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Some see Dan Lanning as a shooting star, a fleeting spectacle whose brightest moments are already behind him, its brilliance beginning to fade. Others see the North Star, a fixture around which something far greater is still taking shape. I prefer the latter. 🦆

I'm not so sure about that. We've also kept extra blockers in for max pass protection. Now our OLine is starting to get their footing and building confidence. I'm so thankful we finally have dudes that require a lot of attention on defense. No one can guard either DAK, Stew, JMac, or JJ one on one. Our receiving core is by far the best we've ever had at Oregon. Keep throwing the ball and letting those guys make plays. The running game will open up.

Don't forget about 1958, hate to see the 20th century Duck Rose Bowl history accidently made to sound even worse 🫤.

As an engineering manager I've modelled my approach to employees after great college football teams. Recruiting, evaluation, and development done with a standard of excellence. I consider Lanning's hire of Meh to be the worst outlier I've seen from any successful program that I can remember, which includes Cristobal 's missteps as well. He just learned some important lessons at everyone's expense, but I do think he learned, the hard way, as opposed to just remembering everything, but learning nothing as some do. It actually reduces risk going forward of something similar happening in the future. Changing coaches might only serve to restore that risk, while introducing a whole bunch of other risks of simply underperforming what Lanning has always done successfully too.

Oregon 24-12 2 2 313

Ducks 38 - 9 2 TOs 3 sacks 205 P yds

What does accountability translate to? He holds himself accountable which is why he fired Mehringer. I don't think he realistically could have fired him earlier (I mean with hindsight sure but not in the moment) ... Oklahoma State was outright unacceptable but sometimes those things happen and the UCLA was a loss with Raiola getting his first start and played his worst game. The Illinois loss showed there was no improvement and there was a Nebraska win between the UCLA and Illinois losses that made Raiola a hero along with the USC masterpiece. Firing Mehringer after a Nebraska loss would have been one thing but not after a win over Nebraska. Mehringer was absolutely the wrong hire and Lanning made some other wrong hires in this pool of coaches as well. It just took until this season for some of those hires to truly reveal just how inadequate they are for this team. The blow out losses to Ohio State and Indiana absolutely suck too... but for Indiana you can see the extenuating circumstances that helped lead to that loss and perhaps next time he'll know what to do. But lets get real even a distracted Will Stein was a better option at play caller than Mehringer though we wouldn't have known it at the time last season. Lanning gets to prove this off season that he has learned and make the changes needed to this program. If Jay Johnson is auto promoted to full time OC and no one is fired I'll be concerned and I won't try to pump sunshine on that, you have my word.

A tongue-in-cheek look at Oregon's season to date. Kirby Smart is 0-2 in the 12-team playoff. I can't believe this bum still has a job! 🤪 https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/gamedaykickoff111226/week-11-top-games-upsets-preview

When you’re losing, it’s easier to be patient with mistakes made by head coaches than when you are winning. We stuck it out with Rich Brooks for 17 roller-coaster seasons ( and would have longer had he not taken an NFL offer in ‘94) which paid-off with our first Rose Bowl trip since 1917. While it’s easy enough to understand our current impatiences (who doesn’t like winning more than losing?), that’s not the point. More than any other program I know of, Oregon has a proven track record that being patient pays-off. It’s not only part of our legacy; to me, it’s the best part. The point is, if being patient with Brooks paid-off with the Rose Bowl, what might be the reward for being patient with Dan?

Facts are stubborn things. These 3 losses in 2026 were worse than an embarrassing 1st game loss to Georgia? Worse than a conference championship game loss against UW that sent UW to PO and kept Oregon out? Worse than the Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State and the Peach Bowl loss to Indiana? Give me a 🤬break. Who do you want to bring in to replace Dan Lanning? Fire Lanning, and he'll be hired by Michigan or another blue-blood program in a heartbeat. Objective criticism? Bring it on. Over-the-top subjective negativity without a solution? dazedandconfused? At least your handle is spot on.

But that's exactly what I just said they avoid with the way they make the selections. They pick the uniforms in the spring so they can focus on Xs & Os during the season. With the way Lanning is wired, there is zero chance he'd allow any potential distractions to take attention away from the task at hand.

Oregon digging deeper to prepare for Michigan's new-look offense https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/11/12/oregon-football-michigan-oc-change-impact-ducks-gameplan/92702852007/

I'm only saying this one thing. Dan Lanning is one of the top best coaches out there. Oregon has nothing but upside with Lanning at the helm. Urban Meyer Makes Surprising Dan Lanning Claim After Ohio State UpsetFormer Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer provided high praise for Dan Lanning's latest performance with the Oregon Ducks. Oregon Ducks On SIUrban Meyer Makes Surprising Dan Lanning Claim After Ohio...Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning has had several highlight-worthy moments during his first five seasons in Eugene, going 54-11, including a College Football Playo

Oregon 16-0 2 TO 5 sacks 165 pass yrd

New OL coach and 3 high level portal OL needed.

