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buckeyemania11 said:
So we should just expect mediocrity. Ok.
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Would you take a job if you were told "here are bottom-half of Big Ten resources at a school that fans expect to contend for B1G championships, and oh by the way, many fans will lobby for you to be fired if you aren't making the NCAA tournament within 2 years"? If you see things from that perspective, it's not hard to see how we ended up with Jake Diebler as the head coach.
 
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DZ83CK said:
Would you take a job if you were told "here are bottom-half of Big Ten resources at a school that fans expect to contend for B1G championships, and oh by the way, many fans will lobby for you to be fired if you aren't making the NCAA tournament within 2 years"? If you see things from that perspective, it's not hard to see how we ended up with Jake Diebler as the head coach.
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Maybe a head coach hire that actually inspired even just some enthusiasm would get some more NIL rolling into the program. I'd argue the athletic department has created the poor conditions for everything but football.

I think Diebler was cheap and he was right there so they didn't have to actually have a coaching search they didn't really want to put the effort into. That's how we ended up with Diebler.
 
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bigdog3300 said:
I think those go a bit hand in hand....enthusiasm in Diebler and the program are at what feels like all-time lows, so to expect significant NIL support is unreasonable. A hiring that brought back energy would see at least some uptick into NIL.
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Disagree. Right now fans aren't going to support OSU hoops NIL in a manner that moved their station nationally regardless of who's the coach.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
To the Diebler defenders how much time is "enough time"? Are you still ok with him if he misses the tournament again next year?

What about the conclusion of this year? They could realistically lose every remaining game. If the only win down the stretch is against Ped State are you ok with that?
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As not exactly a defender but as someone who supported the hire in a why not take a chance on it working out given where Holtmann had left things and his initially putting some energy into the team, I'd can him if we're not dancing next year, assuming of course that we're out this year, which is probably a pretty safe assumption. We're solidly above the trash of the BIG and solidly below the top and second tier quality of the BIG, and that's not good enough for me. While I agree with others that the administration isn't doing Diebler any favors, they still don't have to be mostly soft and play stupidly for large stretches of games.
 
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GreenwoodBuck said:
Hate to say it but Cupps should be playing more in my opinion. He can shoot, just chooses not to. Wouldn’t be surprised to see White, Cupps, and even Chatman transfer. These kids don’t like riding the pine when the ones on the floor are stinking up the joint. I don’t blame them either. This damn team is nothing but a bunch of dribblers. Yes, that includes Bruce! I see better ball movement in high school.
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Maybe I haven't watched enough games, but from what I've seen, Cupps doesn't belong in the top 8 of any BIG roster.
 
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I'm not expecting annual national title runs. But I think multiple year tournament droughts are not acceptable. We should be able to at least make the tournament more often than not. The fact that people are ok with potentially 4 tournamentless years before even considering firing Diebler speaks to the low this program has hit.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
I'm not expecting annual national title runs. But I think multiple year tournament droughts are not acceptable. We should be able to at least make the tournament more often than not. The fact that people are ok with potentially 4 tournamentless years before even considering firing Diebler speaks to the low this program has hit.
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I'm so apathetic towards the program that I didn't even know they played scUM until I saw the score online.

The AD doesn't want to put effort into the program, why should I care?
 
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