Ryan Day makes coaching moves
Listening to Buckeye Talk with Doug Lesmerises. I wanted to hear about the coaching moves but also their frustrations with NIL.
Kevin Wilson has been mentioned as one of the best offensive minds, as did Ryan Day. He was replaced as a TE coach by Keenan Bailey, who has never been a full time assistant, along with Parker Dennis, and Cory Fleming. Ryan Day seems to prefer to hire from within and with the exception of Knowles he has generally followed that path. 3 internal hires with guys very light on experience outside of OSU might not be the best path forward. Hartline has been good, Knowles the jury is out on, but I don't know that there has been a hire that he's made that was well-regarded.
As far as NIL: His take is, they are more focused on getting NIL deals for their existing players and then telling recruits, this is what you can get if you come here, as opposed to the TAMU situation. Sounds similar to Michigan's approach. But he thinks it's really all being figured out and feels like their getting closer but with no rules and an ever-changing climate, it's hard to narrow down what's the best approach. He mentioned that apparently you aren't allowed to tie an NIL deal to a player staying in a program.
OSU fans/alumni are frustrated with the lack of clarity on where the money goes. Also with giving money to the program but also being asked for NIL contributions. (sound familiar?) Their fans don't want OSU to out-pay anyone, but enough money to where someone would take slightly less to go to Columbus as opposed to more money at a school like Miami.
Also, an Ohio State caller was trying to figure out how many "donators" (sp?) are out there.
Would the school (Gene Smith) tell a fan to give to the collective, instead of to the university?
All this to say, a lot of unknown, and many issues brought up in Alex's post the other day, are questions there too.
December 12th, 2022 at 10:46 AM ^
<insert Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme>
December 12th, 2022 at 12:48 PM ^
The OP said that the jury is "still out" on Knowles. I thought the jury found him guilty by a vote of 45-23?
December 12th, 2022 at 10:48 AM ^
I'm not sure you should take any moves he does right now as "moves" as most good coaches currently have jobs. If you want to be critical of his coaching hires I would suggest you wait until the season is over. He really doesn't have many options right now.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:08 AM ^
My thoughts exactly. Wilson is leaving to take the Tulsa job, is he going to coach the playoff game? I haven't heard. But these types of moves happen all the time this time of year when staffs are in transition because of the coaching carousel.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:13 AM ^
Yes, he is staying through the playoffs. Gave up TE duties because he wants to devote all his time to OC duities.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:23 AM ^
If I'm Tulsa, I'm definitely not good with that. With the portal and early signing period, I would want him handling head coaching duties. I'm sure it was negotiated and it will make Wilson an easy scapegoat if OSU's offense underperforms against Georgia.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
For Tulsa, it's what you have to do when you hire coaches in the playoffs. They should be more concerned about his future commitment to Tulsa if he left OSU now.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:46 AM ^
I see your point, but not sure many good coaches view Tulsa as a permanent destination. They will have a tough time holding on to any successful coach if power 5 teams come calling.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
I kind of felt this is why Luke Fickell didn't get a job last year. Especially with the jobs he would've been looking at - would've really started off slow if you had to wait for January for your new coach to start.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
I like that there is a precedent for coaches staying on their teams to coach the playoff game, even if they ink a new contract. Sarkisian did it for Alabama in 2020, even though he'd signed on at Texas already. Maybe Tulsa is rightly pissed, but from my armchair, as a representative of middle-aged college football fan, I say bully for you.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
To be fair, Texas has essentially the exact same record in the 10 years before him as with him. So, it doesn't appear to matter whether he's there.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:13 PM ^
Dan Lanning also coached Georgia's defense through the championship game last year before moving to Oregon. I think that, given the precedents that a number of coaches have set, all teams that are hiring are building in the assumption that coaches on playoff teams will stay until their teams are eliminated. If Oregon can't expect a coach to leave, how could Tulsa?
FWIW, Oregon's recruiting ranking last year was lower than their norm, but not disastrous.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
I don't have any opinion on the replacement TE hire, but I am more than ok with Kevin Wilson being out of the picture.
I do think he is a dangerous coach to have on an opposing staff. (and if you remember his indiana days, unfortunately also possibly a dangerous coach to have as your own HC)
December 12th, 2022 at 10:49 AM ^
Listening to Buckeye Talk with Doug Lesmerises.
i'm gonna start a podcast called Buckeye Talk, but all we discuss are trees.
December 12th, 2022 at 10:51 AM ^
before you spends lots of time and energy on a meme OSU podcast, take some time to re-evaluate this choice... in other words, let cooler heads prevail
December 12th, 2022 at 10:58 AM ^
So you're saying he should call it Cooler Shit and then talk about all of the stuff you can put in a cooler for tailgates instead of... well, you know?
December 12th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
Cooler Heads is a great name for an OSU themed podcast
December 12th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
I see what you did there. :)))
December 12th, 2022 at 11:18 AM ^
Is a cooler head an OSU fan's ass?
December 12th, 2022 at 11:22 AM ^
That be the turtle head pokin' out (says Fat Bastard).
December 12th, 2022 at 12:18 PM ^
December 12th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
"I like your little bush though"
https://vimeo.com/141489965
December 12th, 2022 at 12:20 PM ^
Embedded for ya'll!
December 12th, 2022 at 10:51 AM ^
I salute your strong stomach. Sounds like a long podcast, and Lesmerises is one of the most obnoxious, snarky, self-certain people I have had the misfortune to hear on a podcast.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:20 AM ^
Agreed, props to OP for summarizing for us.
That caller must have a hankerin for donatorade and donator tots.
