Richard Pitino Jr is the next head coach.

[BandAid]

We should at least give the walk-ons enough to cover their education expenses...

[Xville]

Walk ons are an extremelly important part of the program. They are the scout team, and doing a shit ton of work day in and day out without being able to play in games. It is extremely important, that they are as talented as possible for obvious reasons. These are guys that could play at the d2/d3 people. They are valuable. Whining about paying them 50k or whatever Pennie’s it is compared to our scholarship guys amounts to is something

[Dblue]

After sleeping on it, I think Pitino was the right choice. I still don't think we have the right AD and leadership at Xavier. There should be no confusion over what is #1 for the school.

I agree. When news of Miller leaving broke Sunday, I told my wife that I hope it isn't Mack. He's got a great resume, but I just didn't like the idea of giving 2nd chances to everyone that had a good run in the past. Plus, I question if he's going to have issues with trust around CBB after secretly recording discussions in his office. By Tuesday I was convinced he was going to be announced HC and he was the best option considering the timing with the portal, expecting anyone else to take much longer to hire.

I do feel that Pitino is the right guy, especially since we didn't have to wait a week. He seems to have had more success with roster construction with less resources than Miller had here. I'm actually getting quite excited to see the type of players he can get in and hopefully a defensive scheme more than pack line and hope for a strong offense.

[MHettel]

Walk ons are an extremelly important part of the program. They are the scout team, and doing a shit ton of work day in and day out without being able to play in games. It is extremely important, that they are as talented as possible for obvious reasons. These are guys that could play at the d2/d3 people. They are valuable. Whining about paying them 50k or whatever Pennie’s it is compared to our scholarship guys amounts to is something

By all accounts Miller left due to NIL, and yet he used how much of it on walk ons, Anderson and Fletcher?

If it’s that tight and such a huge issue you spend it on the essentials. Walk ons will play for zero. Period!

[GoMuskies]

We should at least give the walk-ons enough to cover their education expenses...

But why?

[Xville]

By all accounts Miller left due to NIL, and yet he used how much of it on walk ons, Anderson and Fletcher?

If it’s that tight and such a huge issue you spend it on the essentials. Walk ons will play for zero. Period!

You have no way of knowing that in today's market, and what kind of walk-ons? Xavier wasn't brimming with high caliber athletes that could even handle practice when I went there, and that was during the A-10 days. You want the best you can possibly get...you need guys that will actually put up a challenge, and/or run things effectively. Have you been to a practice lately, it's not like a run at the local YMCA gym.

Anyways, I'm excited for Pitino the more I think about it. No more pack line thank effing gawd, and he still runs a fast offensive style that is fun to watch. I'm looking forward to a more tough minded and physical team with him...i think that part has been missing for a long time in the Xavier program.

[BandAid]

But why?

Because it's ironic to pay them the value of their education when they arent allowed to be on scholarship

[GoMuskies]

It's just weird to me to pay walkons, but whatever...it's not my money!

[Xavier]

By all accounts Miller left due to NIL, and yet he used how much of it on walk ons, Anderson and Fletcher?

If it’s that tight and such a huge issue you spend it on the essentials. Walk ons will play for zero. Period!

So Miller left because of NIL limitations yet he still chose to pay walk ons (allegedly?). So he deemed that to be important. Pretty simple

But at the end of the day- here is the bucket you have. How you spend it and what you think is best for the program is up to you. Not me.

[IM4X]

Wonder if he will bring his assistants? Will Dante stay around? Where did BJ Raymond go?

I hope he can absorb Dante. I think he’d probably like to stay at X. He’s be a good coach to help him better understand our culture.