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Good Lord can you not read? I said we must continue to recruit at a high level. Directly from my post. We must recruit high level players to compete with Villanova in the Big East and make big runs in the NCAA tournament. We ain’t in the A10 anymore. Start having some ambition on wanting the program to continue to strengthen as a power basketball school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smails
You think X needs to recruit better than when in the A-10 and that X needs to get high level recruits? That is a great idea!! I wonder if any of the coaches have thought of this? Maybe you should send Steele an email.Quote:
Originally Posted by xuphan
I think we all WANT it.....but someone once sang...”you can’t always get what you want”. I’m certainly not complacent, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be be happy either. Can’t appreciate just how far X has come in a relatively short time. Sometimes one of the hardest things to realize is just how good you have it, and X has it pretty good. I do wish some of the people here would realize that, and appreciate it more than they seem to. Doesn’t mean we can’t want more in the future, but a little appreciation for what has been accomplished is a good thing to.Quote:
Originally Posted by bleedXblue
No, every school including Kentucky misses out on players they spent a lot of time recruiting. We seem to miss out on more than our fair share in this recruiting class and end up living in the transfer portal. I do have to ask, What are your ambitions for the Xavier program moving forward XU87? You seem very content on being a mid pack team in the big East each year and A bubble team for the tournament. Is that accurate because you keep calling me a troll and a delusional Xavier fan for wanting the program to continue to grow and develop. I am guessing your one of those fans that truly wished we would have stayed in the A10.Quote:
Originally Posted by XU 87
Jeez why don't you cut the guy a break and stop being such a condescending dick.Quote:
Originally Posted by XU 87
Thanks for your input, champ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Final4
I want X to win a national championship. That's what I want. And I think the 2004 Elite 8 team that lost to Duke and the team that lost to Wisconsin in the second round a few years ago had a chance to do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by xuphan
But I don't lose sleep and worry that the program is going down the tubes because X missed out on a recruit.
Uh, I think we are continuing to recruit at a high level if Steele's first two classes count as continuing to recruit. Both were ranked in the top 20 classes in all of D-1 basketball. But thanks for playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by xuphan
[QUOTE=XU 87;678302]I want X to win a national championship. That's what I want. And I think the 2004 Elite 8 team that lost to Duke and the team that lost to Wisconsin in the second round a few years ago had a chance to do that.
But I don't lose sleep and worry that the program is going down the tubes because X missed out on a recruit.
I am glad to hear that you also want Xavier to win a nation championship. I also agree that the 2004 Elite 8 team had a good shot at winning it. We were on such as great run and got screwed by the refs. My concern with recruiting for this class is the amount of misses we have had on the recruiting trail. It’s not one recruit but a number of recruits we have missed on. Yes, Steele has gotten some good recruits to sign which I am excited about but he has also missed on some which have required us to basically live in the transfer portal. We potentially may have 5 transfers on our roster next year. In my opinion, that tells me that there are issues with the roster. I don’t mind getting a transfer or two as it has been a major bonus for our teams in the past but they only have one year to make an impact. Living on transfers is not going to elevate the program to where we want it to be. Again, this is my opinion and you may not agree with it. That is totally fine but you need to stop with calling me a troll.
Yes. Like I said, not many. I think they have had 3 or 4 but most after they started winning championships. Were usually 3 and 4 star guys. Obviously they have done well evaluating talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by bleedXblue