OT: Ryan Day
Is Ryan Day having a Brady Hoke like first season, benefitting off from Urban Meyer’s recruiting dominance, and then we see a steady decline after this season? Just wondering if this team was so stacked that even Chris Ash would have been undefeated taking over this team?
November 24th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Ryan Day is a good coach, unfortunately.
Beat ohio state!
go blue!
November 24th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
Point: He is just a good coach, and OSU knew exactly what they were doing when they hired him.
Counterpoint: We have no idea yet if he is truly a good coach or not. If OSU had been down for several years instead of at the peak and I told you they hired the QB coach from the SF 49ers who had never been an HC before, you'd probably laugh at their prospects for success. And how many times have we seen a mediocre coach take over from a legend and look like a legend himself for a while, until that last coach's impact wears off? The "Les Miles/Larry Coker" effect is real, and it is totally plausible that we see that start to take effect after this year.
November 24th, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
Les Miles won an NC in his third season at LSU and made it back to the BCS title game in his seventh. He was no Saban, but he was no Larry Coker, either.
November 24th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
He also turned Oklahoma State into something from nothing. I don’t really understand the Coker comparison.
November 24th, 2019 at 2:02 PM ^
Our hope is that he’s Mark Helfrich.
November 24th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Rudy .... it's "Beat ohio". (do not include worst State ever)
Go Blue!
November 24th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^
I suppose Ryan Day’s second, third, and fourth seasons will tell us whether this is the case.
November 24th, 2019 at 10:58 AM ^
Haven’t you heard? He’s going to the NFL
November 24th, 2019 at 11:11 AM ^
Oakland/Vegas?
November 24th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
'skins.
November 24th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^
Ryan Day can go fuck himself
November 24th, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
He also looks like Seth MacFarland. And fuck Ryan Day.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Ok, but only kinda like the bloated corpse version of Seth McFarland
November 24th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
If you look at OSU's recruiting class, OSU will have elite athletes for the upcoming years. Day is a good coach who has this team rolling.
Nevertheless, this is a rivalry game, lets go win this game. In the words of Don Brown "Sometimes in life, you have to put your balls on the table, and you have to be aggressive".
November 24th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
There were signs that Joke was outkicking his coverage all year that first season. At no time did anyone think that team was the best M team of all time.
There are those in Columbus who think that about this OSU team. Day >>>> Hoke.
November 24th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
In the words of Mitch McDouglas(citation needed) McGary, WIN THE FUCKING(cuss word added) GAME!
November 24th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
At no time did anyone think that team was the best M team of all time.
But people did say this about Larry Coker's first two teams at Miami.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
Putting his balls on the table last year didn't work out so well.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
ya, and woody said his 1969 team was his best ever; maybe the country's best ever.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Actually, this is a little-understood feature of the male anatomy: when you go balls out you actually go balls in. They have this auto-tuck feature. . .
November 25th, 2019 at 1:31 AM ^
ah yes, the tuck rule
November 24th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Made me go look at recruiting classes for 2020. Hope those rankings reshuffle die to player development, as OSU has (per 24/7) four WR commits this cycle all in the top 80 overall. Our highest commit is 95 overall, a WR. Not a stargazer, but that doesn't make me feel any better about the hope of a fall off for Day. May take a few years to see much regression from the Urbz-level recruiting at OSU.
Hopefully the team goes out and leaves it all on the table, and can send back a lot of sad cooler poopers after The Game. Seems like a lot of great kids on this team, and would like to see their hard work rewarded in a big way.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
Agreed in the recruiting of OSU vs U of M. OSU has been getting more talent than U of M much of this decade, and it showed.
I also heard that Ryan Day is a very good coach and he would have been in high demand elsewhere had Urban not retired.
November 24th, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
Yep ... just ask anyone, they offer extra "recruiting "benefits" $$$.
Hard to beat the Cheaters !
Go Blue!
