Sean Miller

[Lloyd Braun]

Carpetbagger dbag if true.

[MHettel]

If Sean leaves for Texas then it’s because he got a divorce . His wife made it clear she will not move again. So he either leaves her or he commutes bc she isn’t moving. So Sean isn’t going anywhere and if he does I would put him up there with the greatest dbags in college hoops history. That’s a long list too.

I like this perspective. But I also understand the idea that he can’t say he’s not interested because it reduces his leverage with X.

However, can both of these things co-exist? If it’s widely known that his wife won’t move, then he can’t play the card to get leverage so it really just a bluff but his hand is shown.

In that case, just publicly say you aren’t interested and it eliminates any uncertainty for the current or future players. Or even NIL money that might be contingent on him being here. I could see some big money donors hesitating to drop a bunch of cash into a rebuild.

[OTRMUSKIE]

https://x.com/cedgolden/status/1903880588337004862?s=46

[hoopster68]

https://x.com/cedgolden/status/1903880588337004862?s=46

So sad. Reality hits the X program right between the eyes: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[Blue Blooded-05]

Dear Sean,

You’re welcome for giving you both your first and second chance. Good luck. There won’t be a third.

- Xavier Nation

[Caveat]

https://x.com/cedgolden/status/1903880588337004862?s=46

Tough day.

Let's get Chris Mack on the phone and run it back.

[MHettel]

Frankly the only hope at this point is that we get some NIL rules in place ASAP. By that, I mean some hard Cap across the NCAA that teams can spend on ALL sports. That could but the Football schools in an arms race to buy their roster and Bball becomes kinda backseat for NIL dollars. XU would have no such dilemmas to deal with. That’s kinda the Hail Mary situation.

[xudash]

Has anyone called the Lexus dealership in Austin to substantiate all of this?

[Caveat]

Let's stop acting like he wasn't aware of where the future of college basketball was headed when he took the job. That's a major cop-out.

We all knew on this board what it would turn into and we all knew (and still know) it will be more difficult at a place like X.

We knew that NIL / paying players would change the landscape but there was some healthy optimism that schools like Xavier could compete because they didn't have football programs to feed as well.

It's become incredibly apparent that the B1G/SEC are going to find the money to build hoops powerhouses that dominate their competition. This is the worst case scenario for schools in the BE, ACC and even the B12 to a certain extent. The financial realities are going to be impossible to deal with unless / until there is some kind of competitive balancing guardrails placed on things.

I'm upset Miller is leaving, but I absolutely understand it. It's all about money now -- the sport resembles international soccer more than anything else we have currently. The big boys eat while everyone else struggles to survive.

[Caveat]

Frankly the only hope at this point is that we get some NIL rules in place ASAP. By that, I mean some hard Cap across the NCAA that teams can spend on ALL sports. That could but the Football schools in an arms race to buy their roster and Bball becomes kinda backseat for NIL dollars. XU would have no such dilemmas to deal with. That’s kinda the Hail Mary situation.

Start advocating heavily for athlete unionization -- the only way you're realistically going to see something happen is if there's a CBA reached between athletes and the schools.