2017 Ohio State Head Men's Basketball Coaching Search

[NFBuck]

Current Ohio State assistant Chris Jent interviewed with Smith on Wednesday afternoon, multiple sources told The Dispatch. Other candidates being considered include West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams and Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown. All were confirmed to The Dispatch by multiple sources as under consideration to some degree.

If Mike Brown is really under consideration, we're in bad, bad, bad shape.

 

[NorthCoastKid]

If Mike Brown is really under consideration, we're in bad, bad, bad shape.

At the very least, he'd have a hell of a recruiting pitch to throw out at parents and prospects. Not many guys out there whose coaching paths have crossed with Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Reggie Miller, LeBron, Shaq, Kobe, Kyrie, Curry and Durant.

 

[NFBuck]

You guys are calling Gene stupid......but he just made you all go from "No fucking way....Hoiberg isn't good enough" to "Oh please god give me Buzz Williams or Hoiberg".

Well, to be fair, I don't recall anybody saying he wasn't "good enough", there were just some questions about his recruiting in Columbus. But, yes, he would now have to be considered a homerun considering the path we appear to be going down.

 

[jwinslow]

 

[OhioState001]

Interview

Gene: So what is your D-1 record without your NBA son playing for you?
McDermott: 207-175 and 90-118 in conference.
Gene: I'm ready to make an offer

 

[OH10]

I have to think Gene has this. He fucked up the bowl ban issue but, other than that, he's been fine as AD.

I TAKE IT BACK!! I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!!

 

[Jake]

I'm to the point where I want a young, energetic, thirty-something coach with a track record of success at a smaller school - like Thad Matta in 2004.

I'm not interested in a 50-something NBA retread or a guy my age who stayed at a small school for too long. I don't need a "name", I want a guy who is dying for this opportunity and will stick around long enough to raise his family in Columbus - like Thad Matta in 2004.

I don't have a specific guy in mind, but I have a specific type - like Thad Matta in 2004.

 

[Jaxbuck]

We had a poster a long way back with ASU ties who first guessed/warned us about Gene Smith.

Can anyone dig that up?

Seems an appropriate place to re-post it

 

[jwinslow]

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

If recruiting is so important to Gene Smith, McDermott does not have a history of recruiting Ohio and his best player was his son (I hope he wouldn't lose that recruiting battle).

Lorenzo Rhomar

 

[Jaxbuck]

is it just me?

 

[starBUCKS]

McDermott is not the right move if it happens. But in all fairness he did have Creighton 17-1, and ranked #7 this past year, without Doug. He lost his "potential" All-American point guard for the season, and then things went down hill. I'm looking for something positive...

 

[OhioState001]

What's the difference between letting Chris Jent be interim and letting Thad have one more chance? I'm guessing not much but maybe a new leader can get some recruiting life. Hopefully Jent would have the balls to let Dickerson and Paulus go but I doubt it

 

[MaxBuck]

There's been more fake news on this coaching search than on Trump's Russian connections.

I'll believe it when I see a signed contract. Or maybe when Gene Smith holds a news conference with the new coach.

 

[Krenzelicious]