Grading Ohio State football’s 2023 coaching staff using Ryan Day’s criteria

Ryan Day revealed his criteria when evaluating the jobs of Ohio State's coaching staff every year.

His evaluation comes down to how each assistant coach performs in three distinct categories/

Recruiting: “That’s the No. 1 thing. You’ve gotta recruit your position. You’re the head coach of your position. You’ve gotta make sure that room is strong year in and year out. We have a certain amount of depth at each position and then it’s your job to make sure that you have the best room in the country.”

Development: “How they perform on the field. What type of production are you getting out of your unit? A big part of that is the development. If you recruit really well and then you’re developing your players are usually going to get production.”

Scheme: “What do you bring schematically to the field? Are you putting your guys in a situation to be successful?”

Day is heading into a pivotal offseason in terms of how his staff is structured following a third-straight loss to Michigan. There will — or at least shout be —difficult conversations had. On this Saturday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis use Day’s criteria to do their own evaluations on the staff giving each member a grade.

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