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Picture for reference because none of you guys have seen OG in person. I know how tall Devin is. I know how tall Troy is. Does me no good without someone seeing OG


None of us have seen OG in person except myself and djsalway***


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I'm not really a take someone's word for it kind of person. I'll believe it when I see it. He was listed as 6'6" a little over a month ago

 

Two things:

 

1)  At least 6'6", long and athletic makes for a fantastic frame for a defensive wing.

 

2)  Hova and djsalway are extremely credible posters and are on campus. If they stood/sat right near OG during his visit and saw that he was about the same height as Troy, DD, etc, that's more than good enough for me!

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I will spark controversy here---but I have always thought Matta is overrated as a coach.  His key to his success is great recruiting but I frankly haven't been impressed with what he's done with it.  Every year I look and he gets commits from some of the best players early and I just cant figure out how O$U does that---wink---wink--- :wink: :wink:. 

 

But back to the point of the posts---yes---the old UL teams and O$U are good examples of teams with success using big athletes.  To some extent Crean's old Marquette teams were like that.  I think Crean may be getting back to his type of team with this one and his current recruiting.  We shall see.

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Yeah, I wasn't posting to support Matta as a coach, just saying that his teams typically have a lot of tall/long wings. A lot of guys that look like Troy Williams, for instance. The Evan Turner teams for example, I think they started Turner, Diebler, Lightey and Buford, all about 6'6"-6'8" wings. 

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Agree and my comment wasn't directed at you BGleas---I just think O$U is one of those teams that does the least with the most amount of talent.

 

Yeah, I wasn't posting to support Matta as a coach, just saying that his teams typically have a lot of tall/long wings. A lot of guys that look like Troy Williams, for instance. The Evan Turner teams for example, I think they started Turner, Diebler, Lightey and Buford, all about 6'6"-6'8" wings. 

 

He's missed 1 Tourney in 8 years (and won the NIT that year. The other Tourney he missed was his first year when they were ineligible), made it to two final fours, 1 runner up, 3 elite 8s, and 5 Sweet Sixteens. He's only been to two Tourney's when he hasn't made the Sweet Sixteen.

He has won the Big Ten Tourney 4 out of 10 seasons and won the Conference outright 5 times! He has been in 6 Big Ten Tourney championship games since he became coach!

I mean, come on. We can hate OSU for a lot of reasons, but let's not pretend we wouldn't be ecstatic if Crean had a resume like Matta's.

I'd take a 121-53 over 40-68 in conference play any day.

And he coaches at a Football school!

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