December 4th, 2018 at 12:17 PM ^
Feldman? From across the hall?
December 4th, 2018 at 4:39 PM ^
Dominos sales are about to drop.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
I am not that afraid of Day. His resume basically looks like a guy who knows Urban and Chip Kelly and keeps getting promoted because of that.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
His offense did just put up 55 on our defense (not 62, 7 of them came from the deflected punt). A similar situation has worked out well for Lincoln Riley, but I don't know how well it will work for Ryan Day and I don't know how good of a recruiter he is.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
No offense to Day, but that's Urban's offense.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
They have Kevin Wilson as well.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
I absolutely do not understand and cannot agree with this scorcher of a taek. You cannot look at this Ohio State offense and say it's Urban's (the personnel, sure, but the scheme? Absolutely not).
Every offense he's ever had has been focused on a dual-threat QB (if not an outright run-first QB) and passing plays were used to pick off defenses that started cheating to take away the run. Haskins is a pro-style, pass-first QB and Day constructed the whole thing around him. My inclination is to be very, very afraid of the next few years, especially if the recruiting continues apace.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:10 PM ^
So, who's going to be his pro-style, pass-first QB next year?
December 4th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
I think Day schemed around the relative Navarre-ness of Haskins. He'll probably adjust next year with Martell. But the schemes are in line with Day's history of playcalling more than Urban IMO
December 4th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Funny how un-Navarre Haskins looked in The Game. Actually it's not funny at all.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
Urban adjusted his offence. He played to
his qbs strengths.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
I agree with this to a point, but how do you explain Cardale Jones? I think Urban had his preferences, but could be flexible when necessary.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:12 PM ^
....just like with the truth!
December 4th, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
+1 for perfect response.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
As long as they keep getting better athletes the train won’t stop...
December 4th, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
This is in fact the case, Urban's offense is based on the premise of spreading you out and simply putting more athletes on the field and letting them operate in space.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:05 PM ^
And why can't we seem to do that?
December 4th, 2018 at 1:35 PM ^
Because that lowers the TOP.
December 4th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
Because Bo would have hated it
December 4th, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
It's hard to assign credit when the head coach is also an offensive mastermind, though Mullen and Herman speak well of Urban's abilities to find OCs.
For every Lincoln Riley there are dozens of similar situations which have failed. People act like Lincoln Riley was the first time ever a coach has retired and been replaced by a young assistant... he could be Riley, he could be Bob Davie.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
Could be brilliant. But being HC comes with all kinds of pressure and obligations he’s not used to. He could crack
December 4th, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
Yeah let's see how he handles the police/press favors for access part of the OSU job.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
Let’s also not forget that Lincoln Riley inherited both Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. I’m not saying he’s not a great, maybe the best, offensive mind, but he’s got more to prove yet. Let’s see how good he is after two of the best QBs in OU history, and possibly back to back heisman winners, are gone.
Similair with Day. If Haskins leave we’re talking about a record setting Big Ten QB. In both cases I’d assume a drop off regardless of coaching acumen.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
The jury is out on Day right now. Appears to be a very good OC but does that translate to being a very good HC? Maybe but maybe not time will tell. Also will be interesting to see what he does for a coaching staff. Could be more changes. Most HC hires are a bit of a crap shoot and this one is no different
December 4th, 2018 at 1:14 PM ^
Presumably he showed some chops while Urban was out.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:29 PM ^
I thought he was only banned from games ... he was still running all practices, right? Also - I think Day dismisses all the "ugly ties" Meyer had with the scum sucking D coordinators.
Go Blue!
December 4th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
That offense had Kevin Wilson's fingerprints all over it. I've heard that Day was a significant contributor to gameplanning but he was not the offensive coordinator. Can't imagine Haskins sticking around or Martell being able to sling it like him so it'll be interesting to see what they look like next season.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Between Urban and Wilson, a couple very notable offense cooks were also in that kitchen besides Day. Different situation from Riley, who ran that offense himself.
Not to say Day isn't what Meyer and Kelly think he is. But it's not as obvious as it was with Riley/Oklahoma that it was him. Of course, he can keep Wilson as OC if he wants. Urban was also a hell of a closer in recruiting. Ohio State sells itself to some extent but Meyer was an upgrade in recruiting from Tressel. Will be interesting to see what Day does.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:51 PM ^
There is this:
Ryan Day is going to have Martell, not Haskins.
Heh.
December 4th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
From my understanding, Ryan Day is their best recruiter.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:33 PM ^
It is mostly unclear how successful he will be. There is a big difference between being an assistant and running the whole program. Just look at NFL and see how many great assistant coaches turn out to be bad head coaches.
The fact that OSU performed well during the first 3 games means absolutely nothing. Also, the fact the offense he is running beat us means very little. It will take 2-3 years to see the full impact of this coaching change on the program.
I bet there will be some turnover among the other assistants and that could affect the chemistry of the program. One thing we know is that Urban was simple the best and it will be difficult to top his success, which could put pressure on him and who knows how he will react to that pressure.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
Wonder how Stoops will react in his interview.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
The Bob Stoops story appears to be incorrect.
As it obviously was when it was reported. Stoops is happily retired and isn't leaving his giant home and property in OK to go back to the stress of coaching a major program. The game also has very little room for the "CEO" types of coaches that Stoops was - OSU wasn't going to pass up on the young tactician for the old manager. All Stoops-to-OSU speculation was silly from the get go.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
I'm surprised Karsch reported that rumor—he's smarter than that, or at least I thought he was.
Football Scoop also alleged that Stoops was in contact with Auburn to replace Malzahn.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
Yeah, surprised me as well. Karsch should have been able to filter that out as garbage.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
At this point, Mark Stoops would be a better target.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
I was actually listening at the time too and he did not say that. He said “Bob Stoops interviewing for the OSU job would scare me more than Ryan Day” or something to that effect.
The previous op obviously heard the first part and was in such a rush to break it on MGoBlog that he didn’t listen to the rest.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
That sounds more like Karsch.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
Good for him
December 4th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
Wow, that's a lot of confidence in the guy if true. I understand that he's considered a coach with a bright future, but that seems like an unnecessarily long contract.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
Meh, probably has a favorable buyout clause for OSU. Length doesn't really matter in that case.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
Good point. The buyout clause may make what I said largely irrelevant.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:56 AM ^
Agree. Girth is more important.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
I assume to hold the recruiting class together
December 4th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
Day seems like a major flight risk to the NFL. I'm assuming the contract is structured to make that as annoying and costly as possible for those 5 years.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:00 PM ^
Standard nowadays. It's to reassure recruits.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
well, fuck him
December 4th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
What the hell?
December 4th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
How many first-time coaches following a legend turn out well? This is a lazy hire by OSU.