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HC Ryan Day (2019 B1G Media COY)

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I never really thought I would see a better coach at OSU than Urban. I am a HUGE Urban fan.

BUT.........Day has been awesome in his first year.

I liked Urban and frankly didn't think we would ever do better than him because he is an incredible recruiter. I also love how masterful he is at creating competition among the team in everything they do. The culture he has built. The REAL LIFE WEDs. etc. He really built a great culture.

Day seems to have learned how Urban created that, plus he is a better game planner, play caller, and mid-game adjuster. If Day can continue what Urban built and improve it, he is going to be a Legend.
 
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Coach came to tOSU largely unknown to any of us. In a very short time went from the new guy to being the man. While the path to HC wasn’t what anyone realistically would have guessed at the time, here we are at the end of his first year at the helm.

And what a fucking year. In that time he:

1) Held together a great recruiting class while a rock star head coach retires
2) Put together a coaching staff that arguably was the most complete and well rounded staff at tOSU in my lifetime. I’d argue that JT had a couple of staffs that were very solid too, but there was always at least one on the staff that was questionable. Day’s first year staff, it’s hard to argue, had a single hole top to bottom.
3) Proceeded to guide a transfer QB through his first year of starting where they accumulated an undefeated regular season record.
4) Killed tsun
5) B1G Championship trophy
6) Multiple AAs, and Academic AA and a host of all B1G players
7) Maintained all the good momentum from the previous staffs and somehow managed to make things seemingly better on and off the field.
8) Signed a top 5 (at least because second signing hasn’t happened yet) recruiting class of his own including two top-flight QBs.
9) Managed to be a single play (you pick which one and for what reason) away from defeating Clemson in the first round of the playoffs. Regardless of the scoreboard, I think it was clear that by all other metrics, Day and staff had a better game plan and the players played a better game than the winning team. Damn oblong ball bounces strange some times.
10) Poised to rinse and repeat in ‘20.

Questions going into ‘20 are far fewer than they were going into ‘19. And while I was thrilled by the promotion, as many here were, there remained questions as to how Day would handle himself at head ball coach for the first time... and head ball coach at an elite program at that. I feel that it’s pretty clear that Day has exceeded expectations on every test that he was given this year. A+

While losing a rock star head coach like UFM would send most programs back to the dark ages, we’ve seen a perfect handoff and the program is arguably in a better position for the future than it was this time last year.

I look forward to seeing where Day takes the program in the future. Starting with replacing assistants who are on to other jobs, I’m confident that he’ll impress with that / those hires as he has with every other thing that he’s been tasked with thus far.

TL;DR

Damn, I’m glad Day is our guy.
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
Coach came to tOSU largely unknown to any of us. In a very short time went from the new guy to being the man. While the path to HC wasn’t what anyone realistically would have guessed at the time, here we are at the end of his first year at the helm.

And what a fucking year. In that time he:

1) Held together a great recruiting class while a rock star head coach retires
2) Put together a coaching staff that arguably was the most complete and well rounded staff at tOSU in my lifetime. I’d argue that JT had a couple of staffs that were very solid too, but there was always at least one on the staff that was questionable. Day’s first year staff, it’s hard to argue, had a single hole top to bottom.
3) Proceeded to guide a transfer QB through his first year of starting where they accumulated an undefeated regular season record.
4) Killed tsun
5) B1G Championship trophy
6) Multiple AAs, and Academic AA and a host of all B1G players
7) Maintained all the good momentum from the previous staffs and somehow managed to make things seemingly better on and off the field.
8) Signed a top 5 (at least because second signing hasn’t happened yet) recruiting class of his own including two top-flight QBs.
9) Managed to be a single play (you pick which one and for what reason) away from defeating Clemson in the first round of the playoffs. Regardless of the scoreboard, I think it was clear that by all other metrics, Day and staff had a better game plan and the players played a better game than the winning team. Damn oblong ball bounces strange some times.
10) Poised to rinse and repeat in ‘20.

