I will say this: Schaus is very smart in regards to coaching searches for basketball. I will say his searches have always been quick and targeted with reason. Watching this Ohio State search unfold makes me intrigued how Schaus would handle a football search after killin' it by getting Saul.

https://twitter.com/highmajorscoop/status/872942579192655872

You didn't even mention Volleyball, where good hires have kept the tradition of winning at a high level. And haven't the field hockey and soccer programs also been doing well?

https://www.fanragsports.com/news/report-ohio-state-hires... /

No need for apologies I was just adding on to what you were already saying.

8 years,3 mil per year.

What is it many people here said when Groce left ?

Do what's best financially for your family.

Honestly think that was a very good hire considering the desperation coming out of Columbus. That said, this should have been the call to make prior to McDermott.

No.

BUDGET 2015-16

Ohio State - $9,142,072
Butler - $4,833,565

I am not sure tO$U is a better job but this is a pretty good synopsis.

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-basketball/2017/...

Ironic that it is on a site called 11 warriors .

At Butler ...basketball will always be king and Indy, Indiana and the state all know Tony Hinkle,Barry Collier, Lickliter, Stevens, Matta and all the players and coaches who have been there and at IU/PU over the years. For them life is good. Seems to me that the University, the city and the state embraced Chris and the move to the Big East was a winner for him. With roots at very christian Taylor and a wife whose father was the head of the U and his P's in Lexington it would have seemed the marriage with the private parochial that became and Big East Power should have been a lifetime relationship.

Leaving for a U where football will always be king seems a step down. Maybe the money is better, maybe the facilities are better, maybe the perks are better....but I think it will be hard to see that life is better or the resonance of community and all that comes with the "Butler Way" could be much better.

When Matta came and JG recruited Oden, Conley and several others I was standing in Huber Heights talking to a stranger (walmart alum) with red and grey Nikes, a cellphone with the Sloopy ringtone and Red over grey Dodge truck and tald him "congrats on getting 2 of the best out of Indy"....he asked if they were offense or defense and were they linemen or position players? I said they were basketball players at which point he lectured me about how no one in Ohio cared about basketball and how I should mind my own business and talk about things that mattered. I think the article shows that Matta made some inroads. Matta's downfall came when he lost his recruiter as those initial teams set the tone and no one has been able to get the Odens/Cooks/Conleys/Koufos/Mullins/Deiblers to out on the floor since them.

Good luck my friend. You have done well. Life in the shadow A&M football should be interesting. The Butler fanbase is crushed ( https://butlerhoops.com/forum/index.php?threads/who-will-... )and the way it transpired.... that is a bridge burned. They should not blame you as tO$U did the same thing to Butler as they did to OHIO with volleyball when they took Geoff ...wait too late in the game and then throw money at the problem. I know you will do well and continue to recruit In and Ky the way you did when you were at OHIO...my only lament is that when that happens...as it did with Oden.Conley, Deshawn...I am going to have to see a lot more wal mart alums here in IN ....and that sucks.

I'm not sure, yes OSU is a basketball school, but they have had lots of basketball success.

11 Final Fours, 1 Title, 3 runner ups. In past 18 years three trips to the Final Four.

In 20 years they have been a #1 seed twice, a number two seed three times, and a #3 once. Go back another 10 years and they have been a #1 seed five times.

And in 10 years they have 5 Sweet Sixteen runs in the tournament. Those are all numbers that Butler cannot duplicate.

Then throw the resources in that OSU has at it's disposal, and the salary, this is a good move for a coach who believes in himself.

And in my area it's not the OSU basketball fans who are wal-mart fans, but rather the UK basketball fans.

I agree, but isn't the goal being at a place that can get you there and a chance to win it. You can do that at OSU, and do it consistently, not sure you can just anywhere.

Definitely one of those alums when I was in school the basketball program pound for pound was just as good as football. I remember when basketball tickets for students was going for more than the football tickets on resale market. Something that you couldn't say everyday.

If they are out of school, they can sign after the date, just not before the date.