On Monday morning, news came out that Oregon Ducks offensive line coach and run game coordinator Adrian Klemm was going to leave Eugene to take a coaching position with the New England Patriots, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
This news came as a bit of a surprise for Duck fans, considering the fact that less than a week ago, Oregon head coach Dan Lanning stated that he didn’t “anticipate any coaching changes” this offseason in regards to the news that Klemm had interviewed with the Patriots for a coaching job. While it wasn’t a hard and fast “no” in regards to the potential that Klemm would be leaving, a lot of fans were led to believe that their OL coach would be sticking around in Eugene, at least for another season.
Instead, the Ducks will now be looking for another coaching replacement on the staff, which will be the third hire that Lanning has made this offseason — Oregon already replaced OC Kenny Dillingham with Will Stein, and safeties coach Matt Powledge with Chris Hampton.
So with Klemm off to the NFL, where does that leave the Ducks? How does this move impact the team, but in the short term and the long term? Let’s try to answer a few key questions.