eu GENE and ORY gun

 

So many people who have not been here fail that elementary test.

 

This Lanning guy has a vocabulary, ideas based on experience and a presence that few people, not just coaches, acquire.  The most important question was about his age.  Paraphrasing, "How does a young pers like yourself get to where you are today?"  He said: "I'm a good listener."

 

Next most important question: "How will you go about chosing your staff?"  Answer: "When I was a graduate assistant at Arizona State I started puting down names on that Notes App in the iPhone."

 

We're in for an exciting ride.

 

Yes, totally agree.

Mature beyond his years.

His experience may be limited,  but it certainly has been storied.

He has had some great coaches to emulate.

I also am thrilled to hear him talk about hiring "teachers", not coaches.

 

I'm hopeful for early success. 

Listening is the only way to effectively communicate, brilliant.

 

Reading a crowd is also a skill, but we don't need anymore of that. 

 

Listen communicate and tell it like it is, good enough!

 

I don't know how many people I have spoken to and told you don't know how to communicate. Their response, what do you mean I was talking the whole time, 'exactly that is not communication!'

If we can recruit players that are a passionate as he is the future will bright for the Ducks.

On 12/13/2021 at 2:46 PM, Grandpa Duck said:

eu GENE and ORY gun

 

We're in for an exciting ride.

 

There were definitely a few!  Some of the ‘right words” I heard included:

servant leadership

relentless pursuit 

attack, nothing passive

aggressive but disciplined

explosion plays

recruit elite players and develop them

a staff of teachers

perennial winner

He understands, he and others Can't do it alone, as much as they act like it.  Delegating is so important, because you are hiring talent, bringing in talent and there IS only so many hours in a day.  Oregon of OLD, was the foundation of Ducks Football, the teachers like Campbell, Aliotti, Pellum, Greatwood, Neal and Osbourne.  Took in kids and made them men.  Saw talent and coached them up.  Reaching out to former Ducks and letting them know, they are heard.  Promising.

Usually avoid posting in a thread I began, but I forgot something

 

"If William Jewell College comes calling, I'm staying at Oregon."

 

The guy definitely know how to soften a touchy spot with humor.

One of my favorite quotes:  (regarding his lack of head coaching experience)

 

“When I was in high school I coached the third-grade basketball team and we were damn good." - Dan Lanning

My spouse picked up on a related comment.  Like Lanning, she started as an elementary PE teacher and coached little girls basketball.  She says: "Anybody who plays kick ball, dodge ball and scooter tag with third graders knows how to have fun."  Watching Lanning today I felt like he was in his element, having fun, enjoying himself and like he says, not having to work at his "job".