Who Should OSU Hire as Next Basketball Head Coach?

[Poke2010]

Thad Matta is an interesting candidate. He retired at Ohio State due to health issues as the all-time winningest coach there. He could be successful here if he's healthy and still has the fire to coach. I would be more excited about him than Alford.

Very interesting indeed. He absolutely dominated for the early part of his career and for most of his tenure at Ohio state, but flamed out hard in his last few years there and now in his first two at butler. I think that serves as a sobering reminder that the margin between really good and mediocre is razor thin.

 

[SanditeCowboy]

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[MT Cowboy]

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Washington St. vs Drake in the tourney tonight. Play-in game for who gets the OSU HC offer?

 

[zone2poke]

Kyle Smith, Medved, and Lutz haven't done a lot. Danny Sprinkle and Darian DeVries have had good success. I'm still hoping for McCollum.

 

[orangecrush]

19 years is still mind-blowing to me. I remember excitedly posting on OrangePower.com during that last run thinking we had this amazing next class of players coming in. Then it went stale for as long as having a baby and then they grow old enough to be a freshman or start of sophomore year in college.

you all are making me feel old

 

[GratefulPoke]

Tourney games to watch in regard to our coaching search:

NCAA Tournament Game	Coach	Day/Time	TV	Arena
14 Akron vs. 3 Creighton	John Groce - Akron	Mar. 21/12:30 p.m.	TNT	PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh
10 Colorado State vs. 7 Texas	Nico Medved - Colorado State	Mar. 21/5:50 p.m.	TNT	Spectrum Center - Charlotte
10 Drake vs. 7 Washington State	Darian DeVries - Drake	Mar. 21/9:05 p.m.	Tru TV	CHI Health Center - Omaha
12 UAB vs. 5 San Diego State	Andy Kennedy - UAB	Mar. 22/11:45 a.m.	TNT	Spokane Veterans Coliseum
13 Charleston vs. 4 Alabama	Pat Kelsey - Charleston	Mar. 22/6:35 p.m.	Tru TV	Spokane Veterans Coliseum
12 Grand Canyon vs. 5 St. Mary’s	Bryce Drew - GCU	Mar. 22/9:05 p.m.	Tru TV	Spokane Veterans Coliseum

 

[OSU79]

DeVries is my first choice, Wade is my second.

Agree with these two, not really sure in which order. I'd put Wade #1 if i knew we could get 10 years out of him before he moved on/up. McCollum has really piqued my interest, but definitely not in my top 2. Top 5 for sure, though.

 

[MT Cowboy]

A name I don't recall seeing mentioned but might be good...what about Fred Hoiberg?

Proven at ISU. And especially if this week he can get nebrasky their first ever tourney win, I'd say he merits a look.

 

[Cowboyshoopspride]

Agree with these two, not really sure in which order. I'd put Wade #1 if i knew we could get 10 years out of him before he moved on/up. McCollum has really piqued my interest, but definitely not in my top 2. Top 5 for sure, though.

Could easily be 1,2,3.

 

[rattlesnake]

A name I don't recall seeing mentioned but might be good...what about Fred Hoiberg?

Proven at ISU. And especially if this week he can get nebrasky their first ever tourney win, I'd say he merits a look.

After several frustrating years (and being forced to take a pay cut) Hoiberg is finally getting Nebraska back to being decent. I doubt he'd want to leave now to do another complete rebuild.

 

[LS1 Z28]

A name I don't recall seeing mentioned but might be good...what about Fred Hoiberg?

Proven at ISU. And especially if this week he can get nebrasky their first ever tourney win, I'd say he merits a look.

Hoiberg just signed a new contract yesterday that pays him $4.25M per year, so I doubt he would leave Nebraska now.

 

[Cowboyshoopspride]

Why do we not like the idea of McDermott again?

Save the "he won't come here" replies. No one but him, his wife and agent know that. I want to know disqualifies him as a coaching option for so many of our fans.

 

[Verbal]

Why do we not like the idea of McDermott again?

Save the "he won't come here" replies. No one but him, his wife and agent know that. I want to know disqualifies him as a coaching option for so many of our fans.

Who says they wouldn't want him? I think most don't consider him because of the reason you do not want to hear.

For me I would prefer a younger coach.

 

[andylicious]

We do not need a retread

 

[celldweller7]

Why do we not like the idea of McDermott again?

Save the "he won't come here" replies. No one but him, his wife and agent know that. I want to know disqualifies him as a coaching option for so many of our fans.

He tried the Big 12 before and fell flat.

 

[Verbal]

Okay, I was wrong some people do not want him. Those people have a valid reason for not wanting him.

 

[MT Cowboy]

He tried the Big 12 before and fell flat.

Bingo. His tenure at ISU was not good. Things may well have changed and clicked with him since, hard to say. May not be a bad hire, but he'd be in the same category to me as Shaka Smart or honestly Steve Alford. I wouldn't hate hiring either one, but think there's more upside elsewhere.

 

[Cowboyshoopspride]

We do not need a retread

His team is better than any we’ve had in almost 20 years. Give me that “retread” any day.

 

[rattlesnake]

We do not need a retread

We're either gonna get a retread or do what we did last time and take our chances on someone unproven and hope they can learn the job. Pick your poison.

 

[MT Cowboy]

We're either gonna get a retread or do what we did last time and take our chances on someone unproven and hope they can learn the job. Pick your poison.

Not the same as last time with any of the names mentioned thus far. All mentions are head coaches and most for several years. Very different from hiring an assistant without any head man experience.