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Why Ryan Day Targeted Former NFL Head Coaches As Ohio State Assistants · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Tuesday, March seventeenth, I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom ll Or. The ball State game in
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  Speaker 1: to let you hear a little bit more from Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day some of his thoughts on the Ohio State coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff this season, some of the changes they've made, some
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  Speaker 1: of the guys they've managed to keep, and why he's
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  Speaker 1: very happy with the staff that he's got. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the two coordinator positions. He's got Matt Patricia,
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  Speaker 1: former NFL head coach on the defensive side of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: and he's got Arthur Smith, former former NFL head coach
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. So what is
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  Speaker 1: the advantage of having NFL coaches at both coordinator positions?
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  Speaker 2: Not only that, but former head coaches in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: So when you come with that perspective. It's you know,
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  Speaker 2: we always say, like, you know, you learn so much
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  Speaker 2: when you you know, when you take on a new role. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you know, the managing of their staves,
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  Speaker 2: their staves on their side of the ball is critically important.
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  Speaker 2: You see in Matt do that now with some of
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  Speaker 2: the staff, you know, hires and changes that we're making
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  Speaker 2: on his side of the ball. And then you know,
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  Speaker 2: as as Arthur is starting to install some of the
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  Speaker 2: things that he has done in the past. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's a system in place for it, and you know
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  Speaker 2: it's it's not the the NFL, but you know it's
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  Speaker 2: pretty close. You know, the hash marks are different, the
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  Speaker 2: guys are a little bit different, but there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things to carry over here. So so that's been
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  Speaker 2: good and it's ultimately we've talked about this many times.
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  Speaker 2: It allows me an opportunity to kind of step away
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  Speaker 2: and really dive in everything else and just be more
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  Speaker 2: president in the building, you know, with the players, with
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  Speaker 2: the staff, certainly with you know the nil stuff in
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  Speaker 2: terms of raising money, asking questions. You know, just it's
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  Speaker 2: it's it's a different mindset that being said, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: We've got to get in there in the film and
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  Speaker 2: figure out what are the things we've done in the
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  Speaker 2: past that fit what we're doing, and what are the
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  Speaker 2: things that, you know, moving forward we want to kind
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  Speaker 2: of look at and change to build an identity, because
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  Speaker 2: that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to build
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  Speaker 2: an identity that carries throughout the entire season. And when
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  Speaker 2: you have somebody like Arthur who's been through it before,
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  Speaker 2: he's been through playoff games, he's you know, played the
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  Speaker 2: long season in the NFL, you know, you have to
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  Speaker 2: kind of build towards the end of the season. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the goal here for us, because when you think
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  Speaker 2: about the way things are structured now, I mean you've
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  Speaker 2: got to be You've got to be building towards the
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  Speaker 2: end of the season. Now, you know, next year with
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  Speaker 2: with some of the games that we play, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you got to start right from the jump on it too,
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  Speaker 2: and you got to play throughout the length of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's an opportunity for us to continue
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  Speaker 2: to get stronger throughout the season, get challenged in certain
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  Speaker 2: areas so that when when it comes time to play
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  Speaker 2: in December and January, we're going to be salty because
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've been through the fire and so having
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  Speaker 2: some experienced guys like that running the offense and defense
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  Speaker 2: is going to be something that we count on to
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  Speaker 2: pay dividends in the end.
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  Speaker 1: This year's offensive coordinator is a very different profile from
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  Speaker 1: last year's offensive coordinator. Of course, that was Brian Hartline,
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  Speaker 1: who was the wide receivers coach and a first time
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  Speaker 1: play caller as the offensive coordinator for the Black Hives.
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  Speaker 1: This year, he's got an experienced NFL head coach, experienced
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  Speaker 1: NFL play caller, and Arthur Smith. So what were his
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  Speaker 1: big takeaways from last year with Brian Hartline as a
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  Speaker 1: first time coordinator and how did that play into the
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  Speaker 1: decision to bring Arthur Smith in.
