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2017 Ohio State Head Men's Basketball Coaching Search

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starBUCKS said:
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I'm calling BS here. This is typical Gene for anyone who's followed his tenure at Ohio State--he says something that makes him sound cerebral and that he's one step ahead of everyone, all the while everyone is thinking, "Pffffffft...sure, Gene." And about a week later, everyone turns out to be right--there was no master plan, there was no deliberate thought process, there was just another not-thought-through, giant bumblef*ck of a process. That will be the case again when McDermott is named head coach in the next few days.
 
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To be clear for posterity's sake; Gene fucked this whole process a few months ago when he should have parted with Thad and could have still landed Archie Miller.

Instead, the dumbfuck thought....I don't know what exactly but somehow it equated to Thad turning it around....then 2 months later he realizes that may not have been the best analysis in human history and panics.

The panic stage brings us up to the present moment.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
To be clear for posterity's sake; Gene fucked this whole process a few months ago when he should have parted with Thad and could have still landed Archie Miller.

Instead, the dumbfuck thought....I don't know what exactly but somehow it equated to Thad turning it around....then 2 months later he realizes that may not have been the best analysis in human history and panics.

The panic stage brings us up to the present moment.
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Agreed that Gene screwed OSU when he gave Thad the vote of confidence right before Thad went out and got his hat handed to him by Rutgers, the worst team in the league, in the Big Ten Tournament. As a side note, Gene's reasoning in support of Thad was basically the antithesis of the thought process and understanding of sports that you would want in your A.D.--Gene appealed to Thad's success from 7-8 years ago, and displayed an utter inability to understand that Thad had the program trending in a straight downward trajectory over the past 6 seasons. Frankly, Gene's reasoning was embarrassing.

Which brings us to Thad's firing. Nothing that I've seen from Gene makes me think that his apparent hubris would allow him to turn on a dime so quickly--he would basically have to admit that he was completely wrong in his analysis of Thad in March, in order to give him the vote of confidence in March and fire him not less than 3 months later. I suspect some boosters were already unhappy with Thad (you know, because they, unlike Gene, the school's athletic director, can actually see where the program has been trending) at the beginning of the season, and losing out on a few undecided recruits and previously-committed recruits were the straws that broke the camel's back. Basically, I'm thinking some boosters must've told Gene that Thad must go.

Which brings us to hiring McDermott, who is 52 years old (3 years older than Thad is right now, unbelievably), who has never gotten a team past the second round of the NCAA tournament, and who had his hat handed to him in his only stint at a big conference program. Hiring a guy like McDermott at a program at Ohio State shows there was no plan, no process, no deliberateness. There was a quick, reactionary, not-thought-out mess.

While I think Andy Katz was exaggerating a bit when he said OSU is a top 5 job, I don't believe he was incredibly far off. OSU is certainly above hiring a guy who was demonstrated that his ceiling is slightly-above-average in mid-major conferences.
 
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