Richard Pitino Jr is the next head coach.

[Xville]

He also made mention of having two guys on the roster. Hope that remains the case, especially traore. It’s be nice to start off the roster with that kind of size

[D-West & PO-Z]

Thought Pitino did really well. (Really bad sign if you stink in one of these tho lol).

Couldn’t stand that Xavier didn’t ask the media walking a question to introduce who they were and where from. Not only for the audience at home but for Pitino himself.

I liked his answer to first year expectations. Acknowledged a hook lot of work to be done and good teams in the league but every year he wants to win a BE championship.

[Caveat]

He also made mention of having two guys on the roster. Hope that remains the case, especially traore. It’s be nice to start off the roster with that kind of size

Allegedly Traore was at the introduction in the crowd.

[xudash]

His strong, positive comments about Greg Christopher were telling. Beyond that, I thought Greg did an excellent job of describing how Xavier went to "battle stations" over all of this aggressively, and how a solid process got us to a signed contract with Richard Pitino.

His strong, positive comments about Val Ackerman, especially when the topic of a potential BE/ACC merger came up also were telling.

Some here may pooh-pooh all of that as press conference speak. Others here will know that he was sincere in his comments and that he's correct about them.

I really like this guy. I do love his youth, polished delivery, energy, and professionalism. I love his comfort with Xavier, given his Providence degree.

Layers of potential cake and icing with this one:

1. Winning big again - OOC, BE and NCAAT.

2. At least 2 epic conference games against his HOF father.

3. His son Jack is apparently a hoot.

Will the P2 allow themselves to be locked into a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis the BE with respect to the House Settlement? They'll probably find a way to fuss, fight and cheat their way around it, but maybe at the margins. The Athletic Director at Duke sees it pretty clearly right now - it's going to provide some level of competitive balance and benefit to the Big East.

Governance and decisions regarding tournaments and payouts will be the next field of battle to take center stage.

Regardless, this was a GREAT day for Xavier.

[94GRAD]

Allegedly Traore was at the introduction in the crowd.

He was definitely there

[drudy23]

Coaches praising the AD on public mics? Of course that will happen.

I don't buy into anything said, by anyone. Pitino did fine, and pretty much hit all the key themes that new coaches hit.

It's why I love sports. None of it matters at the end of the day. It becomes blatantly clear in time. You can't hide behind corporate speak and marketing ploys for very long (not saying anyone did that) - but you can't get away with it in sports, you perform or you don't, and the results are typically objective and hit you right in the face.

None of the corporate suit BS talk matters at the end of the day.

It's like grading the draft the day after - completely meaningless and pointless.

Let's go win some stuff. Also, let's ramp up the home schedule.

[paulxu]

Does he know about bringing $1000 to Dana's when we beat the bear pussies?

[webxu]

Traore in the portal.

[Caveat]

Just listened to Pitino on Mo Egger -- man is he a refreshing interview when it comes to college head coaches.

Blunt, insightful, and actually answers questions instead of pivoting to slogans.

[drudy23]

Just listened to Pitino on Mo Egger -- man is he a refreshing interview when it comes to college head coaches.

Blunt, insightful, and actually answers questions instead of pivoting to slogans.

No spin. Straight to the point. No fluff.