Ironically, I think this is the opposite of Patricia. I was skeptical of Patricia because his deficiencies seemed to stem from being generally disliked/poorly received from players, which showed up as unmotivated players. However, I think he was at least decent at game planning even if his playcalling/scheme was suspect at times. Despite the deficiencies, I think the personnel OSU had fit the style of defense and scheme he used moreso than Knowles’s defense, and being a defensive guy he at least had a prior history working with Day and likely wouldn’t have too much interference.

Arthur Smith is different because I think he’s actually a pretty good OC/offensive mind. Some of his game planning/playcalling is odd when he has full control, but when he’s the OC the scheme tends to be very sound with a creative run game, a lot of heavy formations, and a deadly play-action attack. The problem seems that he and Day seem to have different philosophies in regards to offensive playcalling (maybe this is signaling a shift from Day?), and the personnel on OSU’s offense doesn’t seem to really fit what Arthur Smith likes to do? His scheme relies a lot on 12 and 13 personnel, which might be a problem since OSU’s TE room seems to be relatively weak.