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Nov 28, 2011 12:37 PM
Urban's right hand man coming to Ohio State

a name you might not know---but you will...

MARK PANTONI----formerly Director of Football Administation at Florida will be joining Meyer starting Wednesday.

Mark will be Director of Football Operations at OSU and will coordinate all recruiting efforts from OSU's standpoint.

He will organize a Friday Night Lights type of program at Ohio State

He will be the main administrative interface between OSU and high school coaches.

He will organize, coordinate and administer all the camps for Ohio State.

When it comes to recruiting----there is NO ONE that Urban leans on harder than Pantoni----and he is now going to be a Buckeye.

Big get.

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Nov 28, 2011 12:37pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:40 PM
chicago510;991177 wrote:Great day so far. Urban done, Fickell stays. Say what you want about his head-coaching ability, Fickell took one for the team this year and I admire him for it.
Agreed, Fickell isn't head coaching material yet, but he put himself out there in a tough situation and held things together somewhat while the powers that be at OSU tried to self-vacate this season as well.
Nov 28, 2011 12:40pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:40 PM
Glad that everything is finally becoming official. I'm excited to see the bump in recruiting. We need some WRs. I have a feeling that most of the guys who logged a lot of PT this year, will not be happy with the PT they get next year.

I think we'll be seeing a lot of young waterbug types on the team next year.
Nov 28, 2011 12:40pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:41 PM
Fly4Fun;991223 wrote:I've said it before... why are people still high on Vrabel? The LB's were pretty terrible this year.
And I was scorched for saying this early on in the season.
Nov 28, 2011 12:41pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:42 PM
imex99;991245 wrote:Urban's right hand man coming to Ohio State

a name you might not know---but you will...

MARK PANTONI----formerly Director of Football Administation at Florida will be joining Meyer starting Wednesday.

Mark will be Director of Football Operations at OSU and will coordinate all recruiting efforts from OSU's standpoint.

He will organize a Friday Night Lights type of program at Ohio State

He will be the main administrative interface between OSU and high school coaches.

He will organize, coordinate and administer all the camps for Ohio State.

When it comes to recruiting----there is NO ONE that Urban leans on harder than Pantoni----and he is now going to be a Buckeye.

Big get.

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I agree. This is HUGE!
Nov 28, 2011 12:42pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:43 PM
Scarlet_Buckeye;991254 wrote:And I was scorched for saying this early on in the season.
nah some of us were talking about this the other day. Aside from being emotional, it doesn't look like Vrabel provided much. It is inexplicable that Storm Klein played as much as he did, while Shazier stood on the sideline.
Nov 28, 2011 12:43pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:52 PM
Figures, Fickell staying on staff.

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Nov 28, 2011 12:52pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:52 PM
jordo212000;991259 wrote:nah some of us were talking about this the other day. Aside from being emotional, it doesn't look like Vrabel provided much. It is inexplicable that Storm Klein played as much as he did, while Shazier stood on the sideline.

Again... I pretty much said that at the beginning of the season and was lambasted on here.
Nov 28, 2011 12:52pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:52 PM
imex99;991269 wrote:Figures, Fickell staying on staff.

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Let's see what happens with Akron. I have a feeling they might come after him.
Nov 28, 2011 12:52pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:55 PM
Love this, Excited for the future
Nov 28, 2011 12:55pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:55 PM
What is Mike Stoops position going to be?
Nov 28, 2011 12:55pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:56 PM
SportsAndLady;991277 wrote:What is Mike Stoops position going to be?
Rumored to be defensive coordinator. But nothing is confirmed.
Nov 28, 2011 12:56pm
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Nov 28, 2011 12:58 PM
What about Durkin?
Nov 28, 2011 12:58pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:02 PM
I'm anxious just to see the kind of recruits he will pull in over the next few years...the kind of talent and speed he will bring in from the south east. There is already good young talent, but mixed with his recruits I'm getting pumped to see what's going to happen. Also curious to see what's going to happen with the defensive staff and who wil be the other Offensive coaches.
Nov 28, 2011 1:02pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:04 PM
LJ;991191 wrote:Except negotiations were still going on last night.

Im not seeing what my source was wrong about? When he got his current job it was offered and accepted before it was posted, then they had to wait 9 days before the employment contract could be signed.

If negotiations were still going on last night, how were you right about it being a done deal last wed?
:rolleyes:
Your source is feeding you crap. There are no negotiations to be done, its over and a done deal. Anything your source tells you is false and just giving you lines so he doesn't lose his job due to a legal technicality. My source is always right, and they say its a done deal, no question about it.
Nov 28, 2011 1:04pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:04 PM
jordo212000;991259 wrote:nah some of us were talking about this the other day. Aside from being emotional, it doesn't look like Vrabel provided much. It is inexplicable that Storm Klein played as much as he did, while Shazier stood on the sideline.
Not sure we can afford to take anymore WR's, unless Urban pulls offers from committed players. We already have 4 committed in the 2012 class.
Nov 28, 2011 1:04pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:07 PM
From my reporter buddy @BenAxelrod on twitter:



Fickell, Meyer, Griffin, Schottenstein. Wonder when this was taken? Interesting.
Nov 28, 2011 1:07pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:09 PM
I'm thinking he may pull a couple and try and pickup better ones...like some of top ones out of FLA or try and go after the #1 wr in the class...Wouldnt that be a huge land.
Nov 28, 2011 1:09pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:11 PM
Hopefully Urban has a few good DBs and LBs on speed dial. Thats what this team really lacks right now.
Nov 28, 2011 1:11pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:14 PM
zach24oz;991311 wrote:I'm thinking he may pull a couple and try and pickup better ones...like some of top one out of FLA or try and go after the #1 wr in the class...Wouldnt that be a huge land.
haha
Nov 28, 2011 1:14pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:14 PM
Some more guys like Shazier? Would be awesome.
Nov 28, 2011 1:14pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:16 PM
jordo212000;991259 wrote:nah some of us were talking about this the other day. Aside from being emotional, it doesn't look like Vrabel provided much. It is inexplicable that Storm Klein played as much as he did, while Shazier stood on the sideline.
Scarlet_Buckeye;991270 wrote:Again... I pretty much said that at the beginning of the season and was lambasted on here.
you two are nuts. Vrabel brings NFL cred and superbowl rings. Word is he may not have players the right way in the locker room. That may have been his biggest fault. I don't think it is/was 100% his decision to play Klien over Shazier. They were probably being careful with Shazier because he is a true freshman. That is how Tressel would have don it and so that is how Fickell did it. Same thing with Miller. Sweat and Sabino both played well this year. I would have liked to see Curtis Grant more, but I assume they are taking their time with him too. If you give him credit for Kliens bad play you need to give him credit for Shazier's quick development.

I think the thing that kill OSU LB'ers this year is Tyler Moeller. He was not the same player and most of the time they were playing a 4-2-5 with Moeller in the star. I thought we would have been better off with Bryant playing the star. Unfortunatly Ohrian Johnson played so bad at safety at the beginning of the year Bryant had to play there.

There was not great depth at the saftey and LB'er position this year and that is what killed this defense. Vrabel is a first year coach and a name you want on your sideline. This was also the weirdest situation to spend in the first year of being a coach.
Nov 28, 2011 1:16pm
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Nov 28, 2011 1:19 PM
The latest rumors.

Fickell, - Ast Head Coach ??
Studrawa, - OC
Stoops, -DC
Vrabel, - LB/DL ??
Drayton, - RB
Hinton - TE?
Loeffler - QB
Nov 28, 2011 1:19pm