I’m more of the opinion that the program makes the coach in Ohio States case. The question is, if you p.Uber Ryan Day into any other program, would he be nearly so successful? I doubt it.
First off- I don’t think Day was ever on the verge of being canned. Or even close. His winning % is among the best of all time, and the coaches, players, families love the guy.
As far as “ the program makes the coach”—I see it the opposite in this new age.
Not only do you have to know your Xs and Os and know how to recruit, develop and motivate players ( as a good coach always has had to do), you now have to be good at so many other things.
You basically have to be a CEO at these helmet schools. You have to manage what is basically free agency with the transfer portal having multiple open windows,NIL With virtually no restrictions, Meetings with the media and managing media expectations, managing the collectives and other sources for NL money, And recruiting becomes a completely different and more complex game.
As we have seen, there are many coaches out there. They just can’t handle all of that.
