November 28, 201510 yr Ohio state is struggling. I watched Memphis the other day and they looked horrible.
November 29, 201510 yr Ugh. Is it spring football practice time yet? IMO time for a change. I like Thad Matta, but seems the program has stagnated.
November 29, 201510 yr Matta been at ohio state for around 10 years. With 5 big 10 regular season championships, 4 tournament championships (anyone who thinks the number of championships isn't enough needs to consider how good Izzo and mich state have always been. In the same time span mich. State has won 3 regular season titles and two big ten tourneys) and matta led them to two final fours. A winning percentage north of .750 . . . All at a football school. And you can't talk really about his recruiting efforts since the second pick of the draft last year came from Ohio state. So I'm really having a hard time grasping your matta should leave, especially when ohio state won't find anyone better.
December 1, 201510 yr Matta been at ohio state for around 10 years. With 5 big 10 regular season championships, 4 tournament championships (anyone who thinks the number of championships isn't enough needs to consider how good Izzo and mich state have always been. In the same time span mich. State has won 3 regular season titles and two big ten tourneys) and matta led them to two final fours. A winning percentage north of .750 . . . All at a football school. And you can't talk really about his recruiting efforts since the second pick of the draft last year came from Ohio state. So I'm really having a hard time grasping your matta should leave, especially when ohio state won't find anyone better. 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.
December 2, 201510 yr 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. Recruiting at the high major level is a national scene, not an in state scene. Is it nice to get the local boys? Yes. Is it necessary? No. Would you rather keep the local talent? Absolutely. ESPN top 100 for 2016 has 7 players from Ohio in it and 2 signed with Ohio state. And btw Last time I checked oden and Conley were nice local boys from Indiana. . . Let's not act like the state of ohio is the only source of HM recruiting. . . Is the program in a down year? Absolutely. But anyone who thinks Matta should be fired, has incredibly ridiculous expectations for the program.
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