The Kamikaze Kid

Remember back in the Chip Kelly days when we'd be all excited about some super stud receiver or defensive end about to sign only to flip last second to USC? Didn't really matter then, won't really matter now.

Yes, both Gators and Hurricanes will return to dominance, just not how they expect.

Losing a few of guys loyal to the old regime is inevitable. The good news is the new coach is the best subplot to the playoffs for the next few weeks. While the new staff starts taking shape expect some great interviews with Lanning being broadcast into every recruit in the country's living room about loyalty to the players and the integrity to finish what you started. This may be the best recruiting/ portal opportunity the UO has had in ages. Expect Lanning's gravitational pull to be felt in February.

Short term Mario: Physicality blah blah blah. Long term Lanning: Player development, on field results.

Now I'm wondering if the conservative bend don't break D was Mario's plan as well. I don't recall DeRuyter's Cal defenses being that soft. That team had way too many great players at all levels to be so bad on third downs all year against everybody.

Throw in a couple NIT levels to this and 48 teams could have a playoff experience. Put the first two rounds at upper seeded home games and the second two rounds at bowl venues and the money flows for everybody.

Oregon's record this year had less to do with Mario's coaching than it did with Dye consistently turning five yard loses into five yard gains. I haven't seen a running back have to juke, evade and power forward for yardage like that since Barry Sanders. The Ducks wouldn't have broken .500 this year without him.

If the Ducks play AB instead of showing what the other QBs have, what other choice would the new staff have but to bring in a proven QB that has excelled in this system? To me. it looks like the outgoing staff is dropping the ball to the bitter end.

The biggest story in UO recruiting will be who does or doesn't sign early with other teams. Seems like DL has reached out to the group and has asked them to at least wait until he can show them his coaching staff, game plan for the future and how they play a part of the vision. Seems like most haven;t signed elsewhere yet so I'd call that a success so far.

If DL has no film on his young QBs, how can he not grab an experienced QB in the portal?

I hope this is a complementary start for AB then turn the kids loose! I'd think the in coming coaches would want to see what they have to work with at QB to see if they need to portal some help or not.

Have fun with three power plunges and a cloud of punt.

Have you heard of a guy named Justin Herbert?

I just want to see some good football and root for the Ducks to come out on top. Do we really want to see them to sneak into the playoffs because the rest of the conference sucks? Where's the fun in that?

I don't mean to tell DL how to do his job but this needs to get done yesterday!

Now I wonder if Moorhead opens up the offense full throttle at the Alamo just to revive his reputation as an offensive wiz.

Also if Mario stayed, we'd be stuck forking out 8 mil a year to watch players leave the team and his brand of snooze ball. Thank you Miami!

It's almost surprising how not surprising his explanation is. I think if Mario had stayed, there would have been an exodus of offensive players.

I hope Dan the man told Seven that he sees many explosion plays in his future as a Duck.

I remember that 3rd grade basketball team. They were no joke!

Mario seemed to embrace Vince Lombardi ball and just pound the other team long enough and get out with a win. Lanning seems to embrace dominating the other team in all phases and the wins will follow. I know which one I prefer.

I think we may be way under estimating the gravitational pull of The best D coordinator in the country coming out to Nike U.

I think we got the guy that could talk a velociraptor into playing for the Ducks.

It's hard not to believe that Mario had mentally checked out on his Ducks gig even before the first Utah game when the playoffs were still in play. He obviously was checked out when the Rose Bowl was in play. Lanning's character in finishing what he started at UGA adds another level of upgrade in my opinion.

Fuskies will now have just enough hope to be gut punched by their yearly beat down. USC will now have enough cred to give the Ducks that coveted quality win.