The overarching theme that many people are using to read between the lines on what the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that the deal for Dan Lanning would be announced Monday is the 'Moby Dick' theory that an NFL coach might still be on the table.
While I suppose that could be true, there is another reality at play here. When did the position officially open? Monday, December 6.
This coming Monday is exactly 7 days. Why does that matter? I was going off of something I heard when talking about a 10 day posting window for state jobs. Turns out, that is not accurate.
A little research shows that ORS 240.306(2) says the Department of Administrative Services shall set the rules for "adequate public notice" for state jobs. But the law itself does not state what that time frame is. For that you have to go to DAS HR Policy Memo 40.010.02 (2019) which reads (in part)
(1) Recruitments
d) Hiring agencies shall post a job opportunity for a minimum seven calendar days when filling vacancies through an internal or external recruitment process using the Oregon Jobs page.
So. There you have it. Why would Oregon athletic department push back on this report from AJC? Because it has not yet been seven days.
Does that mean it is 100% Lanning is the guy? No. But I think that, unless something changes in the next 60 hours or so, Monday will, in fact, bring Lanning on as the next head football coach for Oregon.
While I suppose that could be true, there is another reality at play here. When did the position officially open? Monday, December 6.
This coming Monday is exactly 7 days. Why does that matter? I was going off of something I heard when talking about a 10 day posting window for state jobs. Turns out, that is not accurate.
A little research shows that ORS 240.306(2) says the Department of Administrative Services shall set the rules for "adequate public notice" for state jobs. But the law itself does not state what that time frame is. For that you have to go to DAS HR Policy Memo 40.010.02 (2019) which reads (in part)
(1) Recruitments
d) Hiring agencies shall post a job opportunity for a minimum seven calendar days when filling vacancies through an internal or external recruitment process using the Oregon Jobs page.
So. There you have it. Why would Oregon athletic department push back on this report from AJC? Because it has not yet been seven days.
Does that mean it is 100% Lanning is the guy? No. But I think that, unless something changes in the next 60 hours or so, Monday will, in fact, bring Lanning on as the next head football coach for Oregon.
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