Would You Want To Coach OSU?
by Will Lentz @ 8:00 pm. Filed under Blue Blooded Opinions
With the resignation of Jim Tressel (and the hints that even more shoes are about to drop on the buckeyes,) one of the best football coaching jobs in America is now open for hire. As fans of the school that has the best basketball coaching job in America, I feel as though we have a unique perspective on what it takes to run a program of that stature. So let’s try the thought experiment out, if you will.
Say you’re a Division 1 head coach of a school that tends to stay in between 10-30 in the polls on average (a school like Virginia Tech, for instance.) Knowing full well that 1) OSU will likely get hit with USC type sanctions, 2) despite the dirt, Tressel was pretty loved by most Buckeye fans due to his success, and 3) the expectation at OSU is a BCS bowl, nothing short. You will have to compete for that despite sanctions you may have, or suspensions your players may face.
On the plus side, you’ll get a huge chunk of cash, you’ll have a chance to coach at one of the biggest football schools out there, and you’ll get to do all that in the comfort of the Big 10.
If you say ‘no thanks’ to the OSU job, what level of school would you have to be at to accept it?
Or are we looking at fired NFL coaches now?
What are your thoughts?
Has anyone called Lane Kiffin yet?
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