I am thrilled with the success Lanning and company are having! It was a terrific hire and indeed we wouldn’t have got him had Coach Wilcox accepted the position.
Justin has proven he has some great coaching chops in his stints with Petersen as well as bringing optimism to a Cal program with very limited resources.
i am not wishing, at this point that he had accepted the position in Eugene, but I would not suggest that he wouldn’t have done very well in Eugene! I see him as a very gritty gritty defensive minded coach similar to Whittingham.
What success might have he had in Eugene with the facilities and resources? I choose to believe that he would have done well. We’ll never know. I think the downside and microscope of being a hometown coach must have been a very large influence on his decision.
Go Ducks!!