Next Duck Coach: DAN LANNING

[StevensTechU]

Lanning just gave his opening speech at his press conference. Really impassioned. Definitely a nod to 'the letter' by him reaching out to former players/alumni very early in his remarks. He did have one semi-flub, where he talked about how every job was to* prepare him for the next job, and that this one was no different, haha. (I think he meant that each job prepared for his new job, but in the delivery it sounded more like he was using this to prepare for his next job lol).

Overall, he sounds like a smart, detail-oriented guy.

[mrpd21]

Lanning just gave his opening speech at his press conference. Really impassioned. Definitely a nod to 'the letter' by him reaching out to former players/alumni very early in his remarks. He did have one semi-flub, where he talked about how every job to was prepare him for the next job, and that this one was no different, haha. (I think he meant that each job prepared for his new job, but in the delivery it sounded more like he was using this to prepare for his next job lol).

Overall, he sounds like a smart, detail-oriented guy.

I caught that as well

[StevensTechU]

In the Q&A, one thing I really liked hearing was that he started building his 'coaching hires' list as far back as when he was a recruiting coordinator at Arizona State. Basically, he's been preparing to get here for a long time.

He was asked about what he would say to the fan base when people may be worried that his success could mean he leaves in a few years. He opened by joking he won't be going back to his alma mater (a D-II school in Missouri) but ultimately said that if he achieves what he wants to achieve, there doesn't need to be a 'next step' in his career. Sees this job as a preeminent job in the country.

Aside - he apparently met his wife when they were both working at Outback Steakhouse as 18-19 year olds. He was server and she ran the to-go counter. haha

Double aside - I can only imagine how sleep deprived his guy is right now, and so if I'm grading his speech on a curve to consider that, I think he spoke beyond impressively. I'm a decently (maybe half-decently) intelligent guy but my IQ would be at zero if I was operating on the small amount of sleep that I'm sure he's working with.

[OregonFan4Life]

Lanning just gave his opening speech at his press conference. Really impassioned. Definitely a nod to 'the letter' by him reaching out to former players/alumni very early in his remarks. He did have one semi-flub, where he talked about how every job was to* prepare him for the next job, and that this one was no different, haha. (I think he meant that each job prepared for his new job, but in the delivery it sounded more like he was using this to prepare for his next job lol).

Overall, he sounds like a smart, detail-oriented guy.

I was surprised that was the only flub he had considering his age and experience. I was very impressed with him.

He seems to have the right level of confidence and humility, he’s not arrogant like Willie who came in guaranteeing a national championship, but rather talked about how he believes we’ll win one but the bigger focus is the process to get there rather than just winning a national championship.

Though my favorite part was how he talked about to win in today’s game you need explosion plays and that will largely be a focus, that was a concept lost on Mario. Lanning is young and seems to already be someone that will adapt quickly with the game rather than expecting the game to adapt to him. It sounds like we’re gonna see a way more aggressive offense next year.

[GrandpaDuck]

So for those of us concerned about his lack of experience, everyone can relax because he has a firm grasp of coach speak and clichés. He can pronounce Oregon, his only fire-able flaw so far is the overuse of "Duck Nation" . Well I guess there was also the saying the quiet part out loud about preparing for your next job.

[greenyellow]

In case people missed the press conference, here's the video of it:

[woundedknees]

He did say during the presser that to him, he wants to be at Oregon
"as long as they'll have me... "

[dd10snoop28]

The mentor for Tyson Alger needs to tell him to work on his likes.

[karlhungis]

He did say during the presser that to him, he wants to be at Oregon
"as long as they'll have me... "

Sounds familiar. Shocked he didn't say that he hopes to be here "until his dream job opens up."

[73duck]

In terms of public speaking, he's a big step down from MC, but MC was worldclass at that. The real first test for MC was saving the draft class. That's what I am waiting to see from this guy.

[StevensTechU]

In terms of public speaking, he's a big step down from MC, but MC was worldclass at that. The real first test for MC was saving the draft class. That's what I am waiting to see from this guy.

Agree to disagree, but very much disagree.

[dd10snoop28]

In terms of public speaking, he's a big step down from MC, but MC was worldclass at that. The real first test for MC was saving the draft class. That's what I am waiting to see from this guy.

Agree to disagree, but very much disagree.

Agree with your disagreement.

[QuackininBama]

In terms of public speaking, he's a big step down from MC, but MC was worldclass at that. The real first test for MC was saving the draft class. That's what I am waiting to see from this guy.

Agree to disagree, but very much disagree.

Agree with your disagreement.

Absolutely. He spoke from the heart, and while he was not Obama in his oratory skills, (Like seriously, who is?), he is a football coach, not a public speaker. He most definitely wrote his own speech, you could tell that. I loved that line about his coaching experience, "Let me cut you off, I WAS head coach of my 3rd grade basketball team and we were GOOD"!!! (Paraphrasing). I laughed for three minutes at that. He knows who he is and he knew that someone would eventually mention that and he had a response. LOVE IT!!!!

Also, keep in mind the guy is running on pure adrenaline at this point. He is preparing for the CFP for a team who just whopped Ohio St and the top scoring offense in the nation after getting the annual beatdown by Alabama and ohhh yea, taking over an entire program who just got jilted by who they thought was their head coach. He's probably slept about 4 hours in the last 3 days. Guy is going 110MPH in every direction. Pretty sure we can cut him a break if he doesn't have the perfect answer to every question?

[lmduck]

In terms of public speaking, he's a big step down from MC, but MC was worldclass at that. The real first test for MC was saving the draft class. That's what I am waiting to see from this guy.

Agree to disagree, but very much disagree.

Totally agree with the disagreement. I thought he did a really good job. His excitement was palpable.


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