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I wondered that as well.

Whew- those canes fans are one salty bunch.

I am sure Crepea will be more than happy to ask Dan about it tomorrow night at his presser.

Something to remember, Dan's chief of staff, Marshal Malchow came to UO from aTm. There's a reason he left, it's a toxic environment.

He may address it privately with the team and they are pretty well schooled on what's for public consumption. The internal media people at UO keep a good handle on things.

This is what happens when you don't cultivate your brand and that train left the station for OS 15 years ago.

Agree- don't fan the flames. Focus on what's at hand.

Had planned to join and was looking forward to meeting this crew. Unfortunately a positive covid test altered those plans. 😏 I will be there in spirit as well as in Autzen on Saturday night. Hope everyone has a great time and that we are celebrating a big win!

1000% agree. Dan knew when he took the job that the defense needed an overhaul. That was discussed fully during the interview process. He knew what he had to do to fix it. Is he 100% there? Probably not but he is close. The recruiting class coming in with Rushing et al will help to further solidify his vision for what the defense should look like. I am not a football savant in anyway compared to most of you here but my eyes certainly are telling me that defense is so much better. The previous regime never spent much time recruiting or coaching on defense IMO. I know everyone loved Joe Salavea but he was not a good coach or recruiter.

This is truly a special time. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Did Hutson redshirt? I had heard he had an injury but also pretty sure I saw him suited up on the sidelines at Utah. Was going to ask if Tez has another year and it sounds like he does. Was not sure. Good to know.

The exchange between DL and Crepea about the penalties was golden. If you watch the whole post game presser you will see it. I am sure they heard about it yesterday and will certainly hear about it today at practice.

I have heard via the rumor mill that Smith might be considering his future options.

Can’t imagine Dan will let the team think this is a ‘layup’. Just my perspective based on what I have seen thus far and let’s not forget the crowd will be pretty juiced by 7:30.

Remember when we thought Brady Hoke and Don Pellum were the worst DCs we'd ever seen?

Musgrave was fired last year by Wilcox and is now an offensive assistant with the Browns.

100% accurate and it was not just about assistant coaches, it also was about how he had to recruit and who he had to hire to run his recruiting program. There was a reason for the stipulations/requirements. It was known beforehand that he would turn it down if there were stipulations and requirements, and that would then give both Oregon and Wilcox a way to gracefully 'exit'. The search committee which consisted of several people (and NOT just that 'big donor') who did not want JW from the very beginning. They had their eye on one candidate the whole time based on what I was told by people with direct knowledge of what transpired. One of the people with direct knowledge also indicated that the interview with JW was referred to internally as a 'courtesy interview'. I like Justin. I think he is a great guy and certainly comes from a family of great DUCKS but in no way would he have been the right fit for Oregon.

I am superstitious so I am not going to weigh in on this.😉

Seems there are some rumors circulating that Grinch will be gone at the end of the season no matter what happens. Darn, I think he’s a great D coordinator.😉😉

East Bay DD- agree with your sentiments on why Dan is recruiting quality edge and dline guys and I think that is why he is pushing so hard to get Rushing. I think he sees him as the prototypical kind of guy to fully fit his scheme along with Tuioti and Uiagalelei

I've had an opportunity to talk with Nick on a couple of occasions. He likes Dan a lot and thinks he will do just fine. I agree too with the sentiments about Ken Woody. Don't dislike the guy in anyway but find his analysis to always be a bit too caustic. It's certainly fair to point out what doesn't work but I find he rarely points out what does.

Here's a great example of why Dan might be 'distracted'. I imagine he has a pretty singular focus this week and what Michigan is doing or did is probably not at the top of his list. I get it involved Oregon (and Georgia when he was there) but not sure what it has to do with Utah. Just sayin' James Crepea @JamesCrepea · 55m Dan Lanning said he didn’t have a lot of thoughts on Michigan in-game scouting Oregon last season: “Ultimately, I think that’ll all sort itself out.” Re: if anything was unusual about 2021 Orange Bowl vs Michigan after it scouted SECCG: “I just remember the result of that game.”

EB DuckDad- thanks for the call out. You nailed exactly what I should have more clearly said. DL saves his fire and brimstone for the right times. Taking questions from Crepea and others, which I honestly think he does far more respectfully than his predecessor has to be hard. By the end of the day I am sure Dan is ready to unwind just like all the rest of us. Only thing is Dan's job is 24x7 now and is that way until the ink is dry on NLIs on the that first Wednesday in February. In reality Dan never really gets a reprieve other than a couple of weeks in July when he goes on vacation.

Honestly, I think we're reading too much into things. I am 1000% guilty of doing the same thing at times (a lot) as well. Dan puts in 16-18 hour days. When his 'football coach' day is over Dan heads home and is a husband and father to three boys so his day is not really over once he leaves his office. He is a passionate guy and he knows very well he is in a very good situation. I have been told by several people inside the AD Dan is the first of the last three coaches who truly realizes what he has. Just as a point of reference his predecessor's pressers were so lacking in any emotion that it was often hard to watch. I sort of detected last week that he might have had a cold. My $.02 take is no one has clipped his wings and if I had to sit down and take questions from Crepea I might be a little weary too.

First item of business- Acho talks a lot and says very little. Clicks vs substance (hmmm, seems I have heard that one before 😉) USC seems to be in a world of hurt with football right now. The post game episode with none of the players showing up and Riley blaming the officials was a really bad look. Caleb sitting on the bench and not exchanging post game handshakes was bad. I hope DL does not allow that sort of thing. The AD who spent big money on LR is gone under rather messy circumstances but that's a discussion for another day (remember the pronouncement of said AD that the LR hire would change the landscape of college football?) and now Jen Cohen has this mess to clean up. LR also has a big decision to make soon and that is what does he do with Alex Grinch. Grinch is his buddy and let's be honest no one likes to fire their buddy but he may have to. Like Mr. Fischer, I never said I was noble.