About 2 weeks ago my father and i got into a discussion about the state of Xavier basketball. He graduated from XU in 1972. We've had season tickets since 1990 when we moved back to Cincinnati. He gave up on steele last season or the one before. He stopped going to games this season because the product on the court is "unwatchable" and just not any fun anymore to go to these games. He continued about how its an embarrassment and how he can't remember being so disgusted watching. It reminded me of a discussion we had around 30 years ago. XU was in the MCC and playing at the gardens. We showed up to the game extra early that day because something big was happening. Notre Dame was coming to the gardens to play little old Xavier. We were on our way to the big time. Big schools were willing to come play at our house. My father was more excited for that game then i ever remember. The excitement on his face. we stood down leaning on the hockey walls watching warmups.

Its hard to imagine now, that this was that big of a deal some 30 years ago and how far we've come. A lot of younger fans wont understand or appreciate this but im sure some older ones will. I was in grade school for this game and I could barely tell you anything about that game, just the excitement and how it had my father convinced we were on our way as a program. 30 years of work and now we're on the verge of throwing it away. There are ebbs and flows but to soar this high to give it away for a mediocre coach. I was excited for the Steele higher when it was announced. Plus his father-in-law on the board, no way he's going anywhere and we've got our coach for life that we've always wished for. The experiment has been run and its time to take a serious look at the results and the results are failure. Its time to move on continue to Build this Xavier brand. We got ourselves to the big leagues but if we can't be competitive, not just competitive, i expect to challenge for the league title at least most seasons, more than half. Under Steele, we've seen that won't happen and the time has come to move on and make changes that are needed to make that happen.

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