Been an interesting 72 hours.  Did not see this coming a week ago.  That said, the sky is not falling.  Not even from a Bobcat basketball perspective.  JC is gone.  We'll be fine.  Owens is not going to come here.  As someone else mentioned, he has Three Men and a Truck on speed dial.  So be it. 

Other dominoes to fall.  They usually do in this case.  And my bet is that Mo does not return.  I can't think of a compelling reason for him to.  Why spend his last year of eligibility learning a new system.  His best basketball move is to transfer (to BC or another major program), sit out the year (which he probably needs to get enough credits to graduate and to beef up) and then use a year of play in the ACC (e.g.,)  to audition for scouts.  He is used to being a nomad, so change of scenery is not uncomfortable for him.   So after drooling over the prospect of Mo and Owens being on the court at the same tie, my bet is we have neither next year.

And the sky is still not falling.  In fact, it is an opportunity.  An opportunity to reload on a coach.  In my opinion (simply my opinion) a mid-major (Ohio) is best served by a coach that is electric, passionate, takes up the oxygen in a room.  Groce did this.  Nee did this.  When we hired JC we went (for good reason) in another direction.  The attempt for stability at a high level.  It made sense given the team make-up.  And was working.  But it takes two to tango and JC cut out.  So now let's get back to the right DNA for Ohio.  Boals, nice guy, smart, but more of a chemistry teacher than pied piper.  Dustin?  I'll defer to others....especially Schaus. 

Tough year or two coming up?  Sure.  But then I wore a basketball on my head at games until January of my sophomore year until Nee got his first win.  Two years later he was handing me a commemorative mug celebrating an NCAA Dance season. 

And you know what?  It'll be fun, because we all like the journey as much as we like the win.  That is one of the reasons this past year's team was so embraced - they fought to the end.  And next year, when Stevie, Setty, hopefully Ric and whomever else are out there, you can be sure SBH, Love and others will be in their black seats and the O-Zone will have the teams' back. 

The sky is not falling,  The sky is the limit at Ohio.  And every potential candidate know that. 

Hmmmmm.....just lost a good coach.....just lost a 3 star recruit..... and no one can agree on a replacement.

May not be fallin but it is real frikkin close.

yeah, how are we ever going to find a coach who wants to come to a springboard to a job in the Big Ten and ACC. Forest. Trees. 

I think Schaus can do this.

I hope Schaus can do this.

I believe Schaus can do this.

Stay tuned.

The parallel would be for him to redshirt at Ohio next year while bulking up and learning a new system.