My nomination for Fractured Analogy of the Year. Sounds like someone got burned. It would have been a LOT shorter to just say a stiff prick has no conscience. (Faust would be the classic analogy, but fly most readers.)
Any coach at his level wants to compete. Mack shot the moon on recruiting at Xavier after his EE. He found out Xavier is a real nice Buick. THAT is the analogy which will haunt us. IMHO, it has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with whether he can recruit the studs needed to compete at the highest level.
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Thread: Chris Mack discussion
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03-23-2018, 11:53 AM #651
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It's a still great day to be a Muskie, but a sad day to be a supporting member of this board.
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03-23-2018, 11:54 AM #652
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Oh how fast time flies.
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03-23-2018, 12:00 PM #653
The "gold standard" in recruiting remains the McDonalds All-Americans. Despite all the success Xavier has enjoyed, they've still never recruited one.
The trajectory on X has been consistently upward, but they've yet to hit the level of recruiting gold necessary to really compete for a national title IMO. Louisville is already there.
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03-23-2018, 12:03 PM #654
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It makes sense that you would meet and listen, in any other business it would be a given that you would have the conversation, why should this be any different? Hopefully, some of the numbers being tossed around from an X perspective our accurate. If they are, I feel good about our chances. If Mack were to leave anyway, it might be that he is ready for a change/ new challenge and it would be tough to begrudge him the opportunity and a huge payday.
Really hope he stays and having made the decision a number of times myself to make a career move, albeit on a much smaller scale. I know how tough these decisions can be, it is not fun.Last edited by JEHARDI; 03-23-2018 at 12:07 PM.
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03-23-2018, 12:05 PM #655
He's hit the recruiting level necessary to win a national title. If his team hit a few FTs, this year's team would be the current favorites to play in the national title game. One bad day at the foul line doesn't mean Xavier can't recruit the kids necessary to win a championship.
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03-23-2018, 12:08 PM #656
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03-23-2018, 12:13 PM #657
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03-23-2018, 12:15 PM #658
Sorry if this tidbit from the Courier-Journal has already been posted but why would Mack want to deal with this giant cloud of uncertainty?? This would have to make recruiting harder than normal:
Louisville still doesn't know what to expect from a possible NCAA infractions process related to the FBI investigation into college basketball recruiting, which puts the university in an awkward position as it's on probation through 2021. Conclusions in the wide-ranging case may be years off — the FBI asked the NCAA not to conduct interviews in the case until after the three trials related to it are over, and the last one is set to begin in April 2019.Veritas vos Liberabit
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03-23-2018, 12:34 PM #659
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03-23-2018, 12:38 PM #660
I feel a bit similar. With the players we had on this team, X was clearly talented enough to at least get to the championship game. You can get the McDonald's All American kid and likely see him exit for the NBA earlier, or you can get one good enough to be nominated to be one (as X has been able to do) who then are more likely to stick around and develop while building chemistry with other similarly talented teammates.
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