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I don’t think Chip will leave a good thing going at Northwestern. They’re doing well and he probably has wide latitude to do what he wants. I do think Helfrich would be a better choice given his experience, availability, Oregon roots, and high football IQ.

Oregon should “kidnap” Chip when he’s in town next week and strap him to the OC booth seat with a headphone/microphone on his head…

Because I’ve been around long enough to see coaches learn and develop, make hiring mistakes and correct those mistakes. Where would Oregon be today if they fired Coach Brooks or Coach Bellotti after a mediocre season? Coach Lanning is a young coach who is learning on the job. It took Coach Saban and Coach Cignetti many years before they won their first national championship. Do you remember the last head coaching job search? Oregon is not the destination job that many Oregon fans think it is. Yes, the program has great facilities, NIL money, etc. but it is far from recruiting hotbeds. I’d rather coach at Texas, USC, Georgia, Ohio State, … I would only get rid of Lanning, if you had someone guaranteed to be better lined up, first.

I don’t think Raiola is a bust. He isn’t used well by the OC and the OL isn’t giving him a run game to get the passing game going. When he does pass the OL doesn't protect him. The offensive game plan was SO conservative and predictable after that first possession. If we had the OL and OC of two years ago Raiola would be much much better.

The offensive coaching and line were just awful. The OC has to go, and Lanning and Co have to understand either why they misjudged the OC talent or didn’t coach them to their potential.

QB an OL position coaches are B.A.D. QBs all show regression and OLs with multiple years in the program still don't know how to play.

I agree with firing Mehringer as a sign of accountability within the organization for results, and it's also a sign to the players that it isn't all their fault. I am not yet convinced our OL players and QBs are bad. Their position coaches have not done their jobs. Coaches like this are where players leave from to go rehabilitate their careers.

No amount of money can make up for poor coaching, and players who choke in the most important times. Even.when we make the play offs, we get pounded so bad we look like a high school team. If you watchbthe first two losses this year, both teams made huge plays on their girst positions of thr game. Qe simply are not focused. Money wont correct that flaw

It's almost inconceivable to have 426 yards and 10 points without a ton of turnovers. But it bears out what I predicted before the game that our O would be very inconsistent. We stalled out drives and missed 3 or 4 field goals.

Let Samples coach the rest of the season! Why continue the farce and the negativity it produces... It was a mistake, admit it, move on and do better next time..

Some really poor use of the money obviously! I think, if our boosters want a Natty, due to our being in a small talent pool, they are likely going to need to pay more than the other blue bloods for players... Coordinators too

To consider firing Lanning is in my opinion emotional insanity! Our offensive coordinator should have been fired before leaving the parking lot!

I think 2 yrs at Nebraska and what we ve seen here is enough to write Railoa off for the future!

Well my eyes tell me they sure are NOT good at this point but I am not expert enough to say exactly why. Unfortunately, good experienced OLs are few and far between in the portal so somebody better coach em up!

A couple numbers from Wisconsin's 24-7 win over USC. Total offense: 200 - Wisconsin - yes really, 200 for the game 241 - USC - included minus 17 rushing (had 120 vs Oregon) Wisc had 3 TD drives of 75, 75, and 59, but lost enough other yds to end up with 200 for the game.

Luli out hurts some today but he has had a pretty slow start returning from injury this year. Ferguson had like 42 promising snaps, 12 as a starter (before going out). Stewart wouldn't be playing right now even if he was healthy I imagine. McClellen is a bumber but injuries do happen; and, Raiola isn't exactly your normal "backup QB". Former 5 star with like 24 career starts in the P2 with 17 more career completions than Dante (as well as getting an estimated $1.5-$2.0 million this year to be more than a regular back-up). Hampton has been a nice surprise so far but 26 receiving yards per game at 8.9 ypc shouldn't be an insurmountable obstacle to running your offense. Lott has 4 catches in 2 career games. This was against and Illinois team that had been giving up 28 points per game (105 out of 138) and 99th in defensive FEI. They were so bad on defense they fired their DC (Bobby Hauck) two games ago.

