10 hours ago10 hr No. This article is behind a paywall.A Huskie fan asks; Why is Oregon Coach Dan Lanning rarely mentioned as a candidate for some BIGGER-NAME schools that have lost coaches, such as Penn St., LSU and even Florida? As a Washington season ticket holder of nearly 50 years, it would not bother me to see him go down the road to another school! -Rob M -Jon Wilner answers; Lanning has been clear about his desire to remain in Eugene, both because Oregon offers him the resources to win at the highest level and because his family is happy. In fact, he put his money where his mouth is upon signing a contract extension in 2023 (that has since been amended): The deal includes a massive buyout of $20 million, suggesting Lanning was content with the terms that most schools with vacancies would consider exorbitant. Essentially, he took himself off the market. In exchange, Oregon offered more security and more money, with a deal that was worth roughly 7 million annually at the time but has since been amended (to approximately $11 million). The Ducks have a first rate coach who wants to stay so they moved aggressively to keep him.That said, he's not a forever coach in Eugene. At some point he'll look elsewhere. There are only a few jobs that might lure Lanning away - Georgia is probably atop that list - but if the right NFL franchise has a vacancy in coming years, he could very well be tempted.I certainly enjoy all the misery the loser Huskie fans have for all things Ducks!
10 hours ago10 hr Moderator No. 2 minutes ago, sports fan said:At some point he'll look elsewhere.Maybe, maybe NOT!!!3 minutes ago, sports fan said:I certainly enjoy all the misery the loser Huskie fans have for all things Ducks!On that we can all agree.SCO Ducks
10 hours ago10 hr No. 30 minutes ago, sports fan said:but if the right NFL franchise has a vacancy in coming years, he could very well be tempted.“My next goal on there was ‘Head coach, 35.’ I wanted to be a head coach, and I thought that was really important to me. Well, I became the head coach of Oregon at 35. The next goal on there is NFL coach,” Lanning shared, before dropping a major truth bomb. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. It’s off my board, and it’ll never be up there again.”“When I took this job [at Oregon], I made a promise to my kids that they’re going to graduate from the same high school, middle school. Those things are way more important to me than getting the opportunity to coach in the NFL. I used to have that dream; that’s not a dream of mine anymore. I truly believe this will be my last job,” Lanning concluded.The SportsRushOregon HC Dan Lanning Reveals He Will Never Dream of Bein...University of Oregon head coach Dan Lanning revealed that he will never pursue a job in the NFL for two big reasons.Sorry puppies, Coach Lanning seems like he plans to be in Eugene for a LONG TIME… Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by OregonDucks
8 hours ago8 hr Administrator No. 1 hour ago, OregonDucks said:Sorry puppies, Coach Lanning seems like he plans to be in Eugene for a LONG TIME…It's not FOREVER, it will just SEEM that way... Mr. FishDuck
6 hours ago6 hr No. 4 hours ago, OregonDucks said:“My next goal on there was ‘Head coach, 35.’ I wanted to be a head coach, and I thought that was really important to me. Well, I became the head coach of Oregon at 35. The next goal on there is NFL coach,” Lanning shared, before dropping a major truth bomb. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. It’s off my board, and it’ll never be up there again.”“When I took this job [at Oregon], I made a promise to my kids that they’re going to graduate from the same high school, middle school. Those things are way more important to me than getting the opportunity to coach in the NFL. I used to have that dream; that’s not a dream of mine anymore. I truly believe this will be my last job,” Lanning concluded.What has also become quite interesting is how College Coaches and NFL Coaches don't really overlap anymore. If you want to be an NFL coach now you work your way up the ranks through the NFL, and that might mean you coach a position at college for a while but you move up into the NFL the first chance you get to start moving up the NFL ranks. College coaches are pretty much the same, just circling around colleges and moving up the ranks. Sure there are exceptions... Tosh Lupoi was a position coach in the NFL become he made his return to college at Oregon but to get to the NFL he arguably took himself down a rank from DC (at Bama though he may have already been demoted, his time as DC at Bama wasn't great) to position coach. Then there are the catastrophic failures to make the jump. We all know the Urban Myer failure taking over the Jags after being one of the best college coaches. And now Bill Belichick is underwater at North Carolina and he is considered one of the best coaches in the NFL of all time. Both leagues are the same sport but they might as well not be because they have shockingly little interaction in terms of talent pool. I'm not saying Lanning wouldn't be successful in the NFL but he seems built for college football.
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