Ryan Day believes it will be easier to sell defensive recruits on Ohio State once they see players “flying around” in Jim Knowles’ scheme.
It’s a stretch that’s certainly caused a few sleepless nights for Ryan Day and Mark Pantoni, though everything can’t be all doom and gloom considering they still have the nation’sWhen Day met with reporters at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday, he was asked if some of the defensive recruiting misses could be attributed to recruits wanting to see results from Knowles’ scheme play out on the field first before feeling comfortable committing to Ohio State.
“I think when you change a defense as drastically as we have, a lot of people want to see what it’s going to look like,” Day said Wednesday. “I think it’s pretty easy for recruits to see how we’re going to run it based on Jim’s past and some of the guys in that room in Perry , Tim and Larry . Day gave vocal stamps of approval to his defensive assistants, saying Johnson’s developmental track record speaks for itself, along with Walton’s success in the NFL and Eliano’s history at Cincinnati. He also acknowledged that if Ohio State’s defense can significantly improve this season, it will make the Buckeyes’ lives easier on the recruiting trail.
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