Jim Knowles (DC Penn St.)

[RB07OSU]

Ohio State very clearly wanted it look like they did everything they could to retain Knowles, which I’m sure they did, based on the comments that they made him an offer that would make him the highest paid DC in the nation. I wish they would have just said “we wanted a DC that wasn’t a dead snail on the recruiting trail.”

I'm not so sure. I think we would have liked to keep him unless there was just some internal tension that could not be resolved (which I think seems likely btw). Just on the recruiting end, we brought Knowles in just to coach knowing a bunch of other coaches would have to pick up the slack recruiting (JL, Walton, Guierri, and somewhat LJ Sr). Much of that is true with Kelly as OC and being bolstered by Day, Hartline, etc.

All that being said, if PSU does not plan for the same model and wants Knowles to recruit actively, they are in for a rough go at it. It seems PSU fans expect him to be an ace recruiter, but if their administration relies on that...good luck.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

Can someone explain to me how much he was involved in recruiting at OSU? I don't recall seeing much about him getting out on the trail a ton.

He was a fairly strong liability there. So much so that he basically stopped doing it once James came into the program.

 

[Thump]

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Whatever the heck happened behind the scenes bing what it is, I’m sure won’t be missed. The on-field results of whatever the heck happened behind the scenes I’m sure will be missed.

If the stories are true, and I suspect many are because we’ve been getting trickles of this for a while, the drama is disappointing. For Day, I hope that is a learning opportunity where the lesson was learned.

 

[Thump]

Whatever the heck happened behind the scenes bing what it is, I’m sure won’t be missed. The on-field results of whatever the heck happened behind the scenes I’m sure will be missed.

If the stories are true, and I suspect many are because we’ve been getting trickles of this for a while, the drama is disappointing. For Day, I hope that is a learning opportunity where the lesson was learned.

Day is a stone-cold killer and will fire or ream anyone who needs it.

It worked so no complaints here.

 

[dragurd]

Day is a stone-cold killer and will fire or ream anyone who needs it.

It worked so no complaints here.

Yeah if the season fell apart we finished 8-4 and the d regressed to 30th best d this would be a whole other conversation. But whatever happened worked so c'est la vie

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Knowles system only works when he has safeties who can play the run like linebackers but also cover like corners - i.e. "elite" safeties. Ped State doesn't have that. Ped State is also losing most of its front 7.

I am not an expert so I will ask our resident expert. @Thump is this a good scenario?

 

[Thump]

I am not an expert so I will ask our resident expert. @Thump is this a good scenario?

Not good.

 

[Honor&Glory]

If what happened ‘behind the scenes’ after the Oregon game was Day undressing him to get the defense to do what it did after that game than good. And I have new found respect for Day. That’s a Saban move and I’m all for it.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Tired of reading about this asshole a week after we dominated our way to a title. Fuck this prick.

 

[Thump]