{"id":59819,"date":"2024-07-08T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=59819"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:48:13","slug":"ryan-day-opens-up-on-how-ohio-state-landed-on-chip-kelly-as-next-offensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/ryan-day-opens-up-on-how-ohio-state-landed-on-chip-kelly-as-next-offensive-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Day opens up on how Ohio State landed on Chip Kelly as next offensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Day<\/a> had options to choose from when it came to picking a new offensive coordinator at<\/a> Ohio State<\/a><\/strong>. Still, he landed on someone he has history with<\/a>, Chip Kelly<\/a>, even if it ended up taking more than one pursuit of him this offseason.<\/p>\n

Day recalled the process of hiring Kelly in Columbus<\/a> during an interview with Joel Klatt<\/a> on \u2018Big Noon Conversations\u2019<\/a>. From the very start, Kelly was right near the top of the list of potential hires for the Buckeyes. Even so, though, the original timeframe wasn\u2019t going to allow for it, which led to the initial selection of Bill O\u2019Brien<\/a> for the position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, when the decision was made to hire an offensive coordinator, I had an A-list, a B-list, and then kind of a C-list,\u201d Day explained. \u201cChip was on the A-list. So was Bill O\u2019Brien.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing wasn\u2019t right. I kind of reached out to Chip and said, \u2018Hey, I know this is kind of a crazy idea but what do you think?\u2019. And I don\u2019t think it was easy for him. I think there was a lot going on \u2013 he has got his team, he has got his staff<\/a>. So there\u2019s just a lot going on there,\u201d said Day. \u201cI thought maybe we had a chance but the timing wasn\u2019t right. We had to make a decision because of recruiting<\/a> and so it was great to have an opportunity to hire Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, in those initial conversations, Day got a sense for Kelly\u2019s desires at that point in his career. He could tell that just coaching the game again<\/a> had become a something he wanted after doing less and less of it as a head coach these days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did share with me that he was able to coach the quarterbacks in the bowl game. I think it rekindled that love for just coaching football<\/a>,\u201d noted Day. \u201cBeing in the room, just coaching ball. That really fired him up. It has been a while since he had done that. Like, a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

That came in handy for Ohio State\u2019s second try at him in early February<\/a> when O\u2019Brien got a chance to be a head coach himself<\/a>. At that point, Day called Kelly up again and got the right answers this time around. It moved quickly and, in the end, he took the job under Day.<\/p>\n

\u201c(O\u2019Brien) had the right turnaround, had an opportunity to go to<\/a> Boston College<\/a><\/strong>\u2026So then I tried him again,\u201d said Day. \u201cI called him one more time and I said, \u2018You know, I got another opportunity to do this\u2019. He says, \u2018Yeah, I think so. I think I\u2019m more interested\u2019. We talked a little bit longer. But it was not easy for him because there\u2019s a lot going on there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said, he really wanted to get back to just coaching football,\u201d Day said. \u201cIt kind of allows me to handle some of this other stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are few people Day may have been more willing to hand play-calling over to than someone as influential on him than Kelly. That made the double-back pursuit of him so worth it with him now leading the Buckeye offense this fall.<\/p>\n

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