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DC/LB Coach Jim Knowles (Official Thread)

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AuTX Buckeye said:
well looking at the top end of those classes … .even the O was a swing and a miss for most .
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I don't think I could agree with that.

2018
Of the top 100 guys; NPF, Rucket and Matt Jones were/are all hits
Gill, Babb and Snead didn't go as they'd hope but 50% with some studs in NPF and Ruckert

2019
G Wilson, Harry Miller and Jameson Williams were all wins I'd say. Bama fans would certainly agree on Williams

2020
Flemming, Paris Johnson Jr, Smith-Njigba, Stroud, Gee Scott Jr, Mookie Cooper and Wypler were the top 100 guys. Not sure you can do much better than that knowing Flemming and Scott Jr still have plenty of time left to make their mark.

The defensive top 100 guys in that span, on the other hand, have produced very little.
 
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This man I can't count the number of times the last few years our scheme basically relied on a DB/LB making a one on one tackle to prevent a huge bust. Sometimes it worked a lot of times it didn't

https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...nator-film-study-part-2-aggression-discipline
The Cowboys rarely missed tackles in this game, but even if they did, there were multiple players there to cover up the mistake. Rarely does a defender make a solo tackle in Knowles’ unit, tackling under Ohio State’s new D-Cor is always a team effort.
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scarletngray said:
He forgot the part about Ohio State being the better team. Better win pct, better tradition, better future, BIG Championships, CFB playoffs, etc. Just a few minor things like that.
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I think he was trying to say you’d go play for anybody at 4x your salary, not trying to denigrate OSU
 
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“We’re gonna kind of start fresh on (Jan. 2),” Day said. “He is gonna come for a couple days and just kind of get a lay of the land, meet with a few folks. I don’t think it’s the right thing to do to have him at a practice. I just think that our staff is intact right now and we’re gonna do a great job playing in the Rose Bowl. But get him here for a couple days, just kind of get the lay of the land, and then we’ll start fresh on the 2nd.”

However, Ohio State linebacker Steele Chambers said the defense was scheduled to have its first meeting with Knowles via Zoom after interviews with the media on Thursday. Knowles may have just formally met the current Buckeye defense a day ago, but Day said his new defensive coordinator had already spoken with several 2022 recruits in the week between his hire and signing day.

“Jim spoke with a bunch of them, and anybody who had any questions, he was there for them,” Day said. “The structure of what we’re gonna do isn’t gonna make a huge difference, but also a lot of those guys, we encouraged them to watch the film at Oklahoma State and see how they’re doing things and ask questions. But we’re gonna do the best we can to keep the coaching staff that’s in place there now the same, but we’re gonna have discussions and figure out what’s the best moving forward. And that’s just kind of how we did it through the process.

“I think at the end of the day, the recruits understood that they want to come to Ohio State and be part of this culture, and so I think that the conversations were really good, and the guys who spoke with Jim were really excited.”
 
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