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WOW! This team is 2-2 against the top 25. The only team that has played 4 ranked teams. The D was outstanding on Saturday. The game should have gone into OT; a missed spot by the B1G refs did not help. Going for 2 after the first TD was simply stupid. A 10-2 Oregon team is in the PO. Who gets fired then? Half a season is left to figure it out on offense. Oregon may have defeated G6 and B12 playoff teams. The good news is that solid Nebraska, Northwestern, and Michigan teams visit Autzen, and Illinois and Michigan State are not lighting it up. And Ohio State is not as good as last season. A season in which the Buckeyes dropped their last two games. A close loss last Saturday. Close wins the rest of the season? The defense we saw vs. UCLA is good enough to win many games. And I am not a Sunshine Pumper. More good news? No more bye weeks. What was wrong with the defense on Saturday? Did the D overcome the coaching? 6 games remain, and nothing positive or negative is inevitable.

for Yes, I believe had we done that last half Sat that we win the game. We could not have fumbled anymore.

Bummer!

This question prompted me to do some research on the coaching history of the offensive coaching staff. I posted the results on a different thread. The short conclusion: With very little experience across the board, this is mostly a recruiting staff posing as coaches. Very few have more than a couple years of experience coaching their positions. A couple didn't have any experience at all. I think not bringing in an A list Offensive Coordinator set the Ducks on an inevitable collision course with where there at now without much ability to course correct untill after the season. Talent alone could and should still win most of the remaining games but I don't see the Ducks really moving forward until they bring in some real coaches.

Im not worried about the hype train departure, Im worried about the portal train depature.

To Summarize a long post: The Offensive Coordinator looks like he has held that position once for a year at Rutgers. The Offensive line coach looks like he held that position once for a year at Hawaii before joining the Ducks. The QB coach hadn't been a QB coach before the Oregon job. The running back coach has had four similar jobs at four different stops prior to joining the Ducks The receiver coach had three years of experience before the Duck job. The tight end coach is a position coach for the first time this year. This is the staff we're expecting to figure things out. Good luck. To me this looks like a collection of under qualified coaches who's main duties at their other stops was recruiting. I think Lanning has put all his eggs in that basket and just doesn't have anyone on staff that is qualified to figure things out. Maybe this is why well coached teams give the Ducks so many problems but a poorly coached team like USC doesn't.

Here's all the info I could gather on the Oregon Offensive Coaches. Some info is missing. I'm not a reporter. I'm just a guy. Offensive Coordinator: Drew Mehringer Age 38 2010-11 Iowa St GA 2012-13 Ohio St GA 2014 James Madison QB Coach 2015 Houston Receiver Coach 2016 Offensive Coordinator/ QB Coach 2017-19 Texas Receiver Coach 2020 Florida Atlantic Receiver Coach 2021 New Mexico QB Coach 2022-25 Oregon Tight End Coach 2026 Oregon Offensive Coordinator Offensive Line Coach: A'lique Terry Age 31 2019-20 Oregon GA 2021 Hawaii Offensive Line Coach 2022 Minnesota (NFL) Assistant Offensive Line Coach 2023-26 Oregon Offensive Line Coach Quarterback Coach: Koa Ka'ai Age 33 Oregon Tight End 2012-15 2016-2020? Hawaii High School Tight End Coach 2021? Hawaii Tight End Coach? 2022 Oregon Assistant Running Back Coach 2023 Oregon Assistant Receiver Coach 2024-25 Oregon Assistant QB Coach 2026 Oregon QB Coach Running Back Coach: Ra'shaad Samples Age 32 2016-17 Houston GA 2018 Texas GA 2019 SMU GA 2020 SMU Running Back Coach 2021 TCU Running Back Coach 2022 LA Rams Running Back Coach 2023 ASU Receiver Coach 2024-26 Oregon Running Back Coach Receiver Coach: Ross Douglas Age 31 2018-20 Rutgers GA 2021 New England Defensive Assistant 2022-23 New England Receiver Coach 2024 Syracuse Receiver Coach 2025-26 Oregon Receiver Coach Tight End Coach: Jack Smith Age ? 20??-?? ASU Assistant 2023 Oregon Assistant 2024-25 Oregon GA 2026 Oregon Tight End Coach

I understand the pessimism, and it may well be warranted. In the spirit of free discussion, I will try to build a more optimistic case. John Neal stated in his interview with John Canzano that UCLA played press coverage well, thereby taking away the shorter routes. Raiola had trouble finding open receivers in part because the short routes were well covered. Future opponents can watch the film, but they may not have the personnel to do what UCLA did. The offensive line played better in the fourth quarter with Crader back at left tackle and Gernorris at right tackle. OBD also brought in a lineman, Tofi I think, to play as a blocking fullback in the second half. I recollect that they had some success with this. John Neal said the offensive line was generally befuddled by stemming before the snap. If so, this seems more a matter of inexperience than lack of talent or physical development. Perhaps improvement can be made there. I could not find anything through an internet search regarding responses to stemming. If pass protection remains an issue, Brock does have mobility. We could alter the playbook to emphasize his strengths, if he is going to play. Coach Neal pointed out that if you don't run well on first down and don't protect well in third and long, it is not illegal to throw the ball on first down. I don't like playing the game that way, but it may be OBD's best chance. It worked for UCLA on their first play of the game, after all. Enough of this for now.

