Five takeaways from coach Ryan Day’s Ohio State football press conference Bill Rabinowitz Columbus Dispatch that irritated fans

Ohio State resumed spring practice Tuesday morning following last week’s spring break with a different face coaching running backs.

Tony Alford, who’d been the Buckeyes’ running backs coach since 2015, bolted for archrival Michigan last week. Coach Ryan

Day said he is not rushing to fill the job and is filling Alford’s role himself this week.

Day sounded giddy about getting to work with the running backs. He rose through the coaching ranks tutoring quarterbacks.

“It’s been great,” he said. “I put up the first play and I went off for 20 minutes on one play. I think the guys were looking around like, ‘Oh, boy.’ But it was great.

Day touched on several topics during his 40-minute press conference.

Here are five takeaways from his session:

Where the RB coach search stands

From the way Day spoke Tuesday, the Buckeyes might not have Alford’s replacement on board for a little while .

TreVeyon Henderson is a senior and Ole Miss transfer Quinshon Judkins is a junior. Dallan Hayden is a redshirt sophomore.

Day said they have handled Alford’s departure well.

“Tre said it best: You rely on each other,” Day said. “The brotherhood is strong here. That’s something we preach a lot – the relationships with each other, the love for each other. Ultimately, that’s what the power of the unit is all about, so the guys in that room, they’re strong. They’re going to rely on each other.”