Next Duck Coach: DAN LANNING

[GrantDuck]

Joe Brady or Kellen Moore.

[SuperDuck]

Joe Brady or Kellen Moore.

Unproven entities. Both good offensive minded coaches, but neither with any head coaching experience.

[UofDuck]

I like Joe Brady

[SuperDuck]

I like Joe Brady

He won a natty with Joe Burrow at QB. Other than that, I don't know much about him.

[QuackininBama]

Three years into his time at LSU, Orgeron said he finally had the staff to win. He had convinced Dave Aranda, a widely respected defensive coordinator who was originally hired by Les Miles, to stay on. And he'd found a diamond in the rough in New Orleans Saints assistant Joe Brady to come on as passing game coordinator, finally installing the kind of new-age, up-tempo, spread offense Orgeron said he wanted all along.
"It took some work," Orgeron said at the time. "I had to get lucky. We got Joe Burrow. We got Joe Brady. There's a lot of things that fell into place."

That might be a very interesting choice. Then again, it could be a total disaster. He has no head coaching experience.

[SuperDuck]

Honestly, I might be excited if they went after PJ Fleck. The guy rebuilt the Western Michigan program into a powerhouse (until he left) and he's done well so far at Minnesota.

A couple other coaches I can think of have walked similar paths. Lou Holtz, Brian Kelly, Urban Meyer, etc.

If he could build a staff that had assistants with strong west coast ties I could see him being successful at Oregon. He's likeable, he's definitely a players coach, and he's turned programs around at every school he's coached.

Imagine what he might do with a loaded roster?

The more I think about it, I think "rowing the boat" on the banks of the Willamette might not be a bad idea.

[GoDucksTroll]

My set of soft rules to follow to hire a head coach:
1. You don’t hire someone who hasn’t previously been a college head coach. Exceptions for internal promotions.
2. If they were fired from a job at the same level (P-5) purely for a poor record the odds of success are low.

My top choices: Dan Mullen, Justin Wilcox, Dave Aranda.

[Alan]

I didn’t like PJ the first time he was a candidate, Willie hire, but I would love to have him now. I agree he has proven he can coach power 5

[SuperDuck]

My set of soft rules to follow to hire a head coach:
1. You don’t hire someone who hasn’t previously been a college head coach. Exceptions for internal promotions.
2. If they were fired from a job at the same level (P-5) purely for a poor record the odds of success are low.

My top choices: Dan Mullen, Justin Wilcox, Dave Aranda.

Justin Wilcox hasn't done anything at Cal. I'm surprised he hasn't been fired yet.

I used to be high on Dan Mullen, but after his stint at Florida I think he was overrated.

Dave Aranda would be a great hire - in my opinion.

My top three would be:

1. Chris Petersen

2. Dave Aranda

3. PJ Fleck

[greenyellow]

Really just hoping it's not Mullen or Wilcox. Both are rather uninspired hires with questionable on-field and recruiting abilities.

[QuackininBama]

My top three would be:
1. Chris Petersen

His father, Ron Petersen, a Seattle native who grew up watching University of Washington football games on television as a boy, still lives in Yuba City.

Would his father let him?

Anyone have any insight why he stepped down at Washington? He had good teams, only one really down year (after he rebuild the team) then he just up and quit.

[greenyellow]

My top three would be:
1. Chris Petersen

His father, Ron Petersen, a Seattle native who grew up watching University of Washington football games on television as a boy, still lives in Yuba City.

Would his father let him?

Anyone have any insight why he stepped down at Washington? He had good teams, only one really down year (after he rebuild the team) then he just up and quit.

He was burned out from the recruiting and coaching grind. He's on record as saying the stress and anxiety took away his passion for the game.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -step-down

[lmduck]

No thanks on PJ Fleck. There's baggage there.


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[greenyellow]

No thanks on PJ Fleck. There's baggage there.


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There's a reason they passed on him the first time around.

[SuperDuck]

He was burned out from the recruiting and coaching grind. He's on record as saying the stress and anxiety took away his passion for the game.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -step-down

That's understandable. He stayed in Boise for years before moving on to UW. The expectations immediately went up, especially after making the CFB. As I stated before, I just wonder if he might be willing to step in at Oregon with a legitimate shot at competing for a natty over the next few years?

His health and heart come first, of course. If he's really lost his passion for the game then it obviously wouldn't be a good fit. But if that fire were to be rekindled after a couple years of rest, I'd sure love to have him at Oregon.