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Feel like he is on par with Roddie. Good pickup imo

Committing per Trilly

Yes

While overall I am not a Slaten fan. That said, I think he is an outstanding interviewer. He's thorough. He will ask the difficult questions as well as give some fun softball stuff. Other than JC Corcoran, imo he is the best interviewer in local media (for the record, other that I interviewing, I don't like JC Corcoran as well. I just think he's good at interviewing) It's a shame both can't get the rest of their jobs right. What they could have been

Which? Visiting or committing?

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I can see this argument too. I am just programmed to avoid Slaten at all cost.

Incoming as in visiting or talking... or incoming as in committing?

Fletcher to Xavier. I'm not going to cry over this one...

Ohio HS player of the year, starter in the B12, and a 7 foot wingspan? Sign me up.

All of these coaches want to win (duh) at the highest level they can. Can a coach legitimately believe that he can build a final four quality team at SLU? Rick Majerus thought he could and was on the path to doing so. Travis Ford said he could but I am not sure he belived it and he certainly didn't have the skill set to do it. If SLU is successful in being competitive in and around the NCAA tournament (defined as getting in more often than not and winning some games), I belive the resources will be available to compete at a very high level (defined as 2nd and 3rd weekend level). That scenario would keep any coach here. But you have to lay the foundation Coach Majerus did, consistently win in your conference and start getting bids. That is the progression we want/need to see that will ultimately keep a coach here.

-he was at ISU for 3 seasons, I am guessing that today the folks in Terre Haute consider him a job hopper

Kobe incoming

UMass getting interesting. Second pickup in 24 hours.

This is the best of the five or six Schertz interview's I have heard. Slaten spent the next 15 minutes after Schertz by talking about the interview, SLU hoops and college basketball.

Nobody is saying he wants a P5 job ultimately. All I said was that staying at ISU and passing up the big payday here didn't make any sense to me. Yes he is not a job hopper as some say but he did hop to SLU for whatever his reasons were. I am sure he will ultimately make the decision that is best for him just as he did when deciding to come to SLU. Would he have come for 250K more which would have been 1.5 million over 6 years maybe not but for 7.5 million now that is a horse of a different color.

Well we saw what happened when Ford thought he had his teams - Perkins injury and underperformances. A gamble is just that a gamble. If it was called a sure thing then nobody would ever lose.

Looks like we are talking to Kobe Johnson. The West Virginia Kobe Johnson and not the UCLA/USC Kobe Johnson.

I'm not saying I believe that he'll be a lifer here, that's not the part that caught my attention as that was normal coachspeak... but I really do believe the fact that under the old rules, it would have been more difficult for 3 of his 5 starters to transfer absolutely played a role and made leaving now a lot easier, as opposed to waiting one more year. It was an interesting factor that I hadn't previously considered.

Schertz's resume supports his statement. He spent 13 years coaching in Division 2 at the same school. It's nearly impossible to last that long at a P5. If he's going to replicate that resume in Division 1, it will be at SLU or a similar level school.

I'll have whatever you are smoking/drinking.

Schertz is not a man that thinks and acts like everyone else does. he is different. I think he would have done as he said he would. There are people in this world for whom money is not a primary goal, in my opinion he is one of them. Had he said no to SLU and staid at ISU with an intact team he was likely to be in a similar or better position by the end of next season and might have better offers than SLU's. Believe what he says, this is not a guy that says one thing and does a different thing, not for money anyways.. People capable of doing things like this are rare.

I thought it was the best interview that I've heard with Schertz since he was hired. Good job by Slaten.

Best part of the Slaten interview was when he said "Look, Coach, I was publicly pushing for Blake Ahearn to become the next head coach at Saint Louis University. The Midtown Madness guys came on here back-to-back and they both said you were the best man for the job, and I really laid into one of them in a way that seems pretty unfair and off base in hindsight. But now I have to admit that they were right and I was wrong, and I think you should go on their show and talk to those guys. I've heard they already have some detailed, thought provoking questions written for you, questions designed with the most dedicated Billiken fans in mind. So do yourself, SLU fans, and all of us local sports fans a favor and sit down with those two when you get a chance. You won't regret it." I thought that showed a lot of growth on Slaten's part, and I can't speak for Zac but I accept his apology.