November 24th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
When you can get paid, and you don't have to worry about academics, athletes are going to flock to o$u.
November 24th, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
OSU is a recruiting machine. I think OSU will be better next year considering how they recruited last few years and the players coming back. And how the hell does OSU get the #1 WR out of Texas the last two years?
November 24th, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
Not sure about the technique but it probably looks a little like this:
November 24th, 2019 at 11:33 PM ^
Hartline is doing extremely well so far. One of those top TX receivers, Wilson, grew up in Dublin in Columbus though.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
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November 24th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
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November 24th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^
Take a look at their 2020 and 2021 recruiting classes and reevaluate your question of if we will see a "steady decline".
November 24th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Their 2020 will be a top 5 again and 2021 - if you listen to the people here in Ohio - is shaping up to be a top 2 or 3 all time at OSU. Also, Day is the reason Fields transferred to OSU
November 24th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^
He seems like a really good coach to me. I don’t see anything Hoke-ish about the OSU situation.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Does he wear a headset???
November 24th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
I was waiting for this
November 24th, 2019 at 10:58 AM ^
Was Brady Hoke the OC of someone's best offense in years immediately before taking over as HC at the same school?
November 24th, 2019 at 11:11 AM ^
Charlie Weis was OC for the Pats. Nuss was OC under Saban. Sometimes the Peter Principle kicks in.
I don't think the comparison should be with Hoke, though, but Larry Coker. He seemed like the man at Miami and started out 24-0 - and then declined. Of course, this analogy would mean Day winning it all in year one, so eh...
November 24th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
Thank you for speaking it out of existence
November 24th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
With that talent level it's hard to say. I believe he's a good coach. If Harbaugh walked into what Day walked into he would have four big 10 titles by now. I would be more impressed if Day went to a school like MSU and won three big 10 titles. I don't think he could sniff what Dantonio did.
November 24th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
I am happy Dantonio was not hired by OSU. With that talent and hatred for Michigan, he would have been on a roll.
November 24th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
So they would have won 16/16 instead of 15/16?
November 24th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
Justin fields waiver really helped them along this year IMO.
November 24th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
They had Matthew Baldwin set as their next QB but once Fields transferred he left (along with Tater head). Keep in mind, it was because of Day's QB expertise that Fields transferred to OSU
November 25th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
that and the racial epithet.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
Yes, he is having a great first year. Great enough that he is going to the NFL after it. Book it.
November 24th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
OSU has a funny way of keeping their coaches around for a long while. Only two ways they leave early; getting caught cheating/scandal or not beating Michigan. Since Tressel, the latter has not been an issue.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
No he’s not. Why?
1) What happened to Michigan in Columbus last year, that was Ryan Day’s offense. He’s a good coach, and he learned from one of the best to ever coach the game.
2) More importantly, nothing bad ever happens to OSU. Even when bad things seem to happen, they are disguised as good things that make the program stronger somehow.
I am convinced this is the universe balancing itself out, considering the rest of Ohio sports teams are usually underachievers that never win anything minus once every 40-50 years.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
Has this universe witnessed the Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings season. Because the state of Michigan is in need of some serious balancing.
November 24th, 2019 at 11:47 AM ^
Pretty sure the universe is balancing OSU with the Browns and Bengals...
November 24th, 2019 at 11:26 AM ^
Hard to tell right now. I think Day is a good coach and hiring internally always helps with maintaining a good program's momentum. He's certainly a good offensive mind, but let's watch the data flow in as the seasons progress.
Beating OSU next week is important not only for Michigan but it upsets the apple cart a little at OSU. Those guys have been fat and happy for far too long. It's time they deal with some adversity. A Michigan win could switch momentum in the series. If Day goes two or three years in a row without beating Michigan then it won't matter to the OSU fans how well he does in the other 11 games. I just want to see those fuckers struggle for a change. Michigan has paid its dues for over 15 years. Time to start cashing in.