Questions going into ‘20 are far fewer than they were going into ‘19. And while I was thrilled by the promotion, as many here were, there remained questions as to how Day would handle himself at head ball coach for the first time... and head ball coach at an elite program at that. I feel that it’s pretty clear that Day has exceeded expectations on every test that he was given this year. A+

While losing a rock star head coach like UFM would send most programs back to the dark ages, we’ve seen a perfect handoff and the program is arguably in a better position for the future than it was this time last year.

I look forward to seeing where Day takes the program in the future. Starting with replacing assistants who are on to other jobs, I’m confident that he’ll impress with that / those hires as he has with every other thing that he’s been tasked with thus far.

TL;DR

Damn, I’m glad Day is our guy.
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Day and team climbed the mountain remaining there is challenging. After playing Clemson it’s hard to get the juices flowing for the Purdue’s and Iowa’s as we’ve seen. That’s the challenge for next year,,,,
 
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There is a lot he can go self scout and see what he thinks he could do better but all in all, Day is the best offensive mind/QB developer/game planner/play caller I think we’ve ever seen at OSU.

That continuing to be true should then also continue to make OSU a destination for premier QB and WR talent.

In modern college football that alone should keep OSU in the upper echelon.
 
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AND, don't know which coach noticed it, but tOSU out-schemed Clemson on several plays, the one being, Fields stopping the count, walking up to the line to give new instructions, and instead, having Myer snap the ball, and scooting through the befuddled Clemson linemen for a first down......one of my faves. Great season, good hire, now go find some Assistants that are better than the ones absconding...Go Bucks!
 
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Jaxbuck said:
There is a lot he can go self scout and see what he thinks he could do better but all in all, Day is the best offensive mind/QB developer/game planner/play caller I think we’ve ever seen at OSU.

That continuing to be true should then also continue to make OSU a destination for premier QB and WR talent.

In modern college football that alone should keep OSU in the upper echelon.
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100% this. You can always sharpen the spear, and I imagine his RZ calls will be a focus, but he is excellent in his planning and calls.

Looking forward to him working with Fields and co. This offseason.
 
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The offense really struggled without Dobbins in the game. Going to miss him next year. Maybe I missed the explanation somewhere, but it seemed like Olave was MIA in the game plan and on the field.

I think Clemson did an excellent job of taking advantage of our weakness at the LB position with the QB runs. We really need a solid MLB next year to shore that up. Young seemed to be a non entity since he came back from the suspension.
 
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buckeyebri said:
The offense really struggled without Dobbins in the game. Going to miss him next year. Maybe I missed the explanation somewhere, but it seemed like Olave was MIA in the game plan and on the field.

I think Clemson did an excellent job of taking advantage of our weakness at the LB position with the QB runs. We really need a solid MLB next year to shore that up. Young seemed to be a non entity since he came back from the suspension.
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Move Browning outside and put Pope in at mlb.
 
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One can either hire a DC/OC on a career trajectory of an upswing or a downswing. Mattison (sp?) is clearly on the downswing of his career, Hafley clearly on the upswing. Grinch left, not because of tOSU, but because he wanted to be in charge. Same reason the Cincy DC/linebackers coach (sorry senior moment), didn't want to come to tOSU because he didn't want to take a step down the ladder. A BCS head coach will make much more $ than a DC, and if you've got the ego (most coaches do....), then you want to run your own shop. Wilson is on the descending part of his career, but he had to 'lie low' until he could rid himself of the allegations he had at Indiana. At tOSU, he's doing that, while drawing a pretty hefty salary at the same time. But he'll have the 'itch' to become a head coach again, probably sooner than later. Betcha that Venables has a big contract, with some hefty incentives (e.g. bonuses) when Clemson reaches certain playoff goals, etc. And finally, some DC/OCs simply recognize that going above that level would be their Peter Principal, and are content to stay at the level where they feel comfortable. As Jaxbuck says - "gotta figure something out". Personally, I like what Urban did, and that was to elicit a two-year commitment from the coaches he hired (bet it was for maybe 3-4 years). One thing for certain, the draw of an ascending coach and the cachet of an Ohio State will draw an upwardly mobile coach here.

Am aware this is a rant, instead of factual knowledge or baseless conjecture, but it's what experienced in corporate world. go Bucks!
 
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