Ohio State assistant Ryan Pedon to be head coach

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The Simpkins were recruited by Johnson and are still onboard. Freeman was there today and obviously has deep connections with Johnson. Was Lewis a TSF guy? I believe he was recruited by Johnson. I wouldn't put money on it, but if Johnson were being retained or potentially retained this would make a whole lot of sense.
 
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If you listened to the podcast posted early in this thread, it's clear from his several MAC schools and Ohio State that he already has recruiting ties in Ohio (Columbus; Dayton; Cleveland; Cincinnati) and also Detroit. So I'm guessing that he'll catch some fish in ponds beyond that 200 mile comment.
 
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Those are some big smiles from the players and coach. Of course, first meeting- handshakes and cameras all around, you have to be energized. Here are the current folks in the program that have engaged with announcements on social media, which could suggest at the very least, there is some level of interest in sticking around.
Current players: Reeves, Liam, Josiah, Stadleman, Samuels, Williams, Fleming, and Lewis.
"Future" Players: Tajuan & Takai Simpkins
Current Staff: Rob Johnson.

Also sleeper name for a potential staff member... Jon Ekey. Currently Video Director under Jank at SMU but played at Illannoy while Pedon was there.
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To add to your list, Washington (who was there) liked the brief video recap on Instagram as well as most current players mentioned above. Miller has also engaged as well. That covers almost all of our top players and walk-ons. :ROFLMAO: Based on the criteria, you can add DJ Horne to the list as well as a former player ;)
 
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I watched too and was impressed. Everything has been said already. My favorite part was the 200 mile breadbasket. That is the key to success and getting players invested and staying at ISU.
My freshman year at ISU, many moons ago. 6 new recruits.
Ronnie Jones Southern Il
Del Yarborough Chicago suburb
Randy Smithson Normal
Joe Galvin Bloomington
Robert McCoy Chicago
Larry Lowe Chicago
Add them to....Jeff Wilkins, Billy Lewis, Derrick Mayes, Rick Ferina who were all from Illinois.
Those were the days. Let's get back to them!!
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We now have the automobile so it is much easier to travel out of the State.
 
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Sounded all good to me (with the exception of not mentioning the current team, in one way or another).
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There was a mention in the Benson article where Pedon is quoted as saying "I've expressed to them I'm not going to sell them on buying something that they don't want to be a part of. The first key for me is always communicate with them in truth and honesty and understand where they're at in their journey and what they're looking for, at end of the day we want players who want to be here and take pride in being here and take pride in wearing the name on front of their jerseys. I'm very confident we'll find those players. My hope is those guys in the locker room are going to jump on board."

I've had Howard like stuff on twitter, Sy's mom and Josiah's mom like some of my stuff with the coaching change.
 
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There was a mention in the Benson article where Pedon is quoted as saying "I've expressed to them I'm not going to sell them on buying something that they don't want to be a part of. The first key for me is always communicate with them in truth and honesty and understand where they're at in their journey and what they're looking for, at end of the day we want players who want to be here and take pride in being here and take pride in wearing the name on front of their jerseys. I'm very confident we'll find those players. My hope is those guys in the locker room are going to jump on board."

I've had Howard like stuff on twitter, Sy's mom and Josiah's mom like some of my stuff with the coaching change.
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Jo's mom has been pretty active in liking things about the new coach. I wonder if Jo might come back since Europe is a mess right now.
 
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After sleeping on it, I'm still pretty excited about the hire for reasons everyone else has listed. As I look into his background and listen to his comments more, I see this as the best case scenario: He's the guy. He's the Birds Jacobsen, McDermott or Moser. He's here for a decade, produces several NCAA Tournament berths. Then by that time, Maddox will have grown to be a 6'4 5* guard that doesn't even consider going anywhere else but ISU. He plays 3-4 years of high level ball and is one of the ISU greats. Once Paxton moves on, Holtmann either gets canned or takes a Blue Blood job and Pedon takes the OSU job. Birds hire an assistant off his staff as HC and the train keeps moving.

Worst case? I mean, the same thing that's happened the last 4 seasons.

