Chris Jent, your new assistant coach

• Midstate01

  

  I love this hire!!! Jent was the first basketball player I really liked at osu as a kid. And I always tried to play just like him, diving all over the floor and hustling. I'm very excited to have him back at OSU!!
• cbus4life

  Love the hire, couldn't have asked for anything more, IMO.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Saw his last game (I think) at Rupp in '92 against Michigan.....good game, seems like a great guy.
• The Answer

  Great to see Jent back at OSU. I heard he replaced Brandon Miller. Where did he go? I didnt know that he left
• vball10set

  cbus4life;817093 wrote:Love the hire, couldn't have asked for anything more, IMO.

  
  agreed--he was Robin to Jim Jackson's Batman, and was the ultimate team player...a great addition to Mad Thatta's staff
• gerb131

  

  Someones gonna be diving all over the floor this year.
• se-alum

  

  The Answer;817111 wrote:Great to see Jent back at OSU. I heard he replaced Brandon Miller. Where did he go? I didnt know that he left

  Miller resigned to spend more time w/ his family.
• wildcats20

  

  GREAT hire by Thad.
  
  Loved what he was able to do with Bron and the Cavs and should be a great addition to the squad.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Can't believe they were able to get him. I thought he was closer to an NBA head coach compared to a college assistant.
• sleeper

  

  Wow what a steal.
• cat_lover

  Good hire. Liked his intensity and hustle when he played and it seems he has carried that over to his coaching.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  BTW isn't he from New Jersey? I thought it was odd that he went to OSU in the first place.
• adog

  Manhattan Buckeye;818034 wrote:BTW isn't he from New Jersey? I thought it was odd that he went to OSU in the first place.

  From Sparta NJ, recruited by Gary Williams........and a great hire by Thad
• thedynasty1998

  

  I was a little surprised the Heat didn't hire him considering how closely he worked with Lebron.
• Midstate01

  

  thedynasty1998;818201 wrote:I was a little surprised the Heat didn't hire him considering how closely he worked with Lebron.

  
  I was too
• Writerbuckeye

  

  gerb131;817175 wrote:Someones gonna be diving all over the floor this year.

  
  Aaron Craft says: How quickly they forget...
• gerb131

  

  Writerbuckeye;818256 wrote:Aaron Craft says: How quickly they forget...

  
  Ya got me on that one....
• adog

  Writerbuckeye;818256 wrote:Aaron Craft says: How quickly they forget...

  
  This post made me think...Jent coming on board is a plus in the development of Craft and Scott, who comes in next year. Both are more point guard, and 1 may have to slide to the 2 spot if/when both onfloor same time. Jents coaching a big bonus for these 2 with shot selection etc.
• centralbucksfan

  adog;819827 wrote:This post made me think...Jent coming on board is a plus in the development of Craft and Scott, who comes in next year. Both are more point guard, and 1 may have to slide to the 2 spot if/when both onfloor same time. Jents coaching a big bonus for these 2 with shot selection etc.

  
  Will be interesting to see how Matta handles the Craft/ Scott situation. Scott is a pure PG with pretty good skills. Little shakey shooting the ball. But as far as floor vision and penetration, he is very good. I can see him coming off the bench for Craft, or coming on the floor and moving Craft to the 2. Its a good problem to have! Especially after we had a couple seasons of having no true PG!
  
  Jent hiring is terrific. Not sure we could have asked for a better hire as an asst. coach. He knows OSU, been invovled in college and pro-ball. Not that Matta needs it, but Jent is only going to help even more in recruiting with this resume.
• wildcats20

  

  centralbucksfan;819854 wrote:Will be interesting to see how Matta handles the Craft/ Scott situation. Scott is a pure PG with pretty good skills. Little shakey shooting the ball. But as far as floor vision and penetration, he is very good. I can see him coming off the bench for Craft, or coming on the floor and moving Craft to the 2. Its a good problem to have! Especially after we had a couple seasons of having no true PG!
  
  Jent hiring is terrific. Not sure we could have asked for a better hire as an asst. coach. He knows OSU, been invovled in college and pro-ball. Not that Matta needs it, but Jent is only going to help even more in recruiting with this resume.

  
  Maybe grooming him to take over when Matta steps away? I know that is several years away(IMO), but you never know...
• wes_mantooth

  

  wildcats20;819855 wrote:Maybe grooming him to take over when Matta steps away? I know that is several years away(IMO), but you never know...

  
  That is what I thought too, but I bet he gets a head coaching job somewhere else before matta retires.
• centralbucksfan

  wes_mantooth;819857 wrote:That is what I thought too, but I bet he gets a head coaching job somewhere else before matta retires.

  
  I am very excited for Jent to be an asst. coach for OSU. But as a head coach, without ever having been one, at a big time university...thats a stretch. And as mentioned here, Matta seems to groom coaches pretty well. Then they get an opportunity to be a head coach. In an ideal situation, Jent is here for a few years, makes move to head coach somewhere, gains that head coaching experience, then in time could return. Who knows.
• hoops23

  

  Chris Jent said the only job he'd leave the Cavs for was a job at OSU.
  
  I don't see him leaving there at all. He'll probably be the next HC, IMO. Terrific assistant coach and very loyal.