The Oregon Ducks’ fan base had quite a bit of fun on Wednesday morning with the rumors that Washington Huskies’ head coach Kalen DeBoer could be a candidate to replace Pete Carroll With the Seattle Seahawks.
Those jokes about a coach potentially leaving became a lot less funny in the afternoon, though, when Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced his retirement. Almost immediately, Oregon coach Dan Lanning was named a top candidate to replace him.
While Lanning has continually said over the past couple of years that he has no intentions of leaving Oregon, and that he could see this being his last job, the worry among fans is this could be a job big enough for Lanning to jump ship for.
As you would expect, those worries aired on social media: