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Doc Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:42:01 PM 

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Doc Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:43:21 PM 
OOps...forgot Boals.
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Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:44:00 PM 
With that title, George Thorogood needed to be an option.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:45:08 PM 
Brian Smith wrote:
With that title, George Thorogood needed to be an option.


One bourbon....one scotch...and one beer.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:45:55 PM 
Schaus may need to pull a rabbit out of his nether regions.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:46:00 PM 
You are right Brian.  Next song is "Move it on Over"  !
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:47:16 PM 
doubledribble wrote:
You are right Brian.  Next song is "Move it on Over"  !


Hopefully a big dog is movin in.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:49:19 PM 
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Schaus may need to pull a rabbit out of his nether regions.


i always like the way you express yourself, Doc. 

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   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:50:28 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Schaus may need to pull a rabbit out of his nether regions.


i always like the way you express yourself, Doc. 


You and I think alike....that's scary.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 5:54:02 PM 
Doc Bobcat wrote:
OhioCatFan wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Schaus may need to pull a rabbit out of his nether regions.


i always like the way you express yourself, Doc. 


You and I think alike....that's scary.


yep, rip 'em up, tear 'em up, give 'em hell OHIO!


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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 6:10:49 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
OhioCatFan wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Schaus may need to pull a rabbit out of his nether regions.


i always like the way you express yourself, Doc. 


You and I think alike....that's scary.


yep, rip 'em up, tear 'em up, give 'em hell OHIO!




It seems everyone is looking to Schaus  for a magic coach.....and I hope they're right.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 6:13:37 PM 
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.

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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 6:18:51 PM 
Uncle Wes wrote:
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.


And we hope you're right....but guess what....you could be wrong.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 7:14:30 PM 
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Uncle Wes wrote:
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.


And we hope you're right....but guess what....you could be wrong.

I'm not against hiring an assistant if they bring the right schemes to the table. We are at the point where no assistant if we made an offer would turn us down unless they are a coach in waiting. With the buy games, charter flights and apparel contracts Ohio is run like a major program now. The Convo is getting new seats and a basketball practice facility is in the planning stages. This is a chance to bring in a big name and tie it to a donor to get the projects done.

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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 7:29:49 PM 
Uncle Wes wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Uncle Wes wrote:
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.


And we hope you're right....but guess what....you could be wrong.

I'm not against hiring an assistant if they bring the right schemes to the table. We are at the point where no assistant if we made an offer would turn us down unless they are a coach in waiting. With the buy games, charter flights and apparel contracts Ohio is run like a major program now. The Convo is getting new seats and a basketball practice facility is in the planning stages. This is a chance to bring in a big name and tie it to a donor to get the projects done.


Everybody bitches about our schedule.....not sure about the apparel....but charter flights.  Yeah sure...that's a reason for coaches to come here.

I want a good coach to come here as much as the next guy.

But if you guys think we're gonna get a name coach you may be more than delusional.

A basketball Solich ain't out there.

Last Edited: 4/3/2014 7:30:42 PM by Doc Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 7:35:35 PM 
Hi. I'm Ben Braun.
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Doc Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 7:40:05 PM 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Braun
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 8:48:40 PM 
Pete Chouteau wrote:
Hi. I'm Ben Braun.




Pete you are a genius. 31 years of Division 1 head coaching experience. 8 NCAA appearances and 4 NIT's. Didn't win at Rice and JC didn't win at TCU. They just are not basketball schools. 

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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 8:54:22 PM 
Uncle Wes wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Uncle Wes wrote:
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.


And we hope you're right....but guess what....you could be wrong.

I'm not against hiring an assistant if they bring the right schemes to the table. We are at the point where no assistant if we made an offer would turn us down unless they are a coach in waiting. With the buy games, charter flights and apparel contracts Ohio is run like a major program now. The Convo is getting new seats and a basketball practice facility is in the planning stages. This is a chance to bring in a big name and tie it to a donor to get the projects done.


New seats - that will attract top talent.  Charter flights out of Columbus - yep, I can't wait to take a bus to get on that plane.  Donor - student fees completed the indoor facility and is the locker room done, yet?  As for apparel contracts, are you talking about fan wear or what the team wears.  Wes, you type a good post but are your boots anchored in reality?
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 9:03:34 PM 
Alan Swank wrote:
Uncle Wes wrote:
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Uncle Wes wrote:
Why do we have fans on here who think like a low major school in that we need to coax someone with a prior connection to the school into taking job, hoping that magic chemistry will save us? 10 years ago when this job only paid 150,000 a year and hadn't been to tournament in a decade it was worth contemplating. The bar has been raised significantly with the last 2 hires.


And we hope you're right....but guess what....you could be wrong.

I'm not against hiring an assistant if they bring the right schemes to the table. We are at the point where no assistant if we made an offer would turn us down unless they are a coach in waiting. With the buy games, charter flights and apparel contracts Ohio is run like a major program now. The Convo is getting new seats and a basketball practice facility is in the planning stages. This is a chance to bring in a big name and tie it to a donor to get the projects done.


New seats - that will attract top talent.  Charter flights out of Columbus - yep, I can't wait to take a bus to get on that plane.  Donor - student fees completed the indoor facility and is the locker room done, yet?  As for apparel contracts, are you talking about fan wear or what the team wears.  Wes, you type a good post but are your boots anchored in reality?

Alan the administration over the last 10 years has always pledged to raise the bar with new hires. I don't see why the attitude would regress to the Glidden days for this hire. Ohio lately is doing well with increased enrollment and a 9% surplus of money from the state. There is nothing in my mind that suggests they would go cheap here with an average MAC hire. The MAC is counting on Ohio to be a leader in pushing up the basketball profile of the conference.

 

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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 9:11:24 PM 
Ben Braun, us old guys can remeber him.  Not a young firebrand, obviously, but may be the kind of guys who would stay more than two years.  Not a bad choice at all.  i think we all agree OHIO has a better pedigree than...Rice?

We could do worse!

 
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  Message Not Read  RE: Who Do You Love?
   Posted: 4/3/2014 9:34:18 PM 
What we need is obvious.  To avoid going through this again in our lifetimes we need to strike Solich Gold again.  We need a coach in his late 50s who won 75% of his games at a "power" conference school but was fired because he didn't get along with the AD, someone who grew up in Ohio and is looking for a job in city with lots of shopping and a major airport but who falls in love with SE Ohio.

Should be simple.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.
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   Posted: 4/3/2014 9:39:30 PM 
If I've learned anything from JC, it"s this.  I don't care if its Ben Bruan, Jeff Boals or Rick Byrd.  Fact is that no matter who we hire, if he has success, he'll probably be offered a power conference job.  And the next sound you hear will be his tires squealing as he speeds out of town...

I disagree with those who say this is a great program.  Coaches don't leave great programs.  This is a wonderful steppingstone for coaches on the make.

We will never get to another level.  Given our location and conference affiliation we are  what we are:  Consistently one of the best teams in slowly declining conference.  Kinda like the best house in a declining neighborhood.  And you just can't move the entire house to a new neighborhood. 
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