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Mario built this Oregon team or did he?

Did mario leave a good situation? Yes and oregon has been a good situation for coaches for a while, I think they have had maybe one losing season in 10 years?

But it’s literally no way unless u are just blind that u watch those mario teams and the last two years and not see a major improvement. Lanning elevated them
 
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Had Mario stayed at Oregon and landed whatever QB he would have ended up rolling with in 2022 they wouldn't be near their current stratosphere. It wouldn't have been Nix.

Bucky Irving and Jordan James are good but Mario had Trey Benson too. Fair trade off. Lanning has added a few good players on defense but the majority of that defense is still Mario's guys. Plus he has 2 former players starting at Auburn right now at DT and CB. Flowe is starting at Arizona. He would have also made portal additions there. He's 2 years removed, obviously it's not his full roster and obviously Lanning's footprint is on the roster.

But the sole driver behind their success is Bo Nix and he only ended up there because of Dillingham. A Heisman caliber QB will do a lot for any program. Especially one with an OL and a defense to go with it.
 
Can we stop acting like Mario at Oregon was Howard at Louisville? Like Oregon was a no name school before he got there? He didn’t build it from the ground up. He took over a team that had been winning for a long time. Being bad is an outlier up there in the last two decades. Honestly what did he do that was different or better than anybody the past 20+ years? Nothing.

2008 to 2014 - all double digit win seasons
2015 - 9-4
2016 - 4-8
2017 - 7-6
2018 - 9-4 (Mario’s 1st year)
2019 - 12-2
2020 - 4-3
2021 - 10-4
2022 - 10-3 (Lanning takes over)
2023 - 10-1
 
Two things can be true at the same:

Lanning walked into a fully-baked program with top 5 resources and facilities. He then optimized for the talent already on the roster and elevated the program to where they are now.

Sometimes I wonder why Mario walked away from what was a pretty sweet gig.
 
JayCane20 said:
Had Mario stayed at Oregon and landed whatever QB he would have ended up rolling with in 2022 they wouldn't be near their current stratosphere. It wouldn't have been Nix.

Bucky Irving and Jordan James are good but Mario had Trey Benson too. Fair trade off. Lanning has added a few good players on defense but the majority of that defense is still Mario's guys. Plus he has 2 former players starting at Auburn right now at DT and CB. Flowe is starting at Arizona. He would have also made portal additions there. He's 2 years removed, obviously it's not his full roster and obviously Lanning's footprint is on the roster.

But the sole driver behind their success is Bo Nix and he only ended up there because of Dillingham. A Heisman caliber QB will do a lot for any program. Especially one with an OL and a defense to go with it.
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Nix was dead to rights at Auburn. Absolute basket case there.
 
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NC_Canes_11 said:
Can we stop acting like Mario at Oregon was Howard at Louisville? Like Oregon was a no name school before he got there? He didn’t build it from the ground up. He took over a team that had been winning for a long time. Being bad is an outlier up there in the last two decades. Honestly what did he do that was different or better than anybody the past 20+ years? Nothing.

2008 to 2014 - all double digit win seasons
2015 - 9-4
2016 - 4-8
2017 - 7-6
2018 - 9-4 (Mario’s 1st year)
2019 - 12-2
2020 - 4-3
2021 - 10-4
2022 - 10-3 (Lanning takes over)
2023 - 10-1
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Exactly. People here act like Oregon was some small time program that never did anything. They played for a national championship 4 years before Mario took over. And played for another in 2010.

In an era where NIL and the portal didn’t exist, Mario used his recruiting ability and Oregon’s resources to get them back on track.

As someone else mentioned, Lanning has elevated them building on some pieces that Mario left.
 
JZCane0825 said:
Two things can be true at the same:

Lanning walked into a fully-baked program with top 5 resources and facilities. He then optimized for the talent already on the roster and elevated the program to where they are now.

Sometimes I wonder why Mario walked away from what was a pretty sweet gig.
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The bolded is an insane thought.

Hes from f*ckin Miami an got 80 million with him in full control with the thing.

Oregon is a stepping stone program no 1 is staying their worth their sh*t longer than a few years if there winning because the program has a ceiling.
 
gogeta4 said:
The bolded is an insane thought.

Hes from f*ckin Miami an got 80 million with him in full control with the thing.

