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

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Jake said:
I don't imagine most coaches are in favor of any change that reduces their ability to micro manage the game. Whether the last 2:00 take 20 minutes to play doesn't matter to them.
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but giving 6 fouls will help because guys will not foul out so much and thus some stoppages will be reduced by those loooonnnng substitutions
 
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Jake said:
I don't imagine most coaches are in favor of any change that reduces their ability to micro manage the game. Whether the last 2:00 take 20 minutes to play doesn't matter to them.
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Yeah, that's kind of the sense I get about college coaches in general (not Matta, he is notable for his lack of micro-managing). The timeouts are the worst thing in the sport, there is no reason for teams to need that many TOs when they already have a built-in TO every 4 minutes, and a number of things that occur throughout the game that cumulatively add a lot of stoppages in action for a variety of reasons which give the coaches a chance to communicate with their players (including FTs, injuries, official reviews, sometimes even clock malfunctions and foul outs). One timeout per team per half is plenty in my view.
 
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Just sayin': Thad was presented with a framed "298 jersey" during the football game last night (vs Penn State - 17 Oct 2015).
 
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http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...o-state-basketball-thad-matta-kentucky-upsets

The 5 biggest upsets of the Thad Matta era

Ohio State basketball under Thad Matta has been better than good. On his way to becoming the winningest coach in Ohio State history, it’s become easy to take big wins, as well as Big Ten titles, for granted.

In the vast majority of those wins, the Buckeyes have been the favorites -- and that’s a credit to Matta. But just as Saturday’s win over Kentucky showed, The Buckeyes have been capable of pulling big wins out of the air when you least expect it more than once in the Thad Matta era.

March 6, 2005 vs. #1 Illinois
The one that started it all. Thad Matta’s first squad in Columbus had the unfortunate sentence of a post-season ban to deal with, but first had to close out their regular season against an #1 ranked undefeated Illinois team.

The Buckeyes limped into the contest with a better than expected 18-11 record, but also with a three game losing streak.

Before a national television audience on CBS, the Illini jumped out to an early 16-4 lead and headed into the locker room at half up 38-27.

But with some luck, sheer hustle, and timely play -- the Buckeyes found themselves with the basketball down just 2 with only 12 seconds left. A quick timeout laid the groundwork for maybe the most famous shot in Ohio State basketball history. Forget the tie, we’re going for the win.


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Nothing much new in this article except for the things that Matta says that he might do different if he had to replay the 2007 Championship game again. Pretty interesting.
He rattled some of them off on Friday:

• "I remember we made our first 3-pointer and I thought, 'OK, here we go.' Ivan (Harris) hit one in the corner and I think we ended 4 of 23, had some great looks."

• "To do it over again, when Michael (Conley) picked up his second foul in the first half I wouldn't have pulled him because he was smart enough to not be in foul trouble. After a couple of minutes I realized it and got him right back in the game. But I probably would have kept him in there."

• "Maybe gone to the press a little bit earlier because the press was pretty effective down the stretch."

• "Al Horford that year made two 17-foot jumpshots, both of them were against us."

• "I probably would've thrown the ball to Greg (Oden) more, because he was a man child that night in that game."
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2016/03/another_ohio_state_vs_florida.html#incart_river_index
 
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LitlBuck said:
Nothing much new in this article except for the things that Matta says that he might do different if he had to replay the 2007 Championship game again. Pretty interesting.
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2016/03/another_ohio_state_vs_florida.html#incart_river_index
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Only thing I would have done differently is get the ball to Oden more in the second half. They absolutely couldn't stop him. Other than that, Matta couldn't have accounted for the upperclassmen bricking as many wide open shots as they did.
 
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I am not going to put this in the "Program in turmoil" thread because I do not believe that it belongs there. A few years ago I was talking to a guy who used to be a student basketball trainer and if you are not really close to the program there is a side of Thad that perhaps quite a few people do not know about. Let us just say that if you are not a thick-skinned person you will not survive under Thad.
 
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