Jim Knowles (DC Penn St.)

[MD Buckeye]

I know there were some rumors of he and LJ bumping heads over the usage of DE's (don't think LJ was a fan of the "Jack" position being a DE)... maybe it went deeper than that.

 

[osuvictory1]

Next man up! Wonder if Tim Walton will get the nod?

I can see Day moving towards a more NFL oriented coordinator.

 

[shetuck]

Unless he didn't have control over the defense and that's why he's leaving.

i guess larry johnson got the last laugh…

 

[shetuck]

I know there were some rumors of he and LJ bumping heads over the usage of DE's (don't think LJ was a fan of the "Jack" position being a DE)... maybe it went deeper than that.

“get rid of LJ or i’m walking after this season…” kinda thing?

 

[emu]

Bjork and Day assuredly already know what the next move is. They’ve known about this likelihood for at least a couple weeks. And Bjork said “these things have a way of working themselves out” during his interview today.

 

[shetuck]

i learned a long time ago not to mess with old tenured guys… trying to teach old dogs new tricks.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

He must have really wanted out of Cbus.

Yes. No other way to say it other than something wasn’t right for him here.

Maybe he hated not having full control? Maybe the expectations from the fans?

Not sure but this one is a real head scratcher because it seems the money would’ve been there to match the offer.

 

[emu]

My guess is it will be Guerrieri. Day pumped him up a bit today.

 

[Buckeye86]

I know there were some rumors of he and LJ bumping heads over the usage of DE's (don't think LJ was a fan of the "Jack" position being a DE)... maybe it went deeper than that.

I don’t think it was just about the jack, I think it was just general philosophy of coaching the DL.

Hypothetically, Knowles says, “hey, I’d really like to run some slants and stunts with the DL while blitzing some LBs” (see: exactly what they did against ND and for the second half of the year) and LJ Sr says “no, I coach my guys to be assignment sound, we don’t need stunts to get pressure or win gaps in the run game” (see: everything up to and including the Oregon game).

The Oregon game is what it seemingly took for LJ Sr to finally get overruled (presumably by Day weighing in), but it seems highly plausible to me the massive success in the playoff run doing what Knowles wanted the entire time could have made him upset and spiteful it didn’t happen sooner.

 

[NFBuck]

Thanks for everything, but fuck off.

 

[MD Buckeye]

“get rid of LJ or i’m walking after this season…” kinda thing?

I can't speak on that, but maybe? Day's praise for Guerrieri & LJ today could've been telling...

 

[Poe McKnoe]

Meanwhile, Tom Allen:

 

[gmen6981]

I haven't seen that at all...in fact, I texted my buddy who is their 24/7 writer and he said PSU doesn't expect him and thinks they are just being used as leverage, and that was just yesterday afternoon.

Sounds like he was wrong.

 

[gmen6981]

Thanks for everything, but fuck off.

Yeah, normally I'm a "thanks for your service and good luck" kind of guy, but this is a dick move.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

Thanks for everything, but fuck off.

Yeah I mean to go to Penn State? Only one school worse he could’ve gone to.

When coaches go to close schools we compete with yearly then to me they’ve made it personal.

Jim had to change the way he coaches here and I just think that didn’t sit right with him. After year 1 he harped every week that we can’t give up the big play. Well that’s a change from “there’s going to be 4-5 of those per game. It happens.”

I think Ryan took the starch out of his approach and that’s not the way he wants to coach.

What I’d say is Ryan was right. Your defense wasn’t disciplined the first year and if you’d like to play an aggressive and wreckless defense then this will be the perfect spot for you. The head coach at Penn State is wreckless and so is the offensive coordinator. So he’ll fit in there if that’s the reason (which is my guess along with not wanting to be on staff with Lj).

Also good fucking luck trying to defend these WRs next year in Columbus.