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  Speaker 2: Well, every year is a different dynamic. So whether it's
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  Speaker 2: you know, the guys on the offense and the guys
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  Speaker 2: on the defense and what you have and everything comes
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  Speaker 2: into play, you know, recruiting comes into play, Dynamics come
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  Speaker 2: into play, and so every year we try to do
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  Speaker 2: what we can to figure out what went on the
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  Speaker 2: year before or the year before that and try to
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  Speaker 2: project what we need in that moment. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: Arthur seems, you know, seemed like the right fit. I
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  Speaker 2: the the other part that was really different for us
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  Speaker 2: is when they change the rule in terms of the
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  Speaker 2: number of coaches. You know, we now have Quartes coaching
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  Speaker 2: the wide receivers, but we also Arthur as the offense coordinator,
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  Speaker 2: so it's an extra it's a plus one there, and
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  Speaker 2: that was a change, and so that's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more like an NFL operation just in terms of how
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  Speaker 2: we structured that. And I get to give Ross and
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  Speaker 2: the board credit for allowing us to do that, because
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  Speaker 2: that was a whole nother position and knowing how important
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  Speaker 2: that is. And we spend a lot of time talking
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  Speaker 2: about development here and how we develop our guys. So
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  Speaker 2: if I'm a recruit and I come in and I
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  Speaker 2: have Matt Patricia on offense and Arthur Smith on excuse me,
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  Speaker 2: Arthur on offense and Matt on defense, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: know I'm going to get you know, coached like an
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  Speaker 2: NFL team, like an NFL organization. And if you come
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  Speaker 2: and watch practice like a lot of recruits did today,
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  Speaker 2: or you guys got a chance to see someone that's
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  Speaker 2: an NFL practice right there, so that you know, guys
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  Speaker 2: know that they're going to have an opportunity to develop
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  Speaker 2: and be ready to step into these these roles. And
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  Speaker 2: that's a big part of recruiting nowadays because it has changed,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and I l's a big part of recruiting,
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  Speaker 2: but still these guys want to get developed and for
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  Speaker 2: guys who want to look at the long term goals
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  Speaker 2: and where they want to be in five to ten
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  Speaker 2: to twenty years down the road. You know, I think
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  Speaker 2: it gives us an edge because of our history, what
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  Speaker 2: we've done, and the type of people it's in the building.
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  Speaker 2: So all of that comes into play when making these hires.
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  Speaker 1: The highest paid assistant coach in college football his name
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  Speaker 1: is Matt Patricia. He calls the defense for the Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State Buckeyes, And if you saw the twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State defense, you know why his paycheck had just
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  Speaker 1: got a little bit bigger this year. How has that
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  Speaker 1: Patricia gotten more comfortable in the college games since it
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  Speaker 1: started last season? And how big was it for Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day to bring him back for twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: Well, when you get around Matt, it's you quickly learned
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  Speaker 2: how important family is to him and relationships are to him.
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  Speaker 2: You guys have seen that and you know, to see
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  Speaker 2: his personality, come out to see the side of Matt
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  Speaker 2: that we all know has been excellent and with the
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  Speaker 2: staff off with the players. But you know, Ohio State's
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  Speaker 2: a great place to be. The city of Columbus is tremendous.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great place to have a family. He has
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  Speaker 2: a young family, you know, and his family, you know,
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  Speaker 2: loves it here. You know, the community has embraced them,
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  Speaker 2: which was important. And so everyone's at different points of
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  Speaker 2: their careers, but when you have a young family like
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  Speaker 2: that matters. You know, you take all things into consideration.
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  Speaker 2: You think about you know, just you know the way
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  Speaker 2: things are set up on campus medically and just you know,
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  Speaker 2: the healthcare. When you know all the different things that
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  Speaker 2: come in with with being at Ohio State. You get
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  Speaker 2: a chance to coach some of the best players in
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  Speaker 2: the country, You get to being around a program that
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  Speaker 2: right now has great people in it. You know, you
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  Speaker 2: start to add all these things up. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: think he would tell you it's it's a great place
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  Speaker 2: to go to work every day. Did he does he
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  Speaker 2: have options? Yes? Did he have options? Yes? But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he found a lot of joy and making
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  Speaker 2: an impact on these guys' lives at a different point
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  Speaker 2: in their lives than he was what he was used
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  Speaker 2: to in the NFL. And so you know, we were
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  Speaker 2: able to work something out to keep him here, and
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  Speaker 2: we knew that was important. The guys, you know, really
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  Speaker 2: enjoy getting you know, working with him and learning from him.
