Ryan Day’s predecessor, City Meyer, probably turned up the warmth on the Ohio State Buckeyes head coach.
This offseason, Ohio State boosters reportedly spent $10M-$13M to improve the roster. Clearly, Meyer thinks shelling out cash has paid off.
“As of now, this is without doubt one of the most proficient rosters within the final decade, possibly ever,” Meyer instructed Adam King of WBNS-TV in Columbus on Tuesday. “I imply, that is an enormous assertion. They have to play. However you take a look at the standard of athlete at each place. … I’ve by no means seen something prefer it.”
One other former Ohio State HC, Jim Tressel, agreed with Meyer, telling King, “I do not know if I’ve ever seen that many nice gamers in that constructing all of sudden.”
After all, these are daring statements from Tressel and Meyer. However each gained a nationwide title whereas at Ohio State, so it is protected to imagine they know what they’re speaking about.
An unimaginable roster bodes effectively for Day. It may assist him win his first title and snap a three-game dropping streak in opposition to archrival Michigan. Nonetheless, it additionally creates extra stress.
“Rat poison is what [recently retired Alabama HC] Nick Saban used to name this,” wrote Yahoo Sports activities’ Dan Wetzel. “An enormous heaping serving that does nothing however improve expectations on Day and the Buckeyes to win the nationwide championship or clarify what the heck occurred.”
Day has posted a 56-8 document in six seasons with this system. Suggesting that his seat is getting hotter appears ridiculous. Ohio State final gained a nationwide championship in 2014, although. Boosters could also be rising impatient and need Day to ship, particularly after pumping boatloads of cash into this system.
“There aren’t many excuses out there,” wrote Wetzel. “Something lower than every thing — a nationwide title — will in all probability really feel like a failure. That is a brutal customary. It is solely getting cemented, although, with feedback about all-time roster expertise.”