NEW ORLEANS – Coaches in all sports have a tendency to try to minimize the moment. They don’t want their players to think too far ahead or get lost in the big picture, fearing overcompensation from them in response.
Ryan Day, to a degree, is one and the same. He is a coach after all. A coach who preaches each individual player doing the job required of him.
The nature of the past year, though, has forced him to talk with his Ohio State players about everything that’s going on in the country. It has led his Buckeyes to maneuver a laundry list of obstacles in order to even just get onto the field before performing at a high level and keeping the ultimate objective in mind.