An August conversation with an Ohio State administrator regarding new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley ended with this statement from the person who observes OSU football practice every day: “This guy is a superstar. I hope we can keep him for two years before he leaves.” So much for that. Boston College announced shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday that Hafley was the choice to succeed Steve Addazio as head coach. Hafley, in tandem with Greg Mattison, transformed OSU’s defense this season from a unit that routinely gave up big plays and big point totals in 2018 to a unit that finished among the Top 10 in the nation in virtually every category this season. The makover came with virtually the exact same players, certainly without any impact freshmen, and all the while, Hafley deflected the credit from himself to the players. How he did it was not exotic. The change came…
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