Chris Mack still talking Xavier

[xuphan]

Interesting comments from a recruit being recruited by Louisville. Love how Mack and Co continue to bring Xavier into their conversations with recruits. Talk about what you are doing at Louisville and leave Xavier out of it Mack!

https://247sports.com/college/xavier/Article/Mac-Etienne-holding-29-offers-Arizona-State-Kansas-Louisville-Ohio-State-Tennessee-UCLA-148595214/

Louisville: “I have a great relationship with coach [Chris] Mack and coach [Luke] Murray, I talk with them almost every other day. They really just tell me how good they are at developing because they were once at Xavier and at Xavier you can’t always get top 75 prospects so you really had to be good at developing the kids and helping them get better.

[xu82]

He probably adds in little things like “Xavier doesn’t even have a stream of strippers and hookers for the players. Second rate program, not Big Time and classy like Louisville!”

[xavierj]

Interesting comments from a recruit being recruited by Louisville. Love how Mack and Co continue to bring Xavier into their conversations with recruits. Talk about what you are doing at Louisville and leave Xavier out of it Mack!

https://247sports.com/college/xavier/Article/Mac-Etienne-holding-29-offers-Arizona-State-Kansas-Louisville-Ohio-State-Tennessee-UCLA-148595214/

Louisville: “I have a great relationship with coach [Chris] Mack and coach [Luke] Murray, I talk with them almost every other day. They really just tell me how good they are at developing because they were once at Xavier and at Xavier you can’t always get top 75 prospects so you really had to be good at developing the kids and helping them get better.

Well considering his three recruits coming in this year are ranked between 102 and 133, he must be having a hard time at Louisville as well.

[Xville]

Interesting comments from a recruit being recruited by Louisville. Love how Mack and Co continue to bring Xavier into their conversations with recruits. Talk about what you are doing at Louisville and leave Xavier out of it Mack!

https://247sports.com/college/xavier/Article/Mac-Etienne-holding-29-offers-Arizona-State-Kansas-Louisville-Ohio-State-Tennessee-UCLA-148595214/

Louisville: “I have a great relationship with coach [Chris] Mack and coach [Luke] Murray, I talk with them almost every other day. They really just tell me how good they are at developing because they were once at Xavier and at Xavier you can’t always get top 75 prospects so you really had to be good at developing the kids and helping them get better.

Such a backhanded diss...the guy is a freaking douche. Fu mack.

[UCGRAD4X]

Classless a-hole.

[drudy23]

Buick part 2.

These guys are ruthless. They would and have sold their souls for a recruit.

[Lamont Sanford]

This kind of recruiting happens all the time. Not surprised one bit that Mack would say it. He clearly sold his soul a long time ago.

Agreed that this is Miller's Buick Part Deuce.

As Huggs would say, "fuck 'em".

[JTG]

Didn't Miller make the Buick comment right after he left ? Mack has been gone over 2 years and he's still throwing shit at X. I thought he was a douche when he was at X, but let it slide because we were winning. He's burning all his bridges. If we ever meet UL, I bet he gets booed more than Thad did.

[XUGRAD80]

Can only imagine the stuff that is being said about Lousyvillesucks by coaches from some other schools. I get his points, and they are true....Xavier doesn’t get many players ranked 75 and higher, and they did have quite a few players develop while they were on the staff here.

But if he actually said what the kid said he did....in that same way, and it’s not just the kid saying it in his own way....then I hope I never hear his name again.

[X Factor]

What a jerk...I thought UofL was such a prestigious basketball program that it would be so much easier to recruit there :chin:

Why is he still bringing up Xavier at all?

[sirthought]

Top 75 players tend to choose a small minority of D1 programs to play at. It makes sense you want to try to get on a stacked team.
So most coaches are needing to develop players. It wouldn't take too much digging to see all the players he failed to develop significantly.

[nuts4xu]

All coaches recruiting against us, say lots of negative things about Xavier to help build their own case. You think Chris Mack and staff are the only coaches making such statements against us?

