OneBuckeye;1019750 wrote:You Fickell haters need to GTFO.

There are reports that PSU DL coach Larry Johnson has been offered that position at OSU By UFM. That would give us 5 defensive coaches. LJ is a prick, but one of the best recruiters in the northeast. I am not sure how much I like this offer. I doubt it happens. He could be a candidate for the PSU HC position.

se-alum;1019747 wrote:I'd say you're roughly 100% wrong. Why would he want one of the best recruiters in the country to leave? You can attribute alot of the recruiting success to Fickell, he stayed in the ear of recruits, and as soon as the coaching situation was solidified, they started flipping.

jordo212000;1020015 wrote:He may be a great recruiter, I have no idea. I do know that ever since Meyer has taken over, we have been getting big time recruits left and right. Many were not even on our radar before Meyer came on. I'm not worried about any kind of drop-off if he happens to leave.

se-alum;1019747 wrote:I'd say you're roughly 100% wrong. Why would he want one of the best recruiters in the country to leave? You can attribute alot of the recruiting success to Fickell, he stayed in the ear of recruits, and as soon as the coaching situation was solidified, they started flipping.

se-alum;1020056 wrote:I'm just saying that I'm sure Meyer doesn't want Fickell to leave, as one poster suggested.

stlouiedipalma;1021280 wrote:About the only thing you can attribute to Fickell is that he is no longer the head coach. OSU would probably have seen a lot of potential recruits bail out if Luke were still HC.

I also believe in my gut that Meyer had no choice regarding Fickell. I think he had to retain him in order to throw him a bone and keep the trustees happy. Fickell did the dirty work this season and his reward was a job next year. I believe that if he gets the Pitt job Meyer will have a replacement named before the ink is dry on the Pitt contract.

stlouiedipalma;1021280 wrote: I believe that if he gets the Pitt job Meyer will have a replacement named before the ink is dry on the Pitt contract.

se-alum;1021421 wrote:You obviously know nothing about Fickell and his ability to recruit. Recruiting is really what it's all about at the college level, and Fickell is one of the best. You're crazy if you think Meyer wants a guy w/ very strong recruiting ties in Ohio and Western PA to just walk away. He wouldn't have made Fickell the DC if he was just "throwing him a bone", he would've given him an Asst. Head Coach/LB gig.

jordo212000;1022852 wrote:Just saw on Twitter that Withers will be announced as a coach soon

LJ;1023819 wrote:Heard an interview with Herman last night. When asked his offensive philosophy he said

"Physical, fast, spread the field and run the ball"

OneBuckeye;1023942 wrote:Zach Smith hired at WR coach. Not a surprise.

Urban Meyer has named Zach Smith, the grandson of Earle Bruce, as his wide receivers coach. Smith comes to Ohio State from Temple where he served for one year as wide receivers and special teams coach for an Owls team that won nine games, including its first bowl win in 32 years. The Dublin Coffman grad graduated from Florida and worked for five seasons with Meyer in Gainesville, first as a graduate assistant and then as a quality control assistant.

ytownfootball;1029724 wrote:If true, and it seems legit from the sources, that would only leave the OL coach outstanding. Studrawa is the guy that a lot seem to think will be the guy, though I've also read he signed an extension at LSU though that can't be confirmed yet.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1032114 wrote:Does anyone know if Herman coached ISU in their bowl game? ISU's offense did not look very good.

vball10set;1032160 wrote:I didn't watch the game. Did the offensive scheme look bad, or the players? You can only work with what you got, and I have to assume that Iowa State doesn't get a whole lot to work with.