In some ways it has been a meteoric rise for new Ohio State head coach Ryan Day but if you really slow things down and look back at the big picture, there have been plenty of stops and lessons along the way preparing Day for his first training camp as the leader of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
CHICAGO – Ryan Day has seemed to settle into his new role as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes but the real test will come once the season starts in just a little more than 30 days from now. Recruiting has been moving forward at a great place with more than 20 players committed (notwithstanding a difficult Sunday on the running backs front), the public appearances are in full-swing with Day just recently throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park before the Yankees/Red Sox game and generally just assimilating to one of the biggest jobs in the college coaching profession.
Training camp starts at the end of the week and Day will take another step toward leading the team out on the field for the first time as it being his Ohio State team, rather than his caretaking of the team during a three-game Urban Meyer suspension.
As things draw closer to that big day, does the 40-year-old Day ever just have to stop and ask himself if this is really happening?
