Bucknutin' But Net

I agree about BUT 0-9 is a killer for3's. Come on guys we are better than that...Buford is the key to the 2nd half..has to show -up......and for Heaven sake get the ball to Sully...

Thomas is the only player who has shown up tonight. Without him we are down 20.
Thad never adjusts. He just keeps doing the same thing and hopes it starts working.
same players, same plays,etc..

Matta reminds me so much of John Cooper, he can get the talent...they can win some big games, but he really hasn't shown the ability to call good games down the stretch and lacks the ability to use players in a good rotating manner. Good talent remains on the bench. Ohio State plays down to opposing teams. Either Matta gets his act together as a leader or let's get someone in t hat can make things happen. I COULDNT HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER.

Thad Matta is beginning to wet himself on the road. That team doesn't play well at all on the road. And that is on him. They aren't playing with the same intensity as they do at home. They play scared. And damnit Matta, use your freaking Bench. I'm sorry to say this but I have to. If OSU doesnt do well in the tournament, because right now it is looking like another sweet 16 upset with the way they are playing. Matta needs to be on the hot seat. Just to put a fire under his ass and tell him to start coaching instead of just letting his 6 best players play the entire game.

If depth is an issue, then Matta needs to starting bringing in more top talent for that specific reason. Because they have no one coming in next year and that baffles me.

I think calling Matta an average gameday coach is being overly generous. He hasn't shown me anything that he actually does ANY coaching during games. None. Zero. Nada. He just sits back and watches them play like crap. He never takes a player out when they let an opposing player get an easy layup. He never takes anyone out for taking a really bad shot (that might get Buford to wake up). He never really does anything. About the only time he ever subs is when someone gets in foul trouble. If this is the best he can do with this team then maybe they should find someone else because when it comes to games, Matta is clueless.

Get used to it. The homer crowd rode with Tressel til the very end and beyond, then ragged on Tressel's recruiting, passivity, conditioning, and discipline once Meyer was hired.

For them, any form of criticism is tantamount to treason, even if it is just saying that Matta needs to try a different rotation or change up the defense from time to time.

Let me ask the board a question. If you were a recruit, why would you come to OSU unless it's a given that you're going to start (Sullinger). His lack of rotating players means you'll probably not play a lick in your first two years. No kid is going to want to do that. If I was a player and I knew I could start at another comparable program but am going to sit the bench because Matta only plays seven guys I wouldn't even consider OSU. It puzzles me why he refuses to use his bench.

Matta has no imagination and lacks the ability call the game by using personnel he has because he only uses 7 or 8 players. Sullinger was out and came back in and got burned because he was gimpy. I admire Jared's heart. Matta needs to get it together or else when the Football team win NC's he will be looking like crap...and at this point with as much as they are investing, he will be looking for a job!

I'm another that has questioned Matta's ability to game coach. We actually have fans that believe he is hall of fame worthy....unbelievable. When faced with a well coached team with good talent Matta has come up on the short end more times that not in the past. He had Greg Oden in 2007. Oden erased a lot of coaching sins even playing with one hand behind his back. For me the Honeymoon is over for Matta. I think he should be given 3 years including this one to make it back to the Final Four and if he can't we need to look elsewhere. I realize that is reactionary and probably a major over reaction but I'm tire of watching Bo Ryan and guys like him beat him with half as much talent.

Excellent point ron....and it really is no better when Scott and Craft are together. Craft shot the ball better today but on the whole we are giving up way too much offense from the 1 and 2 positions and for Matta to not see this is troubling. I would rather see Buford slide to the 2, Thomas the 3 and play Sully with a combination of Ravenel, Williams (very few minutes) and Ross, yes I said it Ross. I know this is not a great lineup either but changes were in order. This late in the season however he will not do anything. At this point Matta is just going to chew some more gum and hope to catch lightening in a bottle the next 3 or so weeks.

Yeah we should go back to the days when we had no talent and finished in the middle of the B1G every year. I'm getting tired of winning the conference every year anyway.

The problem....nobody can shoot. Four players had 59 of 60 points today. Foul shooting was awful. One starter didnt score and the bench took two FG attempts. Agree something has to change but its too late in the year to get other players to suddenly become effective. Havent seen any bench player step up all year.