MICK CRONIN gets out of town

[surfxu]

To be a season ticket holder for uc basketball do you still have to buy football? Maybe it's the other way around now... IDK. I too think it's pathetic they can't fill their arena, but they have had 2 major strikes against them that we've never experienced as Xavier supporters... X has always moved UP in conference affiliation. uc went from the #1/2 basketball conference in the country to the 7th. What would happen if the BE imploded (never gonna happen, I know) and X was forced to find refuge back in the A10 or MAC? My guess is there would be some fall out from an attendance standpoint. Second, they had a coach that was not a good ambassador at all. A lot of 'fans' really didn't like him at all and based on twitter the day he was announced at ucla many were down right elated he was gone finally. X has had really good coaches that were also pretty decent people and (at the time) cared about the fans and the program. There's never been an overwhelming sense at Xavier of "well, we're glad he's gone, now we can hire a real coach". Not defending those mouth breathing water heads in gansta's paradise but it's more of an appreciation how blessed we are at Xavier.

That being said, F YTG, F uc and Let's Go X!!

[sirthought]

To be a season ticket holder for uc basketball do you still have to buy football? Maybe it's the other way around now... IDK. I too think it's pathetic they can't fill their arena, but they have had 2 major strikes against them that we've never experienced as Xavier supporters... X has always moved UP in conference affiliation. uc went from the #1/2 basketball conference in the country to the 7th. What would happen if the BE imploded (never gonna happen, I know) and X was forced to find refuge back in the A10 or MAC? My guess is there would be some fall out from an attendance standpoint. Second, they had a coach that was not a good ambassador at all. A lot of 'fans' really didn't like him at all and based on twitter the day he was announced at ucla many were down right elated he was gone finally. X has had really good coaches that were also pretty decent people and (at the time) cared about the fans and the program. There's never been an overwhelming sense at Xavier of "well, we're glad he's gone, now we can hire a real coach". Not defending those mouth breathing water heads in gansta's paradise but it's more of an appreciation how blessed we are at Xavier.

That being said, F YTG, F uc and Let's Go X!!

That season ticket policy hasn't been in place at UC since they went into the Big East.

I think you'd be surprised at how many X fans were in the same camp as far as relieved when their coach left. But X has so fewer students and alums, the pool of people who care is a lot smaller.

[Masterofreality]

To be a season ticket holder for uc basketball do you still have to buy football? Maybe it's the other way around now... IDK. I too think it's pathetic they can't fill their arena, but they have had 2 major strikes against them that we've never experienced as Xavier supporters... X has always moved UP in conference affiliation. uc went from the #1/2 basketball conference in the country to the 7th. What would happen if the BE imploded (never gonna happen, I know) and X was forced to find refuge back in the A10 or MAC? My guess is there would be some fall out from an attendance standpoint. Second, they had a coach that was not a good ambassador at all. A lot of 'fans' really didn't like him at all and based on twitter the day he was announced at ucla many were down right elated he was gone finally. X has had really good coaches that were also pretty decent people and (at the time) cared about the fans and the program. There's never been an overwhelming sense at Xavier of "well, we're glad he's gone, now we can hire a real coach". Not defending those mouth breathing water heads in gansta's paradise but it's more of an appreciation how blessed we are at Xavier.

That being said, F YTG, F uc and Let's Go X!!

Never forget, although Mickey is gone that SurfXu is the genius that glossed the midget with the "Yellow Toothed Gnome" label.
It will live forever. Well done.

[scoscox]

To be a season ticket holder for uc basketball do you still have to buy football? Maybe it's the other way around now... IDK. I too think it's pathetic they can't fill their arena, but they have had 2 major strikes against them that we've never experienced as Xavier supporters... X has always moved UP in conference affiliation. uc went from the #1/2 basketball conference in the country to the 7th. What would happen if the BE imploded (never gonna happen, I know) and X was forced to find refuge back in the A10 or MAC? My guess is there would be some fall out from an attendance standpoint. Second, they had a coach that was not a good ambassador at all. A lot of 'fans' really didn't like him at all and based on twitter the day he was announced at ucla many were down right elated he was gone finally. X has had really good coaches that were also pretty decent people and (at the time) cared about the fans and the program. There's never been an overwhelming sense at Xavier of "well, we're glad he's gone, now we can hire a real coach". Not defending those mouth breathing water heads in gansta's paradise but it's more of an appreciation how blessed we are at Xavier.

That being said, F YTG, F uc and Let's Go X!!

they were having those attendance problems when they were in the big east as well. no argument on the cronin angle. i'm sure that was a factor

[Masterofreality]

Nysier Brooks has entered his name into the Transfer Portal.

And so it begins....(Sits quietly with popcorn in hand awaiting Samari's transfer announcement and Cumberland's NBA Draft announcement).

[Muskie]

Here is the LA Times assessment of the hire (link). Apparently they tried to hire Jay Wright.

[94GRAD]

Here is the LA Times assessment of the hire (link). Apparently they tried to hire anyone else.

Fixed that for you.

[novachap]

Fixed that for you.

too funny.... must be nice to turn down a 2x salary offer... or the gig is such a dumpster fire that there is no way.

[XU 87]

too funny.... must be nice to turn down a 2x salary offer... or the gig is such a dumpster fire that there is no way.

I think UCLA thinks they are still in the Wooden years of the 60's and 70's. Anything less than a national championship in the coach's first few years, and they will want to fire him. Ben Howland went to the three straight final fours, and they still fired him a few years later. Howland even won the Pac 10 and an NCAA game in his last year.