I think Chris Ash is the Best X's and O's Coach we've ever had
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This thread is just an absurd waste of time. Can he coach ONE game before you go off the deep end? Can he come from behind at the half ONE time? Can he pull off ONE upset?
I am optimistic, even excited, but it is March. Frank Burns' place remains safe.
I am optimistic, even excited, but it is March. Frank Burns' place remains safe.
I understand that people have a lot of affinity for Frank Burns, but that was a different time, a different era, and a different level of competition. For what he had to work with, Frank Burns did great.
Ash has a National Championship ring and a BCS Bowl ring, and was an integral part of what Ohio State was able to accomplish these past few years. Granted part of that was due to having access to the best infrastructure and the best players, but I think that is also due to the level of intensity he brings to the table, which helps his players to perform at a Championship Caliber level.
There is no inconsistency between what I previously posted and what is in the original post here.
We have a strong head coach, but some of the staff, including the OC and the OL coach, will be in their roles for the first time. There will likely be learning curves involved, and while I'm hoping for the best, there is also a possibility that there will be growing pains.
Furthermore, going from Fridge two years ago to a rookie OC this year gives me trepidation. But nevertheless, I've been following Mehringer on Twitter, and appreciate his enthusiasm, and hope he does well.
Oh, you're a bastard! This one will reach epic heights.
Al could be right.
Ash may be great at Tic tac Toe, now we'll never really know..
Ash may be great at Tic tac Toe, now we'll never really know..
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Not a fan of people who pull up ol all threads but @rutgersal needs to explain this one. Whiff of the century.
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He did not become the Saban of the North:Wink:
What happened to El Curioso? Guy didn't make many friends but I think his posts aged well.
So glad I came across this gem, I just had a loud hearty laugh for about 10 seconds.....
Can we re-open all the threads that were locked when anyone criticized Ash. It was as if we finally got a great up and coming coach and no one should be saying anything negative. Hopefully the moderators learned a lesson from that one.
I took so much shit for criticizing Ash. Now the same people who talked about how good Ash was and had pitchforks for anyone who said anything negative about him still post like they know what they're talking about. If you mention anything about Ash "Ash isn't here anymore ... move on." Or they pretend like they never acted like he was the greatest thing in the world. I really like Schiano, he was my #1 choice. But some of these people now act like he's some infallible diety and anyone who transferred out of the program, no matter what the mods say, was "given the talk." It's comical.
Wow this post aged like a fine milk.
For the record I was Looking back to fine threads about Micah Clark and Jamaal Beatty because I know the narrative at the time was that Beatty only got an offer in consideration for Micah coming, and that he was never going to be expected to see the field.
The narrative was changing in the transfer thread yesterday that this is some kind of loss and that he would have been our 2nd best IL in this class, which is bs (it better be).
The narrative was changing in the transfer thread yesterday that this is some kind of loss and that he would have been our 2nd best IL in this class, which is bs (it better be).
Will be interesting how @rutgersal responds to this. Does he just ignore. Does he go the offensive. Does he ask mods to delete it.
It was worth the gamble I guess, but just like most everything Ash ever did, it resulted in complete and absolute failure.
He's not the only one in this thread. ;)
Funny how we all pile on @rutgersal as usual (which is fun - lol) but others seem to get the break.
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I did a deep dive in the archives during the Schiano hire mass hysteria because there was a lot of claims about who supported what candidate back when Ash was hired.
The end result was that Ash was NOT a consensus candidate. He was pr-announced and THEN people began to support the hire. And there was criticism too.. of course. The expected.. "never a head coach".. not an offensive mind.. no Jersey ties.. etc. But people wanted to show support for the new guy.
But then you have guys like Al who went way too far. In retrospect, it should have been easy to see that the Co-DC thing at OSU likely meant Luke Fickell was the real brain behind that defense and moving Ash out was something Meyer did not care about.
The end result was that Ash was NOT a consensus candidate. He was pr-announced and THEN people began to support the hire. And there was criticism too.. of course. The expected.. "never a head coach".. not an offensive mind.. no Jersey ties.. etc. But people wanted to show support for the new guy.
But then you have guys like Al who went way too far. In retrospect, it should have been easy to see that the Co-DC thing at OSU likely meant Luke Fickell was the real brain behind that defense and moving Ash out was something Meyer did not care about.
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