It's official....Coombs back to OSU.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28524698/titans-db-coach-kerry-coombs-ohio-state-d-coordinator
OSU officially matching the recruiting hire of Harbaugh. Going to be tough sledding. Dude's one of the best recruiters out there. Let's hope Day shows he cant coach, and that's how the wheels fall off.
January 21st, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
"If we'd hired Brent Venables, people would be mad it wasn't Vince Lombardi"
I know you're exaggerating for effect, but regardless I feel the need to point out that Vince looks worse than I do right now.
January 20th, 2020 at 10:10 PM ^
Well, I’m glad espn ran the OSU press release verbatim. It’s gotta be a pain to actually write a story.
January 20th, 2020 at 11:04 PM ^
Not in love with it. Don’t hate it either. Kinda just feel like it will probably work out.
January 20th, 2020 at 11:08 PM ^
Elaborate. I thought this was considered a huge steal?
January 21st, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
I think they are trying to re-do the same thing they did with Hafley. Pair an NFL secondary coach with Mattison and run Day's preferred 1-high coverage scheme. That's the directive from the top.
Can Coombs do that? He's more of a college guy than an NFL guy. He's never been a coordinator or called a game. He taught an entirely different technique/scheme at OSU the first time.
He's a good recruiter. He's familiar with OSU. Can he call a game? Is he tactical? Is he quick with adjustments like Hafley was? Coombs has always been characterized as this fiery, rah rah position coach. No one has ever described him as a tactician. Doesn't mean he can't be one.
We'll see. I think Day and Mattison have a much bigger role with defense than we are led to believe.
January 20th, 2020 at 11:11 PM ^
Kinda just feel like it will probably work out.
uhhhhhhhh.... with all due respect, what doesn’t? Lol
January 21st, 2020 at 12:20 AM ^
This is the most Buckeye comment ever.
January 21st, 2020 at 12:03 PM ^
"Kinda just feel like it will probably work out."
Well no shit, Sherlock....what has OSU done in the last 20 years with its football program that hasn't worked out for the best or been some kind of rousing success? I really am curious.
January 21st, 2020 at 1:46 PM ^
Thank you for explaining my comment to me.
January 21st, 2020 at 7:27 AM ^
Yay, another thread sure to be filled with positive Michigan developments.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:13 AM ^
Great recruiter, wasn't a great position coach. Co-dc with Gmatt... Seriously wonder because I didn't care for Gmatts defenses here. He did get us back to a solid defense. But always gave up tons of points and yards vs good offenses. You could read his defenses quite easily. His defense is successful when he has a lot more talent than other teams but schematics goes deep coverage the second the other team has equal talent. Ie Safeties 12yds off the ball and bailing at the snap. If you can run on the front four and have a solid passing game you will get points and yards. If our receivers can win it's 40+ points without a problem.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:21 AM ^
I think you spelled Don Brown wrong.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:44 AM ^
Not that different imo. Brown is slow to adjust but he does. Gmatt, has been the exact same since his days here in the 90's. He's a solid dc but give him avg talent and he isn't to over come it. Don Brown at least has shown he could while at BC. Haven't seen it yet here. Then again the next time he ever says "if anyone tells me" and Harbaugh doesn't tell him or give him walking papers. It's Harbaugh for enabling.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
I know there were rumors about this for a while now, but with the Titans DC retiring I wouldve thought that they wouldve made him an offer to be DC.
Gotta think that snake wouldnt be thrilled with keeping the CO on his title.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^
Should tell you more about what they think of him as a position coach and or DC. Not much to not match an offer in pay and more responsibility. He's a great recruiter and works as hard as any on the recruiting trail. Never was sold on him as a position coach. Not at UC or Ohio.
January 21st, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^
We want to beat OSU at their best, rabble, rabble, rabble.......
January 21st, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
The sky might be falling, but I doubt it's because Kerry Coombs is back on the staff at OSU
January 21st, 2020 at 11:18 AM ^
He doesn't have to coach as well because at OSU and LSU and Alabama et al the student athletes apparently don't have to fuss with the student part.
January 22nd, 2020 at 6:00 PM ^
Was it Cardale Jones's statement back around 2013 about "I didn't come here to play school' that sent the NCAA officials scurrying to come up with a new PR solution to keep up the "student" athlete illusion?
January 24th, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
Between Ohio State and michigan, which one had an academic all American on the football team.
Hint: it wasn't michigan.
January 21st, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
I am apathetic at this point about any news concerning that football program. They are a machine, and the only thing that will stop them is some sort of catastrophic head coaching hire.
I will still watch and cheer on Michigan every Saturday, but at this point I don't expect to ever compete with that program like we used to.
I honestly think getting fucked over the way Harbaugh did in that 2016 game took something out of him that he hasn't been able to get back. Like after getting a sideline penalty being told that if this was basketball it would have been a technical by the ref. I have never been able to get that out of my mind.
January 21st, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
I know he's supposed to be this great coach and fantastic recruiter, but I honestly don't know how much better OSU's recruiting can get compared to where it is right now. Minus one little hiccup last year after Meyer left, all of the guys currently on their roster (and guys who are incoming for 2020) are part of top-5 classes. In some cases top-3. Now that Day has proven he can still get to the playoffs without Meyer running the show, OSU will keep on keepin' on, bulldozing the recruiting trail just as they've been doing ever since Meyer showed up.
OSU is currently ranked #4 on Rivals and 247 for 2020. Is one more guy really going to make THAT much of a difference? They're already loaded with a staff full of guys who can recruit their asses off. Its a super-saturated situation, and I don't think Coombs coming back is going to make some kind of quantum leap for them. He helps, but its marginal returns because they're already essentially at the mountain top.
TL;DR version: This is nothing Michigan should lose anymore sleep over than it already does. There's not much difference between Michigan getting beat by 28 vs. maybe now we get beat by 31.
January 21st, 2020 at 1:42 PM ^
Wonderful......
January 24th, 2020 at 11:48 AM ^
The age old "they cheat, but we don't" argument.
That FBI testimony says otherwise, but keep believing the lies you tell yourself.
January 24th, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^
At least Harbaugh is kicking Dantonio's tail when it comes to replacing coaches. Oh wait . . .