Oregon’s head coach, Dan Lanning, is one of the hottest names in the sport. After his second season with the Ducks, he was a big-time name for two SEC coaching jobs at Texas A&M and Alabama.
Lanning was getting approached by both schools even though they wouldn’t admit to it, and the Duck’s head coach decided he wanted to stay in Eugene, wanting to build Oregon into champions.
Dan Lanning Should Not Still Be At Oregon
Oregon started the 2024 season last week and almost lost to Idaho. Seven days later, they turned around and had to be at Boise State by three.
The Ducks are nowhere close to being an elite team at the moment, and they are no longer in the PAC-12 but now in the Big Ten, where it will be a lot harder for them to win.
Oregon is supposed to have one of the best teams in the county, but through the first two weeks, they haven’t shown it, and there is a chance they never will.
If the program struggles with nonpower teams, what do you think will happen when they play Ohio State and Michigan?
It was neat for Lanning to stay with Oregon and want to build the team into winners, but the program has shown from time to time they can’t win anything, and it doesn’t matter who the head coach is.
When Chip Kelly was coaching in Euegne, they had some great teams but couldn’t finish it, and the same thing will happen with Lanning.
Lanning should’ve bounced for Alabama this offseason, and is Oregon really that great of a job in the first place?
Since 2012, the Ducks have seen three head coaches leave for the NFL or other college coaching jobs: Chip Kelly, Willie Taggart, and Mario Cristobal.
Coaches don’t want to stay with Oregon, and Lanning will realize that at some point. The Ducks are never going to win the Big Ten, and Lanning should be coaching Alabama right now, competing for SEC titles, but he’s stuck at the end of the earth coaching a program that hasn’t won anything, and their games are being shown at 10:00 ET on Peacock.
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You’re delusional. While I think the O-Line is going to be their downfall this year, Lanning has all the resources to succeed at Oregon. Texas A & M despite the big bucks, won’t get to the pinnacle. Michigan is 1 and done after Harbaugh. Ohio State will continue to be there but I question if Day can finish. USC and ND are always overrated. So, other than Bama, where is better than Oregon with Nike’s money and influence? Maybe take a trip to Eugene to see what Oregon has to offer.
Wow! Really harsh. When I read that article I had to check the credentials of the author to look for bias. I see he has 2 whole years of sportswriting so not much perspective to fall back on. Also, this is a shakeout year after dissolving the PAC12 after 100+ years. Based on 2 early games he’s prepared to say that the Ducks will never amount to anything. Again, Wow! I didn’t necessarily buy into the pre-season rank of #3 but having watched the Ducks and college football for more than 50 years I don’t write off the whole season much less the entire future of all Duck football forever based on 2 shakey games at the beginning of a new season in a new conference. Slow your roll there Daniel Fisher and try to take a longer view and let things settle out before predicting that Dan Lanning should just give up and fall on his sword.