Woody Hayes

[@kentamitchell]

Woody Hayes was a wonderful human being. He was like a favorite uncle to me and I loved him dearly, warts and all. Occasionally I visit his gravesite at the Union cemetery just north of the OSU campus. It invariably looks like an OSU gift shop. Rest in Peace, Woody.

[@lloydkline7245]

@Thomas Austin love woody hayes too best coach in big ten football history

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Detroit free press used to have wooy hayes& bo schembechler cartoons on the detroit free press

[@tylerjohnson766]

Big time michigan fan here go blue always but i have respect for ohio state because of this man woody hayes

[@Benjimac379]

That’s interesting you said this is because he was very good friends with Bo Schembechler

[@andrewps84]

As an MSU fan, I have the same respect for Bo Schembechler (scandal or no scandal). He (Bo) is my favorite coach of all time.

[@flyinwalenda]

The real Matt Foley, motivational speaker.

[@TheRodFarva]

Well i'll be a god damn son of a bitch.

[@dicknixondoj4376]

TheRodFarva u know it that smirk....that cap !!!!!rip Wayne Woodrow Hayes Blueblood legend

[@graphic_destiny_7885]

You’ve made this mistake 15 times this fall. Now you get WITH IT, goddamn it I’m tired of it. You lose us a ball game and by god I’ll throw you off the squad.

[@johnblaesel5493]

Supposedly Woody Hayes’s salary in 1978 was $42,000 per year. Good for 1978 compared to other occupations but not close to the millions of dollars D-1 coaches make today.

[@HondaGuy-he8yy]

After Woody Hayes passed away, his wife found many paychecks from OSU that Woody never bothered to cash or deposit at the bank. Checks in desk drawers, pockets of sports coats and between pages of books.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@ Interesting. Coaching Ohio State was more than just a job for him. Sounds like he had a genuine passion for the team and just wanted them to win and didn’t care if he got paid for it.

[@RobertSmith-tt5qv]

THE MAN

[@RuffRyder_43]

Legend

[@tensecondbuickgn]

Woody has to be rolling over in his grave with what has become of our culture nowadays with soyboys, snowflakes and political correctness.

[@douglaslett7504]

Mostly he would not recognize modern college football, he was old school ! Three yards and a cloud of dust ! My late father use to say the young may die, but the old must die ! When I ask him what he meant by this he would reply if George Washington's generation was still alive there would be no progress. By their stature and position in society they would stop progress ! We would still be riding in the horse and buggy !

[@maddymud]

“He’ll sit there and look at his shoe for an hour”. - sounds like Woody smoked some once

[@teofilstevenson]

A great coach I had told us that if he yells at us it is only because he cares, it’s those players he didn’t yell at that needed to worry.

[@jasonwardy8192]

Deep inside Hayes was a good man. But it was a different time in America. Coaches, teachers, military instructors were deified, allowed to physically abuse and denigrate those under them. I’m all for a tough coach, but fear of physical retribution shouldn’t be the main motivation to learn and succeed. Glad times have changed, the old ways weren’t always the best.

[@mustangs263]

If you lose us a ball game I will throw you off the squad LMAO.

[@MitchellPaytes]

Woke=Broke

[@donpoole8617]

Woody was an ass. I have been a fan of the Scarlet and Grey for 55 years now! And every year we waited for Woody to punch out another photographer. And he had a rep for hitting his players. I truly expected that one of those big kids that he recruited was going to hit him back one day and stop his ticker on the field. When I saw him step over the sideline and hit that Clemson player, I leaped out of my chair and shouted,"That's it Woody. You're out of there for good!" And he was. I've heard what a good guy he could be in the right circumstances, and I'm sure those stories are true. But as far as the way he treated his players, or anyone he disliked all I can say is he won a lot of football games.

[@NickJGerdes]

Get the hell out of here. You aren't a buckeye fan if u don't respect woody hayes...the dude did countless things to help and brought 5 titles to Ohio

[@Itsbeenonee]

and he only had to punch one kid while doing so^

[@lloydkline7245]

Nicholas John woody was the best big ten football coach ever ,

[@ajblum58]

Different Times. Different Beliefs. I can remember when playing little league football, we weren't allowed to drink water during practice---- it would make us soft. There are still some beliefs that need to go (see Northwestern hazing scandal).

[@RonRussell-sj1zf]

@@ajblum58 Oh yeah, when I played HS football in the '60's in Indiana, if you wanted a drink during practice you were a pussy, go take a salt tablet and run 10 laps! It really is unbelievable how uneducated coaches were in those days and very surprising more players didn't go down due to heat exhaustion.