Our Twitter has recently been abuzz about whether Ohio State is a step up from Xavier as a program. (It isn’t). With Greg McDermott feeling the same way about Creighton, the Buckeyes abandoned the lofty Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens type goals that their fawning Ohio media had set for them and came crawling back to Chris Holtmann this morning with an eight year deal rumored to be worth around $3 million per year. There are, of course, some takeaways to be had from this.
Ohio State isn’t a top tier job
Top level jobs don’t end up going to the sixth person on the initial list, nor do they give away contracts that clearly reflect the incoming coach had all the leverage.