With Coach Stein taking on the HC position at Kentucky, speculation with start about who the next Oregon OC is.

Right off the top, I don’t think Chip Kelly is coming back in any capacity. I also don’t expect Coach Lanning to promote from within. I could be wrong, but Lanning in two hires hasn’t hired/promoted a coach with no play calling experience.

Three guys I could see as candidates are:

• Corey Dennis (UNLV OC)

• Dean Kennedy (JMU OC)

• Buster Faulkner (GT OC)

These three run offense similar to what is already ran at Oregon. Lanning has made it pretty clear with his first two hires what the style of offense he wants is.

There’s also who seems to be the fan favorite, Jordan Davis (North Texas OC). I think the two systems are too different for him to be the guy, but they could find a way to mesh them.

Coach Lanning could also hire someone none of us are thinking about.

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15 minutes ago, Eric Boles said:

Coach Lanning could also hire someone none of us are thinking about.

I bet this will happen!!!

Lanning has shown that his little black book is well refined... trust the process.

6 minutes ago, woundedknees said:

Lanning has shown that his little black book is well refined... trust the process.

I have zero doubt Lanning hires the right guy.

2 hours ago, Eric Boles said:

Buster Faulkner (GT OC)

Don't know how likely this would be but this guy would be a real coup. He was a star offensive analyst behind the curtain for Georgia's two recent Natties (with OC Todd Monken perhaps getting more credit than he deserved, though he was good). He deserves a lot of credit for molding a mid-level talent base into a formidable offense at Georgia Tech, This is a hire I could get behind enthusiastically.

There’s also Mack Leftwich, the Texas Tech OC. I think his system would integrate well into what Oregon already does. He also uses some veer and shoot sets.

11 hours ago, Eric Boles said:

There’s also who seems to be the fan favorite, Jordan Davis (North Texas OC). I think the two systems are too different for him to be the guy, but they could find a way to mesh them.

Curious why you think this. From the little I’ve seen of North Texas, they run a spread offense with the QB in the shotgun and seem to hit a lot of big passes down the field. I also saw a lot of 2 back formations and some RPO plays.

I didn’t see many heavy sets or QB under center, in my very limited observations, but perhaps that is something that Lanning would insist he added.

1 hour ago, OregonDucks said:

Curious why you think this. From the little I’ve seen of North Texas, they run a spread offense with the QB in the shotgun and seem to hit a lot of big passes down the field. I also saw a lot of 2 back formations and some RPO plays.

I didn’t see many heavy sets or QB under center, in my very limited observations, but perhaps that is something that Lanning would insist he added.

While they are both most shotgun based spread offenses, they are quite different schematically.

The North Texas offense is very much an air raid system, while Oregon has run a pro-style spread with a lot of west coast offense principles.

Oregon has had much more variety in their run game too. At least from what I’ve seen from North Texas. Oregon also use quite a bit of multi TE and FB sets.

And it’s not that I don’t think he’s capable of meshing the systems — Kliff Kingsbury has evolved his in the NFL — I just don’t know if Lanning hires outside the system he’s hired the last two guys to run. I could be totally wrong though.

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This is a good read from a guy I haven't seen before. He states that DL and Malchow have likely been anticipating this for months and probably have a short list already.

He has some of the same outside candidates as Eric along with a couple intriguing ones. He lays out the coaching pedigree and potential fit of each.

And he has a list of who won't be considered, starting with the Chipster, who he succinctly dismisses as not a fit for Oregon.

How about Jamarcus Sheppard? I hear…oh wait, he doesn’t have play calling experience. Not qualified. 😜

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2 minutes ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

How about Jamarcus Sheppard? I hear…oh wait, he doesn’t have play calling experience. Not qualified.

I don’t know if it makes you unqualified, it just hasn’t been the pattern.

And didn’t he just get a HC position?

8 minutes ago, Eric Boles said:

I don’t know if it makes you unqualified, it just hasn’t been the pattern.

And didn’t he just get a HC position?

Was more of a Beavis slam, not aimed at you my man!

As far as I can tell, Beavis hired an HC who has never been responsible for play calling, which is hilarious to me.

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Chip Kelly return to Oregon? No, never, not now

Though it may have been partly scapegoating, reports out of Sin City suggested cognitive decline, as if Kelly had lost his grip on the game and the intricate details of the job. He was calling plays the team hadn't practiced, plays from another time and place, or so the story went.

Sports love a redemption story, but Kelly's won't be written at UO. He doesn't fit the meticulous, cooperative, player-led, team-oriented process of the operation.He's always been a bit of a maverick, a terse, outspoken loner who goes his own way. The mantra in Eugene is FEBU. Kelly's focus is more singular than that.

If he wants it he'll have another opportunity in football because of the brilliance he's displayed in the past, but in no way is he a fit at Oregon on the staff of Dan Lanning, in a program with a much different focus and stamp.

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Chip Kelly return to Oregon? No, never, not now

Fans love redemption stories and tidy solutions. Chip Kelly was recently fired in Las Vegas, and the Ducks need a new offensive coordinator.

During Chip’s glory days at Oregon. Thanks for the memories, but today? No thanks.

9 minutes ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

Was more of a Beavis slam, not aimed at you my man!

As far as I can tell, Beavis hired an HC who has never been responsible for play calling, which is hilarious to me.

Oh no, that’s fine! I thought maybe I had news mixed up with Sheppard.

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