Who would you like as coach

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Who should Xavier hire?

1) Chris Mack
3
23%
2) Niko Medved, Colorado State
1
8%
3) Pat Kelsy
1
8%
4) Richard Pitino, New Mexico
6
46%
5) Drew Valentine, Loyola (Chicago)
0
No votes
6) Travis Steele
0
No votes
7) John Groce, Akron Zips
2
15%
8) Jonas Hayes, Georgia State
0
No votes
9) Ben Johnson, former coach of Minnesota
0
No votes
10} Just to round it out Rodney Terry formerly Texas (three years one elite 8 and every year in the tourney
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 13
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Who would you like as coach

Postby muskieman » Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:11 am

I hate doing this every 3-5 years. But here goes. You mak chose up to two
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby gym from delhi » Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:11 am

I 'd take Luke Murray, done well with that U Conn offense
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Jesseandrippers » Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:39 pm

Anyone who votes for Mack deserves what is coming to them again.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Anti-Homer » Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:17 pm

gym from delhi wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:11 am
I 'd take Luke Murray, done well with that U Conn offense
I'd lean towards Mack, Murray 2nd. I like Pitino but think he has very high ambitions and would leave for the 1st big-name job. The top programs love poaching X coaches.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby _LH » Tue Mar 25, 2025 7:55 am

Jesseandrippers wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:39 pm
Anyone who votes for Mack deserves what is coming to them again.
Whomever it is will leave before the fans want him to or will be so bad we will want him fired.

Mack is the best option this time around just like Miller was 3 years ago. Hopefully Mack is the choice and he stays 5-7 years.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Jesseandrippers » Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:13 pm

Anti-Homer wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:17 pm
gym from delhi wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:11 am
I 'd take Luke Murray, done well with that U Conn offense
I'd lean towards Mack, Murray 2nd. I like Pitino but think he has very high ambitions and would leave for the 1st big-name job. The top programs love poaching X coaches.
Who were the most successful X coaches? All guys who used X as a stepping stone. Almost all of them left X in a better spot than it was before they got there. Steele was the first real setback for the program in a long time. Don't be afraid of the upstart coach, even in the age of the transfer portal. I would rather have a coach do well and be recruited away than come and fail.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Thor in 204 » Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:30 pm

I think Chris Mack makes sense for many reasons, but I wonder if Dante Jackson is ready for the job. I think he has the right character for the job and I think he actually loves Xavier.
The roller coaster of coaches using X for stepping stone is very destructive to growth of the program. I would be weighing heavily if a candidate has a sense of genuine affinity for the university, and not just as a launching pad to other jobs. I hope that if the administration is going to hire Mack that he gives them some genuine sense that he wants to stay for a few years, and that there’s a hefty buy-out.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Thor in 204 » Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:40 pm

Jesseandrippers wrote:
Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:13 pm
Anti-Homer wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:17 pm
gym from delhi wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:11 am
I 'd take Luke Murray, done well with that U Conn offense
I'd lean towards Mack, Murray 2nd. I like Pitino but think he has very high ambitions and would leave for the 1st big-name job. The top programs love poaching X coaches.
Who were the most successful X coaches? All guys who used X as a stepping stone. Almost all of them left X in a better spot than it was before they got there. Steele was the first real setback for the program in a long time. Don't be afraid of the upstart coach, even in the age of the transfer portal. I would rather have a coach do well and be recruited away than come and fail.
I see your point, but those coaches, but aside from Thad Matta and Miller2.0, stayed a few years, as did key players.
I agree that the coach doing well is the primary goal.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby gundun » Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:01 pm

I don't want Mack because of the way he left the best team in X's history. Granted it was a team he built, but he didn't finish the job.
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Re: Who would you like as coach

Postby Anti-Homer » Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:13 pm

It looks like Pitino by a nose. Bring your damn point guard with you!

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