With the obviously huge news of Thad Matta stepping down as the head coach for Ohio State basketball, there’s another storyline that’s worth watching. The Buckeyes athletic director, Gene Smith, has perhaps his most difficult task in front of him. Smith made the hire of football coach Urban Meyer, which was a home run from day one, but in reality, the fact that a two-time national champion at Florida with great ties to the state of Ohio and even the Ohio State program itself was available was mostly just luck. As Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com points out, there isn’t an Urban Meyer when trying to replace Thad Matta.
Ohio State’s Gene Smith has his toughest hire ahead of him
