Urban Meyer’s plan to win always incorporated field position. The further back the opponent starts, the better. The closer your team starts to the opposing end zone, the better. No, it’s not rocket science, but Meyer did have percentages for likelihood of scoring depending on field position that he believed in and relied upon. That was data.
One of the fun things to talk about with every new coach when they come to Ohio State is recruiting. Many of them come from schools that don’t quite carry the same weight as OSU in recruiting circles, so the answers they give are always enlightening. During his introductory press conference a year ago, new (and now former) safeties coach…
As you know, a Buckeye generally won’t see the field on offense or defense unless he can provide for the team via special teams first. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule — like quarterbacks — but if a player wants to show that he belongs, he needs to show it on special teams first. During a typical practice, the first few periods…
For the third year in a row, the members of the Ohio State secondary are getting used to new coaches and new techniques. The safeties have gone from Greg Schiano to Alex Grinch to now the collective conscience of Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes. The cornerbacks, meanwhile, have seen Kerry Coombs and Taver Johnson come and go…
Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline, defensive backs coaches Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes, and a handful of players met with the media to discuss the Buckeyes’ 2019 spring football.
KJ Hill went into the 2018 season expecting it to be his last at Ohio State. As a fourth-year junior, Hill’s plan was to forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2019 NFL Draft with his teammates and fellow receivers Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin, and Johnnie Dixon. “Yeah, I thought I was done,” Hill said on Wednesday.
When Ryan Day set about putting his defensive coaching staff together, he wanted a good mix of “young” and “old.” And in hiring three coaches he had coached with before — and one he had coached against — he also wanted some familiarity. Having that familiarity with his hires gave him a pretty good idea of how well they would mesh.
When Ryan Day was named Urban Meyer’s replacement as Ohio State’s next head coach, he soon began putting his coaching staff together. He ended up replacing four members of the defensive staff, and wisely kept Larry Johnson. Just as Meyer did in 2014 when he wanted a specific style of defense and brought in…
COLUMBUS — With Ryan Day’s coaching staff now complete, all five new assistant coaches met with reporters Wednesday morning. They talked about what brought them to Ohio State, the conversations involved, what they have seen so far out of their players, and the season to come. Here are the highlights of what was said.
There are a lot of new faces on the 2019 Ohio State coaching staff. Hear from Mike Yurcich, Greg Mattison, Jeff Hafley, Al Washington, and Matt Barnes.
During last week’s episode of the Buckeye Weekly podcast, Tom Orr and I talked a bit about Ryan Day’s new hires and we both agreed that it is much too early to pass judgment on who was brought in. After all, they haven’t even screwed up yet. Let’s give them some time before we berate them for their insolence. But the…
