Kirby will replace this minion DC with someone else he knows will follow his scheme to the letter.
Lanning is now on his own to either take what he learned from Kirby to Oregon, and do his best to implement it without daddy holding his hand, or implement his own scheme, his own vision. This is what separates pretenders from contenders.
Seems Oregon didn't want to play the $7.5 million/10 years game and I don't blame them in the slightest for that. Probably getting this guy for $4 - $5 million for 4/5 years. You lock 'em in with the long term big bucks AFTER they've proven their worth with CC's and P/O appearances.