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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 461873" data-attributes="member: 360"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)</a></p><p></p><p>I was actually thinking about him as a future HC somewhere. He has a VERY unique background as an assistant coach for various HCs. My concern with him is when he had control of the offense, it's not like he was doing something extraordinary with the talent at hand. Temple and BC are a close litmus test for coaching at GT in terms of academics and recruiting. He was poor to OK at calling the offense at both places in terms of OFEI. I wouldn't want to have to pay a premium for a coach who made his hay off of Urban Meyer's recruiting. Ohio State definitely looked great the first 3 games under him, and the offense was fun to watch, but it's still Urban Meyer's players and offense. Look at Tom Herman who was given the keys to the kingdom at Texas after OC'ing Meyer's teams. </p><p></p><p>An interesting name that would have been a great OC under a CEO type coach is Kendall Briles...Art Briles son. Unfortunately, he's a bit tainted from the Baylor scandal. Look what he did under his father at Baylor, as the OC for Lane Kiffen at FAU, and what he doing now for Major Applewhite at Houston. He's an offensive savant. Remember the season where Baylor lost pretty much all of their QBs, and when from passing for 500+ yards every game to rushing for 500+ yards every game? Kendal had a big hand in developing a new scheme to transition to the talent they had available. He brought a lot of the new rushing focused offense to FAU and FAU ended up #6 in OFEI in 2017.</p><p></p><p>One thing is certain, looking out for potential HC's for GT while watching other games has certainly given games a new dynamic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 461873, member: 360"] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)[/URL] I was actually thinking about him as a future HC somewhere. He has a VERY unique background as an assistant coach for various HCs. My concern with him is when he had control of the offense, it's not like he was doing something extraordinary with the talent at hand. Temple and BC are a close litmus test for coaching at GT in terms of academics and recruiting. He was poor to OK at calling the offense at both places in terms of OFEI. I wouldn't want to have to pay a premium for a coach who made his hay off of Urban Meyer's recruiting. Ohio State definitely looked great the first 3 games under him, and the offense was fun to watch, but it's still Urban Meyer's players and offense. Look at Tom Herman who was given the keys to the kingdom at Texas after OC'ing Meyer's teams. An interesting name that would have been a great OC under a CEO type coach is Kendall Briles...Art Briles son. Unfortunately, he's a bit tainted from the Baylor scandal. Look what he did under his father at Baylor, as the OC for Lane Kiffen at FAU, and what he doing now for Major Applewhite at Houston. He's an offensive savant. Remember the season where Baylor lost pretty much all of their QBs, and when from passing for 500+ yards every game to rushing for 500+ yards every game? Kendal had a big hand in developing a new scheme to transition to the talent they had available. He brought a lot of the new rushing focused offense to FAU and FAU ended up #6 in OFEI in 2017. One thing is certain, looking out for potential HC's for GT while watching other games has certainly given games a new dynamic. [/QUOTE]
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