Mack is doing what he has to do to get kids to Louisville....just like Steele is doing to get kids to Xavier. Mack is saying the same things every other coach in America is saying to get kids to join his program.

[AviatorX]

Wait, is what he said not true? Xavier lives in the 80-150 range for recruiting. So do most schools that are good at basketball.

[joe titan]

Top 75 players tend to choose a small minority of D1 programs to play at. It makes sense you want to try to get on a stacked team.
So most coaches are needing to develop players. It wouldn't take too much digging to see all the players he failed to develop significantly.


It would take a full size Caterpiller to dig up players who Luke Murray "developed".

[Xville]

Wait, is what he said not true? Xavier lives in the 80-150 range for recruiting. So do most schools that are good at basketball.

Yeah it's true that's where xavier lives but he is still a douche. With his statement, he makes it seem like xavier is little sisters of the poor compared to louisville which is just not the case. Louisville has to do the exact same thing now since he can't recruit.

[Smails]

All coaches recruiting against us, say lots of negative things about Xavier to help build their own case. You think Chris Mack and staff are the only coaches making such statements against us?

Mack is doing what he has to do to get kids to Louisville....just like Steele is doing to get kids to Xavier. Mack is saying the same things every other coach in America is saying to get kids to join his program.

This x100.... Recruiting is like making sausage. The process is nasty and very few are privy to what actually goes on, but the end result is delicious.

[Xavier]

Yeah it's true that's where xavier lives but he is still a douche. With his statement, he makes it seem like xavier is little sisters of the poor compared to louisville which is just not the case. Louisville has to do the exact same thing now since he can't recruit.

Do you think Xavier and Louisville are on the same level? If he refers to X as a lower tier school (compared to Louisville) he is right.

Sensitive bunch here- You probably don't want to hear this, but Steele certainly takes jabs at other schools while recruiting also.

[X-man]

Do you think Xavier and Louisville are on the same level? If he refers to X as a lower tier school (compared to Louisville) he is right.

Sensitive bunch here- You probably don't want to hear this, but Steele certainly takes jabs at other schools while recruiting also.

Are these schools ones where Steele formerly coached...just asking.

[Xville]

Do you think Xavier and Louisville are on the same level? If he refers to X as a lower tier school (compared to Louisville) he is right.

Sensitive bunch here- You probably don't want to hear this, but Steele certainly takes jabs at other schools while recruiting also.

Historically? No. Present day? Yeah absolutely.

I know that coaches negatively recruit, I'm not naive. However, mack is a douche who is negatively recruiting against a school he graduated from and coached at. He sucks.

[bleedXblue]

Who cares this stuff happens all the time......time to move on.

[drudy23]

All coaches recruiting against us, say lots of negative things about Xavier to help build their own case. You think Chris Mack and staff are the only coaches making such statements against us?

Mack is doing what he has to do to get kids to Louisville....just like Steele is doing to get kids to Xavier. Mack is saying the same things every other coach in America is saying to get kids to join his program.

Exactly- it doesn’t really bother me. It’s what they do to survive.

[cutterX]

Mack is and always was a D Bag. That is all.

[xubrew]

Who cares this stuff happens all the time......time to move on.

Many still haven't moved on from Thad Matta...

[bleedXblue]

Many still haven't moved on from Thad Matta...

Yep, LOL

[xuwillie]

So true but still doesn’t negate the fact that Mack is still a complete tool. Always was even when I first met him in college.

[xukeith]

Doesn't bother me. lots of shade thrown in recruiting wars. It comes with the territory

[GoMuskies]

Many still haven't moved on from Thad Matta...

You mean Beaknose?

Luckily, we all moved on from Skip Prosser. Because he was a great guy. Well, mostly because he sucked in March, but also because he was a great guy!

Mack is definitely a douche, though. Surely we can all agree on that.

[Lamont Sanford]

You mean Beaknose?

