Sean Miller

Injuries have killed Miller in the 2nd time around.

Year 1) Freemantle goes out. Fresh off looking like the best BE team and beating eventual NC two times. They were final four good.
Year 2) starting front court went down- it was scramble mode from Europeans to try and get anything worth while in the post.
Year 3) the biggest thing X was missing was a center who could play defense and rebound. He got hurt for the year before it started.

If he’s back, I’d love for a year to see how his plan could work out. X isn’t in bad shape in NIL. But not in good enough shape to overcome starting injuries and look great.

Don’t understand how Texas is desirable. Yes they have money, but zero basketball tradition and will always be second fiddle to football. Miller should be selective. There will be way better jobs than Texas that opens up at some point

Maybe he is sick of cold and snowy winters and living in Arizona spoiled him?

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Originally Posted by Xavier

Injuries have killed Miller in the 2nd time around.

Year 1) Freemantle goes out. Fresh off looking like the best BE team and beating eventual NC two times. They were final four good.
Year 2) starting front court went down- it was scramble mode from Europeans to try and get anything worth while in the post.
Year 3) the biggest thing X was missing was a center who could play defense and rebound. He got hurt for the year before it started.

If he’s back, I’d love for a year to see how his plan could work out. X isn’t in bad shape in NIL. But not in good enough shape to overcome starting injuries and look great.

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This.

And Ville. Why now?

The fact of the matter is X doesn’t have the $$$ to win. So, I hope Sean stays and builds something at X however the game has become a money maker for a lot on interests.

It sucks and it will not get better. For example, one of my former team mate’s (baseball) kid signed a NIL deal at 12 years old worth more (inflation adjusted) than what we were paid to play at the lowest level possible in the minors.

The sooner we all realize that it’s a business the better we’ll feel about it.

Let’s go X!

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

This.

And Ville. Why now?

The fact of the matter is X doesn’t have the $$$ to win. So, I hope Sean stays and builds something at X however the game has become a money maker for a lot on interests.

It sucks and it will not get better. For example, one of my former team mate’s (baseball) kid signed a NIL deal at 12 years old worth more (inflation adjusted) than what we were paid to play at the lowest level possible in the minors.

The sooner we all realize that it’s a business the better we’ll feel about it.

Let’s go X!

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I guess I don’t understand this… who is paying a 12-year-old? Is he repoing a business? If so, who sees a 12-year-old promote a business and say “Hey, I think I’ll spend $$$ at that business because of this 12-year-old!!!”


When NIL first started I thought it was so players could be hired to endorse local car dealerships and restaurants etc. Now schools just get a lot of $$$ from donors to pay players? School with the most funds to pay players gets their pick of the litter?


Is there any chance NIL will get reigned in with a salary cap or a limit like 1 transfer per player in their career?

With Free and Hunter leaving and us probably never seeing a guy play more than 2 years at X again it definitely makes it harder to be invested and interested.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Is he staying? If he leaves I think that tells us everything we need to know. 1.) about him. 2.) ability of our program to compete in this era. 3.) where our expectations really should be.

IÂ’m not confident in our leadership at the top. So I wouldnÂ’t be surprised. Gc is crap who has been there way too long and failed up. Never made a good hire his entire career outside of Sean falling into his lap. We shall see what happens.

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If Sean goes then I think it might give us an indication of Xavier trying to compete in this era.

College Basketball/Football has gone through monumental change with NIL, transfer portal, soon to be revenue sharing and conference realignments. ( More realignment coming when the ACC implodes down the line). The change of Nil/transfer portal on X basketball has been significant. None of us really know how competitive X can or can't be in this new environment. We just know that the old blueprint X used to success is gone. Sean has been very good at getting guards out of the portal, and am optimistic X can still make the tournament consistently ( I might be wrong on that). I also think the Tournament is going to expand at some point soon. ( I don't want it to, but I think it is inevitable.)

It looks like a high number of players hitting the portal have agents. Having competitive NIL is probably the most important thing right now and I am sure Miller wants that. I think Sean desperately wants a final four. If Sean believes he can get to Final Fours at Xavier, then I think he stays. If he does not believe he has the resources, then I think he goes.

Separately, Sean is represented by super-agent Jimmy Sexton who has a ton of College Football heavy weight coaches. Sexton represented Nick Saban and represents current Texas Football coach Steve Sarkisian. Sexton has relationship with a lot of the Top AD's.

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story...l/72205499007/

Reading online that the Texas AD only parts ways with coaches once he has the next coach lined up. If Sean is leaving it has likely been in motion for a little bit. We shall see how it plays out.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Don’t understand how Texas is desirable. Yes they have money, but zero basketball tradition and will always be second fiddle to football. Miller should be selective. There will be way better jobs than Texas that opens up at some point

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You can stop after “Money.”

College basketball is a professional sport now and your ability to compete is directly linked to your ability to pay top talent to come play for your team every single year.

I think people don’t appreciate how this is going to be a yearly process unless and until either Congress steps in or some kind of CBA occurs. Every single year your best player will ask for more money and leave if you can’t meet salary demands. Every single year your top recruits will leave for more playing time so they can put tape out and make more money.

The SEC & the B10 are going to own this generation of college ball because the financial resources for these schools absolutely dwarf even their ACC counterparts — just like in football.

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Originally Posted by Cincypunk.org

I guess I don’t understand this… who is paying a 12-year-old? Is he repoing a business? If so, who sees a 12-year-old promote a business and say “Hey, I think I’ll spend $$$ at that business because of this 12-year-old!!!”


When NIL first started I thought it was so players could be hired to endorse local car dealerships and restaurants etc. Now schools just get a lot of $$$ from donors to pay players? School with the most funds to pay players gets their pick of the litter?


Is there any chance NIL will get reigned in with a salary cap or a limit like 1 transfer per player in their career?

With Free and Hunter leaving and us probably never seeing a guy play more than 2 years at X again it definitely makes it harder to be invested and interested.

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I get that you don’t understand. However it’s real and there is no salary cap. How it’s done is a corporate sponsor (UA, Nike, etc) pays for the gear, tourney fees, etc which happened back in the day as well however the kid (parents) now signs on to the deal for a set amount of time. It’s gross.

A lot of it started with AAU hoops.

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Originally Posted by Caveat

You can stop after “Money.”

College basketball is a professional sport now and your ability to compete is directly linked to your ability to pay top talent to come play for your team every single year.

I think people don’t appreciate how this is going to be a yearly process unless and until either Congress steps in or some kind of CBA occurs. Every single year your best player will ask for more money and leave if you can’t meet salary demands. Every single year your top recruits will leave for more playing time so they can put tape out and make more money.

The SEC & the B10 are going to own this generation of college ball because the financial resources for these schools absolutely dwarf even their ACC counterparts — just like in football.

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That’s a bold prediction. Same one that some of us were making 5 years ago. This was sooooo destined.

Sean never seemed comfortable under the pressure of immense expectations. Does he want to be super rich and happy or super duper rich and miserable? Only he can answer that question.