Thad Matta (OSU's All Time Winningest Coach & 3x B1G COY, Butler HC)

[DZ83CK]

You can also find the salaries of most professors at state universities.

Do the newspapers publish their performance reviews, too? I understand the open records laws, but can I go see every professor's performance review on the internet? It just seems odd to me that something as personal as a performance review would get publicized to the world. What's next, web cam streams of OSU employees when they're on the job so the public can see their tax dollars at work? Makes about as much sense to me.

 

[Oh8ch]

Do the newspapers publish their performance reviews, too? I understand the open records laws, but can I go see every professor's performance review on the internet? It just seems odd to me that something as personal as a performance review would get publicized to the world. What's next, web cam streams of OSU employees when they're on the job so the public can see their tax dollars at work? Makes about as much sense to me.

CSPAN?

 

[Mike80]

I do think it is odd that because Matta is a basketball coach at a state university that anyone and everyone can see his annual performance review. It's not like he's a political or governmental figure. I guess that's the price of fame & fortune through OSU.

Actually, as a state employee, he is a governmental figure.

 

[DZ83CK]

Seven percent of the OSU budget is paid by the state. So you could say 93% of Matta's salary is not paid by the taxpayers. Yet for the 7% and the media interest, the taxpayers get more access to Matta's information than practically any other people whose salaries are 100% paid by the state? I think that is odd. As far as I'm concerned he doesn't represent or work for the state government. It is what it is.

 

[LitlBuck]

Bob Hunter Commentary

Value City Arena will be rocking this afternoon during pregame introductions. Based on experience, the place will go bonkers when most of the Ohio State players are introduced, particularly crowd favorites Deshaun Thomas and Aaron Craft, then the noise will be cut in half when coach Thad Matta is called, a “din” just above “polite applause.”

This isn’t new and definitely isn’t the creation of a 19-7 season that seems “down” compared with three 30-victory seasons in the previous six. There are no boos for Matta, but there doesn’t seem to be much love, either. It has been this way for a while now, maybe from the beginning, and it seems, well, odd.

Of Matta’s eight previous Ohio State teams, five have won at least a share of the Big Ten title, including the last three. They have won three conference tournament titles and have gone to two Final Fours. His teams have won 20 games every season except this one, a mark that can be reached today with a victory over No. 4 Michigan State.Yet, he is generally treated by a lot of fans as more of a caretaker than a facilitator, as if all of the terrific players he has recruited would have somehow found their way to the Schottenstein Center anyway.

Like most coaches, Matta becomes a focal point of his critics during “down” seasons, even one that almost certainly will result in an NCAA bid that has seemed almost automatic since he arrived from Xavier in 2004.

As the critics wonder why he can’t get an offense that is missing first-team All-American Jared Sullinger and sharpshooter William Buford from last season to play better, it seems almost mandatory to ask whether Matta gets enough credit.

“Honestly, I would say no,” junior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. said. “This season has been really tough for us and whenever we have a tough season like this, I think a lot of the fans or critics point to him. In reality, it has nothing to do with him. “He’s constantly asking us this year what does he need to do for us to play better for us to win, but at the end of the day, it’s on us. We’re the ones out there. We’ve got to put the ball in the bucket. He can’t do it for us.

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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...ta-should-be-hearing-a-lot-more-applause.html

 

[OhioState001]

Legendary timeout call at the beginning of the second half.

 

[DZ83CK]

Legendary timeout call at the beginning of the second half.

Yeah, that's one thing Matta has been reluctant to do. However, with this team, it makes sense to call more TOs to help get them mentally on track.

 

[DaveyBoy]

In fairness, OSU is now a perennial top 10 team which makes it arguably a top 5 program..........that demands respect and high expectations. Thad is a single NC away from being considered one of the top 3 to 5 active coaches. Period.

It's amazing how spoiled our fans have gotten under Matta. We're "only" 19-7, and some people can't bear to watch the games now.

I would've loved to have been 19-7 when I was at tOSU. Winning a B1G title, much less 3 in a row, was unheard of at that time.

 

[MaxBuck]

In fairness, OSU is now a perennial top 10 team which makes it arguably a top 5 program..........that demands respect and high expectations. Thad is a single NC away from being considered one of the top 3 to 5 active coaches. Period.

I'd put K, Bill Self, Billy Donovan, Izzo and Calipari above Matta right now, but probably nobody else.

Oops. Add Roy Williams.

 

[OhioState001]

I'd put K, Bill Self, Billy Donovan, Izzo and Calipari above Matta right now, but probably nobody else.

Yep and Matta has matched up with Izzo many times and I think he is .500 against him. What does that tell you? Izzo does have more tourney results though.

 

[DaveyBoy]

Yep. I truly believe Thad has caught up to Izzo and even surpassed him except the NC.

Calipari ? No f'en way is he elite. All his stops are marred with scandal and/or absolute zero academic standards. He simply has more talent than anyone he faces. Usually by a mile.

Yep and Matta has matched up with Izzo many times and I think he is .500 against him. What does that tell you? Izzo does have more tourney results though.

 

[MaxBuck]

Yep and Matta has matched up with Izzo many times and I think he is .500 against him. What does that tell you? Izzo does have more tourney results though.

What it tells me is that Tom Izzo has won an NCAA Championship and Thad Matta has not. Same for Calipari, Self and Donovan (who has two in a row).

 

[DaveyBoy]

Yep. Thad is a NC away from being in the discussion. He's accomplished everything else including rebuilding a once proud but inconsistent at best basketball program at Ohio State.

What it tells me is that Tom Izzo has won an NCAA Championship and Thad Matta has not. Same for Calipari, Self and Donovan (who has two in a row).

 

[OHSportsFan]

I'd put K, Bill Self, Billy Donovan, Izzo and Calipari above Matta right now, but probably nobody else.

Oops. Add Roy Williams.

Yep and Matta has matched up with Izzo many times and I think he is .500 against him. What does that tell you? Izzo does have more tourney results though.

Yep. I truly believe Thad has caught up to Izzo and even surpassed him except the NC.

Calipari ? No f'en way is he elite. All his stops are marred with scandal and/or absolute zero academic standards. He simply has more talent than anyone he faces. Usually by a mile.

What it tells me is that Tom Izzo has won an NCAA Championship and Thad Matta has not. Same for Calipari, Self and Donovan (who has two in a row).

Yep. Thad is a NC away from being in the discussion. He's accomplished everything else including rebuilding a once proud but inconsistent at best basketball program at Ohio State.

I believe Coach Matta is the 7th highest paid coach in the country.

The 6 above him all have a National Championship. I know that SOMEONE has to have that distinction, but hopefully coach Matta can get rid of that "highest paid coach without a championship" title soon.

:osu:

 

[Steve19]

Get that national championship and he will surpass Fred Taylor as Ohio State's best basketball coach ever.

And I loved Fred Taylor, who was a family friend. I just think Matta is that good.