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2024-2025 Ohio State Men's Basketball

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A real heartbreaker. Thought tOSU had it going, although early fouls hurt them. Also see intensity on the part of our players, just not effective enough, I guess. Center is an area of weakness, and while having a player slough off to help on D, it leaves a wing alone at the 3 point line, and Iowa was effective in splashing some big shots. Still have confidence in Diebler, and I hope the coaching cadre can put their finger on the missing piece. Hope they find the 'foot on their neck' killer instinct. PS, tOSU is still young, and some key contributors seem to be hitting 'the wall' in terms of longer season. Re-reading this, seems like I'm making excuses for the season, but always have hopes.....Go Bucks!
 
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The funny thought I had when I was running this morning was, "What if we hired Greg McDermott instead of Chris Holtmann?"

My reaction is we'd probably be in the same place or similar (maybe more tournament appearances).
 
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Does the team have an identity? I thought Jake wanted to push tempo. Considering we have svelte C's and decent G's. Fast break points = shit. Defense is hit or miss. Rebounding is blah. Besides playing like crap through long stretches in games, there is no consistency. Coaching, players, stupid arena, or something needs to be re-evaluated. I'm out.
 
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TDunk said:
Does the team have an identity? I thought Jake wanted to push tempo. Considering we have svelte C's and decent G's. Fast break points = shit. Defense is hit or miss. Rebounding is blah. Besides playing like crap through long stretches in games, there is no consistency. Coaching, players, stupid arena, or something needs to be re-evaluated. I'm out.
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The whole program is stuck in stale mode, keeping a extension of the coach who really got us to this point is only making it worse.
 
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The decision to keep Diebler seemed reasonable when it was made. There weren’t many good candidates available for the cost considering Holtmann’s contact needed paid off. He had elevated the team in his interim tenure and there was excitement around an Ohio kid leading the program. Keeping the core of the team together also seemed likely, but then… Meechie is signed (not good for obvious reasons) and Gayle departs (addition by subtraction). Bradshaw signs (do we now know why UK didn’t bring him back?) and Okpara leaves (big hit to the program). Stewart signs (a 36” vertical doesn’t translate to BB skills) and Parrish signs (turns out to be the one positive from the portal). Chatman gets hurt then Glover (eh) and Njegovan sign (project). A coach that wanted to play more up-tempo ends up with a roster full of players that for the most part is better in a half-court offense. Their defensive woes primarily came down to a lack of a post presence (see Okpara). I say all this, not to defend Diebler’s coaching, but to point out that his portal decisions turned out to be pretty atrocious other than Parrish. This next portal cycle will be telling of what his future with the program will look like.
 
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otisu said:
The decision to keep Diebler seemed reasonable when it was made. There weren’t many good candidates available for the cost considering Holtmann’s contact needed paid off. He had elevated the team in his interim tenure and there was excitement around an Ohio kid leading the program. Keeping the core of the team together also seemed likely, but then… Meechie is signed (not good for obvious reasons) and Gayle departs (addition by subtraction). Bradshaw signs (do we now know why UK didn’t bring him back?) and Okpara leaves (big hit to the program). Stewart signs (a 36” vertical doesn’t translate to BB skills) and Parrish signs (turns out to be the one positive from the portal). Chatman gets hurt then Glover (eh) and Njegovan sign (project). A coach that wanted to play more up-tempo ends up with a roster full of players that for the most part is better in a half-court offense. Their defensive woes primarily came down to a lack of a post presence (see Okpara). I say all this, not to defend Diebler’s coaching, but to point out that his portal decisions turned out to be pretty atrocious other than Parrish. This next portal cycle will be telling of what his future with the program will look like.
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Yeah….losing Okpara seems to have been the biggest loss. Dare I say, it was defining. I don’t care what anyone says , said , or will say….Gayle was better than Meechie in every way. If you’re saying Diebler consciously took Meechie over Gayle then he should be fired on the spot just for that.
 
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