Oregon is a stepping stone program no 1 is staying their worth their sh*t longer than a few years if there winning because the program has a ceiling.
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They're about to be in the BIG so I'd argue with you that they're currently a top 12-15-ish job in America right now
 
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MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
Exactly. People here act like Oregon was some small time program that never did anything. They played for a national championship 4 years before Mario took over. And played for another in 2010.

In an era where NIL and the portal didn’t exist, Mario used his recruiting ability and Oregon’s resources to get them back on track.

As someone else mentioned, Lanning has elevated them building on some pieces that Mario left.
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It would’ve been a major red flag if he wasn’t successful there. The PAC 12 was terrible back then. He wasn’t playing the same schedule Lanning is.
 
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JayCane20 said:
Had Mario stayed at Oregon and landed whatever QB he would have ended up rolling with in 2022 they wouldn't be near their current stratosphere. It wouldn't have been Nix.

Bucky Irving and Jordan James are good but Mario had Trey Benson too. Fair trade off. Lanning has added a few good players on defense but the majority of that defense is still Mario's guys. Plus he has 2 former players starting at Auburn right now at DT and CB. Flowe is starting at Arizona. He would have also made portal additions there. He's 2 years removed, obviously it's not his full roster and obviously Lanning's footprint is on the roster.

But the sole driver behind their success is Bo Nix and he only ended up there because of Dillingham. A Heisman caliber QB will do a lot for any program. Especially one with an OL and a defense to go with it.
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remmeber what nix looked like at AU. Bo also put up a better season with a new OC at oregon this year. its been insane what theyve done under lanning
 
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johnumcanes said:
This years Oregon team is great but Oregon was good before Lanning got there. Lanning took over a well-oiled machine that was built by Mario. Now look at the team Mario inherited.
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JayCane20 said:
It was either luck or a great call by Kenny Dillingham. Lanning had little to do with it but he trusted his guy he picked as OC.

Paid off big time. Nix has always had the tools.
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So now a head coach is supposed to trust his OC, get outta here!
 
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theibisrules said:
I've been silent, but this crap is ****ing me off. So yall gone act like Mario aint win the pac 12 and the Rose bowl 2 times? GTFOHWTBS!

EDIT: Dan Lanning aint won **** with all them **** resources. Gtfoh.
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I’m rooting super hard agaisnt lanning for that reason lol also **** Oregon anyway CUCKS I mean ducks
 
theibisrules said:
I've been silent, but this crap is ****ing me off. So yall gone act like Mario aint win the pac 12 and the Rose bowl 2 times? GTFOHWTBS!

EDIT: Dan Lanning aint won **** with all them **** resources. Gtfoh.
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The efforts these people work overtime to discredit Mario really is something.

Great, Miami isn't where we want it to be year two and Cristobal has his flaws.... but these fools act like he didn't hand Lanning a 35-12 program over a four-year stretch where he won the Pac-12 twice, won a Rose Bowl, had two double-digit win seasons and year rolled into Columbus year four to knock off #3 Ohio State on the road.

Newsflash numbnutz, you think Bo Nix and these others are going to Oregon if Mario hadn't built a program, a culture and a powerhouse Pac-12 program there?

The wanted to go play for a WINNING PROGRAM not for Georgia's unknown defensive coordinator who had never been a head coach before, geniuses.

Lanning literally took the baton and ran with it—but y'll sound like total bozos trying to discredit the program he was handed, as if that didn't have any hand in what he was able to build on.

Conversely, Mario got a team that was 21-15 under little beta man child Manny—a few years removed from a home loss against FIU where he let his hungover, curfew-missing quarterback get the start—as he as actively scared guys were going to leave the program if they didn't run the asylum (... an FIU team that went 1-18 over their next 19 games after upsetting the Canes.)

Even his little paper 8-3 run in 2020 where D'Eriq King's legs saved him—exposed massively in 42-17 loss at Clemson and 62-26 at home to North Carolina. Total fraud.

Cristobal left a winner behind in Oregon—while left Lanning something to sell recruits—while inheriting a stage-four cancer program in Miami; one that was 28-24 overall after Richt's 10-0 start in 2017 (which he wrapped up 7-9 before quitting and Diaz taking over.)
 
I think Mario created more interest in oregon since Kelley was there especially beating OSu. The rest is Lanning
 
Two things can be true at once:

1) Dan Lanning was born on 3rd base

2) The early returns indicate Lanning is a better head coach than Mario, at least as it pertains to game management and offensive philosophy.

I think if Lanning is our head coach with this roster, we win the GT game and maybe one other game. But that’s probably it. Bo Nix is the real difference maker.
 
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