Bruce Feldman just said

[missouridawg]

That Ryan Day (Ohio St OC) passed on the opportunity to be our head coach a few months ago... Is this even remotely true?

 

[engie]

Does anyone not consider Feldman an OM writer?

No, I don’t think we were turned down by any coordinators. Would be laughably insane at this point in time with this team returning, especially from guys that aren’t going to get a head job this year.

 

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

Maybe he turned down an interview?

 

[maroonmania]

Maybe he turned down an interview?

I've never even heard of the dude and certainly never heard his name in any way as a candidate for our job at the time. Although I wouldn't put much stock in Feldman's reporting it is certainly possible we were interested in possibly interviewing him and he declined. Only Cohen could really confirm that.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Bruce is Hotty Toddy all the way...

 

[missouridawg]

Does anyone not consider Feldman an OM writer?

No, I don’t think we were turned down by any coordinators. Would be laughably insane at this point in time with this team returning, especially from guys that aren’t going to get a head job this year.

I get it, but saying “he passed on the opportunity” is very different than “he interviewed for” or “declined to interview for”. Feldman is insinuating that we offered him the job, which is completely erroneous.

 

[johnson86-1]

Does anyone not consider Feldman an OM writer?

No, I don’t think we were turned down by any coordinators. Would be laughably insane at this point in time with this team returning, especially from guys that aren’t going to get a head job this year.

I can't believe we would have been turned down by a coordinator, but it also seems likely that the OC for Urban Meyer would have been a natural person for us to look at. It would give us continuity on offense and somebody with big time experience as an OC.

But according to the intewebs, the OC for OSU is Kevin Wilson, who already struggled as a head coach. The co-offensive coordinator is Ryan Day, who looks like a guy we would definitely be interested in keeping an eye on based on working with Chip Kelly and Urban Meyer, but his resume does not look like an SEC Head coaching resume. OC with Temple and then Boston College before going to be a QB coach in the NFL for a couple of years, and then one year as Co-offensive coordinator and QB coach at OSU. Without bothering to look up his past results, resume looks like a potentially good fit for offensive coordinator if we hadn't gone with MOorhead.

 

[aTotal360]

Who gives a sh..?

 

[wtw2400]

We hired our coach within 2 days. When did he have time to "pass"?

 

[maroonmania]

I get it, but saying “he passed on the opportunity” is very different than “he interviewed for” or “declined to interview for”. Feldman is insinuating that we offered him the job, which is completely erroneous.

Agree, that part is asinine but not unexpected from a hack like Feldman. Amazes me some of the guys that make a living off of writing or commenting on college football that are basically worthless.

 

[patdog]

We announced Moorhead barely 48 hours after Don left. It's hard to believe we offered the job to anyone else, were turned down, and moved on in that time frame. It's possible we may have asked if he would be interested in interviewing for either the head coach or offensive coordinator position and when he was told he would be just one of many candidates, he declined. Or more likely, it's just pure ********.

 

[DawgInThe256]

He spent too much time in Oxford working on Meat Market. Got a little too close to the program.

 

[L4Dawg]

That Ryan Day (Ohio St OC) passed on the opportunity to be our head coach a few months ago... Is this even remotely true?

Who cares.

 

[HD6]

Missouridawg does. Few other people in this thread seem to as well.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Damnit. I was really hoping to watch another decade of QB draws on 3rd and long.**

 

[maroonmania]

Always find it humorous when someone takes the time to post in a thread they supposedly don't care about. I don't think any of us are losing any sleep over a comment from Feldman about someone supposedly turning our football HC job down.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Damnit. I was really hoping to watch another decade of QB draws on 3rd and long.**

Definitely my thoughts, if true, I’m glad he turned us down

 

[missouridawg]

Missouridawg does. Few other people in this thread seem to as well.

i would’ve thought an alleged OM homer journalist posted something underhanded at Us would be worthy of a little discussion....

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Ryan Day is a rising star. I suspect that he was on a list of individuals that IB would have considered for an interview. Despite that fact, Bruce Feldman is a certified Ole Miss water-carrier.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Plays better for his readers. If it gets him more clicks i am sure we were passed over by 4/5 of everyone with even junior high coaching experience