Valid points but I will disagree respectfully on one of them, the teamdthomas=ddixon wrote:I don’t think there’s a ton of reason to be worried about our future. Yesterday should give you a little pause about Lanning and this staff but I agree, he’ll learn from it and do everything he can to fix what happened. He’s a huge “growth mindset” guy so he doesn’t run away from self-examination.OregonFan4Life wrote:Random day after optimistic post, Lanning literally had to deal with a lot of adversity his first year, he’s being forced to grow up fast and I’m confident he will. He’s dealt with his first major blowout loss, two lost rivalry games, first bit choke job/bad loss, and just lost his top assistant to a conference foe. It doesn’t get much tougher than that for a first year, but he’s gonna fight through it and be better for it and so will Oregon football.
That doesn’t change the fact that yesterday was legitimately one of the worst losses of my lifetime. Been watching since I was 9 (1999); I’m 32 now, and that was the most pathetic effort I’ve ever seen. Even worse than the team quitting at Reser when it started raining in Helf’s last year, or the Alamo bowl loss, because there was no reason for it. We were dominating and our players flat out quit playing, especially our defense.
21 point lead with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and you allow 28 points when the other team doesn’t even attempt a pass? It doesn’t even feel real. It’s the type of thing that gets coaches fired.
Now, was it mostly the fault of this staff or the crappy culture left over from Cristobal? Only time will tell but, while the current staff isn’t blameless, I lean towards the latter. I expect a lot of defensive guys will be encouraged to hit the portal and a serious revamping to done on that side of the ball. This team under MC was on a serious downward trend and there’s only so much a new staff can do in one year. Between the portal and this next recruiting class we’ll likely see a drastically different team next year.
did not quit in anyway yesterday like in 2016.
I also think you are right, DL , unlike his
predecessor will evaluate things and make the necessary changes. You are spot on in that it's called growth and Dan will embrace it as a challenge.
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