HONEST Look At Oregon Ducks, Dan Lanning Future | Correcting The Narrative Around UO 2024 Season

[@codycurnutte9778]

Trust me, Dan and the ducks will be just fine. They just ran into a juggernaut of a team that peaked at the right time. The ducks will always finish in the top 10 of recruiting and Dan is an alien when it comes to scheming IQ and leadership intensity. I know because I saw it in UGA when he and Kirby built the most elite defense of all time

[@Little_Ripper_Family]

Spot on 👌 too many people down on this year. “Peaked at the right time” is an unfortunate reality, it happens 🫤

[@RadicallyOptimistic]

No, the effort they showed in that game along with the Pac-12 title last year was lackluster. They would’ve lost to every quarterfinal team + Ole Miss + Michigan + Florida with that performance. They were a very weak 13-0 team with many close games.

[@jacobhawthorn7721]

They barely lost to uw who made the championship game in pac 12 title game. Oregon hammered michigan at Michigan, beat osu, Penn st and bsu 3 playoff teamns who else did that in regular season? Nobody. Alabama lost to Michigan........ so stfu cuz you don't know what you're talking about obviously. Maybe Dan Lanning needs a little more xp as a head coach but not many teams as good as oregon.

[@MrBdogg317]

I’m a buckeye till I die and I have to say Oregon will be a force to be reckoned with for some time to come. And as a buckeye we hear the same narrative even after winning another natty. But don’t sleep on Oregon they’re not going anywhere.

[@cjcurtis8944]

@@MrBdogg317yep, neither is OSU, unless your fan base runs off your coach.

[@donandersonanderson1595]

Oregon WILL win a national championship soon. I don't know when, but within the next few years. And they will be top 10 for the next year to come. Everyone wants instant gratification, but it takes a little time. I'm looking forward to how the Ducks perform under Dan Lanning during the next few years.

[@blackmambaram7034]

Yeah, I wouldn't count on that. I say it takes them atleast 5yrs to even make it to the NC game muchless win it.

[@HawgWyldFishing]

Thank Nick Saban for all of that optimism. His philosophy around recruiting, staff building &, coaching is where it all started with Dan Lanning. And he is the first person to take that philosophy to the west coast. And it has obviously been working out pretty damn well for you guys, for the most part. Obviously it does take a little time. People tend to forget Saban was a coach for 50 years and only ever remember the last 20 or so years of his coaching resume. That’s because that’s when he started coaching at a place with the desire and the resources to be able to compete at the highest levels. He was winning prior to then, but even he will tell you, he’s never been able to coach bad players on how to become good players. Oregon has a big enough brand and the resources to attract good players, after that, it’s all coasting downhill. There will most likely be some bumps along the way. That’s just part of it. Yall got a good coach. He’s just young.~ Roll Tide!☝🏽🐘❤️🤍

[@Tee-duck]

Takes a little time. ?? Ducks been waiting for 80 years. Wait another 80 years ?

[@legoatjames2740]

When’s Oregon gonna win a national championship lmao? This feels a lot like when people try to sell me on communism no matter how many countries become crippled under that system. “Trust me comrade, the day will come we don’t get taken out back like Ole Yeller by an actual blue blood”.

[@bygeorgehemayberite8385]

I’ll say it again, & I say this as a CFB fan (via Miami), UO had no biz playing OSU in round 2. That was a Final 4 matchup. I told everyone at the sports bar I was at watching that game, the winner of UO vs. OSU would win the Nat’l Title. Imho, even though OSU slipped against UofM, UO & OSU were the best teams all yr, & that 1st match up was a gladiator battle. Oregon will be fine.

[@joeyhenriques7289]

There’s been a lot of revisionist history going around Eugene ever since Mario left, but he did a lot more good for our program than I think a lot of other Oregon fans would care to admit. Genuinely, I hope one day he leads Miami back to the promised land just as I hope Lanning leads Oregon to it.

