Chip Kelly’s decision to leave for the NFL didn’t catch Ryan Day by surprise.
Day made his first comments on Kelly’s departure in an interview with Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt on Sunday night and revealed that he and Kelly discussed the possibility that Kelly could leave for the NFL when Day hired Kelly as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator one year ago.
Day decided to hire Kelly anyway because he thought Kelly could help lead the Buckeyes to a national championship.
“We talked about it, the fact that we had a really good group here and you know, the dream would be to win a national championship, and then he decides whether he wants to stay or have an opportunity to go to the NFL, and it's exactly what happened,” Day said.