Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:01 amPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:04 amjfan wrote:Sorry Butler fans. The downside of not being D1 football schools is that we don't have football money to throw at BB coaches. We are headed in the right direction, but an occasional blip will occur. Is this the second defection (Buzz) in 4 years?
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:10 amCrawfishBucket wrote:jfan wrote:Sorry Butler fans. The downside of not being D1 football schools is that we don't have football money to throw at BB coaches. We are headed in the right direction, but an occasional blip will occur. Is this the second defection (Buzz) in 4 years?
Timing is especially brutal.
I wonder who follows Holtmann... Be it assistants or players.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 12:02 pmmilksteak wrote:CrawfishBucket wrote:jfan wrote:Sorry Butler fans. The downside of not being D1 football schools is that we don't have football money to throw at BB coaches. We are headed in the right direction, but an occasional blip will occur. Is this the second defection (Buzz) in 4 years?
Timing is especially brutal.
I wonder who follows Holtmann... Be it assistants or players.
Pedon (assistant) and Kyle Young (our top incoming recruit) are very, very likely gone.
Pedon is from Columbus, and Young probably would've gone to Ohio State if it weren't for all of the turmoil in the program.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 12:02 pmCrawfishBucket wrote:GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Unbelievable story. Holtmann isn't going anywhere.
Holtmann and Cooley are getting a lot of buzz for Ohio State. Cooley has already interviewed.
https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/872608607602388992
https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/872613220778991617
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:10 pmChelseaFriar wrote:CrawfishBucket wrote:GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Unbelievable story. Holtmann isn't going anywhere.
Holtmann and Cooley are getting a lot of buzz for Ohio State. Cooley has already interviewed.
https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/872608607602388992
https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/872613220778991617
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:13 pmGoldenWarrior11 wrote:Unbelievable story. Holtmann isn't going anywhere.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:57 pmPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:40 amCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith's final push to snag Chris Holtmann as his new basketball coach took him west across I-70 to Dayton.
It was there on last Thursday morning that Smith and his wife met Holtmann and his wife, and hashed out the details that netted the Buckeyes the 14th coach in program history.
Ohio State fans wanted Archie Miller in the spring. The city of Dayton still had a place in the search to replace Thad Matta.
Smith gave a five-minute explanation of the coaching search during Monday's news conference to introduce Holtmann, a bit of an unusual move but one Smith felt necessary with reports last week detailing a coaching search seemingly devoid of much direction.
His ultimate point was simple: Holtmann emerged as his top candidate early. It just took some coaxing to get him.
Smith did meet with Creighton's Greg McDermott, and reportedly offered him the job. On Wednesday night McDermott seemed like the imminent hire, but things were happening quickly. McDermott announced Thursday morning that he would be staying at Creighton. That was around the same time Smith circled back with Holtmann, and began to make some progress.
They met in Dayton. The original offer of a seven-year contract was sweetened to eight years, and Smith got the coach he claims he wanted all along.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:45 am