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Topic: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

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JSF
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Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/28/2012 11:40:53 PM

I'm going on the record with this one.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/28/2012 11:43:22 PM

Hope you're right, even if you're too much "in the box"!

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/28/2012 11:44:10 PM

I like it!

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/28/2012 11:47:09 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Hope you're right, even if you're too much "in the box"!

Heh. I just don't respect D'Antoni. In college, he'd be the basketball version of Bill Callahan.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:02:33 AM

People want the "Matta" tree and a young guy. Boals seems like the right pick. And, MAYBE he stays more than four years! Hope he can win.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:03:47 AM

Think he can teach that back court pick?

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:04:59 AM

What is his personality? Not as emotional as Groce right? Players are used to high energy.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:07:06 AM

Just don't see it. Schaus is not the guy who goes with the "easy" choice. Frankly, I would be quite surprised if it is Boals or Ford.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:10:22 AM

bobcat72 wrote:

Just don't see it. Schaus is not the guy who goes with the "easy" choice.

I'm not sure what "easy" means. But Groce and Gregg Marshall (at Wichita) were extremely logical hires that didn't come out of left field.

I can tell you Schaus wanted Boals to be the successor when he hired Groce and tried to bring him in immediately. Nothing has happened, as far as I can tell, to change that.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:20:25 AM

JSF wrote:

I'm not sure what "easy" means. But Groce and Gregg Marshall (at Wichita) were extremely logical hires that didn't come out of left field.

It's just that I don't think Schaus is the kind of guy who thinks "hey, he's an alum...that's got to be our man!". Just because all of us perceive Boals as the top candidate doesn't mean that Schaus and McDavis see it that way. If Boals is truly the right candidate, he'll be the guy. But I think there will be a bit more critical evaluation involved.

And no, Groce and Marshall were not "out of left field"...but they also were not considered the shoe-in pick that many of us think Boals should be. Schaus will expand his candidate pool outside of Columbus, Ohio - bank on it.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:20:49 AM

I'm not one to 'break' news, but I have heard whispers that Boals was in Athens looking at real estate on Monday.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:23:52 AM

The only reward for going through this Groce hiring fiasco is for Jeff Boals to be the new head coach at Ohio.

There's no other coach I can think of that will do for the fan base and the school and the team like Jeff Boals.

Almost a blessing in disguise.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:24:14 AM

Ozcat wrote:

I'm not one to 'break' news, but I have heard whispers that Boals was in Athens looking at real estate on Monday.

Did Thad know about this?

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:26:09 AM

Did Bradds or Levert get recruited at all by OSU? How well would Boals personally know them and they him?

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:27:40 AM

cc cat wrote:

What is his personality? Not as emotional as Groce right? Players are used to high energy.

Oh I don't know, I remember the tiff between him and Sanjay Adell. He'll wear his heart on his sleeve.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:31:07 AM

cc cat wrote:

What is his personality? Not as emotional as Groce right? Players are used to high energy.

Boals is a fiery guy. Just watch the OSU bench this weekend. You'll see plenty of yelling and screaming.

My high school basketball coach had an old saying.....There are two things that don't last: Dogs that chase cars and teams that don't make free-throws.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:32:03 AM

Ahhhh you're not listening.

bobcat72 wrote:

It's just that I don't think Schaus is the kind of guy who thinks "hey, he's an alum...that's got to be our man!".

I never, ever said that was the thought process.

bobcat72 wrote:

Just because all of us perceive Boals as the top candidate doesn't mean that Schaus and McDavis see it that way.

I am saying, to the best of my knowledge, that they do see it this way.

bobcat72 wrote:

And no, Groce and Marshall were not "out of left field"...but they also were not considered the shoe-in pick that many of us think Boals should be.

Again, my reference point is not this board.

bobcat72 wrote:

Schaus will expand his candidate pool outside of Columbus, Ohio - bank on it.

He will. Then he'll hire Boals.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:35:08 AM

Mike Coleman wrote:

cc cat wrote:

What is his personality? Not as emotional as Groce right? Players are used to high energy.

Oh I don't know, I remember the tiff between him and Sanjay Adell. He'll wear his heart on his sleeve.

No lack of intensity with Jeff

RS Bobcat

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:38:12 AM

Ozcat wrote:

I'm not one to 'break' news, but I have heard whispers that Boals was in Athens looking at real estate on Monday.

A quad at the Convo would be perfect. Less commute time.

"Newsbreaker!"

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:40:27 AM

I heard Boals was at the Burrito Buggy Monday.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:40:45 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Think he can teach that back court pick?

He could prolly still lay most of 'em flat out w/it...............

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 12:57:29 AM

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 3:08:03 AM

Boals would be the perfect fit as he is a young coach in the Matta coaching system and has the roots in the Larry Hunter/Gary Trent/Geno Ford tradition at Ohio. Boals would make Keely, Baltic and Smith into beasts like He and Trent where inside. Once these players understand how competitive Boals was as a player they will love to play for him. Ohio won't miss a beat with Boals.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 3:32:16 AM

oubobcatjohn wrote:

+1.

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RE: Jeff Boals Will Be Our Coach in Less than a Week

Posted: 3/29/2012 7:41:27 AM

I guess I'm the minority but I'm not excited about Boals as a coach. Unless something happened and he magically got smarter from when I knew him in college, I just dont think hes the right guy. He's no Groce.

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