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HC Ryan Day (2019 B1G Media COY)

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NFBuck said:
Calm your tits. If you're okay with this, fine. But after getting a train run on him by scUM two years running, he gets no quarter from me.
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Calling for his head in game we would have won on if they make a last second kick and non of you would have said a fucking peep.

That bush league. You're the one who needs some perspective here. It's embarrassing
 
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dragurd said:
Calling for his head in game we would have won on if they make a last second kick and non of you would have said a fucking peep.

That bush league. You're the one who needs some perspective here. It's embarrassing
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Where have I said he should be fired? I'm saying he is failing to meet the standards that the guys before him set. I am NOT okay with losing two straight to ttun and moral victories don't register with me. Leave those to the clowns up north. Now, lose to ttun next year, then I'm calling for his head.

Anyway, emotions are high, I'm not getting into a war of words here. Happy New Year.
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
He showed enough to give me hope. These growing pains should pay off down the road. At least I hope
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I don't see a lot of hope on the defensive side.
I will say, Day showed he can handle the playoff environment with this game. He needs to bring this against scUM too, but at least he's showing he has the ability on offense.

But man.... i dont know what we do on defense at this point. We're losing in the recruit battle because we haven't been able to settle into a good staff with Meyer or Day.
We desperately need help through the portal on that side. And even then ... is Knowles the man? I doubt it, but we cant end up in this cycle like the Browns of just churning long shots.
So he has at least one more year to show if he can do.... anything ....
 
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I think I have collected my thoughts well enough to throw out a little summary here. All in all, I feel a little better about Day but there are still some big, nagging questions.

Let me start with what I feel better about: Two of my biggest concerns with Day were his game planning and his leadership of the team (what kind of personality a team has is 100% a reflection of their leader). The game last night at least showed that he can put together an excellent offensive game plan and that his team will play hard and lay it out there. I will comment on Stroud in his own thread but he was special. This gives me a lot more hope moving forward that his QB & WR centric offense is the right way to go schematically and that he can get his team to recognize a big game and have them play accordingly.

That said, I still have questions/concerns.
  • Knowles was his hand picked hire to unfuck the defense. Mission unaccomplished.
  • You can focus on all the "if not for this/but for that" stuff in any one game but his team just found a way to lose again.
  • 4 years officially in the books now and no NC, 1-2 vs tsun...you can't just gloss over that
So here is my fear, 4 years in and we see enough to tease us into thinking he's the guy because an Ohio State offense has never looked like this and "this" is the modern game. It is the way forward imo. But what if he can't get back on top of the Rivalry? What if we keep having these kind of moral victories instead of real ones in the CFP? What happens to defensive recruiting, or the program in general, if this drags out from 4-5 years to 7-8-9 years? This is the Cooper nigtmare scenario.

I know he isn't going anywhere in '23 and I know there is tremendous risk in making a coaching change BUT we can't keep moving the goal line and just hoping he gets better. In '23 he's going to have a new QB and a new OL with probably a similarly shittastic defense. He's got to go on the road vs Notre Dame and tsun. It will be easy to continue to make excuses if he comes up short in those games and I think it's probably time to stop doing that.

Wanting continuity at HC and to be an elite offensive team makes me, mostly, want him to stay but his choice of defensive coordinator and his team's overall ability to find ways to lose big games leave room for a lot of doubt.

Kudos to him for a great game plan last night and also for getting his guys to play hard as hell but it was still a loss and he's burned a lot of benefit of the doubt with the last two years of The Game.
 
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Folks were rightly very critical of him going into last night and called him out. He, at least, answered the bell and showed fire and the ability to adapt when necessary. The gamelan was fantastic and would've been a winner if 18 plays both halves. I know shoulda woulda coulda, but it was positive progress. After that ttun game I wasn't sure he could do any of that. I'll give credit where it's due but he has to take the next step.
 
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