This is going to be a fun offseason. I think my favorite thing Brennan said about Pedon is that he is looking to build a program not just assemble a team. Hoping for a first round loss in the Big 10 tournament as well as the NCAA tournament for the Buckeyes :)
 
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Adunk33 said:
After sleeping on it, I'm still pretty excited about the hire for reasons everyone else has listed. As I look into his background and listen to his comments more, I see this as the best case scenario: He's the guy. He's the Birds Jacobsen, McDermott or Moser. He's here for a decade, produces several NCAA Tournament berths. Then by that time, Paxton will have grown to be a 6'4 5* guard that doesn't even consider going anywhere else but ISU. He plays 3-4 years of high level ball and is one of the ISU greats. Once Paxton moves on, Holtmann either gets canned or takes a Blue Blood job and Pedon takes the OSU job. Birds hire an assistant off his staff as HC and the train keeps moving.

Worst case? I mean, the same thing that's happened the last 4 seasons.

This is going to be a fun offseason. I think my favorite thing Brennan said about Pedon is that he is looking to build a program not just assemble a team. Hoping for a first round loss in the Big 10 tournament as well as the NCAA tournament for the Buckeyes :)
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Would be nice if he could be in Champaign this Friday & Saturday.
 
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Adunk33 said:
After sleeping on it, I'm still pretty excited about the hire for reasons everyone else has listed. As I look into his background and listen to his comments more, I see this as the best case scenario: He's the guy. He's the Birds Jacobsen, McDermott or Moser. He's here for a decade, produces several NCAA Tournament berths. Then by that time, Paxton will have grown to be a 6'4 5* guard that doesn't even consider going anywhere else but ISU. He plays 3-4 years of high level ball and is one of the ISU greats. Once Paxton moves on, Holtmann either gets canned or takes a Blue Blood job and Pedon takes the OSU job. Birds hire an assistant off his staff as HC and the train keeps moving.

Worst case? I mean, the same thing that's happened the last 4 seasons.

This is going to be a fun offseason. I think my favorite thing Brennan said about Pedon is that he is looking to build a program not just assemble a team. Hoping for a first round loss in the Big 10 tournament as well as the NCAA tournament for the Buckeyes :)
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We want Ohio State to make a tournament run so that Pedon has as much tournament experience as he can get. This will benefit our program tremendously and could give ISU even more positive press!
 
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DaveBird10 said:
There was a mention in the Benson article where Pedon is quoted as saying "I've expressed to them I'm not going to sell them on buying something that they don't want to be a part of. The first key for me is always communicate with them in truth and honesty and understand where they're at in their journey and what they're looking for, at end of the day we want players who want to be here and take pride in being here and take pride in wearing the name on front of their jerseys. I'm very confident we'll find those players. My hope is those guys in the locker room are going to jump on board."

I've had Howard like stuff on twitter, Sy's mom and Josiah's mom like some of my stuff with the coaching change.
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Well, I get that he's talked to the players, I'm just saying he could have included them in the "public mentions". Would've been nice to recognize their efforts this year.

But don't get me wrong, I like the thoughts you included above and trust that Pedon is a great leader and it wouldn't surprise me one bit that he'll be able to keep some of these guys here AND more importantly help them reach their potential.
 
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MadBird said:
Well, I get that he's talked to the players, I'm just saying he could have included them in the "public mentions". Would've been nice to recognize their efforts this year.

But don't get me wrong, I like the thoughts you included above and trust that Pedon is a great leader and it wouldn't surprise me one bit that he'll be able to keep some of these guys here AND more importantly help them reach their potential.
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Yeah my guess is those thoughts were in the 10am press conference where the media was assembled. I'd imagine from what I heard they were similar, probably had what they said written down on a piece of paper except for when the media asked questions. And I think that was just so the media and whatever got their due time without fans being around.
 
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DaveBird10 said:
Yeah my guess is those thoughts were in the 10am press conference where the media was assembled. I'd imagine from what I heard they were similar, probably had what they said written down on a piece of paper except for when the media asked questions. And I think that was just so the media and whatever got their due time without fans being around.
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Davebird,

I get the sense that you are not happy with this hire. Why ?
 
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Love the new hire for MBB. Don’t really follow WVB so can’t say much about that hire (from Wright State). I wonder however, if we were seriously considering Scott Nagy. If so we could have had 2 of Wright States major coaches in our view at the same time. That would have been interesting.
 
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