Oregon Total Offense, result 497 - W – 34-27 vs Boise St 281 - L – 31-39 at Okie State 740 - W – 84-0 vs PSU 504 - W – 41-27 at USC 272 - L – 15-17 vs UCLA 242 - W – 17-14 vs Nebraska 426 - L – 10-21 at Illinois (51 yds on the last half-minute drive) The 42 points in 3 consecutive games is the lowest since 31 vs 3 consecutive in 2017: WSU, Stanford, UCLA. (Burmeister at QB)

Who would have thought that hiring one of the worst OC's in recent memory would end up being one of the worst OC hires in recent memory? Who could have guessed that hiring a tight end with no QB experience would lead to having no QB experience to teach the QBs? Dan needs to take control of this five alarm dumpster fire ASAP. It doesn't matter how bad the offense looks with another no experience coach calling the shots because they are already at rock bottom now. This year's offense/ team is beyond salvation. What's important is that he mans up and takes control before he loses the fanbase, the players and the donors. This is way bigger than having a let down year. This year was lost due to last years reckless coaching decisions. You could see it in the game one struggles with Boise St and it's only gotten worse since.

Things won't change around significantly, but I don't see how things could get worse, we can't do anything, you might as well make a statement now instead of waiting around for the inevitable. He's been around the program for a while, it's not like he's going to get better, it's time for someone to face the music, it's ultimately going to have to be Mehringer since he's the biggest change this season. It's not solely his fault, the QB coach is completely over his head, and Terry obviously can't develop his own talent, but it ultimately falls on Mehringer to put players in the best place to succeed and that's not happening in any way.

Haven’t watched the game yet. Sounds like I better not. Lanning has put himself in a really tough situation. If we thought our current OC lacks experience, we have even less behind him. I’m not sure we can just cut him loose based on our current staff. Is there an offensive Yoda out there that can salvage this heap mid season? This is really, really bad and you can see that Lanning has deep regrets regarding his coaching staff and some players. He’s not even shocked, now.

Thanks Mike. We got Georgia next week, and like that kid said in Angels in The Outfield. "It could happen". There's a lot of tribalism between the SEC and B1G. I don't subscribe to it. I like Florida, and I really don't care if the rest of the conference beats each up and never wins another playoff game. South Carolina did that to Tennessee today. Auburn went back to being Auburn after beating Georgia, and Alabama still can't stop a sneeze. Parity is here. There is no 2019 LSU, 2001 Miami, or 1995 Nebraska. I really hope Oregon gets to hoist that first ever title up very soon. Dan Lanning is a great guy, but he needs to be more cold when it comes to hiring coordinators. It's great to give guys a shot, but not at a place with championship goals, and unlimited resources. Chip Kelly should've been the first call after losing Stein. He might have already been at Northwestern, but you pull a Miami and buy him out of that contract.

The inevitable one. I know it sucks today, but you guys are going to win a title in the next five years imo. Especially with the 24 team playoff coming.

Not digging. And their QB had 84 yards passing. And one unbelievable catch for 23 of them.

I don't know. Until the offensive coaches are replaced we don't know what anybody's upside is on this team. Moore was regressing into a shell before he was injured. Thomas is worse. Smith isn't any better than either of those. How do we know Raila couldn't be good with better OC and QB coaches? Same is true for the OL. How do we know any of them are truly bad?

With all due respect, you're digging to make excuses. We lost to a 3-star QB making his first career start backed up by a roster made of 90% 3-stars. We got an butt load of blue chips, a 5-star backup QB, and eight blue chip OL guys on the roster. The Frosh WR's Lott and Hampton who where are a 5 and 4 star - let's not credit the coaching for that. We are doing less with more talent than anyone in the country and injuries are not an excuse for losing to a team we have 90% more talant than.