Seems like a good choice. Heās done well at Butler in the three years heās been the head coach. Limited track record but strong Midwestern ties. Wonder if LaVall would get a look at Butler in their soon to be search.
I was thinking I donāt love the big tens chances
Probably a good choice for them but will he move the needle for recruits?
Getting interestingā¦
Did Holtmann have any seasons at Butler without Stevensā recruits, or would next year have been his first?
Holtmann was at Butler for 3 years, Miller was there the year before. So it has been 4 seasons since Stevens was at Butler.
Holtmann doesnāt worry me much. Solid but not spectacular. Archie Miller would have been the worst for us. This is meh.
Re: UNC - Johnson cleared to play immediately http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/pitt-releases-johnson-play-unc-graduate-transfer-47927203
Just to annoy our fan base I bet cohill goes to the bad guys now.
I really liked Cohill when I saw him, but since we havenāt really recruited him in a year, and have offered several others at his position, it wonāt annoy me. They made a decision. Theyāre not perfect (see, e.g., Carlton Brundidge), but the staffās evaluation of guards and how they fit into the system has been really good, including in situations where others didnāt want the guy (Albrecht, LeVert, Douglass and, to a lesser extent, Burke and Hardaway).
Yeah. It seems clear that the staff is not pursuing him. Fans often see things differently.
To me Cohill is like Quentin Goodin 2.0. Just not a good fit stylistically. Feel like we got the right PG in DeJulius.
Just got home from a week of vacation w/my family. Also, a week away from online, TV and all that. Heard on Thursday Matta had been discharged, which in my mind was basically what occurred.
Surprised? Yes.
Shocked? No.
This result was almost inevitable.
I wouldāve loved to have seen Thad coach a team, with no expectations, to satisfaction in a return by Ohio State to the NCAAs.
On the other hand, I wouldāve been sick to have watched the elements of pressure and resignation work on him negatively if his team just couldnāt make a go of it to return an overall quality program back to respectability.
Probability suggests it wouldāve been the latter.
As I get up to speed on everything thatās occurred, Iāll check back in.
I like the hire of Chris Holtmann by Gene Smith. Iāve been told the press conference, though, where the announcement was made Matta was leaving was a tub of smelly goo and for that I despise how Smith handled it.
I wonder if Lavall Jordan may have done enough in the Horizon league tournament to prove heās ready for Butler. His interviews sound like heās ready to lead at the next level. He may be a long shot but certainly one of the up and coming coachāsā¦
The press conference seemed that way to me. I feel bad for Matta, especially if itās ill health that took him out of form. I enjoyed watching his good teams.
This seems like a good idea, although it depends whether these two games are replacing guarantee games or the UCLA/Texas type home and homes. It would be nice to play more home and homes against the other teams in the conference and add more meaning to the conference championship. And it does seem like itās getting harder to schedule the premier nonconference home and homes, although weāve had some good ones so who knows.