Ryan Day has named the successor to Jim Knowles, and let’s just say many Ohio State fans aren’t exactly sure how to feel about the decision to bring Matt Patricia to Columbus.
On one hand, Patricia had great success as a defensive coordinator with the New England Patriots and the Buckeyes just got done successfully completing another NFL reclamation project in the form of Chip Kelly. On the other, Patricia’s most recent high-profile endeavor with the Detroit Lions was an absolute disaster and it’s easy to discredit his previous accomplishments as merely riding the coattails of Bill Belichick.