On Tuesday afternoon following the Oregon Ducks’ first spring practice after the two-week break, head coach Dan Lanning was asked about what he wanted to see from his players going into Thursday’s practice, and then again into Saturday’s practice.
Consistent growth was the answer.
“When you guys get off the field, everyone’s gonna want to go watch film because they’re eager, but they’re gonna first thing pull up the plays that they did really well,” Lanning said. “The challenge is to focus on the piece you didn’t do well, how do we fix those? Right? It’s not about the highlights, right? We can all put together a highlight. It’s about the low lights and how we eliminate those. So I’m looking for us not to make the same mistakes Thursday that we made today.”
That was the mindset going into the fourth spring practice on Thursday morning, and the intensity was noticeably ramped up. Media members got to watch the first 15-20 minutes of practice. Here are some of my takeaways from that time.