Sean Miller

I think we are all hoping that that faith we placed in Miller (In Sean We Trust) was not "totally" misguided. We are trying to find some mitigating information to justify that trust and a chance to say we were are not complete fools.

The upshot may be; anybody that trusts anything anybody says in this crazy landscape of college athletics is a fool.

That's a shame.

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Originally Posted by JEHARDI

Below is a CBS poll of hoops coaches indicating who they believe has committed the most NIL $'s in order. Pitino is already posturing for an increase in the Johnnies funding. If Miller is using the interest TX has shown to up the ante in X commitment, I see nothing wrong with that, it is the reality of the game today .Every coach that wants to win, is or will be doing it. Coaches are getting upfront commitments from schools prior to taking a job. If our expectation is to go to the tourney every year and advance past the 1st weekend at least half the time, we should want a coach who is pushing the envelope.
To those that say Miller knew what he was getting into when he took the job, the game has continued to change over the last 3 years (not for the better) and NIL $ are vital to winning.

Arkansas
Kansas
BYU
Kentucky
Indiana
Kansas State
Baylor
Louisville
Alabama
Illinois
Texas Tech
Duke
UConn
North Carolina
Tennessee
Memphis
Texas
Ohio State
St. John's
(Other programs that received at least one vote: Arizona, Florida, Georgetown, McNeese State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Villanova, Washington.)

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Interesting.

Do you have a link to the poll? Would love to see it.

7 of the teams listed are in the Sweet 16. So less than half of the remaining field.

3 of the teams listed didn't make the tournament.

Unless the numbers are way off on what is being reported on the periphery by other schools, Louisville being up there is inaccurate information. It's being reported and i'm being told that the number is going to significantly increase next year, but this past year it wasn't that big.

I'd find it hard to believe that Ohio State, Baylor are really up there as well considering their rosters. But who knows. I think a lot of coaches are just guessing like the rest of us.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Unless the numbers are way off on what is being reported on the periphery by other schools, Louisville being up there is inaccurate information. It's being reported and i'm being told that the number is going to significantly increase next year, but this past year it wasn't that big.

I'd find it hard to believe that Ohio State, Baylor are really up there as well considering their rosters. But who knows. I think a lot of coaches are just guessing like the rest of us.

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Widely reported by other coaches that were competing with Louisville for players last year that Kelsey had bags of cash and was throwing $ around. The big Louisville donors stepped up, which is not surprising given what they went through.

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

Interesting.

Do you have a link to the poll? Would love to see it.

7 of the teams listed are in the Sweet 16. So less than half of the remaining field.

3 of the teams listed didn't make the tournament.

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Maybe we should just hire a few private investigators, dig up a little dirt on some of the players we want and then just extort them to play for us for a few bucks. It would “appear” that we have a lot of NIL and people would assume as much.

It seems like anything goes nowadays. It blackmail EXPLICITLY prohibited by the NCAA?

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Originally Posted by Xville

Unless the numbers are way off on what is being reported on the periphery by other schools, Louisville being up there is inaccurate information. It's being reported and i'm being told that the number is going to significantly increase next year, but this past year it wasn't that big.

I'd find it hard to believe that Ohio State, Baylor are really up there as well considering their rosters. But who knows. I think a lot of coaches are just guessing like the rest of us.

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Many of the bigger schools have alums that can just pay players directly without going through NIL funds. That sorta stuff still happens even in this current era.

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Originally Posted by JEHARDI

Widely reported by other coaches that were competing with Louisville for players last year that Kelsey had bags of cash and was throwing $ around. The big Louisville donors stepped up, which is not surprising given what they went through.

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Simply look at the roster this year and tell me they competed with top ten money. Not one nba guy on their roster, three guys from Charleston. Hepburn cost some money and so did edwards but the rest of the guys were not highly sought after.

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

Please stop.

If you were not a long time poster, I'd think Miller's son was behind your account.

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I’m not happy he’s leaving at all and I hope the Texas program finishes last in the SEC from now to the end of time. I’m just saying none of us really know what all is going on and am offering my opinion on it and the state of Xavier basketball.


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I mean I think we can all agree if Sean had another mediocre year next year we prob would want to move on. He knew that too. No way does he want to be fired. He saw an opportunity that will keep him from being fired. I could not stand that man yesterday for what he did but after calming down I think he realizes he will prob be fired soon and this was his best chance to keep that from happening.

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Originally Posted by OTRMUSKIE

I mean I think we can all agree if Sean had another mediocre year next year we prob would want to move on. He knew that too. No way does he want to be fired. He saw an opportunity that will keep him from being fired. I could not stand that man yesterday for what he did but after calming down I think he realizes he will prob be fired soon and this was his best chance to keep that from happening.

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I don’t know what fantasy land you are living in. We extended him to 2029. Not like X has the cash to be firing top tier coaches.