[@bygeorgehemayberite8385]

@ joeyhenriques7289 Appreciate u. If he doesn’t get it done, then I’m afraid we’ll never be back. This is the most our school has ever invested in the program & it’s b/c of all the support he has from former classmates, alumni both from Miami & Columbus. He needs to clean up his coaching, though. I have a lot of connections to UO; several former friends played ball for Oregon in the early 2000’s. They still complain they should’ve played us instead of Nebraska in 2002. Lol. Love the campus of Eugene, too.

[@8d4o0c4]

I appreciate Mario's work (recruiting, working the lines) at Oregon riiiiiight up until he quit on the team in the back end of his last season when he knew he was heading to Miami. That left a very ugly and lasting impression.

[@joeyhenriques7289]

@@8d4o0c4 I won’t deny that the way Mario phoned in the last portion of his last year at Oregon definitely left a poor taste in the mouths of a lot of Oregon fans when he left for Miami. I don’t blame him for leaving, but I do think he could have handled it much better than the way he did. What I meant to say was that I think that poor lasting impression has led a lot of Oregon fans to either forget or ignore the good things he did do for us (the recruiting, the working the lines, the bringing stability back to the head coaching position after the lackluster half of the Helfrich years and one okay-ish year of Taggert before he fucked off to FSU) in favor of bringing up some of the negative things he did with us (the leaving the way he did, loses to Stanford in 2018, ASU in 2019, and almost every loss in 2021, underdeveloping Justin Herbert, etc)

[@joeyhenriques7289]

@@bygeorgehemayberite8385 You’re very welcome, my friend. And for what it’s worth, if I recall correctly, I believe you guys just fired your DC recently, so at least that shows that Mario is indeed trying to address the coaching problems you guys have had for the past couple years now. I don’t have nearly the same connection to Miami that you have to Oregon. The best I have is you guys being my dad’s favorite team when he was growing up. One of his favorite football memories is seeing your players come off the plane wearing camo and fatigues at the Fiesta Bowl. He always loved how you guys were the bad boy, gangster, “Oakland Raiders” of CFB lol. And yes, we should have played you guys in 2001. Would we have lost? Probably. But maybe we would have put up a better fight than Nebraska at least lol.

[@LunaScopeJustin]

I think the layoff was a killer, if Oregon and Ohio State had they same layoff and didn’t lose their speedster receiver before the game it would have been competitive

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Agreed, it would have been a close game if they both had the same time off. But no, Oregon got screwed and everybody pretty much admitted it when the seedings were done. Screwed by design i might add.

[@Yaahboi52]

A month layover is insane and way too much time off. Definitely hurt them

[@earnthis1]

Gotta give Mario Cristobal some credit for changing Oregon's style and recruiting, but Lanning has taken everything to the next level. Gotta be pretty happy if you're a true Ducks fan. I want to win it all, also, but to get there, we have to go this path.

[@drastik_M.C.]

Cristobal could recruit. But game wise and schematically he's a complete bonehead

[@jimsomerville3924]

I don’t remember his defenses ever looking as lost as did versus UGA, PSU, or tOSU. Offense was mega-bland.

[@drastik_M.C.]

@@jimsomerville3924 defense was solid fosho

[@steviebettelyoun]

Oregon had a fantastic season won first big ten title game in first year Dan keeps getting better as coach it’s a building timing consuming he’ll get Oregon there give him time it just keeps proving and approving each year

[@1876Oregon]

I would like to add that the actual teams… Oregon versus Ohio State, was the last 33 minutes of the game… Which is what you also saw in Eugene, where Oregon out scored Ohio State there as well. The first 27 minutes was due to three bye weeks, before we played a team that wanted revenge. And I believe that had Ohio State played Oregon a month after losing to Michigan, Oregon wins that game with the same amount of rest.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

But it was rigged that way to give Ohio State that advantage. Nothing just happens like that when you've got the old boy status quo at work. I will guarantee you Phil Knight is not in that club, but he should be.

