Originally Posted by ud2
Bill Frieder, hc Michigan, #1 seed in 1985, left for Arizona State in 1989.
Also, BF's alma mater was Michigan.
This is a very similar situation in that regard.
This is a blow to Xavier's ego though IMO. An alumnus leaves a week or so after leading you to a #1 seed, that is a gut punch.
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Also goes to prove that, no matter how successful the BE is on the basketball court, they still can't compete with the football power schools when it comes to money, prestige, etc.
The best any non-P5 school can hope for is to hire one of its own, and have enough success to bring pride to the university, but not so much that the coach becomes the target of a perennial P5 basketball power. We experienced it last year, with a coach who had no roots at UD. X is experiencing it this year with a "true blue Muskie".
We'll see how their program handles the transition. My hope is that they come back to earth, but don't crash and burn.
