College Basketball Transfer Portal 2024-2025

[xuphan]

You sure about that? lol in a week coaches can only make phone calls you are wondering why Sean is making calls on vacation instead of in his office. (Unless you really think a D1 college coach wouldn’t make a phone call on vacation. That would be quite the take) Seems to be a bit much.

Where did I say that I wondered why Sean was making phone calls on vacation? I never said that. I have said repeatedly that it is not a good look for him to be on vacation with the state the roster is currently in and after that disastrous season.

[Xville]

Where did I say that I wondered why Sean was making phone calls on vacation? I never said that. I have said repeatedly that it is not a good look for him to be on vacation with the state the roster is currently in and after that disastrous season.

My question would be what would you have liked miller to be doing during this week that he could only be doing if he were in Cincinnati? That’s the point. There’s only so much you can do right now.

[xuphan]

Just because it closes, doesn’t mean you can’t recruit players out of there. All player decisions regarding going to the portal or not will be made by May, not all players that will enter have entered yet. I think now is a much better time than then.

As for Steele vs miller, miller has earned the right to receive the benefit of the doubt. When he fails to go to 4 straight tournaments at Xavier, then I guess that benefit of the doubt will go away.

What has Miller done to deserve the benefit of the doubt? I like Miller but what has he done to deserve it? He coached a team primarily made of Steele’s players to an NCAA tournament. He assembled and coached arguably the worst team in modern history last season. He failed to bring in an impact 5 last season. We have seen constant high level turnover since he has been the coach. If we really want to get into history, he left our program to go to Arizona. Told a recruit that our program was a Buick compared to a Lexus. I want Miller to succeed but what has he done exactly to warrant these rights and benefits? He seems to need to earn that right and I bet even he would say that right now.

Like I have repeatedly said, I think it is a bad look for him to be on vacation with the state of the roster and the performance of last season. I know people have their own opinions but I am not the only one who shares my concerns. I will be happy to eat crow if Miller is able to get us competitive again at the top of the Big East next season but you can’t deny the major concerns in the front court that have yet to be addressed.

[Xavier]

Where did I say that I wondered why Sean was making phone calls on vacation? I never said that. I have said repeatedly that it is not a good look for him to be on vacation with the state the roster is currently in and after that disastrous season.

My man…take a deep breath. Everyone agrees If healthy we would have been a tournament team last year. Fresh off our worst 4 year stretch in decades he brought X one its best seasons of all time in year one. All he can do right now is make calls. And youÂ’re upset because of where he is making those calls.

Is he allowed to make them at home? Or can it only be at Cintas? Where do you think it is acceptable to make phone calls?

[Xville]

What has Miller done to deserve the benefit of the doubt? I like Miller but what has he done to deserve it? He coached a team primarily made of Steele’s players to an NCAA tournament. He assembled and coached arguably the worst team in modern history last season. He failed to bring in an impact 5 last season. We have seen constant high level turnover since he has been the coach. If we really want to get into history, he left our program to go to Arizona. Told a recruit that our program was a Buick compared to a Lexus. I want Miller to succeed but what has he done exactly to warrant these rights and benefits? He seems to need to earn that right and I bet even he would say that right now.

Like I have repeatedly said, I think it is a bad look for him to be on vacation with the state of the roster and the performance of last season. I know people have their own opinions but I am not the only one who shares my concerns. I will be happy to eat crow if Miller is able to get us competitive again at the top of the Big East next season but you can’t deny the major concerns in the front court that have yet to be addressed.

What has he done? Oh boy.

Sweet 16 two years ago.

3x a10 reg season champ

5 x pac 10 reg season champ

3x time pac 10 tourney champ

4x reg season conference coach of the year

4 elite eights

4 sweet 16s

Brought in boum, olivari, and McKnight in the portal the last two seasons. I’ll trust with a clearer picture and timeline, he will get what he needs to get in the frontcourt.


Call me crazy but I’ll be concerned about the frontcourt situation when practice begins, if it’s still a concern, not 2-3 weeks into portal season.

[Xavier]

It is hard to argue what Sean has done when people throw away a season Sean took a roster that never finished higher than 6th in the big east or made the tournament and turned it into a 2nd place Big East finish, 3 seed and sweet 16. All while losing its second best player in the middle of the year.

Taking away one of the best seasons X has had to help make your argument isn’t a good look

[xuphan]

My question would be what would you have liked miller to be doing during this week that he could only be doing if he were in Cincinnati? That’s the point. There’s only so much you can do right now.

