I hope we win a lot of games, that’s part of the job at Ohio State. But you want to have a bigger impact than that when you’re done. You want to leave a legacy behind, you want to make change. Ryan Day Read Quote
If we have somebody who may be ranked a little higher than another person, if one of them wants to be a Buckeye, wants to play in that rivalry game, play in the Horseshoe, that matters to us. We take all those things into consideration and we try to be as aggressive as we can on the recruiting trail. Ryan Day Read Quote
You do everything you can to be successful. You know that you have to win games. It’s a must. So you do the things that put your guys in the best position to be successful schematically. Ryan Day Read Quote
There’s obstacles, there’s challenges, there’s things that come in the way. So building relationships and building some of the expectations on the front end helps you deal with them so it doesn’t just all come caving in. Ryan Day Read Quote
I make sure in recruiting that the families know that the kids can come to me. I think that matters. I can be a mentor and a resource for them. I didn’t necessarily have that all the time growing up. Ryan Day Read Quote
I think any time there’s a change in leadership there’s a different personality, there’s a different style involved with it, different demeanor. Ryan Day Read Quote
But I think sometimes, coaching less is better. That’s the art of coaching, figuring out with each kid what is the right way to approach it? Ryan Day Read Quote
The ‘Team Up North’ is something that we talk about every single day. And the best way to respect a rivalry is to work it every day. And we do. Ryan Day Read Quote
