Sean Miller Podcast

[PaulFritschner]

Ep. 21: The Film Room feat. Dayvion McKnight - https://youtu.be/w8-IOZ31F80?si=ewBa4v6E2_0U_OSZ

[XUGRAD80]

Today’s podcast with Bob Stack is one that everyone who is a Xavier fan should listen to. Old timers (like me) will appreciate the look back and newbies will see just how far things have come. Everyone will learn a thing or two.

Also…..after listening to this podcast I’m more positive than ever that Coach Miller isn’t going anywhere.

[PaulFritschner]

Ep. 22: Bob Staak - https://youtu.be/FeYX_uoMu6A?si=EHxnvskFLGORv6hU

[noteggs]

Awesome awesome podcast! Reminds me of the Xavier Ohio days when we had no identity! Remember what Bob meant to our program. What a treasure he was along with Bill Daly!

[JTG]

Awesome awesome podcast! Reminds me of the Xavier Ohio days when we had no identity! Remember what Bob meant to our program. What a treasure he was along with Bill Daly!

Every fan under 50 should watch this episode to see how obscure Xavier was when Staak took over. X was guaranteed win night for every team they played. So bad that they were losing to DIII schools. He tells a story about coaching friends telling him he was going to a coaches graveyard. Definitely people who have only been around since X was good need to see where we came from.

[Xville]

Every fan under 50 should watch this episode to see how obscure Xavier was when Staak took over. X was guaranteed win night for every team they played. So bad that they were losing to DIII schools. He tells a story about coaching friends telling him he was going to a coaches graveyard. Definitely people who have only been around since X was good need to see where we came from.

As one of those under 50 fans, I really enjoyed this episode. When I was looking at colleges , there was a Xavier rep who came and spoke in one of my high school classes. At the time I thought, oh yeah they have a pretty decent basketball program (this was '98-99), that could be cool. Honestly, I probably would have never given X a look without the basketball program. It wasn't everything to me of course, but it certainly helped me notice them. I'm sure that can be said for a lot of folks.

[SteveSpivery]

remembering dr william daily

[xudash]

I've shared this before, but I'll share it again.

Actually, before I do, and given that Coach Staak mentioned it, I now vividly remember the coaches offices that were established in the O'Connor Sports Center. Just imagine if Bill Daly and company had not been responsive enough to that request. It sounds like it was that close.

Just consider for a moment that Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse was just over 50 YEARS OLD when Coach Staak took the job! 1928 state-of-the-art architecture varnished in Hudepohl Beer over 5 decades. It was THE bomb in the late 20's - apparently one of the nicest on campus facilities around, certainly in the State of Ohio. It looked like it had been bombed by the time Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles were a big thing.

Additionally, as he mentioned in the podcast, Xavier then isn't even a smidgeon close to what Xavier is now.

The vision this man had by tying together Eastern and Midwestern recruiting potential was a masterstroke.

So, back to the sharing again thing: imagine being a student at X in the 70's. JTG is spot on. Digger Phelps at Notre Dame, Al McGuire at Marquette and even the nimrods from Dayton could look upon a road game at Xavier as an automatic W. That was probably because X was fully capable of losing to teams like Ashland College back then, among others. You were subjected to steady doses of Tay Baker basketball. He was a guy that was let go by UC. He was a guy that didn't like being inconvenienced by the recruiting process for basketball players, as it took him away from the golf course (he was a member at a west side club - I'm recalling Clovernook).

At any rate, Bob Staak comes in and among all the other things he has to do in order to pull this program up and out of the ashes, he actually stages a PEP RALLY in the Armory. If you were in the building that evening, you really didn't know how to act or what to think. Now, part of that most likely involved pre-event stimulates of a number of varieties delivered through multiple intake systems.

Nonetheless, the newness of it and the idea being offered that Xavier could become GOOD in NCAA D1 basketball made for a curious and memorable evening. Everyone there that night - assuming they weren't seeing two of everything at that point - understood that the road would be long. Yet, regardless of anyone's physical state of being at that moment, EVERYONE THERE KNEW THAT XAVIER HAD AT LEAST JUST BEEN PUT ON THE ROAD. Everyone knew, for the first time in too many years, that there was hope and that we might actually have something to be proud of down the road.

What a road it has been, and still is yet to be.

[bjf123]

He was a guy that didn't like being inconvenienced by the recruiting process for basketball players, as it took him away from the golf course (he was a member at a west side club - I'm recalling Clovernook).

You recall correctly. I played many rounds with him there. He was club champion once, late 70s or early 80s.

Back on the topic of Bob Staak, my then girlfriend’s, now wife’s, best friend in college had a party in the basement of her parents’ home for a bunch of us who hung out together. We were quite surprised when Coach Staak and a couple of players showed up! No clue who told them about the party.


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[Masterofreality]

I loved the podcast, except for one thing.
There was zero mention of the most important recruit that Bob Staak was able to get- Anthony Hicks from
Birmingham Alabama. He was a true game changer.
I would have loved to hear the story as to how they got Anthony to commit.
He’s an XU Hall of Famer the first year he was eligible and scored 1,805 career points!
How can he be forgotten??