Devoted Duck fans who follow the football team closely have been impressed with the superb hiring of assistants by Dan Lanning over the years. It truly seems that with many new assistant coaches hired–he improved the position that was already coached well. But I had to pause after downloading a superb betting app, the MelBet iOS app to reflect upon ...

Continuity? Lanning's Hiring Success is Put to the Test

Thank you, Charles, for the in-depth look at OBD's new OC and DC.

In Dan (except, perhaps, for the final game of the season plan 🤔), we trust.

Two interesting hires. Other coaches Dan has hired have gone elsewhere for bigger jobs: Dilly, Will Stein, and Tosh. Why not move on up from within? Especially when both are excellent recruiters. The grass is damn green in Eugene.

It will be interesting to compare these two promotions with Matt Campbell bringing in Penn State alum D'Anton Lynn as his DC and Riley's hiring of College Hall of Fame coach Gary Patterson to replace Lynn.

I hope the promotions are validated and that Dan, Drew, Chris, and tens of thousands of Ducks fans will flock to Las Vegas for the title game on January 25, 2027.

I know it's "counter" to the norm. But, what is the "norm" in the wild wild West of NFL-Lite. I happen to really Like this approach.

I seem to remember when DL was hired, that one of the changes made at the administration level was creation and hiring of several more "support" positions for the organization. OBD has more staff now more than ever before.

Having the luxury of multiple co-"coordinators" allows to have a multi-year "job interview" to see how these individuals adapt and succeed in this system. Obviously these individuals that come and coach at Oregon; Are having individual success just based on the growing, albeit short, coaching tree under DL.

A "BIG" name hire does Not equal guaranteed success. (Brady Hoke anyone?). And a smalltime/unknown hire, sometimes is a home run! (Chip Kelly/Dan Lanning per example).

If this transition goes smoothly and the Ducks don't miss a beat then you might just see this approach, mimicked, by other top programs in the country.

Ten-Win Dan has my confidence and hope for this program at an all time high! So, until I see "epic season fails" (and NO I do Not see the past two losses in the playoffs as "epic fails"...not even close, but that's another discussion), I shall stand by "In Dan We Trust".

Oregon Ducks Football ROCKS!

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In the case of Mehringer, it almost seems that he took a step down on his career path to be at Oregon. He had coached QBs, been passing game coordinator, been a WR coach and operated as as OC already. To come to Oregon to coach...tight ends?

This was a step of diversification in his career, but he was clearly taking a step down to join Oregon--to be able to take a step up later. Ditto with Hampton, as he went from a DC to a Co-DC and defensive backs coach.

I failed to look at the big picture of how they viewed this for their careers. They could have been stuck at Oregon in the role they took, but they had the confidence that their talents would be recognized and they would be elevated in the end.

Well as Dan Lanning has said, on numerous occasions, that he wants the individual success for his coaches and staff, as he does for the young men that play under his tutelage.

The burgeoning coaching tree speaks highly of this approach.

OBD rocks!