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(Duplicate) Defensive Coordinator Luke Fickell (official thread)

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chillinvillian;2035181; said:
I'm one for keeping Luke and letting him get his own staff in place.
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It's obvious he's freaking lost. When I saw my OC run up the middle back to back plays for no gain or loss against a 9 man front and he didn't counter the Mfer would be fired whether Gene Smith says so or not.

OSU is not a HC training program. We are an elite CFB program that should have a top 5 coach. Not Jim Tressel's Friends and Family Plan.

Clean house ASAP. Start over. Beat Michigan and win a tinfoil bowl.
 
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Reading some of posts on here makes it seem LF did OSU a favor for taking HC job. He got to do what he loved at the place he loved for at least a year and received a substantial increase in pay. Forgive me but don't understand that reasoning.

Here's to LF finishing the season strong. Go Bucks!
 
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brutus2002;2035225; said:
It's obvious he's freaking lost. When I saw my OC run up the middle back to back plays for no gain or loss against a 9 man front and he didn't counter the Mfer would be fired whether Gene Smith says so or not.

OSU is not a HC training program. We are an elite CFB program that should have a top 5 coach. Not Jim Tressel's Friends and Family Plan.

Clean house ASAP. Start over. Beat Michigan and win a tinfoil bowl.
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Wow!
 
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Oh8ch;2035292; said:
I get it with the excuses for while OSU has not played better. Fickell clearly has lots of disadvantages.

My question is - what has he shown us that says he should get this job?
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I haven't really seen anybody calling for his retention so much as questioning putting the lion's share of the blame on him when he - unlike most coaches - is not responsible for the entirely of the product that is seen on the field.
 
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I think it's time for a change. I'm not going to equivocate it by saying that I'd like to see him stay on under a new coach or see the defensive staff remain intact. The last ten years were great, but it's time for a new start.

I liken it to maintaining a computer. There are various things you can do to keep it running smoothly, but every once in a while it's best to wipe it completely and do a fresh installation of the operating system to ensure peak performance.

In another thread when people were saying that Fickell was too inexperienced to be the head coach at Ohio State, I argued that was not the case. He has has several years of experience as an assistant at the highest level of college football - his experience is commensurate with that of others who are hired into their first big head coaching job. I still stand by that argument - I don't think inexperience is a problem. Rather, I just think he may not be all that good in the first place. Most people here seem convinced that he will eventually be a great coach, and I was one of them at one time. I'm not so sure anymore, and I'm not afraid anymore of Ohio State perhaps missing their once chance to lock him up.
 
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Buckeyefrankmp;2035326; said:
I agree. Give him a one year deal and the power to pick his coaching staff. If he can't get it done with that, then let him go.
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Its time to move on..he might keep his Offensive staff. One of the greatest eras in TOSU football is over..time to start a New era..Continuity is not always a good thing
 
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