I'm not going to quietly let the fanbase hang 2-4 on Ryan Day just because now they want him fired.
They. Fucking. Cheated.
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They. Fucking. Cheated.
OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Was everyone not fully aware of the cheating scandal in October 2023? Around 6 weeks before The Game that year?
I guess the argument could be the cheating in 2021 and 2022 shell-shocked Day so bad that he lost 2023 and 2024. I can hear that, but…I think he has to own those two years still.
(I would give Day a large asterisk 3rd win for 2020 because that was going to be a biblical beatdown and likely end Harbaugh)
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daddyphatsacs
Let the cards fall...
Are we really doing this? I hate to rain on the parade of most of the fan base, but college football has been completely flipped on its head. I think the days of teams going undefeated or losing one game are over. Second string guys just aren’t sticking around to bide their time. They are transferring to a lesser program and playing right away. So, when a first string guy gets hurt, he’s being replaced by a third string caliber player. There is little depth and key injuries can sink a season in this modern world of college football.
When Sayin went down, so went to season, unfortunately. We can get into why the backups weren’t properly developed, etc., but that’s just the reality of where we stand as a fanbase. We’re used to “next man up” and that player being a high quality option. That isn’t the case here this year at QB.
Everything being said, I’m fully on board with cleaning house of some of the underperforming assistant coaches. Hell, I wouldn’t be mad if Arthur Smith was shown the door as well.
Day has earned the right to fix this situation and I think the fans owe it to him to be open minded and see how this season shakes out. We can bitch and moan all we want, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that he has run a quality program that 99% of the others wish that they could be.
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daddyphatsacs
Let the cards fall...
I’ve heard plenty of it in Columbus. Also, why quote and post it in Day’s thread if you aren’t trial ballooning the idea of it?
Look, I was in the shoe on Saturday and sat through that game. It was probably the worst OSU loss that I’ve ever witnessed in person. I’m for changes, but let’s be real about what changes need to happen. Throwing a grenade and blowing it all up is what you do when a program fundamentally is broken. OSU is nowhere near that as of today.
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osuvictory1
Just a schlub from Y-town
Are you familiar with MBG? Even though I am increasingly becoming more inclined to consider moving on from Day, these recommendations are hilarious.
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Mostly agree. Ryan Day has earned the right to fix it but taking too long to fix problems that were seen several weeks ago is not doing it right. Smith‘s system does not work well at all. End his tenure now. Patricia has had his defense poorly prepared and poorly aligned two weeks in a row. Perhaps his fate is sealed as well because he will never ever have players on his D as good as he had in 2025.
Day has to get it right this time or else he will be gone before 2028. I’d fire Smith today and Patricia if the D doesn’t dominate the rest of the way. They should shut out or down the next 3 opponents.
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I never said the coach(s) were blameless. I said outside of a few guys, mostly concentrated at a few positions, Idon’t see a lot of OSU level talent.
Some were never that good, some didn’t develop- whatever. There is no difference between can’t and won’t.
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Just looking at composite recruiting rankings since 2021 would say talent shouldn’t be an issue. Granted that doesn’t mean every position was good or properly filled.
At DE:
Jackson - #2
Atkinson - #12
Russaw - #4
Grady -#9
I’m not buying that we’re worse off talent wise than anyone else we’re playing.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
Earned the right to fix the problem? Yes, I guess, except that many of the problems he's created and double-downed on and should've been fixed before. None of what we're seeing is new, not one bit of it. Losing QB1 isn't (or shouldn't be) a problem; shit happens, it's football. The problem is that you don't have/haven't developed a QB2 (and have just been lucky up to now not to have needed one). Nothing else is new at all.
Special (Ed) teams, offensive (increasingly) line, meh RBs, losing players to the NFL, no DL pressure, turtle-ing for fear of losing which causes losses, the absurd TE-focused offense when they can't block a lick and we have the best receiver ever, bonehead clock management and play calling... None of this is new and it's not been fixed. At most it's just been repackaged from time to time. It's always, "we have to look at everything" from him. Do you? If so, wtf are you seeing and why aren't you fixing it?
Bottom line for me if I'm, and we can all most assuredly be glad I'm not, the AD - Just about any halfway decent coach can go better than 6-5 (should be 5-6) at tOSU. You really have to work to make that happen. Running the 2024 playoff table isn't air cover for him because that was the one time that things did change. Tcun whipped us, we played aggressively using the firepower we had, blitzed Tennessee and Oregon, played well against Texas and won a close one, beat ND, but started to slip back into SOP and let them back in the game, the following year-back to our regularly scheduled programming. Calling something like it is doesn't make it fringe extremism.
Special (Ed) teams, offensive (increasingly) line, meh RBs, losing players to the NFL, no DL pressure, turtle-ing for fear of losing which causes losses, the absurd TE-focused offense when they can't block a lick and we have the best receiver ever, bonehead clock management and play calling... None of this is new and it's not been fixed. At most it's just been repackaged from time to time. It's always, "we have to look at everything" from him. Do you? If so, wtf are you seeing and why aren't you fixing it?
Bottom line for me if I'm, and we can all most assuredly be glad I'm not, the AD - Just about any halfway decent coach can go better than 6-5 (should be 5-6) at tOSU. You really have to work to make that happen. Running the 2024 playoff table isn't air cover for him because that was the one time that things did change. Tcun whipped us, we played aggressively using the firepower we had, blitzed Tennessee and Oregon, played well against Texas and won a close one, beat ND, but started to slip back into SOP and let them back in the game, the following year-back to our regularly scheduled programming. Calling something like it is doesn't make it fringe extremism.
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