Buried in a thread below about this week's article by David Marsh is a claim that even after this incredible victory in the 'Shoe over Ohio State....that the poster believes that Dan Lanning should be held accountable for the three losses this year, and has hinted/implied more than once that he should be fired and replaced.

Even when there were calls in this forum for his replacement after the loss to Illinois, I felt that since Lanning had won so many games for us, and the obvious coaching talent was there--we should let him continue his learning journey at Oregon as he will surely correct the situation. He, as well as the fans see what the problems are, and let's allow him to solve them?

The problems on offense were improved upon by a factor I never could have imagined. Yes, the run-blocking needs much more improvement, but the difference in scoring in just two games against ranked opponents is simply amazing to me. I have all the confidence that he will solve Oregon's other issues in the off-season.

The assertions against him were how his five-year track record should have been better, but the chart below after the Ohio State win shows his track record in 4.75 years at Oregon....tied for second in all of college football for the most wins. The raw coaching talent is there and has already been shown, and I believe that we will all see the coaching upside that he has left.

Above shows the number of wins in college football over the last 4.75 years, and he is tied with Ohio State, and only lags No. 1 Georgia at this point. He has things to solve and upside left as a coach....and he knows that, yet he's done this much winning already? I would ask fans to give him the chance to implement his changes, and see how it impacts the next three years.

What does it say about the fans of two schools tied for second in the most wins over the last five years in college football--to call for the heads of both coaches? In both cases after just three losses in one season?

Regardless of the results of the final three games of the regular season and whatever awaits us in post-season...it is evident we have a head coach who is one of the best head coaches in the country, and let's see what he can continue to do for us!

Do you think we could be the victims of some trolls? I could not help but notice that those who are the most "over-the-top" negative were not here for all the winning of recent years; they showed up and registered only after the first loss of this season. (Again, discussing the negative is fine, as I've done that too, but a few OBD members take it too far)

Do you agree? Do you think fans are correct, or going overboard asking for Dan's "accountability" after his three losses and the win in Columbus?

If he is to be held accountable for the losses, he should be held accountable for the wins also. I would say he's done pretty good.

Let's see who qualifies to throw the first stone.

Dan Lanning is coaching at a level I don't think I have ever witnessed. Probably the best coaching job of any power coach this year.

Amazing to watch, brilliant job Dan. It's easy to coach with a light breeze. Much harder to sail that ship in a hurricane. We are blessed to witness what we are experiencing this season

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Log Haulin

FAN derives from the word FANATIC! "A fanatic is a person who shows extreme, unreasonable, and uncritical enthusiasm, devotion, or zeal for a cause, belief, or activity."

Rarely have met or known a Fanatic that also applies LOGIC to their fanatical perspectives.

Sometimes myself included.

NUFF SAID.

GO QUACKERS ALL YA FELLOW FANATICAL DUCKHEADS!!! 🦆

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by MicroBurst61

Quick question. If James Franklin was Oregon's coach this season (with the same coordinators) what would his record be at this point?

I think Lanning held himself to account with the mid season firing.

Of course he should be held accountable, it's how people learn from their mistakes. His reliance on in-house promotion isn't necessarily a bad idea but he messed it up by not performing a proper search for candidates for comparison...he just went with hiring a buddy he thought he knew well. Ultimately it contributed to what may be a lost season if OBD doesn't get into the CFP.

But it's easy to forget that he's only in his 5th year as a head coach ever and is still rather green in certain aspects (staff management would be one of them). He did fire Meh which is a step in the right direction (though if Jay Johnson didn't work out as play caller I think most of use would be feeling very differently about the season right now). Re-evaluating his positional staff after the season ends would be another positive step (at minimum I think we need new blood at QB and OL coaching).

What will ultimately show that he's taking that accountability seriously is launching a formal nationwide search for OC candidates and fully evaluating them before making a decision. He needs to get this hire right and performing that formal search is the way to do it. If it turns out to be Jay Johnson then that's who it will be as long as he's been vetted against others and evaluated to be the best option.

By that ridiculous standard of "accountability" every coach in the country, except the one that wins the national championship, should be fired every year.