[@romeoyancy5320]

Ohio state took their foot off the gas

[@1876Oregon]

@@romeoyancy5320 Well it was obvious they were rusty, and it was obvious at the Rose Bowl when Oregon got rid of that rust, before they scored. I even verbalized it to the Buckeye fans that were all around us… And the Buckeye fans were nervous, cus Oregon was one drive away from cutting it to 12pts in the 3rd quarter. And during the 3 extra bye weeks, Dan Lanning and the Coaches were worried about the rust. According to my buddy, it was talked about how rusty Oregon looked in practice, over the walkie talkies.

[@GG-dc3qs]

You gotta see that there's something to the fact that every team that had a bye and the most time off lost.

[@jackvanatsky780]

All 4 of them were betting underdogs in their games. I think it had more to do with that but time will tell

[@cambo438]

if it was just us loosing then i’d be more worried

[@jacobm3728]

let em talk. real fans know what we are builiding in eugene

[@Ducks4Life91]

#InDanLanningWeTrust💚💛🦆

[@AsianPersuasian4595]

I hear ya that it took some coaches years before winning their first. But I think Lanning needs to assess his assistant coaches. They need to learn to adapt. This season felt a lot like “trust the process” and watching them made me feel like they were not playing like a #1 seed should. While no team is perfect, there were times I would see them snap the ball and players are running into each other. So I think moving forward, they need to start looking to create an adaptive playbook on both sides of the ball

[@kron-dean-ic]

I agree but they are young coaches as well gaining valuable experience and improving every year.

[@sk8ersr166]

Your juice box on the helmet reminds me of Aqua Teen Hunger Force!!

[@danieldonahue9336]

Oregon is moving on up. Coaches are always working to improve the team. Sooner or later it will be there with a national championship trophy

[@sCRNDo]

Go ducks forever. Even if we never win a natty.

[@alumniduck]

For the whole season, Oregon struggled when they lost the war in the trenches. Once the O and D line get better, everything else will fall into place.

[@themexikin1h]

The month off kill the momentum they had

[@steezypdx5567]

💚💛🦆🦆

[@nathanhammond8077]

when bo nix came in everyone doubted him. then oregon gets off to a slow start and everyone was doubting them. including the quarterback and the redzone turnovers. looked how bo did and is doing. and oregon had a heisman candidate and oregon won 13 games last season. until you win a natty, they gonna doubt. the sky will always be falling

[@dankcoyote]

Lanning is the man and Oregon should stick with him. My issue with him is more his personality. He just doesn’t seem like a fun guy to be around. He might be but the vibe he gives off at press conferences is too serious for me. At the end of the day it’s just a game, gotta have fun too.

[@JMiles003]

You should watch more than his press conferences... he comes from the Saban school of press conferences but watch him in every other medium and he has a great personaliy. I don't think anyone who watches him and this team regularly think he has a bad attitude.

[@cjcurtis8944]

His players LOVE him and his personality. They cite it all the time.

[@kron-dean-ic]

He's still young. I think with more time his personality will come out more. Some of the greatest coaches of all time didn't have the best personalities.

[@1876Oregon]

I have Oregon circled for 2026, to be the overwhelming favorite, to win the national title. But, Oregon has a chance at winning the Big Ten 2yrs straight… along with winning their first national title, in 2025… since I believe Dante Moore he is more talented than arch Manning, which was proven that all the elite 11, and all American games, coming out of high school. Oregon has a really good shot at dominating in 2025, since oh Ohio State will have a Michigan type down season, after losing 40+ players, after everyone came back for one last season. the buckeyes have five lose games, and they will likely lose the Michigan again.

[@CharlieHays-ii1gy]

Yeah all you have to do is look at there schedule they don’t play anyone maybe Penn state is the only team they will play that will be a challenge

[@XxBonzeD4Kill4xX]

Oregon will be the best BIG team in 25

[@bradspicks]

Best roster perhaps, but the ducks got no warm up before having to play Ohio St. again.

