View Poll Results: Where is Mack coaching next year
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Louisville
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With Miller at Pitt
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NKU
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Dayton
4 28.57%
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01-25-2022, 10:31 PM #91
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01-25-2022, 10:35 PM #92
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01-26-2022, 08:13 AM #93
I had to look up Mack's age - at 52 he is a little older than I thought. Still a pretty young age to retire, but he could always retire from coaching and do something else involving basketball, or start some other kind of business. I don't think he has the personality to be a commentator though.
The problem he has a little bit is that his brand is pretty damaged, especially in Louisville, but also to an extent in Cincinnati. That will likely limit his options. He can't really trade on his name by opening a restaurant or car dealership or something.
If the rumors are true that Xavier was willing to pay him up to (or even close to) $3MM per year, going to Louisville may very well have cost him money overall, depending on where he goes next and how soon. He would have had an incredibly long leash at Xavier, probably for about as long as he wanted to continue to coach. Either way he should be set for life financially, but money often buys less happiness than people think, especially highly competitive people.Eat Donuts!
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01-26-2022, 08:14 AM #94
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This seems like a popular opinion. I disagree he quit on the team. And no coach is tossing away a tournament as a one seed. I think they played a bad matchup in FSU, with a horrible call on JP toward the Latter part of the game. He won the big East that year. I just donÂ’t think he gave up on the team. I think the 2seed year was a much bigger choke job, considering they had like a 7-8 point lead with 6 minutes left.
Recruiting? I can definitely buy that and people have every right to think it’s bush league/be mad about how he “recruited”‘on his way out
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01-26-2022, 09:19 AM #95
When a "marriage" breaks up, perceived slights are always magnified.
...he went up late, and I was already up there.
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01-26-2022, 09:21 AM #96
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01-26-2022, 09:21 AM #97
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He was very dramatic about saying U of L would be THE LAST place he ever coaches.
I could absolutely see him retiring from coaching and going to TV. He personality isn't perfect for TV, but he would be great at X and O analysis. He would gain credibility just from that.
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01-26-2022, 09:23 AM #98
It probably has to do with him being an alum and he still left. Whenever X does well, I always here rumblings from people about how our coach is going to leave for a "real basketball" school. So when Mack was having success here, I thought maybe since he's an alum he will be different and stay.
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01-26-2022, 09:42 AM #99
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01-26-2022, 09:45 AM #100
A) He has said both privately and publically that he did not want to Coach past age 55. He was 48 when he took the UL job. Was planning on 8 years.
B) The $3 million / year from X is absolutely accurate. The big donors were solicited and that was a legit offer from Christopher to him"I Got CHAMPIONS in that Lockerroom!" -Stanley Burrell
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