Here lies the problem when BC doesn't leak info... people who have zero info can manufacture fake news... which is taken as truth by the few who care. In that vein, I give you Blauds' latest missive.
https://mavensports.io/college/tmg/mark ... dp6rtQJuQ/Jarmond, who has been a fund-raising cyclone and a presence on campus since his arrival at The Heights in June 2016, made his first move by going backs to his base--Ohio State, where he had spent the previous 7 years.
One of Jarmond's first missions at BC was to evaluate the football program, perhaps the main area used to determine the overall effectiveness of an athletic director.
What Jarmond saw with then BC football Steve Addazio was a program which wasn't bad, but wasn't really good, or at least trending to a status as a Top 25 program, a goal Jarmond felt was obtainable.
When BC sputtered at the start of last season, losing 4 of its first 6 games, Jarmond made up his mind. He wanted to make a change and he had his candidate, who just happened to be working at Ohio State.
BC lost 4 of 6 in 2017... not 2016.
Jarmond had worked with Day at OSU. He knew about Day's BC connection--two stints. He knew about his recruiting abilities, he knew that he had NFL experience as well. And he was only 39 years old.
Jarmond and Day never overlapped at OSU and in 2017 Day was 38 (and 37 in 2016).
In short, Day checked out all of the boxes that Jarmond wanted in his next coach.
"I will get back to you on that,'' Smith told Jarmond, while immediately making the decision to find a way to separate OSU from Meyer, who was immersed in several off the field activities, which had led to a 3-game suspension (with Day as interim coach, where OSU was 3-0).
It all happened quickly. Meyer announced his retirement, Day was named the Buckeyes new football coach and Martin Jarmond didn't have his top candidate, which was enough for Jarmond to allow Addazio one more year to prove he could bring BC to the next level.
HCRD was announced as interim in 2018... as was Urban's suspension and retirement.
Essentially, everything he wrote was pure fiction based upon misrembering of somewhat recent events.
That said... as with all crazy, there is sometimes a nugget of truth. I had heard a rumor during the 2017 season that Jarmond (who did not want to make a change that soon) started feeling pressure when Daz started 2-4. I had heard that he did contemplate who he would hire if the losing continued. That person was not HCRD (who he did not know)... that person was Greg Schiano (who he did). Also, kudos to Blauds to also throw Fickell and Bielema into the still a candidate pool.