Not even top 20.
We had it packed for a game against WKU and UNT in the f****** NIT. (Was there) In true HCMB fashion his team laid a giant egg. Every time he asked fans to show up, they did, he rewarded them with garbage performances and now they don’t trust him.
Even more reason his tone deaf excuse laden interview should have been kept to himself.
Boynton definitely needs to go. He's one of the worst coaches I've ever witnessed.
Do people really believe that Boynton used NIL as an excuse?
Speaking only of NIL in the interview with Tulsa World, he's 100% right. I still don't understand how people don't understand this. OSU leadership refuses to give OSU basketball program a chance to compete. The next coach will have the same damn problem with mass transfers year after year.
I want a new coach as much as everyone else. He's truly a terrible HC. More importantly, I'd like to see OSU leadership give a HC every chance possible to retain players. If that doesn't happen, OSU basketball will suck hardcore. How people are saying that Boynton's remarks regarding NIL is an excuse, is beyond me. The rest of the interview was a complete disaster. Somehow people aren't capable of separating fact (NIL situation ) from fiction (using NIL as an excuse) and I just don't understand how that is possible.
According to this forum, the NIL situation is completely irrelevant. Sorry to burst y'all's bubble, NIL is the only thing that matters to a recruit/player. Since the inception of NIL, we've had more players transferring out than any other Big 12 team and it's not even close.
Has anyone noticed that not one single person affiliated with OSU, from the athletic director,.to the administrators,.etc, has/have not refuted Boynton's interview regarding NIL? If Boynton is lying about NIL, don't y'all think that a statement would've been released from the AD, etc? If Boynton lied about the NIL situation, don't y'all think they wouldn't allow a HC to publicly lie?
The best thing the AD, administrators, board of regents, etc, could've done is release a statement ensuring potential recruits that there isn't a problem with NIL. That hasn't happened. If I were the AD, I would've immediately released a statement saying just that.. that I fully support the basketball program and that I, among others, would do everything possible to give OSU basketball a chance to compete.
Since a statement hasn't been released by the AD, etc, refuting Boynton's NIL proclamation, this means one of two things:
OSU leadership gives not one damn about OSU basketball
OR
The AD fully supports Boynton and will retain him for another year
Once a new coach arrives and fails because of the inability to retain players, I'll bookmark this thread and will say I told you so. We can get a coach who actually knows now to coach.. that won't matter. NIL is the ONLY thing that would keep a player from leaving. We need both equations, a HC who knows how to coach and fixing the NIL situation, otherwise, success is nearly impossible.
Fix the NIL program and stop the madness. Otherwise, we're gonna be a bottom feeder of the conference.
One last thing... I've read countless posts saying "Boynton doesn't discipline players because he wants to be their best friend." Must be one helluva best friend, don't y'all think? So much so that we haven't experienced a mass exodus of players every year since the inception of NIL. Sarcasm aside, Boynton is a terrible coach, but there's no doubt mass transfers was/is a significant cause of the downward spiral of the OSU basketball program. How people don't understand this... I just don't get it. It's not an excuse.. Boynton is 100% right about NIL.
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