assistant coaches.
I knew they picked up Kevin Wilson, but it seems to go deeper than that. Here's the Ozone article on it (some excerpts below). Part of the issue is failure to develop their QB's. so what are they doing? Going to coaches with some NFL experience. Harbaugh is making them change things.
http://theozone.net/2017/06/buckeye-football-notebook-fiery-guy/
So how did things go this spring for the QBs and their new coaches?
“I feel like he does a great job with calling plays and knowing when to call the right plays,” Haskins said of Wilson this spring. “When he was at Indiana he had like three 1,000-yard receivers, two 1,000-yard running backs, he just does a really good job of incorporating the offense with everybody. He and Coach Day have done a good job of innovating, adding new plays, adding new wrinkles to plays, new motions and formations and new routes. He’s done a really good job.”
“He’s a fiery guy,” added Burrow. “He’s a great leader, we all just follow his lead, execute the plays that he calls and try to go from there.”
And as for the results?
“I thought we played really well this spring,” Burrow said of the quarterbacks. “I thought we got a lot better. Obviously the focus on deep balls this spring was high and I think we got a lot better, a lot more accurate this spring.”
NFL Experience a Plus
Ryan Day came to Ohio State from the NFL. Urban Meyer expects that experience to pay dividends now and down the road. He’s not the only assistant coach who has spent time in the league, as linebackers coach Billy Davis and defensive coordinator Greg Schiano have been there as well. What is the benefit of having assistant coaches who have been in the pros?
“Number one, you can give the players that perspective because what do great players want to do? They want to go play in the NFL,” Schiano explained this spring. “So you can give them the perspective because you’ve been there. I can give them the perspective because I made the decisions on draft day. What are we looking for? That helps.
“I think the other thing, in the National Football League you don’t recruit, you don’t worry about academics, you don’t worry about all of the other things, so all you do is study football. In the offseason what are you doing? You’re studying football. So I do think exponentially you do grow when it comes to football, but the reality is that college football and pro football are really different games. What we defend here, we don’t defend in the National Football League, at least 40-50% of it. So it is a different game.”
I knew they picked up Kevin Wilson, but it seems to go deeper than that. Here's the Ozone article on it (some excerpts below). Part of the issue is failure to develop their QB's. so what are they doing? Going to coaches with some NFL experience. Harbaugh is making them change things.
http://theozone.net/2017/06/buckeye-football-notebook-fiery-guy/
So how did things go this spring for the QBs and their new coaches?
“I feel like he does a great job with calling plays and knowing when to call the right plays,” Haskins said of Wilson this spring. “When he was at Indiana he had like three 1,000-yard receivers, two 1,000-yard running backs, he just does a really good job of incorporating the offense with everybody. He and Coach Day have done a good job of innovating, adding new plays, adding new wrinkles to plays, new motions and formations and new routes. He’s done a really good job.”
“He’s a fiery guy,” added Burrow. “He’s a great leader, we all just follow his lead, execute the plays that he calls and try to go from there.”
And as for the results?
“I thought we played really well this spring,” Burrow said of the quarterbacks. “I thought we got a lot better. Obviously the focus on deep balls this spring was high and I think we got a lot better, a lot more accurate this spring.”
NFL Experience a Plus
Ryan Day came to Ohio State from the NFL. Urban Meyer expects that experience to pay dividends now and down the road. He’s not the only assistant coach who has spent time in the league, as linebackers coach Billy Davis and defensive coordinator Greg Schiano have been there as well. What is the benefit of having assistant coaches who have been in the pros?
“Number one, you can give the players that perspective because what do great players want to do? They want to go play in the NFL,” Schiano explained this spring. “So you can give them the perspective because you’ve been there. I can give them the perspective because I made the decisions on draft day. What are we looking for? That helps.
“I think the other thing, in the National Football League you don’t recruit, you don’t worry about academics, you don’t worry about all of the other things, so all you do is study football. In the offseason what are you doing? You’re studying football. So I do think exponentially you do grow when it comes to football, but the reality is that college football and pro football are really different games. What we defend here, we don’t defend in the National Football League, at least 40-50% of it. So it is a different game.”
