#21 UCLA @ #13 Oregon (Oct 10, Sat 12:30 PM CBS)

[OregonFan4Life]

Yeah Mehringer deserves heat, but also no point in firing him now cause we have nobody capable to call plays due to Dan’s mismanagement of the offense.

For context, Drew is 38, the next oldest coach on the offensive staff is Ka’ai, who is 33. Douglas and Samples are the hot names for taking over playcalling from Drew for the rest of the season, but they’re both 31 and Douglas has 0 playcalling experience and Samples has very limited playcalling experience.

But yeah, fire Terry yesterday, we have assistants that can cover in his departure until we get a real OLine coach in the offseason, and I believe a strong message needs to be sent to the entire coaching staff and fanbase, that Dan ain’t settling.


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[dthomas=ddixon]

To be clear, I don’t want Mehringer fired. I don’t think he’s an offensive genius by any means but I also don’t think it’s fair to judge him with the OL he’s forced to work with. I don’t know how you coordinate a great offense with a line that is a complete mess most plays.

I do think Terry should be fired ASAP. The state of the OL is inexcusable and Mike Cavanaugh is a proven OL already on the staff as an analyst who could step in as an interim OL coach.

Don't you have to adapt to what you have to some extent though? I believe UCLA's defense was ranked 85th nationally against very weak competition going into our game. I know the OL is in shambles, but then design the offense and play calling to work around some of the weaknesses.

We basically score 0 touchdowns until 2 minutes left in the game. The first touchdown on the 2 yard line was really a defensive touchdown if anything.

We did more with Jeff Lockie, Dakota Prukop, etc... And integration between groups also falls on the OC/Head coach. So yeah scoring no TDs against UCLA for 58 minutes is unacceptable period. Don't care how bad the OL is. Also OL pass blocking was much better than their run blocking!!! We had 34 pass attempts and 'only' 10 of those were hurries. So you can't just blame the OL. Mehringer dropped the ball against UCLA.

I meant in-season, since that’s what droop10 was referring to. Firing Mehringer now would only make things worse.

[UOducksTK1]

Oh my bad, yes in-season fires are seldom a good thing.

[OregonFan4Life]

The more I watch film, the less I blame Raiola and the more I blame the OLine. The fact that Dan hasn’t fired Terry yet is making me start to doubt Dan. If Terry is still employed next season along with the rest of the offensive coaching staff then Dan might be turning into Helf 2.0.


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[Xenocide23]

The more I watch film, the less I blame Raiola and the more I blame the OLine. The fact that Dan hasn’t fired Terry yet is making me start to doubt Dan. If Terry is still employed next season along with the rest of the offensive coaching staff then Dan might be turning into Helf 2.0.


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I cannot believe that Dan defended Terry by saying that the line was nominated for the Joe Moore Award. It was clear that last year our offensive line was a weak point of the offense and didn't improve at all over the course of the season. Terry is the MOST to blame for the woeful offensive performances over the past couple of years and needs to be let go yesterday.

[dthomas=ddixon]

https://247sports.com/college/oregon/ar ... 291275304/

"I think it reveals itself. There isn't a timeline. It reveals itself when it reveals itself," Lanning said. "I don't know the exact number of guys we tried out there on Saturday, but it was a lot, and that's hard to build continuity.

"Nobody is separating themselves from a performance standpoint where you're like, 'This guy has to be the guy consistently.' We have to be consistent at that position to be effective. But we have some guys who are capable of doing that. We just have to do it at a higher clip and more frequently. There's going to be really open competition at the position."

I guess having no idea who your best 5 OL are 7 weeks into the season is the “Oregon standard” now.

[OregonFan4Life]

At a certain point with the season going the way it’s going and nobody separating themselves, why continue playing veterans like Iuli and Rogers who have been awful when you can play young guys like Todi, who will also probably be awful and mistake filled, but at least there’s a chance they could get better by the end of the season. We know who Iuli and Rogers are, there’s not much of an upside to playing them, they simply cannot play the position anywhere close to the Oregon standard, so why not play a young guy who will not be good, but at least there’s a chance/hope they learn, grow, and develop?

I mean game time is the only way for young guys to develop cause it sure as hell ain’t happening in practice with this OLine coaching staff.


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[dthomas=ddixon]

At a certain point with the season going the way it’s going and nobody separating themselves, why continue playing veterans like Iuli and Rogers who have been awful when you can play young guys like Todi, who will also probably be awful and mistake filled, but at least there’s a chance they could get better by the end of the season. We know who Iuli and Rogers are, there’s not much of an upside to playing them, they simply cannot play the position anywhere close to the Oregon standard, so why not play a young guy who will not be good, but at least there’s a chance/hope they learn, grow, and develop?

I mean game time is the only way for young guys to develop cause it sure as hell ain’t happening in practice with this OLine coaching staff.


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That’s precisely the problem though. More snaps haven’t made the older players better. As QB11 has pointed out, even the portal guys of the past left with the exact same technical deficiencies they came here with. More snaps doesn’t make players better if they’re poorly coached. If anything it’s engraining bad habits.