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    I think a school like DePaul would love him. But he wouldn’t do that, he wont go somewhere that isn’t set up to be successful. He wouldn’t come back to X, but he brought an intensity and attitude I really liked. I think he built some of the more well rounded teams X has had, but that Sean is much better at development and getting the most out of guys. (IE, Sean is the better coach)

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    I would just like to add that he made a colossally stupid move leaving X to go to a program that was in the middle of an absolute dumpster fire. I thought he was going to be the guy that stayed for 15-20 years and really solidified the HC spot for X. Hometown guy and graduate of Xavier. F you Mack.

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    Mack could turn things around at DePaul. It would be a very different situation than Xavier or Louisville, but he'd offer a great track record to sell them, with knowledge of playing AND winning in the Big East. He's familiar with the recruiting region. The program would get as much media attention, or possibly more, than what Xavier has had for years.

    Yes, the arena situation is a mess. But someone is going to eventually steer that ship in the right direction, and when they do they are a LOT of positives going for the school.

    After the mistakes he's made with his most recent jobs, paired with DePaul's lack of success hiring a winning coach, I think the two parties would really appreciate the opportunity to move forward together. And I think he'd have more leeway than at some other schools in big conferences. Yes, he could be comfortable at a smaller program. But every challenge that would bring would be just as hard as doing it at DePaul. Might as well be at basketball school in the Big East.

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    Maybe pre-NIL. But I’ve seen rumors that they have extremely extremely low NIL stuff. The job is considered the worst among big 6 schools. He’s be better off going to a mid major program that’s typically in top half of their league and building that up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sirthought View Post
    Mack could turn things around at DePaul. It would be a very different situation than Xavier or Louisville, but he'd offer a great track record to sell them, with knowledge of playing AND winning in the Big East. He's familiar with the recruiting region. The program would get as much media attention, or possibly more, than what Xavier has had for years.

    Yes, the arena situation is a mess. But someone is going to eventually steer that ship in the right direction, and when they do they are a LOT of positives going for the school.

    After the mistakes he's made with his most recent jobs, paired with DePaul's lack of success hiring a winning coach, I think the two parties would really appreciate the opportunity to move forward together. And I think he'd have more leeway than at some other schools in big conferences. Yes, he could be comfortable at a smaller program. But every challenge that would bring would be just as hard as doing it at DePaul. Might as well be at basketball school in the Big East.
    I think he will want to stay somewhat close to home AND a situation where he can win within 2-3 years at most.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bleedXblue View Post
    I would just like to add that he made a colossally stupid move leaving X to go to a program that was in the middle of an absolute dumpster fire. I thought he was going to be the guy that stayed for 15-20 years and really solidified the HC spot for X. Hometown guy and graduate of Xavier. F you Mack.
    He got bags on cash and had every leverage angle he could have hoped for during the Louisville mess. He set his family up for life financially and has enjoyed the high life for the last 2 years because of it. And now he can pick and choose knowing he has that stability. Sucked for us, but pretty good for him, even with getting fired.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xavier View Post
    Maybe pre-NIL. But I’ve seen rumors that they have extremely extremely low NIL stuff. The job is considered the worst among big 6 schools. He’s be better off going to a mid major program that’s typically in top half of their league and building that up.
    Agree. Obviously no idea what his mindset is, but something like a A-10 or Missouri Valley upper echelon school would be more attractive to me, than a dumpster fire like a Depaul or Vanderbilt.

    As someone else mentioned, a SLU type job I think would be extremely attractive. Good recruiting ground, good facilities, decent conference with more resources available than most of the other teams in the league.

    Not that they are going to fire their coach, but someone else like a Belmont in the Missouri Valley that has had a good run would make sense to me.

    I'm just really curious as to what programs he attracts interest from, how people view him right now. Maybe enough time has passed, but he turned what was a small dumpster fire into a five alarm send in the troops type situation at Louisville do to him literally quitting on the team. The administration of course had a hand in that but still, it was a bad look.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drudy23 View Post
    He got bags on cash and had every leverage angle he could have hoped for during the Louisville mess. He set his family up for life financially and has enjoyed the high life for the last 2 years because of it. And now he can pick and choose knowing he has that stability. Sucked for us, but pretty good for him, even with getting fired.
    He didn't get fired, he literally quit. I understand that that is what was presented in the national media, or a "mutual parting of ways" but the local people here in and around the administration, media all said he quit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xville View Post
    Agree. Obviously no idea what his mindset is, but something like a A-10 or Missouri Valley upper echelon school would be more attractive to me, than a dumpster fire like a Depaul or Vanderbilt.

    As someone else mentioned, a SLU type job I think would be extremely attractive. Good recruiting ground, good facilities, decent conference with more resources available than most of the other teams in the league.

    Not that they are going to fire their coach, but someone else like a Belmont in the Missouri Valley that has had a good run would make sense to me.

    I'm just really curious as to what programs he attracts interest from, how people view him right now. Maybe enough time has passed, but he turned what was a small dumpster fire into a five alarm send in the troops type situation at Louisville do to him literally quitting on the team. The administration of course had a hand in that but still, it was a bad look.
    OMG. I never even thought of Mack to SLU. That would be a homerun hire for my Billikens. We have seen what a really good coach can do at SLU (Majerus who had SLU in the top 10). They have the fan support, the facilities, and the location, they just need a good coach.
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    I would always choose DePaul over the lower conference because the media dollars for the athletic program are going to be that much better with a Big East school. Plus, althought there are some lower conference schools that do pretty well at the box office, the potential to have a strong schedule each year is so much more possible in the upper conferences. Easier to get a good overall strength of schedule. More opportunities for Q1 games.

    Let's face it, being in the A10 got to be such a slog. I think Mack could improve things in 2-3 years at DePaul.

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