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HC Ryan Day (National Champion)

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I was really harsh on Day post Oregon, Nebraska, and then Michigan.

I really HATED the mind-set the team seemed to be playing with….a “4 quarter mentality where they win games late”…..It literally drove me crazy, with all the talent on this team (they’re going to shatter the NFL draft pick record with a MINIMUM of (17) selections in 2025 draft.)

That said….

Dude unlocked the power of this team post the Michigan debacle. I’m not sure I take back the things I said, bc I don’t really think I was wrong….this team played very uninspired and slept-walked through much of the season. They had the ability to finger-blast every opponent they played, but just continually played down to teams. Its not realistic to expect an “A” performance every time out, but something was absolutely off with the mentality of the team.

I think there’s a few factors in that, the largest IMO, was getting Will Howard comfortable and unlocking the offensive identity. After Michigan, and Day alluded to it, they needed to go more uptempo, and trust Will to make good decisions within a faster tempo. Prior to the playoffs, OSU prioritized efficiency in each possession, and they felt the best way to optimize that was through huddles where Will and Seth could communicate QB to Center on each play.

Post Michigan, they ramped up tempo and had defenses on their heels nearly entire playoffs (shout out to Texas who had solid gameplan to take explosives away).

Anyways, I need to give Day his due. He fixed the flaws within this team and put one of the best products in college football history on full display in this playoffs. He got the team playing its best ball when it mattered most. For that, much respect.

Wasn’t a perfect season, but damn I love being called a national champion.

Ryan Day, you can be my coach any time.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
Asking people to apologize for being upset that Ohio State lost in The Game for the fourth year in a row is fucking stupid.
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Choose positivity.

You know more than all the players, staff, and recruits who vouch for Day.

I used to be a hater, and then I Chose Positivity and we haven't lost since.

You're welcome.

Timeline healed.
 
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knuckifyoubuck said:
Choose positivity.

You know more than all the players, staff, and recruits who vouch for Day.

I used to be a hater, and then I Chose Positivity and we haven't lost since.

You're welcome.

Timeline healed.
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You're not a hater, and you aren't professing to know more than players, staff, and recruits, if your gripe was with how he game planned for what was the most important game of the season at the time. SOME people need to apologize. But not the people who just wanted to see the Tenn/Oregon/Texas/ND version of Ohio State against Michigan. He failed that day. People are allowed to call him on it.
 
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Day said in his presser that the culture wasn't right in those years they kept coming up short. Too soft etc.

He said it.

That aside, I keep thinking/wondering how much of this was a really senior laden core and how much did brining in MoC have to do with it? We'll never know but the guy obviously has an ability to impact teams.

One more thing I didn't think Day could see but he finally did. Made some moves to fix the real issues.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Day said in his presser that the culture wasn't right in those years they kept coming up short. Too soft etc.

He said it.

That aside, I keep thinking/wondering how much of this was a really senior laden core and how much did brining in MoC have to do with it? We'll never know but the guy obviously has an ability to impact teams.

One more thing I didn't think Day could see but he finally did. Made some moves to fix the real issues.
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And that's an aspect where he's infinitely better than one Mr. Urban Meyer.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Day said in his presser that the culture wasn't right in those years they kept coming up short. Too soft etc.

He said it.

That aside, I keep thinking/wondering how much of this was a really senior laden core and how much did brining in MoC have to do with it? We'll never know but the guy obviously has an ability to impact teams.

One more thing I didn't think Day could see but he finally did. Made some moves to fix the real issues.
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I hope this is the case. Maybe it took all the pain of those tCun losses to unlock the "real" Ryan Day. If the Ryan Day of the last six weeks is what we get going forward, those losses, while regrettable, will be worth it. He has done everything right since that last brutal loss. He deserves every morsel of praise and adoration he is getting right now. We'll see in about 11 months if it's totally fixed.
 
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NFBuck said:
I hope this is the case. Maybe it took all the pain of those tCun losses to unlock the "real" Ryan Day. If the Ryan Day of the last six weeks is what we get going forward, those losses, while regrettable, will be worth it. He has done everything right since that last brutal loss. He deserves every morsel of praise and adoration he is getting right now. We'll see in about 11 months if it's totally fixed.
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You are never as good as you look at your peak or as bad as you look at your low. There is going to be some regression next year almost certainly.

Now he gets the trust that I, for one, could never give him before.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
You are never as good as you look at your peak or as bad as you look at your low. There is going to be some regression next year almost certainly.

Now he gets the trust that I, for one, could never give him before.
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For sure.

I expect a step back next season given everything we will lose. But, and it's a big BUT, there is no excuse for losing to ttun again next year. That's still objective #1. Need that next November.
 
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