Michael Redd, Lawrence Funderburke, Brad Sellers and Ron Stokes were among the former Ohio State players who expressed their support for Jake Diebler on Monday.
The potential of Ohio State men’s basketball was represented by its history inside the Schottenstein Center on Monday.in a press conference, more than 15 former Ohio State players were in the audience watching. That group included some of the best players to come through the program over the past four decades, such as Brad Sellers , Lawrence Funderburke , Michael Redd and Aaron Craft , among others.
“This is just the beginning of us building and growing that relationship. Because this is your program.” Although Diebler had never been a head coach before he became Ohio State’s interim coach on Feb. 14, the former players who were in attendance on Monday are confident that the 37-year-old Diebler, who had been an assistant coach for Ohio State since 2019, is ready for the job.
“He’s sincere with his message,” Stokes told Eleven Warriors. “There's no fakeness in it. I mean, he really cares about this university. He can't help it. I mean, he grew up in this state and his brother played here, and I think that's the biggest thing. He's genuine, and I think people who have interacted with him, all the former players, that's why they’re vouching for him, because they really feel that he's the right guy.
“There's a formula here that has worked over the decades. And one of the greatest things you have in this facility and in this state and this university are the peers that have come through here to help him,” Sellers told Eleven Warriors. “You have to understand the value of what that is, because it unlocks so many different things that you don't even know are out there. But it can help you.
“It's not enough just to contend for the Big Ten,” said Funderburke. “We got to get some more banners up here in terms of Final Four banners and hopefully getting another national championship.”
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