Ohio State Passing Game Coordinator to Texas
Texas is hiring Ohio State PGC Mike Yurcich as their new OC, per McMurphy on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/1210266964288950278
December 26th, 2019 at 1:46 PM ^
Since hiring their offensive coordinator as head coach has worked out so nicely, gotta go back to that Buckeye well
December 26th, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^
This is definitely going to the OSU well, but it’s more so the Oklahoma State well than the Buckeye well. Yurcich was there for 6 years before this year at Ohio State. He should be a good hire for them if Herman gives him enough authority.
December 26th, 2019 at 1:47 PM ^
Do you mind if I make another thread about this? Since we play OSU next year it may require 4 or 5 posts
December 26th, 2019 at 4:11 PM ^
Well, the record is 13, but for the love of Pete, don't make 13. In this iteration of the site, sometimes 2 or 3 are a bit cumbersome to dump.
December 26th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
How many "2020 Depth Chart" posts have there been? Is that the 13 you're talking about? lol
December 26th, 2019 at 1:48 PM ^
Hey, can’t be a bad thing. Let’s see Day evaluate assistants....
December 26th, 2019 at 1:50 PM ^
Decent amount of turnover in his first year. His evaluation of coaches this offseason should be a good indicator of his longevity in college.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:00 PM ^
They have so much talent, it won't matter for a couple years. Let's see if he can keep that machine running with recruiting and replacing staff every year.
December 26th, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
Yeah, because he did so poorly the first time, right? You realize these guys were his hires and not Meyer leftovers, right?
December 26th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
Yea, he made awesome hires, but Meyer made awesome hires at first and then couldn't sustain it. It's tough. I think he'll be fine offensively, but he'll be hard pressed to find someone as well respected and well thought off as Hafley. Theyre losing a ton of talent, and while they obviously still have a ton of talent, the turnover hurts.
December 26th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Meyer hired Day, Wilson and Schiano in 2017.
Hired Chris Ash in 2014. Larry Johnson in 2016. He hired Brian Hartline in 2018. Greg Studrawa in 2016 was a big time OL coaching hire.
Withers in 2012, Warriner’s promotion in 2015 and Billy Davis’ hire in 2017 were his bad moves. Keeping Schiano after hiring Grinch was an error as well.
Hard to say he wasn’t making good hires at the end of his tenure.
December 26th, 2019 at 9:51 PM ^
Let's hope that Day gets hired by the NFL and OSU hires someone who can't control the egos in the locker room. Lane Kiffen, for example. And then they hire a hardass disciplinarian like Charlie Strong to fix the problem and he scares away all the talent.
One can dream.
December 26th, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^
Good. I hope OSU loses a game next season.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:31 PM ^
To US!!!!
December 26th, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
Next season? I hope they lose one this season!
December 26th, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
Not me. Some measure a man by his enemies and I want OSU to win out. Michigan can pummel them next season as they had their chance already this year. Next signing day is after the next game between the Wolverines and Buckeyes.
And yes, OSU is the safety net school for central Ohio.
December 26th, 2019 at 6:31 PM ^
I'm sorry but why do you think Michigan will pummel OSU any time soon? Let's just beat them by 1 first. Hell, staying within 20 of them has become a near impossible task for this program.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:01 PM ^
Wile E Coyote year
December 26th, 2019 at 2:16 PM ^
Losing your number one choice in defensive coordinator and passing game coordinator in one offseason will cause some ripples. Imagine if Michigan had kept Jedd Fisch for 3-4 seasons instead of constant turnover. I honestly think this is one of the biggest things with Saban and Bama the last few years, they are still damm good with the talent they have, but arent invincible year after year. You cannot lose really good assistants every year and not see the negative effects of it.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:27 PM ^
I think that's very true, and I also think there's 3 or so teams that have caught them in terms of pure talent, at least for this season.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:32 PM ^
And that's the ripple effect I'm talking about, when those dynamite asst coaches, who are also great recruiters, go elsewhere they each start to take a little talent away. That also let's a team like Clemson come in there and do what they've done.
December 26th, 2019 at 2:31 PM ^
Ok Cool. Hook em
December 26th, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
McMurphy needs to recalibrate his energies toward bringing down the Ohio State program. . .
December 26th, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
McMurphy needs to recalibrate his energies toward bringing down the Ohio State program. . .
December 26th, 2019 at 3:07 PM ^
Bring it up again so we can vote on it!
December 26th, 2019 at 3:04 PM ^
When will these schools learn that OSU assistants fail after they leave the 'Urban paid for the best recruits' Umbrella?
Brady Hoke could win 11 games with some of these OSU rosters
December 26th, 2019 at 3:40 PM ^
Not a big Hoke guy, but at least he came within a pubic hair of beating Urban.
December 26th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
If Hoke had a QB like Fields every three years then he would still be the head coach at Michigan.
December 26th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Clap clap clap
December 26th, 2019 at 5:53 PM ^
He did have a QB like that. His name was Devin Gardner. The problem was that the OL assigned to protect Gardner was a fucking sieve, and Fields plays behind a line of extremely well coached elite top 50 recruits players who will all either be starting on Sundays, or will at least get a shot to.
Gardner was a terrific athlete, and we all saw what he could do when his line gave him time to operate. He nearly beat a top 5 OSU team by himself and on a broken foot, and if Borges didn’t set him up to fail on the final play, he likely would have completed the greatest upset since 1969.
December 26th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
Imagine how much better Gardner would've been if he had been allowed to take all online classes like Fields. I bet if you asked Fields what classes he took this semester, he wouldn't be able to tell you.
December 26th, 2019 at 8:20 PM ^
Let's be thankful that never happened
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December 26th, 2019 at 3:34 PM ^
Does this qualify for the No Excuses theme from the Jalen Eastwood thread(s)?.gif)
December 26th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
This is it! The downfall begins!
December 26th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
More posts here about OSU than about our game.
Why does OSU get to live rent free in your brains?
December 26th, 2019 at 4:35 PM ^
Enter Art Briles.
Nice...so they’ll replace him with a more competent, morally reprehensible coach.
Art Briles would seem a good fit here, and then we can all hear the disgusting espn hawt takes on the Briles redemption tour and how he’s grown and learned so much. IE, he’s no longer a sociopathic win at all costs (including covering up systematic student rape and sexual violence) Coach, but a reformed man.
Briles to OSU passing coordinator makes so much sense as his reentry into college football.
December 26th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
Exactly, Just an opportunity for OSU to find somebody better,
December 26th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
Except he got caught cheating in high school football this year and had his team ruled ineligible. He done.
December 26th, 2019 at 4:54 PM ^
Herman so badly wants Texas to be OSU. He could hire the entire OSU staff and Texas would still find a way to choke games away.
December 26th, 2019 at 5:02 PM ^
Is it true you can get a PhD via on-line classes at Texas?
December 26th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
It won't get us a win, but more turnover for OSU is good for UM. Here's to hoping Hafley takes a few.
December 26th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
Knowing our luck, Day will probably find a JV coach in Cleveland that will produce two Heisman finalist QBs at Ohio State in 2020.
December 26th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
I think they are targeting Coombs for DC. He was pretty good as a DBack coach for them the first time around and has been with the Texans the past few years. He might actually be an upgrade over Hafley and would probably stay for a while.
Yurcich potentially isn't nearly as big of a loss as Hafley could be. They still have Day who really controls the offense.
December 26th, 2019 at 8:17 PM ^
December 26th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
They still have Kevin Wilson. Nothing is going to change.
