Kevin Parrom (Offer)

**PM Thor** · 04-20-2009, 11:28 PM

I agree with LA. It leaves a bitter taste in our mouths, but we really don't know the actual events firsthand. If Parrom contacts them, then I cannot blame Miller in the least, and this is part of what happens sometimes.

The bigger we get on the national scene, the more we must accept how cutthroat it gets. Should we do it and be willing to jones a recruit from others like this? No, but don't be so shocked if others are willing to do it either. In all honesty, under Miller we took advantage of the downfall of other programs quite willingly (Lavender, Crawford). I know it isn't exactly the same, but this is a business, and this stuff happens.

I HATE dayton.

Muskie1995 · 04-20-2009, 11:30 PM

If Parrom has kept in contact with Miller/Book then so be it. Look I'm not going to be pissed if Parrom wants to go to Arizona. So, be it. I wish him the best. I'd rather have him in a Xavier uniform but that me being selfish.

However, something tells me that Kevin wants to stay closer to home and check out UConn, St. John's, Providence and/or Pitt. If I was putting money on the table I would pick Parrom to head to a BE program closer to CT than going to Arizona.

**waggy** · 04-20-2009, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by LA Muskie

The Board has not yet approved his CONTRACT. There's a difference. You don't need a contract to be employed (most "regular folk" never work under a contract). Hell, Gillespie coached several years without a signed contract.

I really shouldn't have bothered to post what I did. People started talking in technicalities, and I posted one in the extreme in the opposite direction. If Parrom ends up at Arizona I'm quite confident Miller will never be found guilty of a recruiting violation on it, and I'm not suggesting he should. In the end it's about a young persons (Parrom) education and amatuer athletic career, and he should get the situation he can be most happy in. I support that line of thinking wholeheartedly. I do think it's wrong of Miller in this situation in the fact X did have a signed commitment for the upcoming season, and if Parrom doesn't want to come to X there about a 50 other destinations he could get a quality education. It's just really bad form; but you know, "It's all about the kids".

LA Muskie · 04-20-2009, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by waggy

It's just really bad form; but you know, "It's all about the kids".

Of course, that's what the NCAA is all about!

**wkrq59** · 04-21-2009, 02:25 AM

Here are some things on which you all can wager and not lose a dime:
1)The morning he accepted the job Sean Miller was on the telephone to Kevin Parrom's home and then to his school dorm room.
2)Following that call, contact was made by Sean with both Weatherspoon and Latham, guarantee it.
3)Certain current Xavier players were contacted through an intermediary or by Book and the other assistant who left asking them if they'd consider joining Sean in Arizona and have a chance to play in the PAC10 for a national championship.
Can anybody prove it? No, but like many of the other theories posted on this and other boards, those three have more merit than most. I sh!t you not.:D

xubball93 · 04-21-2009, 05:40 AM

I'm past being angry. Now I'm woefully disappointed in $ean. I thought he had more integrity than what he's demonstrated since his flip-flop and leaving-taking.

xufan02 · 04-21-2009, 07:31 AM

Xavier still is in the mix. We shall see what happens.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/04/20/j...ll/#more-15268

Xavier · 04-21-2009, 08:19 AM

I dont know that its a huge deal.(I mean it stinks but still) More often then not kids will go to a school for the coach rather then the school. I thought it was pretty much assumed most of our recruits would atleast take a look at Arizona. Id venture to bet this happens with almost every major coaching move.

Cheesehead · 04-21-2009, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by wkrq59

Here are some things on which you all can wager and not lose a dime:
1)The morning he accepted the job Sean Miller was on the telephone to Kevin Parrom's home and then to his school dorm room.
2)Following that call, contact was made by Sean with both Weatherspoon and Latham, guarantee it.
3)Certain current Xavier players were contacted through an intermediary or by Book and the other assistant who left asking them if they'd consider joining Sean in Arizona and have a chance to play in the PAC10 for a national championship.
Can anybody prove it? No, but like many of the other theories posted on this and other boards, those three have more merit than most. I sh!t you not.:D

I hope they all called him and not vice versa. If Sean called Parrom, he's guilty of a NCAA violation, is he not?.