2017 Ohio State Head Men's Basketball Coaching Search

[Poe McKnoe]

Bring in Huggy Bear. No one would recruit the state better than he would for Ohio State. Given his age, he wouldn't be a long-term hire, but he would get the Ohio State program back on track from a talent and excitement standpoint

Unlimited Timberlands and a driver should seal the deal.

 

[NFBuck]

Lorenzo Rhomar

Um, he's almost sixty and was just fired by Washington. He recruited pretty well, but never made it past the Sweet-16 despite a pretty good collection of NBA talent in Seattle the past decade plus. Also, since 2013, his record looks like this:

79-83, .488 overall
34-56, .378 vs PAC-12
0 NCAA's (in fact, none in his last 6 years)
2 NITs (1 first round exit, 1 second round)
9-22/2-16 last year

That's significantly worse than Thad. Why in Woody's name do that?

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Bring in Huggy Bear. No one would recruit the state better than he would for Ohio State. Given his age, he wouldn't be a long-term hire, but he would get the Ohio State program back on track from a talent and excitement standpoint

Pass. The guy is human paraquat, and OSU isn't going to allow half his recruits on campus.

 

[buckeyemania11]

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

 

[starBUCKS]

There's always behind the scenes stuff to consider...

 

[starBUCKS]

While the Tressel hiring turned out well, flashbacks of that hiring process.

 

[Krenzelicious]

While the Tressel hiring turned out well, flashbacks of that hiring process.

BIG difference: Tressel had national championships under his belt already.
Another BIG difference: Ohio boy.

 

[Dee-Liem]

While the Tressel hiring turned out well, flashbacks of that hiring process.

But Jon Gruden was on the plane. Then he was in Port Columbus. Then he was not the Ohio State coach.

 

[starBUCKS]

BIG difference: Tressel had national championships under his belt already.
Another BIG difference: Ohio boy.

Very true, only way I guess is with so many Coaches saying they're not interested or candidates.

 

[NFBuck]

Well, that's awesome. I mean, I'm relieved he's not the guy, but we just got turned down by a "meh" mid-major coach.

 

[NorthCoastKid]

Bullet dodged, but the optics of Ohio State being used as leverage for a coach at freaking Creighton are not great.

 

[starBUCKS]

 

[Krenzelicious]

Pass. The guy is human paraquat, and OSU isn't going to allow half his recruits on campus.

Completely agree. Good coach, bad guy. Nothing good would come of it long-term. My mention of him earlier was in jest...simply to demonstrate how much I did not want to see McDermott named as the new coach.

I'd be happy with Huggy Bear at this point.

 

[Jake]

There are reasons why colleges don't typically change basketball coaches in June.

Those sayings about timing and indecision? They're true.