[@derekbell5333]

A 25 day layoff where players traveled home for Christmas. That wasn’t a fair game. OSu had a massive playing a rusty Oregon team.

[@themexikin1h]

One month off and then play ohio oregon got screwed

[@elwalker9034]

Guess what? Dan Lanning's part of the narrative now.

[@jv1817]

Ducks are legit Lanning is a good coach Nike gives them a pipeline of loot

[@yamiven6m]

I would be careful in assuming the talent on the roster isn't hiding the flaws of the coach ☕

[@kron-dean-ic]

You can say that about any successful coach. Ohio state has had one of the best rosters year in and year out and they finally broke through with all that talent. The coaching staff is still very young and gaining valuable experience every year.

[@yamiven6m]

@kron-dean-ic Oregon is different because without Phil's cash they'd never land a top 10 class consistently. For most teams yes, that thinking works.

[@kron-dean-ic]

@yamiven6m lol all top tier teams have rosters being funded by the ultra rich. Oregon is just an easy target because Phil knight is a known public figure. Other teams millionaires and billionaires aren't well known so Noone talks about them. All the oil money for the Texas teams, the Barstools owner financing Michigan . You can't pick and chose which teams my friend to act like they are not doing the same thing.

[@yamiven6m]

@@kron-dean-ic I'd bet my salary if Phil's funding would be removed rn the Oregon football program would implode. They don't have the historical background funding over years of success like the teams you mentioned. Oregon has only had success in the last 20 years. Not like most competitive teams that have generations of history. And we all know where the majority of the funding came from for the ducks.

[@kron-dean-ic]

@yamiven6m And your point? So only historical blue bloods should have a say at the table? You got to start somewhere. Now your the one sounding like an elitest or your afraid of all these new teams finally having a say at the table. Texas A&M spent the most in the portal this year to become relevant. There is more parody in the game than ever before and that's a good thing. More fans feel like they have a shot which is good for the sport.

[@alumniduck]

Here is what you have to watch. Oregon had a great team and great coaches not too long ago....then the coaches got poached and each replacement was a little worse. Other teams are already reaching out to Oregon coaching staff. If the coaches stay, Oregon wont lose a beat. If you see coaches leave for greener pastures.......Oregon is going to slide downhill.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

1:00 Dan Lanning wasn’t any part of it-I think I understand, but disagree still the same-he is now the poster child of awful game prep and effort. Is he the best Oregon can do probably, is Oregon the best he can do, No. Oregon Ducks shamed themselves for no particular reason in the 2025 Rose Bowl by opting out. They put on jerseys and ran around for several minutes, but that was figuratively and literally an opt out-talk to me about how the coaching adjusted, called time outs, tried new personnel-please I watched the game. I didn’t see effort, other than to get the game done with sooner than later. Shameful performance. This is professional sports, players don’t have contracts, maybe some of the players weren’t happy with their piece-you tell me. It wasn’t Oregon had a bad day or OSU had a really great day against a team that was doing everything it could to score and win.

[@kron-dean-ic]

Ohio state got blown out in similar fashion by petty much the exact score by Georgia in the postseason. He learned through experience and finally broke through. Lanning and his staff are far less experienced but learning and getting better every year.

[@richiedubs6113]

Oregon fans in the comment section trying to figure out what happened. They thought their coach was a God. They talked like they were the boogeyman all year only to get their doors blown off the hinges. Being down 34-0 before halftime is insane and Ohio State could still be scoring if they wanted to. The fact is that Ohio State was everything you thought Oregon was and Dan Lanning and Oregon ain’t like that.

[@LightningWing11]

It’s because Ohio State is still miles ahead on the CFB timeline. Oregon will catch them but this year was not the year.

