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Urban F. Meyer (Former OSU, CFB and NFL coach)

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BUCK3YE5 said:
The media has been talking nonstop since July and nothing would stop them, including announcing Day as a successor.
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I’d much rather have the media talking about Day being the coach in waiting then I would having the media question if Urban is going to hang it up each year. It’s not going to stop it but it’s a completely different conversation without knowing the future.
 
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BUCK3YE5 said:
As if Ryan Day is going to stop any premier program from taking our recruits, or winning current recruiting battles. It simply just changes the argument.

"You can't trust Ryan Day, he's an unproven nobody. You don't even know what his coaching staff will look like." etc etc

What you think is a good idea is simply a lose/lose.
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I simply disagree.

Day could've taken the Miss St job, or he could've taken the Tenn Titans OC job.

He has a great offensive reputation.

The entire point of naming him HC in-waiting, is to keep a level of continuity during the transition. You hire from outside, and there's no telling what position coaches stay vs leave. With Day, it'd remain largely intact. I see no reason why Wilson would bail, as he'd become the OC. I imagine there will be some changes defensively, but Larry Johnson can continue on as long as he'd like. Grinch is likely given another year or two to prove himself. Schiano probably moves on at some point. Hartline will continue to grow his stature. Alford likely stays on. Bill Davis is likely gone.

You hire from outside, and all of the above is basically thrown out the window. Coaches have relationships and comfort-ability with guys they've been in battle with. A Matt Campbell, for example, likely brings much more coaching turnover, than keeping Day in place.
 
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billmac91 said:
I simply disagree.

Day could've taken the Miss St job, or he could've taken the Tenn Titans OC job.

He has a great offensive reputation.

The entire point of naming him HC in-waiting, is to keep a level of continuity during the transition. You hire from outside, and there's no telling what position coaches stay vs leave. With Day, it'd remain largely intact. I see no reason why Wilson would bail, as he'd become the OC. I imagine there will be some changes defensively, but Larry Johnson can continue on as long as he'd like. Grinch is likely given another year or two to prove himself. Schiano probably moves on at some point. Hartline will continue to grow his stature. Alford likely stays on. Bill Davis is likely gone.

You hire from outside, and all of the above is basically thrown out the window. Coaches have relationships and comfort-ability with guys they've been in battle with. A Matt Campbell, for example, likely brings much more coaching turnover, than keeping Day in place.
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Extremely wishful thinking that every high-performing assistant is going to stay to work for Day.
 
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BUCK3YE5 said:
Extremely wishful thinking that every high-performing assistant is going to stay to work for Day.
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I don't see why it's wishful thinking?

In many respects, it opens up opportunity for them both financially and on the resume.

Day won;t get Urban Meyer money out of the blocks, the budget may stay relatively close. What does that mean??? More money for the assistants.

Why would Wilson leave? He will now be the sole OC, while Day will revery more to a Meyer role where he has input and final say, but Wilson essnetially gets a promotion based on Days elevation to HC. Why would Alford leave? He will get a nice pay raise and OSU will never struggle to recruit elite RB's. Why would Hartline leave this soon? He will get a significant pay increase, and will likely be with the program at least 2 years longer.

The defensive side of the ball is trickier, but mostly because of performance issues. Schiano is a toss-up (I think he's probably gone). Davis is likely gone but that's probably happening no matter what. LJ Sr. is going to retire at OSU. It's just a matter of how much more time he wants to put in. I think Grinch is safe for at least another year. My expectation is Schiano moves this off-season and Grinch is given the DC position and allowed to implement his system.

Again, the whole point of doing it this way, is to create an atmosphere of certainty. Certainty is good in any business or operation. To take an elite program like OSU, and just throw a coaching search and a ton of uncertainty into the mix seems like awful planning to me.

I think they're doing the right thing.
 
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Tanner said:
"No comment on that." Urban about the report he's stepping down. Would have preferred a more forceful denial tbh
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Sure, he probably should have questioned who makes up a story like that and shown some anger toward the media, because that worked out quite well for him at Chicago in late July.

I'm willing to wait for Urban to say something when he's ready to talk about his future. The rest of this is pure speculation. I can speculate as well: perhaps the 'story' originated from somebody who wants to damage tOSU's recruiting efforts. There are numerous possibilities as to who that could be.
 
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sflbuck said:
Or maybe he is just pissed off that he has a game tomorrow and he has to deal with every clown with a twitter account
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Maybe...but we’ve all seen plenty “pissed off Urban”..that didn’t look anything like that. He seemed very much like a politician with his answer and the squirming during and after was strange.

His demeanor this whole year has been abnormal....both on the sideline and especially in press conferences. The current narrative of departure makes sense.
 
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