Luckily, we all moved on from Skip Prosser. Because he was a great guy. Well, mostly because he sucked in March, but also because he was a great guy!

Mack is definitely a douche, though. Surely we can all agree on that.

FYI, his actual preferred board-sponsored nickname was DNL (Dick Nosed Liar).

Mack and his indoor pool can suck it.

[GoMuskies]

Also, Sean Miller has had Covid-19 for a decade.

[bleedXblue]

Also, Sean Miller has had Covid-19 for a decade.

LOL, well played

[XU_Lou]

Many still haven't moved on from Thad Matta...

Hell, I'm still pissed XU fired Harry Gilligan after just one loss!

[X-man]

Many still haven't moved on from Thad Matta...

Mack and Matta were the real lying jerks. Moving on is understandable, but don't lie about it. I never had a problem with Gillen, Prosser, or Miller moving on. They did it the right way IMHO.

[boozehound]

You mean Beaknose?

Luckily, we all moved on from Skip Prosser. Because he was a great guy. Well, mostly because he sucked in March, but also because he was a great guy!

Mack is definitely a douche, though. Surely we can all agree on that.

I feel like we have kind of all always known that Mack was a douche, right? He was OUR douche for a while, so we tried to minimize it and explain how he wasn't really a douche, but I think we all knew deep down.

[pimpinthebox]

All coaches recruiting against us, say lots of negative things about Xavier to help build their own case. You think Chris Mack and staff are the only coaches making such statements against us?

Mack is doing what he has to do to get kids to Louisville....just like Steele is doing to get kids to Xavier. Mack is saying the same things every other coach in America is saying to get kids to join his program.

Amen. Good Lord. Talk about thin skin.

[xuwillie]

Amen. Good Lord. Talk about thin skin.

Thin skin? Not sure about that, thought the dude was a douche when coaching X.

[pimpinthebox]

Thin skin? Not sure about that, thought the dude was a douche when coaching X.

You're welcome to that opinion, but for the sake of argument, I think you're wrong. There's always going to be a divide for coaches, players, etc. I get it.

[XU 87]

Hell, I'm still pissed XU fired Harry Gilligan after just one loss!

The low point of Xavier basketball. The guy never got a chance to coach his own players.

[Lamont Sanford]

You're welcome to that opinion, but for the sake of argument, I think you're wrong. There's always going to be a divide for coaches, players, etc. I get it.

Mack was a Grade A doucher. With alumni like him, who needs UC fans?!?

[pimpinthebox]

Mack was a Grade A doucher. With alumni like him, who needs UC fans?!?

Whatever. Pot calling the kettle black.

[Lamont Sanford]

Whatever. Pot calling the kettle black.

To quite you previously in the same thread..."But for the sake of argument, I think you're wrong."

[IM4X]

Interesting comments from a recruit being recruited by Louisville. Love how Mack and Co continue to bring Xavier into their conversations with recruits. Talk about what you are doing at Louisville and leave Xavier out of it Mack!

Louisville: “I have a great relationship with coach [Chris] Mack and coach [Luke] Murray, I talk with them almost every other day. They really just tell me how good they are at developing because they were once at Xavier and at Xavier you can’t always get top 75 prospects so you really had to be good at developing the kids and helping them get better.

He is such a tool. That’s his lame ass excuse to try to keep recruits from knowing the truth. Guy trying as always to put X down for his short comings. He had a 1 seed in the tournament with an unbelievably stacked team and he choked. And the only way he can try to deflect his last season failure is to make the school his scapegoat.

Shame on you big ego Mack. Jay Wright owned your ass and you are so damn lucky that the Louisville job opened up cause your stock would have plummeted big time if you had to stay at X and miss the tournament with your last sorry ass “I know I’m bailing on X anyway” recruiting class. Why can’t the man just be grateful for everything X gave him and quit his same pathetic “I would have been the greatest coach in the world if not for the inability to land talent at X.”

Miller pulled the same crap and how many National Championships has he won at Arizona with all of his precious top ten classes of recruits.