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I am not an OSU fan as most know, but Ryan Day scares me, I think he might end up as the best OSU coach overall if the pros don't get him. He really impressed me last year with his on field coaching and his recruiting isn't missing a beat either. Your guys weakness has always been top recruiting, averaging coaching, but Day might be top at both.

Good luck …..unless you are playing Purdue
 
Just landed another one for the 2022 class; Tegra Tshabola, a four star offensive tackle from Lakota West, near Cincinnati.
Just read that he is 6'6 315 and is only 15 years old. Was a month away from being a freshman right now. WOW
 
I am not an OSU fan as most know, but Ryan Day scares me, I think he might end up as the best OSU coach overall if the pros don't get him. He really impressed me last year with his on field coaching and his recruiting isn't missing a beat either. Your guys weakness has always been top recruiting, averaging coaching, but Day might be top at both.

Good luck …..unless you are playing Purdue

Average coaching???

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Let's review our last 7 head coaches:

Woody Hayes - member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 5 National Championships
Earle Bruce - member of the College Football Hall of Fame
John Cooper - member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Jim Tressel - member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 1 National Championship + 4 more at the Div 1-AA level
Luke Fickell - meh... an interim coach for a year until they could hire a coach more fitting of the university's stature and legacy
Urban Meyer - a lock for becoming a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 3 National Championships (1 at Ohio State), 3rd highest winning % all time in Div. 1 college football
Ryan Day - Enough said

So 5 of the previous 6 coaches are (or will be) in the College Football Hall of Fame and have 9 National Championships between them. And you said Ryan Day may end up being better than all of them.

In what universe is that "average coaching"?????????????
 
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Average coaching???

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Let's review our last 7 head coaches:

Woody Hayes - member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 5 National Championships
Earl Bruce - member of the College Football Hall of Fame
John Cooper - member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Jim Tressel - member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 1 National Championship
Luke Fickell - meh... an interim coach for a year until they could hire a coach more fitting of the university's stature and legacy
Urban Meyer - a lock for becoming a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, 3 National Championships (1 at Ohio State), 3rd highest winning % all time in Div. 1 college football
Ryan Day - Enough said

So 5 of the previous 6 coaches are (or will be) in the College Football Hall of Fame and have 9 National Championships between them. And you said Ryan Day may end up being better than all of them.

In what universe is that "average coaching"?????????????

And all those coaches out side of Woody made the HOF because of the recruits they got, not a single one would ever be able to coach in the pros.
 
And all those coaches out side of Woody made the HOF because of the recruits they got, not a single one would ever be able to coach in the pros.
I guess you and I have different definitions of "average coaching". In my opinion, the results on the field speak for themselves and I didn't realize they inducted "average coaches" into the Hall of Fame. My mistake.
 
I guess you and I have different definitions of "average coaching". In my opinion, the results on the field speak for themselves and I didn't realize they inducted "average coaches" into the Hall of Fame. My mistake.

When you consistently have nothing but 4 and 5 start recruits, you are going to win allot of games if your pure coaching is just average. OSU historically has always gotten top recruits, Urban took it to a higher level on recruiting.
 
Okay, so that’s a different discussion. Having your coaching style not translate from college to professional football doesn’t make you mediocre. That’s just..diverting from the original topic. Meyer is literally one of the best college coaches of all time and would probably be a mediocre NFL HC at best.

Harbaugh was absolutely elite at the NFL level; he can’t figure out how to coach big games in college.

Not sure of the relevance.
 
I think it's fair to say some of those coaches' best attributes was recruiting...but that doesn't mean they were average coaches.

That's fair, and I am not putting them down, just saying i think Day might be the best at coaching since Woody, and seeing how his is recruiting might mean he can compete with Alabama year in and year out. I know you guys have won a couple of championships lately, but nowhere near as many as Alabama, and its the fact that Saban was a top recruiting and top coach.....i think Day might end up being that type of good.
 
That's fair, and I am not putting them down, just saying i think Day might be the best at coaching since Woody, and seeing how his is recruiting might mean he can compete with Alabama year in and year out. I know you guys have won a couple of championships lately, but nowhere near as many as Alabama, and its the fact that Saban was a top recruiting and top coach.....i think Day might end up being that type of good.
The weather down south is a clear recruiting advantage for the SEC. Texas, California, and Florida churn out the top talent on an annual basis. It's tougher to convince kids to come up north in cold weather when all they've ever known is year-round heat. Given that fact, what Tressel, Urban, and Day have done has been even more impressive. There's no other cold weather team that has had nearly the same sustained success as Ohio State in the last 20 years.
 
The weather down south is a clear recruiting advantage for the SEC. Texas, California, and Florida churn out the top talent on an annual basis. It's tougher to convince kids to come up north in cold weather when all they've ever known is year-round heat. Given that fact, what Tressel, Urban, and Day have done has been even more impressive. There's no other cold weather team that has had nearly the same sustained success as Ohio State in the last 20 years.

You would think Phoenix would have an advantage in recruiting especially for basketball as ridiculously hot girls on campus and perfect weather except in the summer when basketball players are here, but ASU basketball and football suck for some reason.
 
You would think Phoenix would have an advantage in recruiting especially for basketball as ridiculously hot girls on campus and perfect weather except in the summer when basketball players are here, but ASU basketball and football suck for some reason.
I've been on campus. It's beautiful out there. USC is the one school that comes to mind that has no excuse not to be a powerhouse every year. But they've been pretty shitty since Pete left town.
 
The weather down south is a clear recruiting advantage for the SEC. Texas, California, and Florida churn out the top talent on an annual basis. It's tougher to convince kids to come up north in cold weather when all they've ever known is year-round heat. Given that fact, what Tressel, Urban, and Day have done has been even more impressive. There's no other cold weather team that has had nearly the same sustained success as Ohio State in the last 20 years.
I was talking to friends about this the other day. Ohio State is the only "northern" team to have won a National Championship this millennium. Has anyone else even come close? Notre Dame always gets slaughtered on that stage. Oregon I suppose?
 

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