Gusduck71

Charles, Love the forum! The main reason is the civility. Things are discussed politely and disagreements are always civil, it will keep me coming back!😀

Man, the Troy boys are more than a little butt-hurt about Pleasant! I had to laugh at the guy calling Eugene and the UO garbage, how mature of him!

Love what I read in the Oregonian today about N'Flay being willing to come off the bench because guys in front of him are playing better, he is a consummate team player! Hopefully some of the younger players are taking note.

Special teams was one of the Ducks weakest links. I don't know much about Coach Powledge but if he was one of the ST coaches hopefully Coach Lanning can make an improvement. I believe our first year coach over-looked this crucial aspect of having a complete football team.

And let's not forget Doug "Cowboy" Little!

One of my alltime favortite Ducks is Greg Ballard. He quietly went about being a great basketball player, maybe the GOAT at Oregon.

I want some stud pass rushers!

I thought both those guys were great this year but I don't know their status. What do you guys know?

I believe Coach Lanning will be open for input from a variety of sources and it will be his call to make. No matter what, I trust his decision will be to make the Ducks better!

I hate to see Kenny D. leave but I believe he can be replaced. The Ducks have very good players on their offensive roster and many OC's would love to coach them. I honestly think a solid defensive coordinator is harder to come by and more valuable.

Terrible performance! Tosh Lupoi being a good recruiter will not get the job done. Letting the beavers run wild was so painful to watch when everyone knew waht was coming. Do I need to mention Special Teams?

Holy crap! I thought it was 212!

How about a Nike NIL deal or a Pape' Cat NIL! Help me out here guys!

Coach Lanning is a first year head coach as we all know, he was outfoxed by a veteran! Penix throwing for 400+ yards and the Ducks rushing for 200+ and still losing shows me that DeBoer and staff knew exactly what they were doing. Coach Lanning will learn from this. In the meantime, we need a pass rush!

Mike Bellotti and Chip Kelly come to mind. Bellotti was not ready to retire and despite Chip's success I think the Ducks made a mistake. Mike was finding good OCs and developing them which is what a head coach does. Being the HC is totally different than being a OC or DC. I say we stick with Lanning and hope Kenny stays for at least three years.