Dan Lanning explains delay penalty, how Oregon hopes to avoid that in the future

There wasn’t much to complain about from Dan Lanning getting his first with at Oregon, defeating Eastern Washington by a score of 70-14 on Saturday.

However, the Ducks took a delay of game penalty that Lanning believes shouldn’t have been. After the game, the Oregon leader explained the penalty, and how the Ducks expect to avoid similar flags in the future.

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“We think there was a mistake there,” Lanning stated, harkening back to believing there was a play clock malfunction.

Then, Lanning stated that the coaching staff will need to do a better job in the future if the situation arises again, even if he’s under the belief that it was an official’s mistake.

“We called it out,” responded Lanning. “That being said, we were told it wasn’t wrong at the time. We also have an assessment for us as a coaching staff now to prevent that from happening in the future. So at the end on the day, that’s on us as coaches. We’ve got to get it right. There might be a mistake in the game.

“Obviously officials can make mistakes just like coaches can make mistakes, and we have to do a good job of identifying that and making sure we’re ahead of it.”

As you can see, Dan Lanning is a perfectionist — finding ways to improve, even after beating another team by 56 points.

Dan Lanning discusses approach to using redshirt players throughout season

Every college coach has to figure out with their young incoming players whether or not to redshirt them for the season. And while some coaches struggle in making these decisions, the Oregon Ducks‘ first-year head coach Dan Lanning, has a fluid method and navigating those waters. During a recent press conference, Lanning discussed his approach to using redshirt players throughout the season.

“Honestly, our plan is how can we best develop our players and how can we best win games. I think that conversation continues to change throughout the year based on your health as a team; based on people’s performance,” said Lanning. “To think that any of the guys that just got here for us will be the same players ten games from now is a complete disservice to them and our program from a development standpoint.”

Despite this being Lanning’s first time as a head coach, he is familiar with how to utilize redshirting and redshirt players throughout the season. At his previous home with the Georgia Bulldogs, that topic came up with a handful of players.

“I’ve been around programs where a guy that wasn’t necessarily involved game one was super involved game ten. We had a guy for us last year William Poole who didn’t play hardly in any games the entire year. And then, started forcing the SEC championship and the national championship game. So, to know where we’re at now; to make decisions about redshirting or not redshirting based on today comparative to what’s going on in November and December. I think it’s really premature.”