff and even if he was interested he wouldn't leave his team till after the playoff... We can't wait that long. Yes... I know Lanning will coach the playoff game but there is a big difference from being a DC and leaving and a head coach and leaving whole still trying to coach. Also Cinci is going to the big-12 soon... The job gets a bit better. Fickle was never going to be an option. You are in your right to not like the hire but we were never getting Fickle.

Not sure who Lanning will go after. Someone he knows already or someone completely new to him? Though in truth he can't really model Oregon's offense off of Georgia because one thing became blatantly clear... If Georgia is in a shootout they are going to lose. Need an OC who can put up more points with a more explosive offense. Georgia is built on a defense that stops the opposing offense in it's tracks and allows their offense to punish the other team all day. I'm fine with that ... I'd just like that offense to be able to score on demand because it's that good.

And a QB that can throw more than 3 yards down the field when it is 3rd and 8... That would help too.

We need a top 20 class this year... With all the chaos a good not great class is acceptable. Fill what we need from the transfer portal and we'll be ok. The biggest thing right now fri Lanning is to keep the current roster intact. There is loads of youth on it and it will be hitting its peak in the next year or two... Take advantage of it by not losing it.

Being as Lanning is a defensive coach I doubt he'd get too involved with an offensive coordinator. We don't fully know how much influence MC had on the offense ... But next year will be telling. Especially if we get past that 35 points per game hump.

Lanning does kinda counter Riley ... Riley's offense had to contend with at least one good defense in the conference now. Also Oregon had a better roster of players right now too.

UW got a coach with one year head coaching expirence... Maybe two if I recall. Oregon gets a bigger name, a better recruiter and more potential upside due to his age. Next comes the big hires. Need a good offensive coordinator now.

Good for him... I feel bad for the guy the way Miami treated him.

Maybe not be able to pass a ball beyond three yards though...

That's what happens when the recruiting class is a top ten class and the coach leaves ... Every single recruit is highly sought after so they can choose and they don't want to be left out if having any choices if they don't like the new HC. If we had a low ranked class probably wouldn't see much change. Now... The more important number is the transfer portal number. Right now there is only 1 by my count since MC has left. Keeping that number down is critical to the next year and a new coach's success. As long as oregon ends the recruiting class ideally in the top 20 and maybe pick up some good transfers we're in good shape. Not ideal... But good. Gotta bring in a big time recruiter and some good assistant coaches and coordinators.

Who wants what in particular?

FSU is a hot mess right now and will take years to fully unravel. We have a solid stable of skill players who need the right OC to unlock their full potential. With the right hire next year can be very telling as to MC's level of control over the offense.

What if this is a crazy SET of hires? A HC, DC, and an OC all at once to make the dream team? Highly unlikely... But hey ... It would be interesting.

Until someone who actually covers the Ducks reports the hire, I am going to be skeptical. Yesterday it was a UCLA person and an ESPN person who said it was Chip. Today it is an Atlanta paper saying it is Lanning. Not a word out of any Oregon sources to date...

And Taggart didn't even coach his own bowl game... But also.. 2/4 coaches have made it to a National Championship game too.

I don't know exactly... but there are some interesting examples where students transfer pretty quickly after signing. I believe (and I may be wrong) but a student athlete after signing a LoI can ask the school to be released for no real consequences but they can't use the transfer portal at that time. I believe a student athlete must actually enroll with a school before they can transfer.

Yes... but they would be a walk-on in status. However, the liklihood a player who would get NIL money would be a walk-on is rather low. Then if they are that good they are going to be getting a scholarship from their own school so that they don't lose them. But yes... it is theoretically possible for a walk-on to get NIL money for them to live off of.

I didn't even have time to discuss the back channeling going on with the Portal right now. Which is also a huge concern for coaches and programs alike. There is absolutely a ton of risk for anyone who uses the portal and that in itself is fair but I guess is there too much risk for some players who enter it? Should there be a window where a player can enter but not surrender their current scholarship? That is a tough question because if a player wants to leave a team for better opportunities then there is a sense that their team would like nothing to do with them.

I'd take Ubren Myer over Gruden.

I heard that UCLA has offered chip an extension now. Probably a good amount of the smoke today was made to get UCLA to to work to get an extension out for Kelly. I'll try and find the tweet/link ... But that also makes a lot of sense.

In January it's down to 0... But we can't wait till then. There won't be a recruiting class or much if a team left.