Hoke-ish

February 17th, 2012 at 3:54 PM ^

Great first comment on the article - Ohio fan stating it's not a huge loss because he once coached at Michigan and his son played here.  

On a side note, good for Sheridan.

aiglick

February 17th, 2012 at 4:06 PM ^

All part of the plan except accelerated. They have gone through one now we have to get them Gerg. Actually scratch that I would wish anybody the fate of being a coach on Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio.

aiglick

February 17th, 2012 at 4:06 PM ^

All part of the plan except accelerated. They have gone through one now we have to get them Gerg. Actually scratch that I would wish anybody the fate of being a coach on Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio.

Edit: would never wish anybody

West Texas Blue

February 17th, 2012 at 4:09 PM ^

I wonder since Meyer's staff is mix of different coaches with minimal time working with each other, that there will be somewhat of a "mercenary" mentality with the OSU staff. Will take time to develop loyalty and chemistry within the group, and seems without strong bond among the coaches like UM's staff, there will be higher than usual turnover within the OSU staff.

Wolverine 73

February 17th, 2012 at 4:39 PM ^

It sort of creeped me out that a former Wolverine coach was going to be working for them.  I think they have a duplicate defensive coordinator or two down there, one of them can pick up the slack.

DonAZ

February 17th, 2012 at 5:06 PM ^

From the article: "In an interview with The Lantern, Sheridan said there was not much difference between coaching college football, and coaching in the NFL."

Interesting ... Greg Mattison has said he sees quite a difference.  If I remember correctly, Mattison indicated that in the pros is all about scheme, while in college there's far more coaching fundamentals and technique ... something Mattison expressed some satisfaction in doing.

MDubs

February 17th, 2012 at 5:31 PM ^

Interesting.  I wonder if there was something particular to the Bucs job that he felt he needed to apply while it was avail, or if OSU was always going to be a "safety" job for him & he was going to be gunning to get back to the NFL no matter what   

Don

February 17th, 2012 at 6:05 PM ^

All along he had wanted to coach in Tampa Bay, but neglected to notice that the first job opening he applied for was for the Bucks, not the Bucs.

Tony Soprano

February 17th, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^

He just couldn't bring himself to recruit for Ohio.  He's an honest guy and he just wasn't comfortable lying to recruits about the benefits of Ohio when he darn well knows there aren't any.   Way to go, Bill!

TallyWolverine

February 18th, 2012 at 12:07 AM ^

It was never really Sheridan. Somewhere in Columbus there is a secret laboratory with a bunch of giggling mad scientists cloning Michigan coaches. Obviously they don't have the ability to "dumb 'em down" enough to stay.

Dizzy

February 18th, 2012 at 12:27 AM ^

I've always found it odd when coaches end up at rival schools later in their careers. Sheridan was especially odd because he has such a strong past with Michigan. For those who don't know, he started his college coaching career here as a grad assistant, then moved up the college coaching ranks with short stints at both Michigan State (under Saban) and Notre Dame before coming back here for three years as an assistant. Plus, you gotta figure he and his family rooted for Michigan when Nick was here. To me that seems like at least eight years of being directly on one side of The War, and then switching sides. I know a job is a job, but dang coaching is a mercenary business.