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!

😁

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!

Without being in the coaches room and without any backdrop......

We could consider these promotions were made to keep them from leaving Oregon to take possible promotions at Cal and Kentucky?

Doesn't diminish that both our new DC and OC aren't extremely qualified. Remember only 2 players with remaining eligibility left for the NFL.

Those who remained knew who their OC or DC was going to be. Speaks volumes to me.

GO Ducks.......

A few other thoughts... I don't remember seeing an annoucement of the new QB or Edge coaches but frankly I have been so busy with end of semester finals and grading that it is amazing I have kept up with anything.

But... looking at the updated coaching roster shows some interesting things.

https://goducks.com/sports/football/coaches

Quarterbacks coach is Koa Ka'ai which was predicted to just get the promotion from within and it looks like the new edge coach is Kamran Araghi. both appear to be promotions from within. Lanning is certainly betting on himself and what he already has on staff.

If it doesn't work out then I could see Lanning making some big moves in terms of coaches... but I am not feeling as confident about these two position coach promotions from within. Edges didn't produce enough last year.

5 hours ago, MicroBurst61 said:

Ten-Win Dan

"Dan's baker's dozens" is Moore like it.

In regard to the new OC, it is quite telling when Sadiq thanked everyone on his way out EXCEPT Stein.

For me these promotions make sense. It's the natural next step.

DL is a type of coach players want to play for, and coaches want to be with.

I'm sure when Drew and Chris were hired they were led to believe the possibility of moving up was real.

As far as trusting DL's choices, he has proven to get the best players available regardless of who he already has, I'm sure it's the same with his coaching staff.

I will take the recruiting track record, and experience on defense, for Hampton as DC. On offensive , we are solid at QB, RB, TE, and receiver. Give me the play book and I could probably call games for at least 9 wins with this roster.

Might be a little rough running practices though.

I think that what happens behind closed doors has a lot to do with promoting from within. DL has listened to these guys break down film, and make suggestions on how to approach game situations from both of these guys.

He is satisfied, I will be content to watch. But, if they need me, I am available.

Just as a gentle reminder to this conversation, much of what is being discussed here has been in place at Oregon long before Dan Lanning was born.

Beginning with the program’s emergence during the Brooks/Bellotti era, it became increasingly apparent that much of our new success had its roots in the almost unheard of reliable longevity of its coaching staff, part of which was due to hiring from within. Not only recruits, but their coaches valued that they could rely upon the guy(s) making the pitch not going anywhere.

From that perspective, Lanning is just beginning to tap into that part of Oregon’s DNA, and building upon something long in place, the value of which he is beginning to realize is a core element of the program’s foundation and success.

What other way could he interpret the consistent, overriding message from both recruits and transfers that what they’ve found of value above all else at Oregon is a sense of family they’ve seen no where else?

Our national recognition certainly makes for higher visibility than in those earlier days, and it’s to be expected and applauded that Lanning expects and encourages his coordinators to move on to head coaching positions.

But, the media/fan driven hoopla of believing “Big Name” replacement hires is the only way to go is just that: razzle-dazzle. It’s from the consistency and trust that Oregon is built upon that makes us who we are today.

Dan gets that.

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