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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball

Did Jake Diebler kill your dog or something? YOU HAVE ZERO PLAN TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER. YOU SAY "FIRE DIEBLER, FIRE DIEBLER, FIRE DIEBLER" and claim there are unnamed better coaches who will take over the program, without ever providing details, without ever providing any inkling of an argument that can be disproven. You have no depth to your arguments, you can't progress beyond attacking Diebler to actually providing anything resembling a real plan for improvement, and you are so pie-in-the-sky about this coaching job that you are delusional. You ignore the reality that FOOTBALL IS KING AT OHIO STATE AND WILL ALWAYS GET FAR MORE RESOURCES THAN BASKETBALL, TOP COACHES KNOW THIS AND WON'T COME TO OHIO STATE BECAUSE OF IT.

You hear what Gus Johnson said in the game yesterday? He pointed out the obvious, OSU is not investing heavily in basketball because they're putting everything they can into football. Everybody realizes this but you. Like it or not, the reality is this program is going to be an afterthought for the foreseeable future, and any hoops coach that OSU has is going to have to deal with the constraints that come with mediocre resources and support. Once again, top coaches WILL NOT come to a program that will only provide mediocre resources and support. It simply will not happen. But hey, keep living in fantasy world acting like Jake Diebler is the real root of the problem, and keep attacking him every hour on the hour as if it does anything more than irritates fans who actually want the program to succeed. Login to view embedded media

I WANT the program to succeed but from my observation Diebler just isn't very good as a coach. If you aren't gonna pony up big money you need a coach who can coach his ass off and IMO at this moment Diebler has not shown that he is that guy. I understand they probably aren't going to get some big name hire and there are no assurances they will "upgrade" but you at least gotta try. Give him 1 more year but if he doesn't somewhat comfortably get into the tourney next season it's time to move on and try someone else.

No Diebler in the grand scheme is not directly the problem of why the program is swimming in mediocrity, but unless he shows something significantly different next season you 100% move on and try someone else. I just don't see the justification of sticking with a guy who's not getting it done for 4-5-6 years and hoping maybe there's finally a spark. That'll just bury the program further.
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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball

To anyone who watches every game (I also apologize to anyone who does this), what would you say is the identity of the team? I've watched maybe a half dozen games this year but I'm unclear as to what they can hang their hat on when their shots not falling....not good on the boards, not a lights out shooting team, not a defensive stalwart, not bully ball, not 40 minutes of hell press....
They hang their hat on $ for Ohio State. They're keeping costs low with men's basketball to help keep dozens of non-revenue sports. That's the whole focus of the program.
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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball

Team has had no identity pretty much dating back to the after Oral Roberts loss part of the Holtmann era. Go figure when you just hand the job to the assistant of the guy you just fired it's a continuation of the same issues.
Did Jake Diebler kill your dog or something? YOU HAVE ZERO PLAN TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER. YOU SAY "FIRE DIEBLER, FIRE DIEBLER, FIRE DIEBLER" and claim there are unnamed better coaches who will take over the program, without ever providing details, without ever providing any inkling of an argument that can be disproven. You have no depth to your arguments, you can't progress beyond attacking Diebler to actually providing anything resembling a real plan for improvement, and you are so pie-in-the-sky about this coaching job that you are delusional. You ignore the reality that FOOTBALL IS KING AT OHIO STATE AND WILL ALWAYS GET FAR MORE RESOURCES THAN BASKETBALL, TOP COACHES KNOW THIS AND WON'T COME TO OHIO STATE BECAUSE OF IT.

You hear what Gus Johnson said in the game yesterday? He pointed out the obvious, OSU is not investing heavily in basketball because they're putting everything they can into football. Everybody realizes this but you. Like it or not, the reality is this program is going to be an afterthought for the foreseeable future, and any hoops coach that OSU has is going to have to deal with the constraints that come with mediocre resources and support. Once again, top coaches WILL NOT come to a program that will only provide mediocre resources and support. It simply will not happen. But hey, keep living in fantasy world acting like Jake Diebler is the real root of the problem, and keep attacking him every hour on the hour as if it does anything more than irritates fans who actually want the program to succeed. Login to view embedded media
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If you could change the outcome of one Ohio State football game, which would you choose?

1969 - without that 24-12 loss, the SuperSophs would have had a 3-peat. The Natty for the 1970 Coaches poll was awarded before the bowl games, and tOSU would have been ahead of Texas if they’d been defending 2 Natties. The loss to Stanford would have only affected the AP poll.

The Florida loss after the 2006 season and the 1976 Rose Bowl loss in Archie’s last game are the next closest for me.
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If you could change the outcome of one Ohio State football game, which would you choose?

Id have to say Miami 2025 or Georgia 2022.

2007 because that would’ve meant an undefeated season but I have to admit that’s behind these two because it wasn’t all that close. We weren’t the better team.

We were the better team in 2022- no JSN, Marvin, Stover, or Henderson. We were better we just didn’t finish the game (same for 2019 vs Clemson but I think we would’ve lost to LSU without Dobbins).

Miami- because had we got through them I think we win it all. I Think Miami was the worst matchup for us all year and that includes Indiana. Had we found a way vs Miami I think we would’ve ran over Ole Miss and would’ve been fuming mad vs Indiana.
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If you could change the outcome of one Ohio State football game, which would you choose?

2022 vs Georgia.
They wouldn't be my final call (reversing either of these results wouldn't mean any guaranteed titles) but 05 Texas and 19 Clemson deserve a shutout.

Of all the notable losses OSU has suffered over the years, these felt the most like sure wins (over elite teams) that simply got fumbled in egregious ways.

Most other notable losses, I felt were deserved.

I’d put 2022 Georgia in that same group. Just sickening losses.
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If you could change the outcome of one Ohio State football game, which would you choose?

They wouldn't be my final call (reversing either of these results wouldn't mean any guaranteed titles) but 05 Texas and 19 Clemson deserve a shutout.

Of all the notable losses OSU has suffered over the years, these felt the most like sure wins (over elite teams) that simply got fumbled in egregious ways.

Most other notable losses, I felt were deserved.
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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball

To anyone who watches every game (I also apologize to anyone who does this), what would you say is the identity of the team? I've watched maybe a half dozen games this year but I'm unclear as to what they can hang their hat on when their shots not falling....not good on the boards, not a lights out shooting team, not a defensive stalwart, not bully ball, not 40 minutes of hell press....

Team has had no identity pretty much dating back to the after Oral Roberts loss part of the Holtmann era. Go figure when you just hand the job to the assistant of the guy you just fired it's a continuation of the same issues.
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Airport annoyances

Beside the fact that your ticket has your gate and flight number along with all the info on the flight app. Besides have you never flown before and can you not read? Lastly, it’s pretty surprising their wasn’t a seat issue.

Too me this is someone trying to fuck things up and grab a headline.
Agreed. Completely. And I may include the gate agent as a co-conspirator.
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