I know I’m the new guy and I hope my thoughts have relevance here.

Yesterday I watched Ohio State/Indiana, Tennessee/Alabama, parts of Florida/Georgia and BYU/Notre Dame before the Ducks took the field. In all of those other games I saw at least one team that had that combination of grit, fire and organization that tells me they’re title contenders. Then there was Oregon/Nebraska. The Ducks have the individual talent to compete with anyone. But something’s missing. Something’s just a little bit off. Tennessee and BYU seemed to have that “NO… you’re NOT going to beat us” attitude. The Ducks were more like “we’re better than you and we can dial it up if we need to but we probably don’t have to”. Is it organization and motivation? Is it coaching? Is it team culture? I can’t put my finger on it but something just feels a little off to me.

Am I the only one who feels that way?

Coaching plain and simple. If Dilly or Stein was the OC we win last night by 30+. Play calling is horrible. Had an explayer sitting in front of me last night..It is the OC.

They are missing their Quarterback and have new coordinators. Plus on the offensive side they are still very young. Plus, when a team goes through some struggle the fans perspective most always changes.

Here's a few problems.

A former tight end is coaching the QBs.

Some guy is coaching the tight ends.

The tight end coach is running the offense.

11 minutes ago, Cigarstar said:

Coaching plain and simple. If Dilly or Stein was the OC we win last night by 30+. Play calling is horrible. Had an explayer sitting in front of me last night..It is the OC.

I think if either were OC we would have been considerably more comfortable and would have probably won by two scores.

But the offensive line play was just an outright liability. They sort of figured some things out in the fourth quarter.

But this team has some major fundamental problems.

4 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

I think if either were OC we would have been considerably more comfortable and would have probably won by two scores.

But the offensive line play was just an outright liability. They sort of figured some things out in the fourth quarter.

But this team has some major fundamental problems.

The O line is a real issue. Not sure why they play so poorly for huge chunks of games. It baffles me.

Maybe its coaching, maybe talent, experience or offensive scheme. All of the above?

A ton of money was spent to retain players on this team. How much was spent on O line.

I think this coaching staff knew from the start (last January) that the guys in that position group would not be sufficient to win games.

I think the donors where informed about the possible issues. They probably didn't want to spend anymore money. Can't blame them, $50 mil is a lot. Just a theory I have.

O line is the second most important position group on any football team. I don't know the numbers allocated to O line talent. It just feels like the purse might have been mis-allocated.

Did Lanning not go into the portal for O line because he was told there is no more money? Seems plausible to me.