[@5a.m]

Ohio state fans acting like we could never touch them when we literally beat them THIS year 😂 so congrats but don’t act like Oregon wasn’t a great team. Y’all’s ego was already inflated and now it’s through the roof, can’t wait to see you fans come back down to earth and go back to saying that you should fire your head coach (which happened after the October 12th game)

[@romeoyancy5320]

​@@5a.mmeaningless game😂

[@JonLichtgarn]

Don't worry, when they lose to Michigan again that ego is going to disappear​@@5a.m

[@kron-dean-ic]

Lol wow! Oregon hate much? I seem to remember ohio state getting blown out by Georgia in the postseason just a few years ago by almost the same score. Georgia fans were saying exactly the same thing your saying about ohio state. Kind of funny don't ya think?

[@jimsomerville3924]

Lanning gets too much credit for altering the program in terms of "toughness" and recruiting. Cristobal did that (before NIL), with a nod to Taggart's one year stint. Having said that, I don't think many are questioning Lanning- he has been very successful and shows promise to be even better. Rather, some are questioning the coordinators- DC in particular. Lupoi's defense looked completely lost against a mediocre PSU offense, and of course in the RB. They even gave up a lot of points to BSU.

[@cjcurtis8944]

Lupoi is the weak link for sure. Dan is smart though. He’ll sort out whether it’s Lupoi or a mismatch of scheme to skillset.

[@Duck_Disciple]

Mario teams didn’t feel like this, sorry man. Taggard wasn’t even here a full year.

[@srajala42]

​@Duck_Disciple yeah, i gotta agree with you. It may have started with Mario a bit, but Dan Lanning leveled it up for sure. Especially considering that Mario's teams are still having a bit of a rough go of it in a soft ACC

[@NetworkError455]

I was so relieved to see Mario leave

[@stephenhermansen1498]

Mario is a terrible coach, and everyone knows it. He's a great recruiter though and he'll field competitive teams most years. Lanning is a clear cut above, and smarter.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

0:09 Disappointing. 😂😂😂😂😂. Can I get a like from anybody that was more than disappointed, maybe even throw in a more appropriate word. Mine would be horrified. I absolutely knew it was possibly for the Ducks to lose, they opted out-the mascot was there, the cute cheerleaders were there but they opted out, some literally. 34-O before halftime, any other number one ranked team (not preseason) do that before, no seriously, this was a first! In the Rose Bowl-worst single team performance in the history of the Rose Bowl and Ohio DT showed grace and judgement by easing off, could have been a lot worst. 55 to what 8 could they have gotten 8 if OSU didn’t want them to get those points?

[@francisbarton4052]

Blah, blah, and Blah, only GOAL win a first ever NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, for PHIL, the crazy ALUMS & FAN BASE !!!! ITS NOW LIKE A PRO TEAM !! Win it for CORPERATE GREED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kron-dean-ic]

Welcome to sports my friend.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

0:30. We do not agree, unfortunately. There was more to the worst Rose Bowl performance in the history of the game by any team. 34-O before halftime is not what we are being told, there are some credible but yet to be fleshed out reasons, the only partially acceptable one is the flu, but we were not told about the flu were we, but it is out there. Oregon Ducks are representing a public unit, with public employees, using public resources and 34-O is BS on a massive scale-I tend to think, this is about money and our public employee Dan Lanning is dicking us around. That doesn’t work for me. I want to know why it was okay to go down 34-O, who did you see trying up until that point, give me some names, I watch the whole game. That was participation not competition.

[@cjcurtis8944]

The flu situation was in the conference title game. Also the UO athletic department is self funded and donor funded. Get your facts right and take off your effing tinfoil hat. JFC

[@kron-dean-ic]

Ohio state got blown out by Georgia in the post season by practically the same score just a few years ago. These games happen.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

5:20 I would be very surprised if he is there in five years and if before then he produces a National Championship. This is official professional sport, with personnel issues and generations that are iffy in competition. I know this what I saw was not competitive sports, there is something else to 34-O before halftime, Ducks lose no problem, I understand OSU-great team. Not competing, big problem, especially since we were told they were going to compete and were ready to go and win. They didn’t leave it on the field because they didn’t show up, the just put on the jerseys and ducked around for a minute until it was settled. Argue otherwise-did the Oregon Ducks compete in the 2025 Rose Bowl? How’s the Rose Bow rank in the history of Rose Bowls? Worst one ever-I can make an argument it was and it wasn’t because of OSU being great-there was. A team on that field that was up to something and after halftime it was still up to something.

