Want:
1. Motta: Doubt he'll come, but he was one of the best other than two years at OSU. He'd bring a big name, Midwest and Ohio Valley recruiting and solid X's and O's.
2. Bielein: Pretty much the same, but also has NBA ties, and I actually like that he'd only be here for a decade or so.
3. Fred: While it'll be tougher for him to do what he did the first time around, he still has the same NBA ties, name value and X's & O's knowledge. I think he'd create enough buzz to keep our good/high potential players/recruits, and I think his top recruits would follow him here, such that I think we'd actually have a potentially good to very good roster next year (Hunter, Bolton, McGowens, McGowens & Foster). I would want him to bring in a defensive-minded assistant to play bad cop.
4. Mid-major defensive-mindset / culture guy: Smith/Moser/DeVries
Think:
1. TJ
2. Fred
Not Want:
1. A "search" that is solely focused on TJ and then we hire TJ. Notably, I'd be OK with TJ if we did a thorough search and he was the best candidate.
NOTE: I'm not a Hoiboy or whatever they are called, but I am very surprised how many folks don't want him. I get the disappointment over his unfortunate departure, and I think it'll much more difficult to win the transfer battle this time around, but he did have great success while at ISU and is bringing in very high level recruits to a place which is an even harder sale than ISU.