December 12th, 2022 at 10:56 AM ^
ND fans are also complaining about their NIL setup. Its almost like NIL is just a convenient boogeyman to blame for anything that goes wrong and we can move on from blaming it as Michigan fans.
Probably not though
December 12th, 2022 at 11:40 AM ^
Spending the most money solves all problems.
- Texas A&M
December 12th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
This is a great comment.
I do think NIL is a convenient target, especially with specific recruiting battles, because one can theorize the solution to the problem is throwing more money to solve that specific battle. However, a proper NIL strategy for a program needs to account for more nuanced issues.
Great, you pulled off a 5* but how does the rest of the class feel that he received a six figure check and they haven't? What happens if that kid is actually passed on the depth chart, does the coach feel indebted to donor X to keep him in the starting lineup so donor X feels like their investment was worth it?
What about the team dynamic? A group of freshman flashing more cash than an established 4 year starter is exactly what A&M is dealing with (20+ in the portal).
I'm just reading other fan sites, but the stipend route seems the most sustainable to me. Encourage donors to donate to a collective to hit their raise target of X million, that provides every Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior a base amount that's standard across the class. Players will earn additional compensation based on the market, ie JJ, Blake and Donovan, but that doesn't tear apart the locker room because it's controlled by outside opportunities. Have the school devote resources to allow all athletes to maximize their NIL dollars bridging the business school to students that now suddenly have an income. Publicize the success stories of students who use NIL money to start their own ventures or give back to (or even start their own) nonprofits.
To me that's the balanced short term and long term strategy for success.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:12 PM ^
I think this is a good take, I was thinking of how Michigan might make it more fair for all. It would be nice if all the kids on the team (scout team included) got to make something out of all this NIL mess.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:27 PM ^
Encourage donors to donate to a collective to hit their raise target of X million, that provides every Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior a base amount that's standard across the class.
Along with giving some players "additional compensation based on the market, ie JJ, Blake and Donovan", there would be tiers for starters, second team, etc. so that a sophomore starter would make more than a senior third string (for example).
I think the Michigan/OSU/others NIL approach will more likely survive the in long run over the TAM approach. Pay on results - not just for showing up as a freshman.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:29 PM ^
I 100% agree with this post; I also think that while players might wish they were the stars getting more $$, its not nearly as corrosive for an actual star to get paid as a recruit who might suck. Nothing is worse than some guy getting $2000 for books dusting a million-dollar recruit in practice and feeling the righteous indignation of injustice.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:25 PM ^
This is really well thought out...and sounds really reasonable. Almost too reasonable...so there must be a NCAA rules violation in there somewhere :)
December 12th, 2022 at 11:01 AM ^
I liked our moves in the 45-23 affair
December 12th, 2022 at 11:16 AM ^
Hard to make moves when you are so beat up.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:22 AM ^
Dig the concept, but that actually looks kinda disturbing lol.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:33 AM ^
Dabo At Clemson has “hired from within” the last several years and the Tigers are no longer elite. The young hires are also cheaper from a salary standpoint.
Let’s hope the team in Columbus starts to slide more as well…
December 12th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
I am sure that a lot of fanbase are unhappy with NIL simply because of its lack of transparency, Because of that, NIL is an easy scapegoat of recruiting misses and losing player to portals, and some players would complain too as the pasture on the other side of the mountain is always greener.
Personally, I don't see what is wrong with the approach of working on the current players rather than bidding wars for unproven recruits. And I would even argue that with the open portal and NIL, recruiting from high school becomes less essential to the success of blue blood programs.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:53 AM ^
One of the most exciting times in capitalism is when there is a regulatory change that creates a new set of rules. Often there will be a bunch of new upstarts that perform well early because they respond quickly. Some old dominant brands will fail to adapt and become a relic pining for “the good old days”. Longer term, only a handful of the upstarts who adapted quickly but also built the mechanisms to sustain success will survive. and some of the older brands who moved more slowly but with clear focus on the future vs the past will also survive.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:41 PM ^
This is exactly right, Comrade. Now the question is: Which will Michigan be?
December 12th, 2022 at 2:24 PM ^
A kumbaya moment the capitalist and the communist in harmony!
December 12th, 2022 at 6:49 PM ^
One of the finest moments of laissez faire capitalism, and what probably saved it, was when it started to be enforceably regulated. Let's hope for the same with NIL.
December 12th, 2022 at 11:58 AM ^
Pretty hard to take anything they say at face value. They aren't going to tell on their program and when they're saying things like, "apparently you can't tie NIL to staying" it's like "no shit!" but lot's of people are still doing it. Considering the 13 million statement their coach made I'm pretty sure their NIL is much further along than ours is. Also, look at their recruiting rankings.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
What I understood him to be saying was that you can't offer a kid NIL money contingent upon him remaining on campus for a specified period of time.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
It makes sense that it would be illegal, or at least against the rules, for an NIL deal to be linked to performance, since these opportunities are supposed to be separate from the university. If players are being paid for their name, image, and likeness, then it is independent of whether they are with a certain team or are playing at all. It seems like many of the NIL deals should, or will end up being, one year renewable deals so that if a player transfers the booster doesn't have to pay them any longer by not renewing the deal.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^
Maybe with the right moves they'll be able to hang a 24 on us
December 12th, 2022 at 1:45 PM ^
At their current trajectory, I predict a 48-19 loss in Ann Arbor next year.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:32 PM ^
Day is still standing on third base though. Hasn't moved an inch.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
He will always be a first base coach in my mind.
Cyan Day*
The exhaust port of the OSU death star.