David Marsh

The reality is that generation O uniforms are basically a bunch of unique uniform sets that aren't meant to be mixed and matched. Which means they aren't great for what Oregon wants to do with uniforms. New uniforms next year and a new age of Lanning and Oregon football to go with it!

The green outline of the number is just weird. Another case that these uniforms are really not designed to be mixed and matched. The all black the green number outline looks fine. But when paired with the white it just looks like different kits being slammed together.

I dropped the 24/7 one ages ago. I have scoopduck at the moment. I had both briefly and I found scoopduck basically gave better insider information. However, the board can be pretty much the same few toxic people spewing the same lines. I rarely post on scoopduck and usually just lurk on the forum. I post all the time here though because this is way more fun.

Yes and no... bringing in any established defensive mind means that Lanning is open to the continued development of his defense and its evolution. The Mint defense is NOT perfect and has some significant weaknesses in it. No team has the players Georgia had in 2020 and 2021 and teams have learned to exploit the Mint defense. Change isn't admitting defeat because frankly the defense has been pretty good this year but admitting change needs to happen admits that things can get better. I would love new ideas to come into the program and elevate everyone.

Not really... Ka'ai, Samples, and Douglas are the only other three and NONE have play calling experience. The youth trap has hit hard! We can't do an outside temp hire because they won't know the system and more importantly the verbage. It would take them time to come up to speed and Johnson already knows it all and had called plays in the past. I do not expect the offense to suddenly look amazing... But that's where we're trapped.

When it comes to recruiting it's more important to know how they recruit than who they recruited. Resources change who you can recruit. NIL opens the door to recruitment it's effectively bid to recruit. If you can't make a competitive bid you can't recruit the player. Baylor and Maryland (Aranda and Locksly) neither have had Oregon level resources. Also they'll figure out the west coast if they need to because I'm sure Oregon has people on staff who will make the proper introductions. Also Oregon recruits nationally so knowing the west coast is important but not the end all be all that it used to be. The NIL bid will get them in the door. What they do with an open door is far more important. And that goes for any coach the Ducks look at.

I am open to both of these hires in truth. And probably get them at a discount because of their current buyouts. Usually contracts are structured in such a way that even when they take a new job they are still owed some of the money (though less than if they don't take another job). So if that's the case then all the better.

Not that surprising. In truth he probably shouldn't have come back this year.

Offensive analyst

Absolutely! Which is why the QB coach has to go as well. The thing is that the Oregon offense was not going to be anywhere good enough this year even if Raiola or Moore were playing better. The play calls were problematic as well.

It's possible... A three loss tram made the playoffs once already with Clemson sneaking in as the ACC champ in 2024.

I'd be shocked if Dan were fired. He is recruiting too well and has made the playoff twice in the last two years. And like you said he is addressing the biggest problems of this roster. I think if he makes the right hires and uses the portal effectively (which he usually does) then the Ducks are right back on track.

You're right we are spoiled. And we have high expectations and the last time we were looking at a season this awful (and this one might not turn out as bad in truth) was 2016. 10 years!!! So we can all suck it up and see what the future holds. Granted with the firing of Mehringer I'm actually feeling more optimistic right now than I was a week ago and that was after a win.

I like pro spread at this point. But we need a dynamic offense that is hard for an opponent to key into a few things and slow or shut it down. This is an opportunity to upgrade for Lanning. I don't think the current offense was going to make it to a national championship. It was too simple and easy to shut down. We need a dynamic offense with a top notch play caller who can twist the opponent into knots and dance to the tune they are playing.

And if we do fire Dan who else are we going to hire? He just needs to be honest with himself and truly evaluate his staff.