Dan Lanning's Commitment to Oregon and Denial of Other Job Offers

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 Here's Dan Lanning.

00:04 I'm not listening to any other jobs.

00:06 - There's obviously been some talk about you

00:07 and another school in the last couple days.

00:10 Just your thoughts on that, how you handled that

00:13 and just your commitment to Oregon.

00:15 - Yeah, we talk about outside noise a lot in our program.

00:18 I guess the reality here is one,

00:20 my name and our program would never be in a topic

00:24 of conversation for another school

00:26 if we didn't have something here that everybody else wanted.

00:28 And the reason we have something here

00:30 that everybody else wants,

00:31 that's because of what our players, our coaches,

00:34 the support that exists here at Oregon have created.

00:36 I think I've been really, really clear here since day one.

00:39 Everything I want exists right here.

00:41 I'm not going anywhere.

00:42 There's zero chance that I would be coaching somewhere else.

00:45 I've got unfinished business here.

00:47 There's a lot that I wanna accomplish here at Oregon.

00:49 My number one priority is being elite here at Oregon.

00:53 - Scott, the Dr. Evil chair.

00:56 - Well, yeah, I know he loves that chair.

00:59 Now that's all fine and good, Joe,

01:01 but I've seen guys sit in that same room

01:05 with that same logo behind them,

01:08 all say the same thing and all of them eventually leave.

01:11 Chip Kelly, Mario Cristobal,

01:15 who's the other guy that went to Florida State

01:16 and washed out within a year?

01:18 - Helfrich.

01:19 - Oh no, well, who's the other,

01:20 and what about the guy who went to Florida State

01:22 and did an awful job there?

01:25 Who was that?

01:26 Willie Taggart also goes to,

01:28 so if Oregon's so great, why does everybody leave, Joe,

01:33 for somewhere else with more money if they're so great?

01:37 - Because it's, why?

01:39 Because it's bigger and better.

01:41 We know that.

01:42 Texas A&M has more money than Oregon,

01:44 even though Phil Knight backs that program.

01:47 Again, it comes down to do you wanna win or not?

01:49 And maybe right now,

01:51 entering this weekend against Arizona State,

01:53 it's a zero chance,

01:55 but if he wins this week and they lose in,

01:58 let's say the Civil War,

02:00 I know you, that's what you call it, right?

02:03 Against Oregon State.

02:05 - That's what it is.

02:05 - Guess what?

02:06 Then it's a 50-50 shot.

02:08 And then if they lose in the Pac-12 championship,

02:11 then it's an 80-20 shot.

02:13 So money drives the bus.

02:15 You know that as well as anybody,

02:17 that if they lose before they reach

02:20 the Pac-12 championship game,

02:22 Dan Lanning and his Dr. Evil chair

02:24 will be out of Eugene before you know it.

02:26 You know it as well as I do.

02:29 - They will, they have a problem with 23 1/2

02:31 in the desert this week, Joe, on the road.

02:34 Give Dillingham some credit.

02:35 They've been competitive, Joe, very competitive.

02:40 - Arizona State's defense is pretty good,

02:44 and they're pretty good in run support as well.

02:46 I'll just say this,

02:47 Dillingham, if anybody knows about the tendencies

02:50 of Dan Lanning,

02:51 you would have to think it's Kenny Dillingham

02:53 being the offensive coordinator.

02:55 If anybody potentially can slow down Bo Nix,

02:58 you would have to think it's his former OC in Dillingham.

03:01 So does he have the personnel to do it?

03:04 He had the personnel to do it against Washington.

03:07 So I'm inclined to take the 23 1/2

03:10 with the Sun Devils right now.

03:11 (upbeat music)

03:14 [MUSIC]

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