The video quickly made headlines. A frustrated Thad Matta let loose at a golf outing in Powell, Ohio and said his Ohio State's men's basketball program "got rid of problems, but kept solutions."
Matta's club went 21-14 and 11-7 in Big Ten play last season, bowing out to Florida in the second round of the NIT. With question a noticeably down year for Matta, and four players from Ohio State's 2015 recruiting class — all but one being from out of state — transferred out.
Matta's boss, Ohio State Director of Athletics and Vice President Gene Smith, saw the video of Matta's recent comments and knows the coach and program must do better this winter.