I wish I could of grabbed f3lix's post before angry pancake did. I think that everybody is starting to learn how full of shit f3lix really is.
Schroeder, lets play role reversal. Indiana Football is dominating and has the #1 recruiting class in the nation coming in along with a Big10 championship caliber team on the way in the following year. The Ohio State University football head coaching position comes open and although they have been down the past few years, are still able to recruit with the best and recognized as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. Would you leave your Indiana Football job for The Ohio State University football job??? I think so. Its the same reason that Roy Williams left Kansas for UNC, he was a legend and had an amazing team with an amazing recruiting class but frankly he found something more prestigious.
Go to a basketball game at Ohio State, hell just watch one on TV....its as full of emotion as a church service.
Also Conley nor Oden would have to sit out a year. Usually every team will grant releases from their LOI if there is a coaching change.
Also about Vaden and D.J. I would wait things out. For those of you fair weather fans (or ones that just don't care) right after Bob Knight was fired Dane Fife along with a couple other plays from the team announced that they would probably leave IU and were completely loyal to Coach Knight, Fife moreso than anyone was adiment(sp?) about this. Wait till emotions calm a little bit and see what people say then, I really can't imagine that D.J. White would risk his nba draft status and potential by sitting out yet another year.
If players stay (which is a big if):
A starting lineup of:
1 - Earl Calloway
2 - A.J. Ratliff/Roderick Wilmont
3 - Robert Vaden
4 - Ben Allen
5 - D.J. White
that doesn't really look to bad for a potential coach to come into now does it?
My top 3 coaching choices as of right now go in this order:
1. Thad Matta - Ohio State
2. Rick Barnes - Texas
3. Tom Crean - Marquette (possibly could bring Dominic James along with him)
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