Miller uses a private jet in recruiting? Who knew?

[Mr. Neutral]

http://www.athlonsports.com/college-bas ... to-win-big

“We always have to be realistic about the world around us, and try not to trick ourselves that we are someone we’re not,” Xavier AD Mike Bobinski says. “But we also put no limits on ourselves. How do we accomplish what we can accomplish? Putting the right plan together is a day-to-day mindset.”

Bobinski has been at Xavier through much of its recent success. Dating back to 1983, the Musketeers have played in 18 NCAA Tournaments. That alone is reason to laud the program and its progress. For part of that period, however, X was thriving as a bully in a weak neighborhood, dominating the Midwestern Collegiate Conference until its move to the A-10 for the 1995-96 season. Since then, Xavier has committed itself to behaving more like a BCS school. In 2000, it opened the on-campus Cintas Center, which seats 10,250 and is as sharp as any place you’ll find in the nation. It has begun to get respect from the tournament selection committee as well, grabbing No. 3 seeds last season and in 2003 and No. 7 seeds in 2002 and ’04.

The fallout has been substantial. Not only is Xavier now considered a national factor, from its TV coverage to its recruiting scope; it is also behaving more like a team that belongs among the upper echelon of the country’s powers. When coach Sean Miller recruits, he often travels by private jet. The school’s locker and training facilities are first-rate. Assistant coaches’ salaries are more in line with those paid by BCS schools, helping to promote continuity. It comes down to a priority and a commitment designed to make Xavier basketball thrive.

[Shadow]

Beats the holy h**l out of hitch-hiking.

[confusedbulldog]

Is it a recruiting violation to use a booster's plane or car?
(Not trying to infer or assume that's the case just curious)

[muskieman]

Is it a recruiting violation to use a booster's plane or car?
(Not trying to infer or assume that's the case just curious)

Many schools use private planes....they pay for them but they use them.

X has been using private jets for certain trips over the years...they just pay for the use of those planes.

[Lead Guitar]

I know he also uses Delta, since I was sitting behind him and Chris Mack on a flight from Atlanta a couple months ago.

[Mr. Neutral]

For the record, I wasn't in any way implying that X or Miller was doing anything wrong. I had just never given much thought as to how our coaches travel when recruiting, and I was surprised that Miller (at least on some occasions) had the use of a private jet.

Right or wrong, that's big-time college sports today, and at least X is keeping up with the Joneses, so to speak.

[muskieman]

For the record, I wasn't in any way implying that X or Miller was doing anything wrong. I had just never given much thought as to how our coaches travel when recruiting, and I was surprised that Miller (at least on some occasions) had the use of a private jet.

Right or wrong, that's big-time college sports today, and at least X is keeping up with the Joneses, so to speak.

And we thank you Gary for letting Sean use one of your private jets.....ah, I wasn't suppose to tell anyone....sorry!

[Mr. Neutral]

OK, OK, I do let Miller use fly Mr. Neutral Air occasionally, but, just like a hotel, he's got to pay for everything missing from the mini-bar!

[Masterofreality]

OK, OK, I do let Miller use fly Mr. Neutral Air occasionally, but, just like a hotel, he's got to pay for everything missing from the mini-bar!

Since Mayor D closed Meigs Field, is that jet kept at Gary International Airport now?

[Mr. Neutral]

Nice one, MOR. (Not sure if I can say the same about the Gary airport, though.)