If there was one true question about Chris Holtmann when the Ohio State Buckeyes hired him back in the summer of 2017, it was about his ability to recruit at an Ohio State level. Holtmann was a proven in-game coach, a proven talent developer and assessor, and a proven program builder. However, he was coming from Butler, where the recruiting competition is, to put it frankly, different. It’s a different world. Different kind of players. It wasn’t a fair question, but it was a question. Holtmann had few ties to Ohio State, and he was going to be expected to recruit the best of the Buckeye state immediately.