Ron Zook to Ohio State?

Submitted by althegreat23 on

It's not a rumor or anything, but this morning I was watching Iowa and Illinois from 2008 and I started researching Ron Zook and I found some interesting tidbits.

1. He was born in Loudonville, Ohio

2. He was an assistant at Ohio State, excuse me "Ohio"

As you know Ron Zook is on the hot seat every year and could be very possibly be fired after this year. I know it will never happen but, what do you say Mgoblog community? Am I the only one that would love to see Ron Zook in that ugly scarlet and gray?

animals77

June 29th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^

A few weeks back ESPN did a short story of the next Ohio State coach possibly coming from another Big Ten team.  Many thought it was Dantonio, but Zook could be a strong candidate.  Nice research there. 

evenyoubrutus

June 29th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^

So are we just throwing out random guys we would love to see as aOSU's next coach? Okay, how about John Cooper?  How about Charlie Weis?  How about John L. Smith? How about Ty Willingham? Bobby Williams? I can keep going...

SanFrancisco_W…

June 29th, 2011 at 1:45 PM ^

I believe this deserves and "OT" qualifier.  Also, can we just back off on the whole speculation train?  If we started a thread every time we heard of a coach from Ohio or with Ohio ties being a potential candidate for OSU we would have all of these:

1. Les Miles (Elyria)

2. Urban Meyer (Ashtabula)

3. Ron Zook (Loudenville/OSU)

4. Mike/Bob Stoops (Youngstown)

5. Pete Carroll (OSU Assistant)

6. Bo Pellini (Youngstown)

7. Jon Gruden (Sanduskk)

8. Nick Saban (Played at Kent State, coached at Toledo)

9. Gary Pinkel (Akron)

10. Glen Mason (OSU Assistant)

11. Mark Dantonio (OSU Assistant)

The list keeps going.  Think about this for just a second, why on God's Green Earth would OSU take Ron Zook as their coach when he has failed* just about everywhere he's gone?

 

*In the eyes of the fanbase. He would be eaten alive in Columbus the second he put on scarlet and gray because as crazy as OSU fans are, some are pretty smart and would know what he's done elsewhere.

 

Six Zero

June 29th, 2011 at 2:09 PM ^

Just doesn't seem like the kind of guy that'd step into the shoes of a beloved coach that the university loves.  He'd never subject himself to having to follow up that sort of big-name professionally.

andrewG

June 29th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^

this is just all kinds of stupid. why in god's name would they ever even consider giving zook an interview??? if he personally sent smith (or whoever their new AD is, more likely) a letter  expressing his interest in the job, i'm sure it would get forwarded around the athletic department so everyone could get a good chuckle out of it before being thrown in the trash.

BRCE

June 29th, 2011 at 2:10 PM ^

If I had to put money on it right now, that would be my guess for the next OSU coach.

A coach going from one program to another within the conference is a pretty SEC-like move, but that fits with the southern culture at OSU. Pelini's a Buckeye alum and is rumored to have a very testy relationship with some trustees in Lincoln. I think he might just say "fuck it" regarding the almost-certain sanctions he'll have to deal with his first year or two on the job and leave anyway.

He's kind of the anti-Tressel in that he takes on a startingly angry persona on the sidelines and doesn't even pretend to care about anything other than football.

 

 

 

 

 

sheepdog

June 29th, 2011 at 3:21 PM ^

When I was in high school I was valet parking at a private party.  Ron Zook, an assistant with the Saints was there and I parked his car.  He stiffed me.

I already hate him, which would make him a great fit at TSIO in my opinion.

thedeezy

June 29th, 2011 at 3:33 PM ^

is a mindblowingly bad in game coach. His decision to punt on 4th and less than a foot last year against Michigan was one of the worst calls I've even seen. It all ended up well though :)

vegasjeff

June 29th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^

When he quit OSU to ass't coach for Spurrier and the Gators he took a Buckeye recruit from Sarasota, Fla., with him. Larry Kennedy, whom Zook had originally recruited to OSU.Fans didn't mind losing Zook, but hated losing Kennedy, who was USA Today's national defensive player of the year as a HS senior.

I lived in Sarasota at the time and many of the Florida Buckeye fans who also liked the Gators hated Zook.