2008 was eight years ago?

Wow... just wow... I wake up this morning and finally going through twitter to catch up and then just read these 8 pages of this thread.

At first... total shock... where the heck did this come from??? 

But the idea has grown on me. He is a quality coach, I would call him better at this moment than Boals and Ford. But the ceiling does have me worried.

Him leaving TCU? Really that doesn't bother me. TCU is a football school that could care less for basketball. I can totally see him not having full support (ie the athletic department rather spend their money on football than basketball and he knew he didn't have what he needed to win) then throw in moving to the Big XII??? Maybe he knew the extra money from the conference move WAS NOT going to the basketball program. So like others have said, Ohio is probably a better job to have success as a basketball coach.

Those that wanted a 'Frank Solich' type hire, got one. He had a taste of a better program and wanted to come back to his roots. With him leaving TCU a big program won't hire him away for a bit.

Now, it is just sad he coached in the MAC for 6 years and I don't recall his style... seems like guard oriented and tough defense... but I can't picture it yet.

BUT, with all that said... the one thing that shocks me the most is the money... 600k??? WTF??? 

Will players leave? Yeah... I can see it. I just hope not alot of them do. Really right now it is all talk until the players actually meet their new coach. Losing recruits? Doesn't bother me much because it gives the new coach some freedom to maybe get better players that would fit his system better?

http://www.hornedfrogsports.com/archive.asp?id=759

Interesting article on the TCU boards.  Sounds like even they think he was in a no-win situation.

"The basic guts of it all is this.  Coach Christian wanted a commitment both contractually to him and financially to the program that TCU administration and donors were not willing to give it.  Knowing he was walking to his death in the Big XII, Coach Christian took a job at a school that just finished in the Sweet 16 and has a lot of talent returning.  In addition, he is back in the conference he flourished in during his time at Kent State, and for it he will receive the same paycheck but get a contract extension.  For Christian, it is a sideways move that provides security for him and his family plus the most recent coach ended up in greener pastures at Illinois."

It doesn't change the fact that his recruiting hasn't been remarkable since he left Kent.

Please.

We are not OWED anything.

YOu vote with your support. SImple. Straightforward.

Been through the coaching change once and you are not given anything, you sign with a university to play ball, you roll withthe change.

YOu support your University. If you don't like the prez, the BOT or the coach that is hired you vote with your support.

Where in his past does it suggest that he CANNOT?

Personally, I think JC will be amazed by his ability to attract kids to Ohio in comparison to his days at Kent.  As long as he gets away from relying on JUCOs as heavily as he did at Kent, I think we'll be more than happy with JC.

ESPN has Cooper in their player database but not in their top 100. This certainly doesn't bode very well for his draft potential, considering there are 60 picks.

http://www.killerfrogs.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=153070&st=0

Here is some more insight into the TCU job.   Take a look at what their own fans think of the TCU basketball job and you'll figure out why Jim Christian is leaving.

Some of the best news to me is that Ohio is going to pay its next coach in the range of $600,000. I'm excited that the university is putting that kind of money into the program.

Jim Schaus' job was to find the person he felt was best suited to be the next head basketball coach of Ohio University. By every account I've seen, Christian was clearly his top choice and he went out and made that happen. Ask the posters on the Illinois board how they felt about a prolonged search process during which multiple people were interviewed and considered. Schaus went out and got his guy in a timely manner. This is the guy he wanted and this is the guy he wanted. Just because you wanted him to talk to some other people doesn't mean he's not doing his job. 

TCU just had their best season since 2005. I highly doubt Jim Christian was close to getting fired there. 

His job is to hire a winning basketball coach. I don't think it matters whether he talks to 1 or 100. When he hired Groce, I'm not sure he talked to many candidates given the short turnaround between TOS leaving and Groce's announcement. In fact, I'm encouraged that he has moved this quickly. This means he has been doing Due Diligence all season in the eventuality of Groce leaving. Meanwhile, Miami is still looking for a coach after 5 weeks. I would say that the Miami AD is not doing his job.