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Onebuckfan
classof76
Its great to have potential..but all the press clippings, message board chatter and friends ego massaging won't help you once practice starts. Your not Q Ross Mc Donald's All-American your just #10 in a practice jersey. Produce you'll play..
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Buckskin86
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Matta not giving up on Ross
Zac Jackson
February 17, 2012
LaQuinton Ross was quick to apologize Tuesday after tweeting about his playing time during the Buckeyes' win at Minnesota. (Greg Bartram-US PRESSWIRE)
When Ohio State freshman LaQuinton Ross fired off an angry tweet shortly after not getting off the bench in No. 6 Ohio State's win at Minnesota Tuesday night, Ross knew he'd screwed up.
So he went to Thad Matta as soon as the Buckeyes' coach returned from the locker room from the postgame press conference and told Matta that he realized he was wrong in tweeting "I don't know how much longer I can take this BULL****!!!!!"
"He came to see me and said he'd made a mistake," Matta said. "I'm like, 'I've only been gone for 10 minutes. What happened?'"
Matta said Ross told him he had deleted the tweet, was apologizing to the coaches and would also offer an apology on Twitter, if he needed to. Matta isn't much of a Twitter guy but appreciated Ross coming clean.
"I probably have to get more caught up on the social networking of society today," Matta said.
Ross has been playing catch up since joining the Buckeyes in December. Ross enrolled at Ohio State in September but was ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA shortly after. He returned home to Mississippi to fulfill his missing academic requirements, retook the SAT and rejoined the team after fall quarter when the NCAA restored his eligibility.
Scout.com rated Ross as the 44th best recruit in the country in the class of 2011. He's played a total of 26 minutes in six games and has gone 2-of-10 shooting.
He hit a 3-pointer in the closing minutes of his Ohio State debut on Dec. 22 and there was some hope he'd be able to add some needed 3-point pop to the Buckeyes' lineup, but he's been unable to crack what remains a changing rotation.
"I want him hungry," Matta said. "He has a tremendous future here, there's no doubt about that. He's been awesome in practice."
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buckeyes_rock
Great day to be a Buckeye
Glad to see that he had the character to immediately apologize to Matta. I really hope he sticks it out at OSU and develops into the stud folks think he can be.
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buckeyescott11
Hall of Fame
Colvinnl;2111384; said:
In a few seasons it won't matter because UK's season won't exist.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;2113245; said:
Exactly!
Hell this is something Sully could improve on as well. When Sodomotrycz or however you pronounce his fucking name is blowing by you with a crossover you know u got defensive issues.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;2113245; said:
If Thomas can get 30+ minutes the way he plays D, I don't see why Ross couldnt get 8+ mins.
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billmac91
Head Coach
Tlangs;2113274; said:
100% correct....
This team isn't terrible defensively...
They are average/poor offensively...you'd think any shot in the arm would be beneficial. Ross can create for himself and at the very least unclog the paint for Sullinger.
Letting Ross get some burn with Buford and Sullinger would really help both of those guys offensively, IMO. Ross brings a lot more to that side of the court than Lenzelle.
When former players and current NBA players are talking about the versatility and match-up issues he created in off-season runs, I'm inclined to think he can help some issues this team appears to have.
And it isn't as if the Big 10 is loaded with dynamic offensive teams. Against Michigan he would have been assigned to elite players such as Stu Douglas, Zack Novak, or Evan Smotrycz ....
It's embarrassing this team has issues scoring against athletes such as Novack, Douglas, and Smotrycz...all of which played at least 50% of the game against the Buckeyes.
And if LaQuinton can't get any burn, at the very least I'd like to see this team push the hell out of the ball more. More possessions a game should favor the better overall team. These low possession and shot clock consuming games are just asking for upsets and closer than need-be games. Our defense has been good-great. I'd like to see Matta go Coach Cal on these kids and scream at them for passing up open shots and not pushing the ball more aggressively...
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Q sanity..Matta wants to win if he thought Q could bring wins he'd be getting minutes..
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billmac91
Head Coach
Onebuckfan;2113283; said:
I think up until now, Matta has thought there is just enough offense on the court if they're executing and he does like Lenzelles defense. Part of it is Sam Thompson plays good defense and is no slouch on offense either...
I'm just wondering though, if in Q's mind, you see Sullinger and Thomas as likely early entrees into the NBA, and he's going to be NEEDED BADLY next year. Obviously, everyone knows Q's intentions of leaving after 1 year
It almost works in Matta's favor....Q will likely be our Thomas next year...kid who breaks out after getting limited time. Had DeShaun shown much more than he did last year, there are a lot of people who think he was gone...
I really don't think Thad would hold back on a run this year to limit the damage to next years team, but other freshman have complained about PT and how they've been used in the past.
And in all honesty, Q is much better suited being the focal point of the offense next year and showing his skills at SF, rather than getting 20 mins a game and maybe being a second round pick.
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