Confirmation? I haven't seen it on ESPN or BTN. Man, I hope Nico's injury is not season-ending. Under the new eligibility rules, both Nico and Dante have another CFB season to play. Future opponent Illinois QB Houser broke his hand in the Michigan State game and could be done.

Maybe as a stopgap for the rest of the season, and if they're available and interested, bring in Jeff Tedford and Steve Greatwood as offensive analysts.

The majority of these posts are spot on, IMHO. My two cents: The most damning indictment of this coaching staff is the consistent lack of improvement—or outright regression—following any extended break. From spring practice and summer training to bye weeks and bowl prep, we never look sharper coming out of time off. Instead, the only predictable outcome is surprising injuries to key players. I still trust in DL, but dang, he's got to be churning over the results he's getting. Talk about an opportunity for growth. Go Ducks!

What is most concerning to me is our consistent lack of preparedness whenever the coaching staff is given extra time to prepare. Dan Lanning calls bye weeks "work weeks," yet all we ever seem to gain from them are surprising injuries to key players. If you can't correct your weaknesses when given more time to work on them, what is the point of "looking at the game film again and attacking our process"? I would love to hear Lanning give some rational, logical explanations for what has unfortunately become a hallmark of his program, rather than just more coach-speak about coming together and playing to our standard. Go Ducks.

No. We do not have the hubris of Notre Dame. Note how polite I was in describing the Domers.

WOW! Oregon is favored by 6.5 points vs. Nebraska. Win this game, and heading into Week 8, except for the game in Columbus, the Ducks will be favored in every remaining game. In Week 6, the Oregon D we expected to see vs. Boise State and every game thereafter showed up. If the D is ready to carry the team with Dante down and out, every game is winnable. Including the Ohio State game. Ohio State has not run the ball well and is dinged on the O-line. The defense, understandably with the studs lost to the NFL, is not as good as last season's group. In their first five games, no other team has played four top-25 opponents, including teams in the vaunted SEC. Oregon is 2-2, and arguably, a B1G refs mistake and a ridiculous coaching decision stopped the Ducks from taking the UCLA game into OT and winning. Coming out of an off week, Oregon lost. What's new. Oregon lost a home game to Indiana last season, coming off an off week. A UCLA team that had blown out its first four opponents had a close-call win in Eugene. Meanwhile, Boise State, OK State, and USC have not lost since losing to Oregon. It's a good thing many of today's Oregon fans were not around when Oregon would have begged for a bowl game. And, I might add, were saddled with being Boston Bruins, Patriots, and Red Sox fans. At least until 10/18, keep on quacking and keep the faith. Rule Nebraska! PS - I think the DC et al. did a good job against UCLA, no?

Friends, until the Ducjs O line improves, we won't have a really good team. Even as well as we had last year the line still wasn't that good. It made many huge mistakes.

At this rate we may get the Civil War match-up this season after all!

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And if the coaches start doing the job they are paid to do.

I mean honestly with suspect O-Line run blocking a read-option might be the way to go. Defenses are selling out on our run-game exactly because our QBs haven't been a run threat all season and most of last. I'm not saying Akili Smith Jr. is a better passer than any of the other options; but he does give the offense another element that hasn't been seen consistently since Bo Nix.

Coaches need thrir walking pspers, and recruit from outside the program. No more hires, just because they are Dsn Lanning buddies.

Playing any bowl game gets the team at least 2 or 3 weeks extra practice. Early enrollees can practice with the team.

Brock Thomas is a gamer and deserves the opportunity to show what he can do.

52.5 Over/Under - If I wagered on OBD games, I'd go with the under, especially after the way the Oregon and Nebraska Ds showed up last Saturday. Indiana could not run the ball. If the Nebraska D travels, will Oregon be able to run the ball?

Coach Neal said that Oregon’s offensive attack is to spread a defense out horizontally and then throw short passes and run the football. Oklahoma State and UCLA took those short routes away with different defensive schemes and Oregon cannot run the ball with this offensive line. Sounds like defenses have figured this offense out and we do not have the offensive line and/or mobile QB to counter. UCLA was daring Oregon to beat them deep but was able to get pressure on the QB quickly.

It’s a great nickname because the OL might get sued by their QB for incompetence/ malpractice.