COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two questions quickly jumped to mind after Ohio State basketball named Chris Holtmann the new head coach of the program on Friday:

1. Can he recruit?

2. How soon can he get the program turned around?

Those questions go hand-in-hand, and they're important. Athletic director Gene Smith fired Thad Matta last Monday because he in part felt the program had been trending in the wrong direction. It's Holtmann's job to fix it.

That's what I tackled in a special edition of our Buckeye Talk Podcast. To get a quick gauge of where the fan base is immediately after the hire, I asked for some questions on Twitter and answered them in the podcast below.

Some of the topics covered include: Holtmann's recruiting past, coaching style, what he can accomplish next season with the current roster, what his coaching staff might look like and how long until Ohio State is once again a consistently strong program.

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