Kevin Parrom (Offer)

[muskiefan82]

Miller resigned from XU before he signed a deal with Arizona. I'm sure he placed a few calls during his period of "unemployment."

That loophole still exists? The NCAA should change that, but I'm sure it works for Xavier too.

[REF]

That loophole still exists? The NCAA should change that, but I'm sure it works for Xavier too.

Maybe that's why there was such a delay in hiring Mack.

[Xman95]

Maybe that's why there was such a delay in hiring Mack.

Although wouldn't he have still been under employment with X as an assistant?

[wkrq59]

Miller resigned from XU before he signed a deal with Arizona. I'm sure he placed a few calls during his period of "unemployment."

Even if Sean didn't place any calls, which I'm quite certain he did before he signed or agreed to go to UA, I flat guarantee either Book or Whitford was on the phone Monday morning advising the three to de-commit or in Parrom's case tell him he could easily opt out of the signed LOI.
I don't need to hear anybody praise Sean Miller. I and many others thanked him for what did for Xavier, which was the right thing to do. But I'm neither so damned stupid or naive as to think that quick moves weren't made to shore up a possible recruiting coup.
And whoever called Parrom could just as easily have called from a damned pay phone and some of those still exist.
I've heard all the rationale for keeping Sean on his pedestal and that's fine with me. Just don't ask that a perpetual light be shone upon it.
Yeah, I covered what I said. That's part of being in the real world. I still firmly believe he seriously insulted his players by letting them find out through the media. But that also is the real world, which says "F---- 'em, there's $18-million and my future on the line."
Until some schools insert and enforce seriously high buyout clauses into the coaches contracts which the schools are forced to honor if they fire the coach, the merry-go-round will spin in all its glory and the non BCS schools will continue to be screwed. But that too is life. Remember, it's just business, nothing personal as I put a cap in your a$$.

[SixFig]

Remember, it's just business, nothing personal as I put a cap in your a$$.

Q I would rep you for this and many other times if I could. I wish there was an IV tube for reps which we could stick to your account...damn that $hits funny

[Xman95]

Miller resigned from XU before he signed a deal with Arizona. I'm sure he placed a few calls during his period of "unemployment."

Of course he might have made calls while still the coach at Xavier...you know, the day he was offered the job. Maybe that day was spent contacting the recruits that committed to his Xavier program to let them know he might be leaving and, if/when he did, he would love to have them join.

At that point he still would have been the coach at Xavier and, as far as I know, it wouldn't have been breaking any rules. Would it be the a-hole thing to do? Without a doubt. Would I put it past a coach in this day and age? Nope.

[XUglow]

It seems like we are just trying to figure out if what he did is illegal or immoral. Either way the scuz-factor is pretty high.

[Xman95]

It seems like we are just trying to figure out if what he did is illegal or immoral. Either way the scuz-factor is pretty high.

Oh, at this point I think we're just wondering about the illegal part!

[XUglow]

Oh, at this point I think we're just wondering about the illegal part!

Ah... I should have said illegal and immoral or just immoral...

[LA Muskie]

Sean would have to rape a nun for LA Muskie to ever criticize him.

Fred, if you look through my posts you will see that while I initially defended Miller I changed my tone considerably when I saw the "timeline" indicating that Miller spent a sum total of about 5 minutes with "his" players before the press conference and only after they found out about his decision from outside sources. The way he treated the kids was deporable.

That said, this thread is about where kids go to school. If you could look at it from the perspective of anything other than a self-interested fan, you would hopefully agree that these kids should be able to go to school, and play ball, wherever they prefer. If that's for Miller -- whom they thought they were coming to play for until about 2 weeks ago -- then they deserve that chance. It may suck for us, but it's the right result for them.

And then there's the fact that we're already clamoring for Bino to convince some of his more highly-coveted recruits to come to XU... It works both ways, my friend.