Recruiting is a cumulative effort, not one player at a time. Russell was a great get, but he wasn't surrounded by anyone else. Matta is losing the best players in the state to other programs. He hit it huge with the Oden Conley class and the Diebler group also made a run, and has seen success. Can you deny the program is in a decline trend? In 2015 he only got one of the top 10 players in the state, the #4 kid. In 2016 he only has the #6 and #10, and not sure either will be significant contributors. Yes, OSU is first and foremost a football school, but let's not make them out to be like UK. Their hoops team has recent success and you can win there. Go back and look at the Ohio kids over the last 5 years he has missed out on as they go to rival B1G schools line Mich St and Wiscinsin and play great and starring roles. Time for him to either step it up or go.