April 6, 200917 yr I won't agree that AZ is an "endpoint." There are only a few of those jobs. Well if its not its a step up from X and I really like X. No one can blame him for making this decision. Hed never make AZ $ at X.
April 6, 200917 yr I won't agree that AZ is an "endpoint." There are only a few of those jobs. True. But it's tough to get to one of those "endpoints" from a job like XU. A much smaller step from Arizona.
April 6, 200917 yr Well if its not its a step up from X and I really like X. No one can blame him for making this decision. Hed never make AZ $ at X. I was interested to see what X was going to counter. I guess we'll never know, or it just wasn't close.
April 6, 200917 yr I thought they wouldn't go over 5 years? The details weren't exact, but to say it was likely after a few things I heard seemed to be right while everyone else said that it wasn't likely, and was only maybe 50/50. I don't know if this is true or not, but originally the offer wasn't for as much and as long, but it changed. I can't confirm or deny that at this time.
April 6, 200917 yr I was interested to see what X was going to counter. I guess we'll never know, or it just wasn't close. It wasn't going to be "close" at the initial AZ offer. The final offer is silly money.
April 6, 200917 yr Huge loss for X and a huge win for Arizona. Xavier is a top notch program in my opinion. They are a Major Program stuck in a Mid-Major Conference. They will continue to crank out coaches, they are set up for a lot of success but Arizona is one of those upper echelon programs. Sure next few years may be rough but if he can get them up and moving it will pay huge dividends. High risk high reward.
April 6, 200917 yr Xavier may hire Miller's top assistant to replace him... "May" is the key word. I doubt it though. However, if I'm him I say "hey, that's where Sean came from." Do you turn over a top-10 team to a coach with no HC experience?
April 6, 200917 yr The details weren't exact, but to say it was likely after a few things I heard seemed to be right while everyone else said that it wasn't likely, and was only maybe 50/50. I don't know if this is true or not, but originally the offer wasn't for as much and as long, but it changed. I can't confirm or deny that at this time. He was 50/50 and after meeting with Bobinski late last night decided to stay. Then Zona made a counter that X simply couldn't even come close to matching and he had to take it. That's how it went down...
April 6, 200917 yr I just talked to a sports writer in Arizona and he said that originally it was set to be a five year deal, from what he knows.
April 6, 200917 yr For what it's worth... I've heard that Arizona may end up with a big-time recruit out of all of this coaching shuffle, and he may come from the crop that Kentucky is involved with.
April 6, 200917 yr For what it's worth... I've heard that Arizona may end up with a big-time recruit out of all of this coaching shuffle, and he may come from the crop that Kentucky is involved with. Demarcus Cousins, I don't think he will go though.
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