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Who will be tOSU's head coach on July 1, 2012? (betting closed)

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CHU;2039091; said:
I'm assuming if OSU decides to open up a job search and Coach Fickell isn't the answer, someone else will do a feature just like this and use Ohio State as their subject (and they'll try to make it funny and use the word 'tattoos' multiple times).
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"tattoos" is a funny word if you think about it.
 
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Sportsbuck28;2037019; said:
So, I'm a current 2nd year at tOSU, and I'll be graduating in the spring of '13 (a full year early), and was pondering how weird it would be to have a different coach all 3 years I was a student (Assuming Fickell is not retained).

So, I decided to do a little research and see if it had happened before in the history of Buckeye football, and lo and behold I made a pretty neat find.

In 1910, Howard Jones was the head coach. In 1911, Harry Vaughan was the head coach. And in 1912, John R. Richards was the head coach.

In 2010, Tressel was the coach of course. In 2011, Fickell is the coach, of course. And there's the possibility for a new one in 2012.

Meaning a full century later, history was repeating itself (Obviously under 100% completely different circumstances).

Just thought that would be neat to share.
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Yes, that is interesting.
 
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CHU;2039091; said:
Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated actually did a small feature of state universities having to post a head coaching job online (using Ole Miss as his example).

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...miss-job-application/index.html?sct=cf_t11_a2

I'm assuming if OSU decides to open up a job search and Coach Fickell isn't the answer, someone else will do a feature just like this and use Ohio State as their subject (and they'll try to make it funny and use the word 'tattoos' multiple times).
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"Cough" U.M. "Cough".
 
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Could Ohio State name a head coach prior to posting the position online and waiting the state-required time period?

Does the university need to conduct an interview process if they already have a deal in place or have an agreement?

Just seems like a waste of time and resources if a decision has been made. If a decision hasn't been made, go through the sequence (committee, search, interviews, hiring).

I just know that if you know who you want to hire already, I'd like to get things rolling as quickly as possible. I remember Jim Tressel started recruiting heavily that first week he was hired.
 
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I was initially opposed to Urban Meyer, but none of it was football related. I'm still not sure that I would like him to be the HC, but he looks like the most viable candidate at this point. I was hoping that Luke would be the guy, but after Neb, Purdue and PSU I just don't know that he's the answer. I think a guy with more experience, a proven record and a guy that can out recruit every other coach out there might be the direction we need to go in.

:osu:
 
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I'm not sure where this belongs (probably in the garbage since it is from Brooks Melchior) but I'll leave it here anyhow.

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/meyer-agrees-to-coach-buckeyes-building-staff-29902

Meyer Agrees To Coach Buckeyes, Building Staff


The deal between Meyer and Ohio State was consumated in principle earlier this week in Columbus but not signed. It includes a multi-year contract that will make Meyer once again one of college football?s highest paid coaches.
In additon to Meyer?s generous compensation package, sources said a major factor in the coach?s decision to agree to take the position was the school promising him the budget to assemble what is expected to become the highest-paid assistant coaching staff in college football history.
Of that staff, sources indicate Meyer?s intial plan is to retain current Ohio State head football coach Luke Fickell and current Buckeye wide receivers coach Stan Drayton.
Meyer also aims to add Chris Spielman, Kirk Herbstreit, current North Carolina State linebackers coach Jon Tenuta and current LSU offensive line coach Greg Studwara to his Ohio State staff.
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