The Ohio State football program is learning the cost of being great. They are national champions and are one of the favorites to win it again next year. When programs have success, other programs try to take assistant coaches away so that they have the same kind of success.
That's something that the Buckeyes are dealing with right now. Ohio State is in the unique position of having to replace both of their coordinators this offseason. Jim Knowles is now with rival Penn State, and the Las Vegas Raiders just poached Chip Kelly. Offensive line coach Justin Frye also decided to take a job in the NFL.
Those three coaches were key to the run that the Ohio State Buckeyes made to the national championship. All three of them helped make the necessary adjustments in order to win the four CFP games. Ryan Day will not be rushed into replacing any of them.
Ryan Day will take his time replacing key Ohio State football coaches
While talking on The Joel Klatt Show, Day was asked about replacing Kelly and Knowles.
"I knew that right after the game this was going to happen like this, and so you have plans in place. But we're going to make sure that we take our time and find the right guys, because it's Ohio State."Ryan Day
Day will not be making a hire just to make a hire. He will only be bringing the right guy in. If it ends up being an internal hire for any of these positions, so be it. He's not going to be rushed to make a hire because he knows that Ohio State is an extremely attractive place to coach.
Ohio State will be able to make sure that they have the best guys in place for their title defense next season. If it takes another two weeks to make the right hires, so be it. Day knows that rushing is the worst possible thing he can do in this situation. Remember, he didn't hire Chip Kelly until the Spring.
Whoever these hires end up being, the Buckeyes feel confident they can play well again next year.