The whole uniform focus is a turnoff for me. As if college football is part fashion show. My 10-year-old granddaughter has taken to wearing unmatched socks. Is that what's next for the Ducks? Give me a break. Focus on the Xs and Os. And execute the way the Ducks have been playing on both sides of the ball over these past few games with that same level of intensity.

Throw the ball! We have the receivers. If we complete passes, we will get some decent runs imo.

I had three opportunities to supervise employees during my career. In the first I hired two persons that I later had to terminate, and hired others who were good to great. In the second I did better and in the third I was very successful. I learned with each experience. In the professional world, the business world and sports that's the way it works. Considering his age and experience when he became the Duck head coach, Dan Lanning is outstanding in his first experience as the leader. One part people don't seem to consider is that if you do not promote from within your staff will always be looking to go elsewhere. That's not a great environment for success. Lanning is not only good with his staff, he is the best strategist during the game in Oregon history, going back to Len Casanova in the 1950's. Yes, Chip Kelly had some good years, but he came to Autzen for Northwestern and Lanning and his crew out-coached him. No Oregon coach that I can recall made the kind of strategic moves during the game like Lanning made vs. Ohio State last week. Was Lanning too bold in his early years at Oregon a few times? In retrospect, with the benefit of hindsight, maybe he was. But he has mellowed in that respect, learning along the way. The primary thought an AD has to have in mind when considering termination of a coach is whether there is someone out there who could do a better job. I cannot think of anyone who would be a better fit for Oregon than Lanning. To answer your question about trolls, Charles, it is not even possible that some Husky honks would invade this site to create havoc. Is it?

I liked both of those, and the USC combo too. The day we play in the Natty, I want to ode to tradition though. Especially the ones we wore against Liberty. I hate black shoes, but I'm ok with it if they wear that combo.

Call me old-fashioned, but Dan Laning’s character and the team he has created in the last five years is why I watch. Even when we lose I’m proud of our Ducks because of the character the team has, and that is a reflection of the character of their leader. Character does matter and a team that hangs together and fights hard will be successful. On top of that he is a superb coach with the second-best win-loss record in the last five years. If I had a child with the athletic ability to play this level of football I’d be happy to have him go to Oregon. He’d come out a better person and a better athlete even if he never made the pros.

Holding a coach "accountable" for 3 losses? 3? After winning 26 with 3 losses the last 2 years?! This type of thinking is somewhat irresponsible. Granted, it's who and how we lost that are the real issue, and only because we think so highly of ourselves. It's also a result of believing only a national championship determines a successful season. A belief that I personally dislike. Do we only accept "Saban-esque" type results? Even he took years, different teams and leaving and returning to CFB before winning so much ( not to mention the recruiting prowe$$ of Bama). In this era of portal transfers and NIL, few coaches, if any, are doing a better job coaching than Lanning. Just look at other expensive rosters that are doing poorly; Texas A&M, LSU, tOSU, and many more! We as fans seem to have lost the ability to appreciate development. Our O-line has been one of the best the last 3 years. Each year we had players with years of in-game experience. This year we have talent, but missing as much experience. In each of the past 3 games we have witnessed vast improvement. Still room to grow. But definitely headed in right direction. Yes, winning every week is fun, but not at all realistic. C'mon people, have we forgotten our past, where we've come from? I agree we should hold our head coach and his staff to a high standard and never accept losing as a way of life (we are Oregon, not Oregon State!). But we gotta be somewhat realistic. Don't forget that Bo and D Gabriel were the most experienced QBs in the history of CFB. Their OC's went on to become head coaches, successful ones. Not every year or every hire is gonna be that good. In Lanning I trust. Go DUCKS!

He’s a Top 5 head coach in the country. He made a terrible decision with his OC hire. He recognized that mistake fixed it mid-year. I would love to hear from anyone that wants Dan fired who they think the replacement would be. My guess is any realistic option would be a significant downgrade. Let me add that only 4 teams have made the 12-team playoff both years - Oregon, tOSU, Indiana, and Georgia. Is it realistic to expect to make that field every year? TOSU and one of Oregon / Indiana are likely not getting in this year. That means 2 teams (Georgia and Indiana or Oregon) will have made it all three years. I think expectations are out of whack. If you are able to make that field better than 50% of the time, you are borderline elite. Next year going to 24 teams, I do think expectations will shift and Oregon should get in every year.

22-17 Oregon 2 turnovers 3 sacks 231 passing yards

Oregon 24-10 TOs=2 Sacks=2 Pass yds=190

Of course he should, but that does not mean he should be fired for half a season that did not live up to expectations. That's just ludicrous IMHO, Saban was just about run out of town at MSU and he was run out of town at Miami. Seems like he turned out OK. For me (not that it really matters) the fact that he swallowed his pride, put his stubborness aside and made the hard decision to fire Meh says a lot. Staying the course would have been a total disaster and to his credit he saw that. Of course a lot depends on how we finish. We still have a chance to get into the CFP and win it all. We could also finish 6-6 and go to a garbage bowl. Time will tell.