[@duanetom1155]

It’s Oregon (Phil Knight) vs Michigan (Larry Ellison)

[@BetterDays-e8h]

1:38 would you please share with me the list of “Trench Monsters” let alone Number One ranked teams that have gone down 34-O ever, let alone on the largest stage of College Football. We are being deceived, dicked around by what happened that day and I don’t have to believe in some throng where I know I am being deceived. There are ways of covering up the story and they are all there-the Truth is 34-O before with no adjustments coming out after half time. We saw what we saw.

[@andyeighttre]

The roster is on ESPN*

[@tonychung857]

#1 in resources + #1 in NIL dollars = 0 Championships. Math does not add up. Oregon will be Oregon forever.

[@ChiTsang]

it's oregon nike

[@Duck_Disciple]

Did u come up with that one all on your own..? 😂😂

[@ChiTsang]

@@Duck_Disciple "Nike co-founder Phil Knight has donated over $1 billion to the University of Oregon. Knight has also pledged unlimited NIL (name, image, and likeness) money to the school's football team."

[@ChiTsang]

@@Duck_Disciple "Nike co-founder Phil Knight has donated over $1 billion to the University of Oregon. Knight has also pledged unlimited NIL (name, image, and likeness) money to the school's football team. "

[@derekbell5333]

@@ChiTsanghis influence is overstated. If he wanted to throw 30 million a year for Saban he would. He’s not wasting money on coaches or players. Your narrative is fake news.

[@ChiTsang]

@derekbell5333 u stvpid duck

[@RadicallyOptimistic]

Oregon got bullied by Penn State on the LOS and will get bullied again next year. The Big 10 is only gonna get better. Michigan, USC, UW will be back. Winning at Iowa is near impossible. OSU is the best program in the country. Dan Lanning being from the SEC, might not be the upside people thought it was.

[@Timbuzz2005]

You expect Oregon not to be better ?

[@jimsomerville3924]

Not sure how you get bullied and still put up 45 points. And most of PSU's runs were to the outside.

[@sparkyplug788]

@@jimsomerville3924 I was gonna say the same thing

[@troyducksidor3081]

terrible take

[@dankcoyote]

What kind of delusional trash are you listening to suggesting the regular season undefeated Big10 champs who beat the eventual national champion can’t hang? Have you even looked at some of the transfers coming in? I’d suggest listening to less talking heads and base your opinion from facts.

[@blackmambaram7034]

They are a solid program but still lack depth to compete with the top tier programs and too many programs now have the ability to have a great season as well to where consistency can become an issue from year to year. It will probably take awhile for them to get to a true championship caliber program to win the big games.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

No way

[@5a.m]

“Solid” programs don’t produce teams that go undefeated in one of the top 2 best conferences and win it in their first year in said conference. In your eyes if a team doesn’t go 15 or 16-0 and win the natty then they are mid lol. That’s not reality

[@icyballerj5857]

Lan Danning will never win one at Oregon he’s just another chip kelly so expect him to win one at Ohio state as a coordinator in a decade

[@alexlonnquist]

L take

[@maxhill779]

What has Dan done? He Inherited a juggernaut roster and recruiting pipelines. He has an UNLIMITED NIL budget. Yet he has only lost when it matters most. He was born with a running start rounding 3rd base and got thrown out at the plate. He is a general LOSER. Oregon will remain become of NIL. Lanning has to go

[@maxhill779]

*Because. Sue me fr

[@ryanglover4549]

Go root for the Huskies😂

[@tomchavez5535]

35-6,13-1 He hasn’t done much

[@maxhill779]

@ correct ✅

[@ryanglover4549]

@@maxhill779 I think your elevator stops well below the penthouse suite.