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AJ Casey in the portal

In the era of constant conference realignment, and the obvious desire for an invite to the Big East, I think it is tone deaf of the marketing department to tease announcements of anything that is not that as a BIG announcement. To me it wreaks of a small time program when you try and over-hype an apparel deal as "big," and makes your fanbase begin to to tune you out when you actually want fans to "tune in" when the announcement is made

Conwell to Xavier

Ha! Fair point. Just thought I would pass it on

Frank C. hearing Avila will almost definitely be a Billiken

I recognize that he tends to be a "fanboy" and is prone to overstating certain situations, but Frank just said on his show that today is "the last day that Josh Schertz will be the coach at Indiana St" Just a few minutes later he said that someone at SLU told him that the NIL money will be there to bring the Indiana State studs to SLU

I came in a little after his actual statement on the issue, but going by the conversation that is currently going on on the subject, it sounds like, at least as far as Frank is concerned, Schertz is still coming. There has been no wavering

Just saw that Pitino will remain at New Mexico.

Will Wade would require guts and a vision. I see us playing it much safer/yawn.

I am terrified of who we will end up with if its not Schertz.

I can't fathom Louisville hiring Schertz. I'm not saying he couldn't succeed there. I think he could and would. Louisville needs to be able to sell the hire, though. Just a few minutes ago on ESPN Seth Greenberg blurted out that Louisville should hire Chris Collins. That's a Big 10 coach playing in the round of 32 which is a far cry from a Missouri Valley coach playing in the second round of the NIT

Frank also has it on good authority that Popovich, Billy Donovan and Bill Self reached out to Chaifetz urging the powers that be at SLU to interview Ahern

Frank saying he has it on good authority that if it is Schertz that his star players will follow him here. Also saying that Schertz is very impressed with the O'Laughlin Center

I wholeheartedly agree with this take. If a coach is here for three years and then gets plucked by a P6 school, he will have raised the profile of the program in general and the prestige of the position of head coach at SLU. I dont need a Coach to claim SLU is his destination job. It’s a disingenuous statement to begin with, and sounds a bit too “comfortable” for my liking.

14 tickets spoken for in my group (5 different people) At this point I believe four will be renewed regardless and the remainder, including mine, depends on the HC situation