Oregon Ducks Dan Lanning discusses important traits in a quarterbacks and leadership

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00:00What are you going to put a ball in your stove as a quarterback?

00:07A guy that throws touchdowns, doesn't throw interceptions.

00:11No, I mean, everybody has to be, the one thing that we've done at Oregon that I'm

00:15really happy about is everybody that's come to us has been uniquely did.

00:18They've been there themselves.

00:19But there's some traits of quarterback that are really important.

00:21Decision-making, the ability to take care of the ball,

00:25getting the ball to your weapons, understanding the system.

00:29Part of that's on you as coach is to make sure that you give them an opportunity to execute Iowa.

00:33You mentioned seeking new leaders.

00:34How do you go about that?

00:36Yeah, I've been in a lot of different places.

00:39And almost everywhere has like a leadership group, right?

00:42And for me, the thing that I think gets missed in that,

00:45a lot of times people put their best players, their leader,

00:48are in their leadership group, but they're not necessarily leaders.

00:50So to me, it's about leadership development, right?

00:52And rather than saying, hey, I'm going to have five guys in a leadership group,

00:56why not take 35 guys to a leadership retreat and describe what a leadership looks like.

01:00Have some real honest conversations with each other.

01:04You know, talk about when they felt like they were the best and when they weren't.

01:07You know, talk to them about the difference in leaders.

01:09You know, we studied in the spring with the captain's class.

01:13We talked just about the variety of leadership that exists there.

01:16But all great teams have great managers.

01:18Right, consistent teams.