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2017 Ohio State Head Men's Basketball Coaching Search

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Gene Smith threads past:

From 2005: https://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/threads/gene-smith-outgoing-issues-at-asu.11912/page-2

This is the one I was thinking of: https://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum...3-naac-organizational-leadership-award.11184/

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Smith -- the worst possible choice

I live in Phoenix and am a season ticket holder to ASU baseball -- one of the numerous formerly distinguished programs Smith has managed to run into the ground. This is truly the best possible choice for ASU and the worst possible choice for OSU. Smith has exactly one redeeming characteristic -- he's Black; but after all, if it wasn't for affirmative action, Holbrook would still be teaching second grade in Georgia. Apparently there's only one criterion for selection in Holbrook's book.
Smith has created a huge athletics department deficit here; he is a truly inept fund raiser who is completely unorganized and has no clue to go about anything. The building programs have languished. The baseball, wrestling, and basketball teams have been absolutely destroyed under his tenure and may never recover. In alumni/supporter events he's detached and communes only with a small group of backers who have moved into the department like vultures. They have hacked large numbers of department employees in the past couple of years in an attempt to balance the books, which still hasn't worked. In speaking with him you wonder if he's really as dumb as he comes across, or if it's an act. The athletics department is currently under NCAA investigation for a number of football violations, including the use of autos provided by department employees, academic fraud, and other maladies, and he has no handle on any of these things whatsoever.
I was truly astounded when I read this story. This guy is much worse than Jim Jones. Say good-bye to proud athletic tradition, integrity, and fiscal soundness at OSU if he comes on board for the sake of stoking Holbrook's political correctness agenda.
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just leaving it here
 
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Systems_id said:
Apparently those dudes want nothing to do with OSU hoops either.
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To the extent that's true it goes back to timing. Once Gene played with his fidget spinner for 2 months the only logical moves for 2017-18 were keep Thad or offer Jent interim coach for one season.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Gene Smith threads past:

From 2005: https://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/threads/gene-smith-outgoing-issues-at-asu.11912/page-2

This is the one I was thinking of: https://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum...3-naac-organizational-leadership-award.11184/

check out posts from @Diver



just leaving it here
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Let's be very clear about a couple of things with Gene Smith: (1) He didn't cause Tressel to cover up the TatGate scandal; and (2) he's not the cause of Thad Matta's physical ailments.

The athletic department, as a whole, has done quite well under his leadership. I think he's currently fucking up the head coaching search. But I get a little angry and frustrated any time someone resorts to the "he was only hired because he's black" angle. It's bullshit and unworthy of being repeated.
 
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OH10 said:
Let's be very clear about a couple of things with Gene Smith: (1) He didn't cause Tressel to cover up the TatGate scandal; and (2) he's not the cause of Thad Matta's physical ailments.

The athletic department, as a whole, has done quite well under his leadership. I think he's currently fucking up the head coaching search. But I get a little angry and frustrated any time someone resorts to the "he was only hired because he's black" angle. It's bull[Mark May] and unworthy of being repeated.
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It was one guys opinion back then and some of it rings true enough all these years later enough to make it worthy of discussion imo.
 
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Ahiacitian said:
Is this guy available?
I mean the search has already turned into a clown show, so you might as well hire the clown...
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If were going with clowns, my vote is for:
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I mean.....the programs already in the gutter.....why not try the sewers for a while?
 
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