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DC Matt Patricia (Official Thread)

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RB07OSU said:
Same here, we've been in this together for awhile and always want the good guys to prevail.

It's tough to be in the spotlight at OSU. Day is the freaking man in that category. As was Tress and Urban. Point is those guys handled their business.

To get my point back on topic, Patricia better recruit and be a great defensive coach. I do not like this hire and that's the nicest way I can say it. If he can give us 1 year and high tail it to the NFL, I'm cool with that. But give us 1 good year. If he does that, shake hands and send signals to the skies.
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He doesn’t have to recruit. Knowles didn’t land 1 kid his entire 3 years here. Also NIL is the recruiting tool now and it’s less about “how cool your relationship is” etc.

That said he can’t be worse than Knowles as a recruiter and he’s got Super Bowl rings too.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
He doesn’t have to recruit. Knowles didn’t land 1 kid his entire 3 years here. Also NIL is the recruiting tool now and it’s less about “how cool your relationship is” etc.

That said he can’t be worse than Knowles as a recruiter and he’s got Super Bowl rings too.
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I agree there couldn't be any worse in recruiting than Knowles, but my point was more that I don't want another guy that can't recruit as our DC. Maybe I'm wrong there and he will be a willing recruiter, I sure hope that turns out to be the case. I'll give Matt a chance and I hope he rocks it, but the hire just seems odd to me and I'm not alone on that one.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
guy "loves" the direction NIL is taking CFB.

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So did Charlie Weis
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Well I couldn't put it any better but I chuckled a bit on the Charlie Weis reference, because that is exactly what went through my head in terms of bringing out a ring.

By my reserved judgment, I will leave it there. I will put my jaw that was dropped by this hire back into place and just root for him moving forward
 
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Stated this in another thread, but after my initial poor gut reaction and seeing a negative consensus on from the fanbase on MP, I have come around on the potential upside of this hire.

Guy knows football at an elite level. His defenses were top level at NE. After seeing the other coaching title changes and Ross Fulton's take on it, that really excites me. It's a very, very short list of guys that can come in with the cachet to work cohesively with LJSr and Matt is one of them. We need to be able to excel at multiple fronts and formations and hopefully the combination of Day's meeting with LJSr and this hire are an indication that these two will work with each other as and not against each other.

I think the majority of Matt's reputation came from how he interacted with the media with his time at Detroit and the the rumblings that came out of that poorly performing locker room. It really felt like he unsuccessfully tried to emulate Belichick's personality and coaching style. In any case, I trust Day to: A. not bring in a guy who wouldn't fit well into the locker room and coaches room and B. be able address any issues that should arise as shown by how he handled the obviously tenuous situation in the defensive coaching room at the back half of last season.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
If Coach Meyer wants Billy Davis, I am totally on board.
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day =/= meyer

day has shown, in a number of ways (some good, some not good - ie beating tsun) that he's not urban meyer.

day has dealt directly and quickly with all of his under-performing staff. meyer let under-performers / bad apples fester... some for years. and one of them finally took him down.

i'm not taking anything away from what urban achieved. i'm also not sanctifying day. but i don't think the comparison fits in this case.
 
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shetuck said:
day =/= meyer

day has shown, in a number of ways (some good, some not good - ie beating tsun) that he's not urban meyer.

day has dealt directly and quickly with all of his under-performing staff. meyer let under-performers / bad apples fester... some for years. and one of them finally took him down.

i'm not taking anything away from what urban achieved. i'm also not sanctifying day. but i don't think the comparison fits in this case.
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I will say, I do think (or maybe hope) that Day learned his lesson with the Coombs situation, promoting guys within (or hiring your buddies) because they're "your guys" made Meyers tenure much less successful than it should have been.

Other than Coombs, Day's coordinator hires have been largely very good. Hope the trend continues here despite my personal reservations as a fan. I think he's earned the trust at this point.
 
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pnuts34 said:



If the players and staff are fine with the hire then my dumb message board self is too
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Pretty much. I watched some video and I like that he adjusts his defense to win the present game not just we do what we do. Not sure how much of that you can do in college. But it would be cool to come out in a entirely different look vs TSUN then we do against Oregon
 
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shetuck said:
day =/= meyer

day has shown, in a number of ways (some good, some not good - ie beating tsun) that he's not urban meyer.

day has dealt directly and quickly with all of his under-performing staff. meyer let under-performers / bad apples fester... some for years. and one of them finally took him down.

i'm not taking anything away from what urban achieved. i'm also not sanctifying day. but i don't think the comparison fits in this case.
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OK, but the sentiment was pretty much I trust {insert Ohio State coach here} because I am an Ohio State fan and have no other option. It's as generic as those "How do you get a {insert rival school here} alum off your porch? Pay him for the pizza" jokes.
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
I will say, I do think (or maybe hope) that Day learned his lesson with the Coombs situation, promoting guys within (or hiring your buddies) because they're "your guys" made Meyers tenure much less successful than it should have been.

Other than Coombs, Day's coordinator hires have been largely very good. Hope the trend continues here despite my personal reservations as a fan. I think he's earned the trust at this point.
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there's not just coombs. there are many others that day sent packing who weren't getting it done in short order. fleming took a couple years, admittedly, but maybe he was contributing in other ways.

i may have missed a few, but here's what i remember off the top of my head:
- schiano
- davis
- coombs
- fleming
- barnes
- eliano
- yurcich
- washington

i can't remember off the top of my head for urban, but it was nowhere that long. and i'm not including guys on day's staff who left on their own accord (knowles, alford, hafley, mattison, frye).
 
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