Originally Posted by ClevelandFlyer05
One of the best things about this is that, despite some premature chest-thumping from Big East fans, it demonstrates that it's still a league full of stepping stone programs.
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That's a pretty big stretch. Villanova and Georgetown are most definitely not stepping stone programs in regards to their coaching position. Nearly all the rest are not either, unless you mean a stepping stone to a top 10 paid job with unlimited resources. Ohio State could have hired many coaches from other Power 5 Schools if they went after them.
What is clear is two schools that previously would have more than likely lost their coach to OSU, kept them, most certainly due to their move to the Big East and the success they and the conference has had. Not to mention, the increased revenue which has increased they and their assistants salaries. Look at the team we all hate down south, why would Mack leave? He recruits the best players in the country, he has the best team, on paper and talent wise for 2017-18 in their terrible history, and the Big East has made themselves a top league, better than some Power 5 conferences. Any member of the Big East has a chance to become a national power, as Villanova has, so there is no reason to leave in order to compete at the highest level of college anymore.