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  Speaker 2: And and then the other part of it is his
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  Speaker 2: impact on the staff and some of the younger coaches
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  Speaker 2: that are in that room, so that we can continue
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  Speaker 2: to build that room and build the strength of the
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff on that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, this is a two parter, and this was
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  Speaker 1: from one of the national reporters who really needed to
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  Speaker 1: get two separate stories. So that's why you got kind
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  Speaker 1: of a weird combination of answers here, but they took
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  Speaker 1: the two part question was number one about Caleb Downs
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  Speaker 1: and how he looks like a potential top ten pick
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL, why that's sort of unusual for a
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  Speaker 1: safety to go that high and what maybe makes him
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  Speaker 1: an exception there, and then that sort of leads into
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  Speaker 1: an interesting answer on this year's coaching staff's philosophy and
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  Speaker 1: also Arthur Smith's potential impact on the run game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't know the answer to the first question.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't know interesting to see, like how
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  Speaker 2: many of those guys the numbers wise, because I don't
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  Speaker 2: know the answered to it in the last ten years,
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  Speaker 2: like by position, how many guys actually go in the
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  Speaker 2: first round? You know, how many safeties go in the
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  Speaker 2: first round. Yeah, So I don't know if that has
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  Speaker 2: anything to do with it, but you know, our expectation
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  Speaker 2: is always to have the best in the country. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I remember when James was in here, I said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the number one job of the linebacker coach here at
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State is to make it linebacker you. And look
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  Speaker 2: what he's doing. You know, it's pretty cool. But that's
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  Speaker 2: what it's about. Like, if you're coaching the quarterbacks, it
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  Speaker 2: should be quarterback you. If you're coaching the on line,
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  Speaker 2: it should be all lying you. You're at Ohio State,
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  Speaker 2: so yeah, it should be safe to you. So we'll
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  Speaker 2: keep working on that to get that fixed and maximize
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  Speaker 2: that position. But I think Matt's doing a great job,
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  Speaker 2: and you're seeing it's building momentum a year after year
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  Speaker 2: after year, which which is which is great to see
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  Speaker 2: go to your second question with Arthur, it's a run game. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Arthur is you know, very intelligent. He's been around it before.
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  Speaker 2: He knows how to run the football, he sees it
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  Speaker 2: that way, but he also really knows how to throw
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  Speaker 2: the football. Well. I mean he's when you look at
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  Speaker 2: you know, where he's had his meetings in all of
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  Speaker 2: his career, he's always with the quarterback. But he you know,
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  Speaker 2: he was an offensive lineman at heart, so he knows
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  Speaker 2: how it all comes together. And the way that he
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  Speaker 2: teaches the quarterbacks too, and the run game is is
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's the run game coordinator and he's making
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  Speaker 2: the checks based on what's going on and you know,
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  Speaker 2: and it has to equate numbers. But he really has
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  Speaker 2: a great feel for the passing game as well. And
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  Speaker 2: it was interesting just listening to him. You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: got a great history. He's a great storyteller and even
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  Speaker 2: just like when the last year, you know, working with
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  Speaker 2: with Aaron Rodgers in his background and all the things
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  Speaker 2: that he learned from him, you know, and so it's
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  Speaker 2: been great to be around him and throw different ideas
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  Speaker 2: off of him and him also learned the college game
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  Speaker 2: because it is a little bit different, and then I
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  Speaker 2: know the guys in that room are learning a lot
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  Speaker 2: from him.
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  Speaker 1: So you go some interesting answers from Ryan Day talking
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  Speaker 1: about the assistant coaching staff. Ohio State with a very
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  Speaker 1: very experienced, very very expensive coaching staff assistant coaching staff
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  Speaker 1: this year, it'll lead to some big expectations in Columbus, Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: But that, of course is nothing new. We'll be there
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  Speaker 1: covering all of spring ball as they we sort of
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  Speaker 1: start to figure out what this years Ohio State team
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  Speaker 1: might look like. They're on spring break this week, they
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  Speaker 1: will be back on the practice field next Tuesday. We
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  Speaker 1: will cover that. We'll cover all the spring practices coming
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  Speaker 1: up to the spring game on April late teens. Should
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  Speaker 1: be a lot to talk about. We'll try and have
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of interviews, all sorts of as Wendy practice
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  Speaker 1: reports as we can get you all that kind of
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  Speaker 1: good stuff. Will do all of that for you at
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  Speaker 1: bucke Huddle dot com and at YouTube dot com slash
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  Speaker 1: Buckeye Huddle. That'll do it for today. Thank you guys
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  Speaker 1: all for joining us. Have a great day. We'll talk tomorrow.