a true center, athletic FREAK,

Diebler also brings back ALL SEC scorer Meechie Johnson

AND

Diebler also secure the commitment of 5* PG Marcus Johnson, the top prospect in the state and most likely Mr Ohio in basketball next year (who had offers from EVERYONE including UCONN and Purdue and Kentucky)


WE ARE BACK.


>>Ohio State got things started by siding with Jake Diebler.
>>Unlike the Rodney Terry situation, this was a team that
>looked
>>*appalling* that instantly improved the second Diebler took
>>over. They've jumped over twenty spots in KenPom in a little
>>over a month-- hard to do this time of year. Very good
>>low-risk in-house hire. I like it.
>
>reminded me alot of Thad Matta upsetting Deron Williams and
>undefeated Illinois in his first year
>
>btw he outcoached Brad Underwood, and Tom Izzo and stole a win
>the the Kohl Center. IMMEDIATELY. Beat the shit out of
>michigan and refused to call them michigan. He GETS it.
>
>the Dieblier hire is a grand slam **theoretically
>
>Going into the season, EVERY single Ohio State wanted Holtmann
>and his entire staff GONE, so when they hired Diebler full
>time I was initially skeptical but after thinking about it ,
>it checks EVERY single box .
>
>TOSU basketball was persona non grata among the boosters for
>the last 3 years under Holtmann, they felt he wasnt retaining
>enough in state talent, making inroads with coaches, or
>*GROWING* the program. As a result, they kinda tightened up
>with the NIL
>
>Diebler is the son of a HS coaching legend, played at Valpo,
>brother of the All time Ohio high school scoring leader who
>was also a Buckeye legend, and like I said in the other
>post...Diebler has held EVERY single position you can have in
>a collegiate basketball program besides folding towels and
>handing out cups of gatorade.
>
>video coordinator grad assistant to position coach to
>associate to head coach, hes done it all.
>
>
>he will recruit the fuck out of the Ohio High School
>Basketball Scene - the next few HS classes in Ohio are LOADED
>w D1 talent and its he is friendly with OHSAA coaches from
>toledo to cincinatti to cleveland and all the towns in
>between. He recruited all the 1st round picks we've had
>(Lidell, Branham, Sensabaugh and Darius Garland to Vanderbilt
>when he caoches there)
>
>he coaches an exciting aggressive uptempo style that players
>love, and isnt afraid to let them shoot a ton of 3s, running
>up and down the floor instead of plodding sets ..fast
>aggressive intense with tenacity. YES plz.
>
>hes 37 years young. This is his DREAM job. If he's good,
>we're set for DECADES. if he sucks, we can let him go for
>cheap.
>
>
>I'm excited. Cant wait until we are dominating this league in
>BOTH sports, like we did from 2007 to 2014
>

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...