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Sean Miller’s departure for Texas from Xavier can be easily dismissed.
Oh, that’s just today’s college athletics. There’s no loyalty from coaches and players. He’s getting more money, has more NIL resources and is going to one of the giants in college sports. He’s no different than anyone else.
You know what? Screw that.
This deserves some good, ol’ fashioned old-school treatment. Miller leaving Xavier is a bunch of crap, and Musketeers fans should be pissed off. People can say money talks and Xavier is a stepping-stone job and the school should hire someone who isn’t going to bolt on the first flight out of town.
Well, Xavier thought it had a guy who was going to stick around for a long time in Miller.
Xavier University put its upstanding reputation on the line when it gave Miller a lifeline three years ago. He was out of the sport for a year after being fired by Arizona amid a cloud of a federal investigations into corruption and NCAA rules violations.
Miller was on college basketball’s do-not-hire list, and he hadn’t even been cleared of any wrongdoing when Xavier went above and beyond to give him a second chance (he would later be cleared by the NCAA). Miller may still be unemployed if not for Xavier.
What’s more, Xavier not only gave Miller a second chance, the Big East school also gave him his first chance. Miller got his first head-coaching job at Xavier in 2004. In his first season back in Evanston, Miller took Xavier to the 2023 Sweet Sixteen. Xavier rewarded him with a two-year contract extension.
So yeah, Miller owed Xavier more than to walk out on it again – especially after three years.
This is gross. It makes you want to hate college sports even more at a time when NIL, the transfer portal and conference realignment have ruined a lot of traditions and turned many fans’ passion into indifference.
Cry more, some are saying. Boo friggin’ hoo. Get over it. Miller actually didn’t owe Xavier anything other than the buyout money in his contract,…
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Publish date : 2025-03-24 04:30:00
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