Thoughts on the remaining season

[drudy23]

Classic case of how much money do you need? He must have 20+ mil in the bank. Generational wealth. You would think that he would be more focused on a good job and good quality of life. But, you never know......

He has a great situation. He has years of job security (he's not getting fired anytime soon) and I'm honestly hoping he's pushing to elevate the program. I'm hoping the Pres and the Board are open to it. I'm sure he has a ton of ideas. Like you said, how much money do you need? The success of his second term will probably hinge on how on the same page him and the Administration is.

Get us to the Final Four and retire. This program is not in a position to start over again. Dig in and make the improvements necessary to get us back to where we belong. It's Sean or bust at this point.

Can you imagine having to find our next coach amidst this current turmoil? It wouldn't end well.

[xudash]

Classic case of how much money do you need? He must have 20+ mil in the bank. Generational wealth. You would think that he would be more focused on a good job and good quality of life. But, you never know......

I'm banking on your thought process.

Actually, especially in the current environment of collegiate athletics, Xavier being in the Big East and the Big East performing solidly, I'm not worried about Sean leaving for another position. He's older and wiser. He's already gone down the "move up" road once. The Miller's have moved into a new home they built in Cincinnati, and they love Cincinnati. We have a solid, marketable program that will come up with competitive, albeit not top funding for paying players. And we are a basketball first (only) school.

Give us and him time to get past these last two years of freakish injuries, etc. I am hopeful that the next 10 years of Xavier basketball leads to great things with Sean at the helm.

[chico]

I can't imagine a competitive guy like Miller is content with a legacy of being the best coach never to reach a final 4. This program has the resources to make it, I just think he's having some trouble adjusting to the new reality of college basketball. He's a guy who could develop players, but that's hard when you only have them for a year or two and they're on their second or third college coach.

[MHettel]

I agree that Miller has plenty of money and probably wouldn’t leave for that reason.

But I’m sure he hates losing. And he’s had a couple rough years at X.

None of us know, but if it comes down to the fact that his roster construction was limited due to NIL money available, then he may conclude that isn’t something within his control or likely to be fixed anytime soon.

I know people will say “there is more coming!”, but that doesn’t mean that other schools that currently have more than us wouldn’t ALSO have more coming.

We cannot win an NIL Arms race. If miller prioritizes winning over all else, he could contemplate dealing with the NIl disparity in the only way that HE can.

[X-band '01]

I wonder if Xavier will eventually hire a GM that would be mainly responsible for NIL, scheduling, etc. and simply leave most of the day-to-day operations and recruiting to Sean and his immediate staff. I noticed the other day that LaVall Jordan is DePaul's GM and that Baker Dunleavy is Villanova's GM.

[Xavier]

I could definitely see him getting frustrated after awhile and thinking NIL is the only way. Ask Arkansas (top 5 NIL roster) and Rutgers (bought two 1st round picks) how that’s going. I won’t bring up the $ Indiana spent this year. Yikes. Does it help? No doubt about it. But you still need to identify players that can’t fit your system and gel.

Being able to do that at X is a way to be successful in NIL era. (Identify and spend on the right pieces) winning an arms race isn’t the way and far from a free pass, either.

[JEHARDI]

In the end, it will come down to NIL $ and resources, regardless of whether Sean stays or goes. This year to compete for a national championship, you needed a minimum of $5 -$7 M to bring in the type of players it will take to get to a FF. That # will only go up. On the resource front, Nova has invested in Dunleavy and Randy Foyle to navigate player recruitment and NIL. We are going to have to continue to step it up to give Sean the resources he needs.

[Xavier]

You think NC state was paying 5 mil last year? lol no chance.

[MHettel]

You think NC state was paying 5 mil last year? lol no chance.

What is this comment meant to imply? That there isn’t a 100% correlation between NIL budget and success in the Tourney?

Did someone suggest there was?

There will always be a couple teams that achieve above their NIL budget. And there will always be a few teams that achieve below their NIL budget. But most teams will achieve to some level that reflects their NIL. It’s very easy to point to the outliers.

BYU got the #1 recruit for next year! Who would have thought? Until it was revealed that the recruit landed the biggest NIL deal to date. So, swap out BYU with any other team and increase the NIL to any higher amount and it would make sense that some team with a higher number sealed the deal.

NIL spend will not 100% correlate to NCAA success. But my guess is there will be statistical significance established .

[Xavier]

He said “you need 5-7 million, minimum, to get to the final four” …..the way i read that is he that he is implying: you need 5-7 million to get to the final four. If I took him saying “you need 5-7 million to get to the final four” the wrong way, that’s on me.
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Seems like you and I agree, and disagree with that 5-7 million statement. NIL spend won’t 100% correlate to ncaa success. Xavier will never have the resources some schools do. And they never have. So they will have to hit above the budget, just like always.