r/ducks

I know what some fans will say, this is a “doomer” take on the program, but let’s break down why fans like myself feel this way.

We have a 45-50 million dollar roster this year.

UCLA spent 24-29 million.

OKST spent 21.9 million

Boise state spent 17.3 million

We are completing a 200 million dollar facility for our football program alone.

UCLA/OKST have brand new staffs, less spending, less continuity, and they are RANKED after beating us.

We are already unranked.

Just two weeks ago our head coach said he didn’t want people/CFB analysts on our bus after we beat USC.

Here’s the thing, if we want to win we have to change this buddy buddy philosophy in house under lanning. Nick Saban didn’t win by promoting in house, he won by seeking out and bringing in the best of the best in terms of coordinators.

Not only did he do that, he Routinely chewed out and criticized his coordinators/staff when his program/team underperformed.

Some of our fans act like these coordinators/coaches are doing Oregon a favor by coaching here as if we aren’t a premier job that’s easily top 10 worthy and upcoming coordinators would beg to come coach here with the near endless resources at our disposal.

This year is a colossal failure under lanning and idc how people try to justify it, this team looks like they consistently get worse coming out of a bye.

Raiola looked WORSE after extra prep time.

We have all this talent on paper, but we play like paper tigers every time a team punches us in the mouth.

We post all these social media hype videos like ducks vs them, but if I’m being honest? We lack the substance in the “rooted in substance” part, big time.

I see OSU fans ready to fire Ryan day after a road loss at a top 5 team, a coach who’s WON a ring for them, and all we get is ducks apologizers acting like mediocrity is okay what the resources we have.

It is NOT okay.

We couldn’t even make it 6 weeks without being unranked with all our talent and continuity in the roster? Garbage.

If Dan lanning does not overhaul the staff at the end of the year, expect to become the Penn state ducks.

I’m tired of defending a staff that’s beating up all the lesser teams just to blow it when a team has a pulse and knocks us down.

Best believe this roster is going to have tremendous turnover once the year ends, guys like DK will go somewhere where they’ll actually get targets, TEs will go somewhere where they don’t have to wait 57 minutes to be targeted.

All these bluechip OL recruits and we’re constantly mixing and matching 6 weeks into the year?? Unacceptable

I understand being patient, but this is NOT okay. We can’t accept this garbage. This is how you regress as a program.

Standards have to be higher with the resources Dan has.

First time since 2021 I think, the first time in the Lanning era, and entirely deserved.

Love my Ducks, but we got problems. Let’s see how we respond.

The backstory. I lived in Eugene and was a season ticket holder from 1997-2015. I moved to Florida before the 2016 season.

Since I moved-everything I have done for the Ducks has been disastrous.

Went to 2019 Womens Final Four in Tampa. Ducks lost. (Was a season ticket holder in Mac Court until MKA was built).

Made accommodations for 2020 Womens Final Four in NOLA to watch us get the Championship. Covid hit.

Went to Chik Fil A Kickoff game to see Ducks Vs GA in Atlanta. Ass kicked.

Did not go to Miami for Texas Tech (work conflict). Easy win for UO.

Went to Peach Bowl vs Indiana in Atlanta. Ass kicked.

Decided preseason that this was our year (finally) and bought flights to Eugene to see Ducks in Autzen. Bought in the morning. Lost to OK State that same day.

Booked my rental car and Air BnB. Lost to UCLA.

Guys, I am terrified to fly and cause our third loss. Not sure what to do but I sincerely apologize. I’m not superstitious but I can’t help but blame myself.

I feel for him, and I want to see him succeed but man he’s being a bit sloppy and playing with emotions.

Our four girls just started their molt about two weeks ago and the yard looks like a pillow exploded every morning. I sweep up feathers before letting the dog out because she thinks every one of them is a toy worth destroying.

Something I didn't expect when I started keeping ducks: how much personality variation there is even within the same breed. Mabel is bossy and always first to the pool, Junebug hangs back and waits until the other three are done eating before she'll even approach the food dish. People warned me ducks were basically interchangeable feathered lawnmowers and that has not been my experience at all.

Egg production has slowed down with the shorter days and the molt, which I expected, but I'm still getting two or three a day from four ducks which feels generous this late in September. I've stopped worrying about it and just let them do their thing. Forcing egg production with extra light always felt a little unfair to me, like asking someone to work through their vacation.

The pond situation got easier this year since I finally built a proper kiddie pool stand with a drain valve on the side. No more tipping a 100 gallon pool by hand every three days like some kind of fool. Water stays cleaner longer too since I'm not scooping muck out with a net, I just crack the valve and let gravity do the work into the garden bed.

One thing I'm still figuring out is bedding for the coop now that it's getting colder at night. Straw versus pine shavings versus the deep litter method, I've tried all three over the years and each has tradeoffs. Straw insulates well but molds fast if it gets wet, shavings are easy to spot clean but dusty, deep litter takes patience to get right but honestly works the best once it's established.

Curious if anyone else notices their ducks getting noticeably more vocal right before molt starts, or if that's just my flock being dramatic about losing their feathers.