IF Steele, ideas about assistants?

[Juice]

You need 2 assistants who are ace recruiters, and a guy to work with the bigs. So Steele has to replace himself, first, and that is a tall order. He caused big-time havoc to IU, Purdue, and Butler in Indiana. It would be nice if he could lure Howard from Nova, but probably won't happen. Not sure I'd be on board with an AAU coach. Lots of issues there.

How do you think Steele got his start?

[bleedXblue]

Why would Dante be a good hire? I don't know that much about it, for sure, but he doesn't seem to have distinguished himself in the coaching ranks just yet.

Well, he's a Xavier guy #1. He knows our program, our culture and Steele for sure. He's already into coaching and clearly wants to make it his profession. I think he's a great young guy who could make a great impression on kids. Is that enough reason????

[GoMuskies]

Not really. He's seemed to struggle to find gigs. He doesn't seem to be moving UP. Robert Morris is pretty much the bottom of the barrel in Division I. I'd love to have a Xavier guy on the bench, but only if it's a Xavier guy who is qualified to be there. Not sure Dante fits that bill. Of the names thrown around, Thornton is the only one who seems like he might be qualified to be a Xavier assistant.

[dubbledxu]

Not really. He's seemed to struggle to find gigs. He doesn't seem to be moving UP. Robert Morris is pretty much the bottom of the barrel in Division I. I'd love to have a Xavier guy on the bench, but only if it's a Xavier guy who is qualified to be there. Not sure Dante fits that bill. Of the names thrown around, Thornton is the only one who seems like he might be qualified to be a Xavier assistant.

Thornton would be a great #2 assistant IMO.

[xukeith]

I imagine several assistants around the country have submitted resumes or phone calls to get IN at Xavier.
They might know it is a cradle of coaches OR they want a pay raise as they are in lower schools. And X is a top 25 program.

[bleedXblue]

Not really. He's seemed to struggle to find gigs. He doesn't seem to be moving UP. Robert Morris is pretty much the bottom of the barrel in Division I. I'd love to have a Xavier guy on the bench, but only if it's a Xavier guy who is qualified to be there. Not sure Dante fits that bill. Of the names thrown around, Thornton is the only one who seems like he might be qualified to be a Xavier assistant.

Was Steele qualified 9 years ago for an assistant gig?

[GetUp5]

Dante's Path... Seems pretty normal to me. Don't know if you guys realize how hard it is to get a paid D-1 assistant gig even if you're a former player. Would love to have Dante on the staff. Not the top assistant, but he definitely deserves a look.

Grad assistant at Ohio U and Xavier
Paid assistant at NKU, coach gets fired
Paid assistant at Air Force
Luke Murray hooks him up with the Robert Morris job this year, leaving Air Force because there were "so many staff members that we weren't asked to do a ton because we had so many people".

[GoMuskies]

Was Steele qualified 9 years ago for an assistant gig?

Apparently he was. Perhaps Steele will think Dante is qualified. I'm just not sure what Dante has done other that be a Xavier grad to this point that qualifies him.

[Snipe]

prolly too soon to hire JP as an assistant....

[ArizonaXUGrad]

I think there is a 5 year wait for grad assistants. JP will have a Euro career waiting for him if he wants it. Kid is too good to make 100k a year or more over there.


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