Dan Lanning applauds staff for uphill battle during recruiting

Dan Lanning applauded his staff for the uphill battle they faced during recruiting. While Lanning was finishing his tenure at Georgia, his staff was aiding him with finding the right players for his next venture.

In his press conference for National Signing Day, Lanning touched on the subject, praising his coaches.

“For us as a staff it was a challenge, but a challenge we welcome,” stated Lanning. “You know, Oregon’s a phenomenal place. We’ve got the ability to get great players here. I think that people just had to have an opportunity to sit down, listen to us and realize we have a genuine group here that care.

“Certainly excited about the group we were able to put together.”

As you can see, Dan Lanning and his staff welcome the challenges of building a program. While there will be plenty of obstacles for his the coach and his staff to overcome, the Oregon leader looks to be the right man to lead the ship.

Lanning on filling roster holes: ‘Certainly still a little fluid.’

As his roster begins to take shape, Lanning gave an interesting answer on how Oregon is filling holes in their roster.

“Certainly still a little fluid,” started Lanning, in his 2022 National Signing Day press conference. “We anticipate ending up with a couple more guys here today that we’re battling for, that we feel strongly about. That we could end up landing. But ultimately, I don’t know if there’s one position of need. Because you don’t know exactly what position is available, if you know what I mean.

“As things continue to move, shake and shift, I think time will tell what direction we go there.”

As you can see, Lanning recognizes the Oregon roster could look different by the time the games begin to count. Still, he’s not losing sleep over it. In his first gig as a head coach, Lanning is bringing some fascinating strategies to the Ducks.