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Nice post OG, watch your back or the Shaner will be coming after you.

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Cool story bro. If that happens that means the program is doing great. He may decide to make his own legacy, and perhaps we will be able to end up in the Big East.

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I’m out of likes, but this is the meme.

Time it out about an hour before Final Four shows start.

Agreed, best coach in the country. Arkansas will be a huge winner in that trade off if it happens. some Arkansas people have been speculating that the AD had him lined up a few weeks ago. Thus, he basically called Muss out this week for flirting with other schools and said publicly he wasn’t giving him a raise.

A 1 year period to understand the inner workings of the athletic department will bode well for him.

He’s a SMSU fan, he should be more concerned about them hiring Cuonzo back.

He’s not going to Arkansas. I follow them closely as my kid goes to school there, we’re actually on our way to visit Fayetteville right now. The main 3 are Beard, Wade, and Tang. Schertz is coming to SLU.

The same can be said about every major university in the US. It was a dumb generalization, the majority of kids aren’t in that category.

Congrats on being added to the ignore list.

Whoever has money has the advantage. Sorry, no one gives a sh*t about graduate status anymore.

Most likely Tony Murkens

If that happens we get the next version of him at this point or better. Look at Xavier over the years, coaches leave and they replace with capable replacements through Mack. It’s the life you live in at this level. Ford was a “legacy” coach, F that.

The number has to be somewhere between 5-10x more in that situation

Nah, he’s going to get $2M+ from SLU with NIL to take most of his players with him. He’s not able to do that in Terre Haute, those guys would be poached for more money.

It’s pretty funny to read the comments. Enjoy this doozy… During the Spoonhower days and to a lesser extent when Majerus coached there, there was moderate interest in the program. During the Spoonhower tenure they were playing in the Enterprise Center and had really good attendence, and that was partly because Charlie was a folk hero of sorts. But other than that the interest is average at best. If HCJS makes the move it will be because of the money. When the SLU rich kids get bored, Biff and Buffy will drive their BMW down to the lake for the weekend.

The good ole boys network strikes again. Retread coaches suggested by longtime friend/mentor. Good luck to you.

Dang, I’m out of town this weekend or I’d be there. Hopefully there’s a good crowd.

SLU is way down the pecking order for STL media. During season they are behind the Blues, Missouri, Illinois, and Cards offseason. Schertz will be able to handle them just fine. I’d encourage him to be civil, like his exchange with Doyel from the Indy Post yesterday but keep them at arms length. He doesn’t need to be buddies with them. And who cares what Bernie has to say about college sports, he’s admittedly clueless. Slaten isn’t an expert on anything but defending Paterno and swinging purses at people at the old Dubliner.

That works in theory with one caveat, if you enter the portal your current team doesn’t have to take you back and honor your scholarship. So, be careful what you wish for, as it could backfire if you have any intentions of returning.

The convention goes from 4/4 - 4/8. Have him there for at least Saturday to make the rounds and do interviews after the announcement is made. That’s how you get free national PR.

Yeah, I don’t think he’d been an option after his comments on Catholics at Xavier. And he's past his prime and has multiple DUIs. Not worth the PR headache.

If you want as much visibility and talk about the hire as possible, release the announcement Saturday before the Final Four tipoff shows start. It will be mentioned on different channels and shows along the news tickers. The press conference can happen on Tuesday or Wednesday. Schertz will likely be at the Final Four with all other coaches, the NABC convention is this weekend. He can also interview potential staff members if some of his current staff doesn’t come with him.