Great question XVILLE and I have thought about this after replying to some of the comments. The first and obvious one is to not be on vacation during a critical transfer portal window. Fans, alumni, donors, boosters have just watched the worst Xavier team in recent memory, have read numerous Cincinnati Enquirer articles about player after player leaving the program. Have seen the only two post players left sit out this season with potential career ending injuries with no update about whether they will even be able to play next season. Now they are reading that their coach is happily on vacation while the roster is a complete mess. That’s not a very good look for the head of the program to be on vacation with where the program is at currently.

So, what could Miller be doing instead. Well, the short answer is to market himself and the program out to the basketball world. For starters, he should be in Arizona during the Final Four week. Watching Q participate in the 3 point contest. Making inroads and connections with other coaches for future staff recruitment down the road. Making TV appearances, participating in interviews and TV segments to promote himself and the Xavier brand. That is what a lot of coaches have done in the past and they have said it has helped with recruiting. That’s what he should be doing. He can go on vacation in May after he has rebuilt the roster and have put the fanbase at ease.

[Xville]

Great question XVILLE and I have thought about this after replying to some of the comments. The first and obvious one is to not be on vacation during a critical transfer portal window. Fans, alumni, donors, boosters have just watched the worst Xavier team in recent memory, have read numerous Cincinnati Enquirer articles about player after player leaving the program. Have seen the only two post players left sit out this season with potential career ending injuries with no update about whether they will even be able to play next season. Now they are reading that their coach is happily on vacation while the roster is a complete mess. That’s not a very good look for the head of the program to be on vacation with where the program is at currently.

So, what could Miller be doing instead. Well, the short answer is to market himself and the program out to the basketball world. For starters, he should be in Arizona during the Final Four week. Watching Q participate in the 3 point contest. Making inroads and connections with other coaches for future staff recruitment down the road. Making TV appearances, participating in interviews and TV segments to promote himself and the Xavier brand. That is what a lot of coaches have done in the past and they have said it has helped with recruiting. That’s what he should be doing. He can go on vacation in May after he has rebuilt the roster and have put the fanbase at ease.

Judging by the nil numbers and the reports that x is now in line with the rest of the big East, I think most fans, alumni and boosters are fine with where x is even if there is a bit of uneasy about current roster.

Do we need some frontcourt guys? Of course. But almost every day that passes without a commit, you come on here and post about it.

Of course you are entitled to your opinion, I just don’t understand all the handwringing on day whatever it is of the portal.

You asked earlier if this was Steele if I’d think differently? Hell yeah I would. He can’t coach and hasn’t done anything to deserve any benefit of the doubt. Miller has been doing this for twenty plus years with accolades all over the place. The constant discounting of what miller did just two seasons ago is incredibly frustrating

[xuphan]

What has he done? Oh boy.

Sweet 16 two years ago.

3x a10 reg season champ

5 x pac 10 reg season champ

3x time pac 10 tourney champ

4x reg season conference coach of the year

4 elite eights

4 sweet 16s

Brought in boum, olivari, and McKnight in the portal the last two seasons. I’ll trust with a clearer picture and timeline, he will get what he needs to get in the frontcourt.


Call me crazy but I’ll be concerned about the frontcourt situation when practice begins, if it’s still a concern, not 2-3 weeks into portal season.

Wait, we are using stats from his Arizona days to justify what he has done at Xavier? SMH

There is no point debating this. Surprised so many people seem happy that Miller is on the beach sipping fruity drinks as the Xavier roster is a complete mess and we are coming off the worst season in recent memory that even Steele couldn’t replicate. Good to know. I won’t call you crazy but we were in the same exact position last year in the portal with the front court. We all saw the end result of that.

I won’t be responding to this anymore. I don’t want to be portrayed as a Miller hater for questioning some of the decisions he had made. Seems like legit concerns especially after last season. I want him and the program to succeed and only time will tell if that will happen.

[Xavier]

[QUOTE=xuphan;781756]. Have seen the only two post players left sit out this season with potential career ending injuries with no update about whether they will even be able to play next season. Now they are reading that their coach is happily on vacation while the roster is a complete mess. That’s not a very good look for the head of the program to be on vacation with where the program is at currently. [QUOTE=xuphan;781756]


There was an update in January. Hunter was cleared for contact and could (and did) start practicing with the team. It was light stuff though. Freemantle was cleared to take part in non contact stuff. (So like work outs, individual work, etc). Sean mentioned it on his radio show. I haven’t seen an update since

*disregard Hunter, that was pre Achilles. That’s my bad