Richard Pitino Jr is the next head coach.

[Xavier]

He was Nova back up plan to Willard. For sure. A lot of nova fans (message boards at least) wanted nova to move forward with Pitino bc worried Willard stays at Maryland

No clue if Fanta is connected but he said Moser, buzz Williams, Mack, Huss were all in the mix but in his opinion they got the best option. He’d prolly say that no matter what but interesting to see the other names

[drudy23]

Feels good that we went outside the Xavier family, welcome Coach Pitino! The word swirling around Dent is he "wants" north of 2mill?? Yowza

As much as I say this city is too traditional and doesn't take any risks, I have to give this a shot. It's very interesting to see how things will evolve with an outsider. Perhaps it takes us to a new level. Only time will tell.

It was time to turn the page. A new era is upon us.

But I will say this. Our fans cannot start whining about "things just aren't the same". Correct, they will not be the same. Cincinnati is ALWAYS clinging to the past. We will likely start to see much change, including the profiles of the athletes that will be playing for X. Embrace the newness and the change.

I hope this gets us out of our Midwest comfort zone. It's what the big time programs do. Be bold!

[drudy23]

Home run hire for the program. Great hire by Greg.

To be completely fair, no one can make this claim yet. That assessment comes with time. Sean Miller was the "home run hire" too - and his tenure was pretty average and his departure was a disaster.

Also, who cares about "winning the press conference". I'd rather win games.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

I am anxiously waiting to see what players he can bring in before making any judgement.

[Caveat]

Who knows if this is true, but Goodman says X has around 5 mil in NIL. That's strong money when you don't have any going to football.

People need to remember though that they're going to be going to a revenue share model here imminently -- meaning the schools with huge media deals will be able to augment the NIL pool with additional cash. There's also concern (not unique to X by any means) that the donor pool for NIL is going to dry up once the school starts paying players directly. X has some advantage not having a football team to split money with, but the BE media deal is also peanuts compared to what the SEC / B10 / ACC / B12 get.

I assume the hold up with Miller at Texas was getting assurances about how much of the revenue split was going to go to hoops -- because the second Texas football has a down year, there will be clamoring to invest more money there since it's the thing all their boosters care about.

ETA -- Should probably add that a Title IX challenge to all this is inevitable and will blow the entire sport up again in the near future.

[drudy23]

People need to remember though that they're going to be going to a revenue share model here imminently -- meaning the schools with huge media deals will be able to augment the NIL pool with additional cash. There's also concern (not unique to X by any means) that the donor pool for NIL is going to dry up once the school starts paying players directly. X has some advantage not having a football team to split money with, but the BE media deal is also peanuts compared to what the SEC / B10 / ACC / B12 get.

I assume the hold up with Miller at Texas was getting assurances about how much of the revenue split was going to go to hoops -- because the second Texas football has a down year, there will be clamoring to invest more money there since it's the thing all their boosters care about.

The donor pool can't dry up. Even though the schools will start paying, it's still coming from the donors, it's just how they move the money.

It's not like the schools have just increased budgets to pay players. It's too expensive for them, they can't afford to just start paying market driven wages to these players. The donors are still as crucial as they've ever been (probably even more).

[Xavier]

I’ve seen it was 5.2-5.5 million. I saw a rumor Sean wanted 25% more every year until they got up to around 8 million/year.

But frankly, I mentioned a long time ago that Sean and Texas had something in in the works after beard got fired and it fell through because Terry took Texas to the elite 8. And so, any rumor coming out now that’s negative towards X regarding the split I just don’t trust. Sean wanted to go after year 1, now his people will push narratives to make him look better.

[Caveat]

The donor pool can't dry up. Even though the schools will start paying, it's still coming from the donors, it's just how they move the money.

It's not like the schools have just increased budgets to pay players. It's too expensive for them, they can't afford to just start paying market driven wages to these players. The donors are still as crucial as they've ever been (probably even more).

On cue -- I had a few things wrong (as per usual):

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-bas...130005097.html

This is a good read about the future of the sport. I expect a ton of legal challenges to this new framework under both anti-trust and title-ix -- but the status quo isn't going to be the status quo for much longer imo.

[drudy23]

On cue -- I had a few things wrong (as per usual):

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-bas...130005097.html

This is a good read about the future of the sport. I expect a ton of legal challenges to this new framework under both anti-trust and title-ix -- but the status quo isn't going to be the status quo for much longer imo.

If things start to pan out this way, Sean Miller will have made an enormous mistake. We all hope it works out this way.

After his second stint, I'm not convinced SM has his eye on the pulse of where this is going. I think he was just chasing more for himself, as that seems to be who he is.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Also, who cares about "winning the press conference". I'd rather win games.

Agreed, but these press conferences are insanely easy to win, so any time a coach doesnt, that can be a little concerning, lol.