A press conference has been scheduled for Monday, where it appears Mike Vrabel will fill the vacant Linebacker coach spot which was opened when Luke Fickell took the head coaching job.
Vrabel could not be reached for comment yesterday, and Fickell, athletic director Gene Smith and athletic department spokesmen declined to comment. But the school tentatively has set a news conference for Monday to announce the hire. Vrabel could step in as linebackers coach, which was Fickell's specialty.
Good hire for them
Good player. We had a shot at
Good player. We had a shot at Vrabel, but... got Mike Elston instead.
29 total tackles
On the positive side, Elston contributed 29 total tackles in his UM career, including 6 against Illinois in 1995. And don't even get me started on the inflated grit factor Elston provided to Lloyd's vaunted '95/'96 defenses. On the negative side...well...29 total tackles.
Hiring Mike Vrabel for tOSU
Hiring Mike Vrabel for tOSU PR/Recruiting: +1
Everything that happened in the past nine months at tOSU prior to hiring Mike Vrabel: -1,847,926
i only respect other superfans
Very good hire to help with
Very good hire to help with the recruiting. Really should help with the native Ohio kids. The only questions are, first can he coach, and if Fickell is replaced at the end of the season, will he be retained by the new staff?
Native Ohio kids?
Racist!
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Didn't he just get arrested?
Didn't he just get arrested?
At the tsio, these are
At the tsio, these are assets.
This move makes perfect sense
for the lame duck AD. He needs to clean up his program and bring in integrity and credibility so instead of going after Chris Spielman he gets Vrabel instead. Fail.
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
It's obvious
They are grasping at anything right now. Did Spielman want the job? That would have been a great hire.
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.”
Good pick up
for the Bucks from PR persepective. I like Vrabel and he's a competitor.
On the other hand, he has no coaching experience. It's one thing to be a great player, it's another to be a great coach.
Haha,
dude stole liquor from a Casino Deli.
http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-chiefs/2011/4/5/2091879/mike-vrabel-chiefs-arrest
Let this scrub take his first shot coaching at OSU.
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
Not worried
The #1 linebacker recruiting class isn't worried.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
People seem to forget that
People seem to forget that usually the better coaches weren't great players. I don't know if its just the fact that the number of average players is far greater than the number or great players, so odds are a coach wasn't a great player. Or if it's because the average players had to work harder, develop better technique, and have a better head for the game to be able to see the field and that makes them better coaches. From a recruiting standpoint I guess the hire helps OSU, but I don't know how much better this will make them on the field, might even be a downgrade in a couple years. And with the last 2 classes of LBs I don't think the staff will take too many in the next couple of classes so it shouldn't hurt Michigan with recruiting.
He was a professional who had
He was a professional who had a pretty good career. Does anyone know how he is as a coach?
Greetings from Bolivia.
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No
Not even he knows if he's a good coach yet.
He will get his foot in the door there and probably be retained by the next coaching staff (if there is one) based on pedigree alone.
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