Are you seriously trying to compare O'Brien to Matta?
Nobody said they didn't care about basketball. What was said is outside of a brief period in the 60s they've never been a historically great basketball program. They are football power, not a basketball power like UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, etc. Matta made OSU basketball nationally relevant again the same way Dantonio made MSU nationally relevant in football. MSU shouldn't fire Dantonio for 1-2 down seasons and OSU shouldn't fire Matta because he had 1-2 down years.