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Chris Holtmann (ex-tOSU Bball coach, HC at DePaul)

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RB07OSU said:
That's my precise worry, accepting mediocrity. A winning season and an early a tourney exit being the ceiling is just not ok. I realize most seasons a top-third finish in the conference and a win or two in the Tourney is fine. However, we're not at that level with CH and I don't think it'll get any better over the course of time (as I presume you are also surmising)
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It was my fear with the baseball team, but Smith took action and fired the baseball coach. Basketball is a higher profile program than baseball, so if there is action to be taken, I'm confident Smith will take it.
 
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JCOSU86 said:
It was my fear with the baseball team, but Smith took action and fired the baseball coach. Basketball is a higher profile program than baseball, so if there is action to be taken, I'm confident Smith will take it.
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How much did they owe the baseball coach? If they fire Holtmann after this season they'll owe him $17.5 million (five years at $3.5 million).

If they replace him with a guy making $2.5 million per season they'll be spending $6 million for each of the next five years. I'm not sure they're going to want to do that, as opposed to giving Holtmann a season to turn it around. They made their bed, financially.
 
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Jake said:
How much did they owe the baseball coach? If they fire Holtmann after this season they'll owe him $17.5 million (five years at $3.5 million).

If they replace him with a guy making $2.5 million per season they'll be spending $6 million for each of the next five years. I'm not sure they're going to want to do that, as opposed to giving Holtmann a season to turn it around. They made their bed, financially.
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Yep. Not to mention the black eye Gene would wear from firing right after extending him. I'd love to just move on now, but I'm okay with letting him have a year to finally get over that hump. Especially with the class he has coming in. But, if next year isn't a doozy, I hope he has the apples to move on.

Not for nuthin', but Simple Jim up north was widely maligned for his first six seasons before having a breakout of sorts in year seven. Maybe CH does the same.
 
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Short version: the university has loaned $48 million to the athletic department to cover covid-related deficits from 2021. Wow. If the coaches salaries come out of the athletic department, and I imagine they would, I don't see any coach owed millions getting fired any time soon.

 
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Jake said:
Short version: the university has loaned $48 million to the athletic department to cover covid-related deficits from 2021. Wow. If the coaches salaries come out of the athletic department, and I imagine they would, I don't see any coach owed millions getting fired any time soon.

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It's a 2.5%, 30 year fixed loan for 48 million to an outfit that just made north of $250MM in revenue this year. I could make the business argument that firing an expensive coach would never be cheaper if you were getting a loan like that to help with a short term cashflow problem.
 
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Man I think in today's climate of high school hoops, in a class of 5, I'd recruit the 4 best defenders I could find and 1 gest scorer. Defense will keep you in every have and everyone wants to score. When the shots aren't falling you have to have options. 1-11 or so in 2023 is not it.
 
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