Wow!

About time!!

Do you think he would be willing to bring his cheating' ways to Cal and get us up to a mid league finish? I would be willing to wire transfer a few simoleons.

Query:

1) who takes his place?

2) what type of penalties/sanctions they absorb since with Miller leaving, it will all come out?

3) what this does to the recruiting landscape?

Unfortunately, on number 3 I don't think this impacts Cal one way or the other, as UoA and Cal swim in different recruiting waters.

"1.who takes his place?"

Wyking...or an AI powered hologram of Lute.

Sources - Arizona Wildcats fire coach Sean Miller


https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31209814/sources-arizona-wildcats-fire-coach-sean-miller

Well, Miller's biggest sin was ... not winning as much.
18-19 record of 17-15 (8th)
19-20 record of 21-11 but 10-8 in conference (5th)
20-21 record of 17-9 but 11-9 in conference (5th) (way to schedule non-conference)

While we would have taken those results at Cal - those are not what Miller was being paid to accomplish.

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Query:

1) who takes his place?

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Names I've heard include Gonzaga asst. Tommy Lloyd, Arkansas HC Eric Musselman, Arizona asst. Jason Terry, Pacific HC Damon Stoudamire, and Georgia Tech HC Josh Pastner

He'd be an upgrade from Mark Faux. Sure, it's not saying much, but still.

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wifeisafurd said:

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Query:

1) who takes his place?

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Mark Fox is known to run a clean program and to be the sharpest dresser in the conference. But can Shocky buy out both the Miller and Fox contracts?

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I'd say Shocky is small potatoes, or rather, small dollars.

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2 or 3 years too late, but better late than never.

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The investigation began 4 years ago.
He's surely been cheating his entire time there, which I think is 12 years. So, 12 years too late.

I hope they get the death penalty. They knew years ago he was cheating and gave him that contract where they couldn't even fire him for cause without paying him. And thats what he and his lawyer reminded him at the regents meeting. So they knowingly employed a cheater for two more years. Total lack of institutional control.

I want to be clear, I am NOT defending Sean Miller here but it's embarrassing the way UofA and the other schools caught up in this current scandal have handled the situation. First look at the disparity between two coaches who were implicated in the allegations

Then remember that when this was all just coming out a couple years ago Arizona stood by Miller and opted instead to fire their head football coach Rich Rodriguez for supposed leadership failures. In reality at the time they were happy with the success Miller brought to the basketball program and clearly weren't concerned how it happened; they were less excited about their middling football team even though Rich Rod was averaging over 7 wins per year and had been to 5 bowl games in 6 years. So instead of dealing with their cesspool of a basketball program Arizona tried to distract attention by firing their football coach with this statement:

' "After conducting a thorough evaluation of our football program and its leadership, both on and off the field, President [Robert] Robbins and I feel it is in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction," athletic director Dave Heeke said in a release. '

The real kicker? They threatened to try and withhold the $6.25 million left on his contract on the grounds that he'd broken some morality clause in their by having an affair even though the woman wasn't affiliated with the school or a student like in that whole Petrino situation. And I'm not advocating cheating on your significant other, but that's a 'live and let live' kind of deal; nothing like Les Miles at LSU.

Basically if there's a greater Karmic force in the universe the Wildcats really deserve the basketball equivalent of their Kevin Sumlin hire for football

Bearly Clad said:

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I want to be clear, I am NOT defending Sean Miller here but it's embarrassing the way UofA and the other schools caught up in this current scandal have handled the situation. First look at the disparity between two coaches who were implicated in the allegations

Then remember that when this was all just coming out a couple years ago Arizona stood by Miller and opted instead to fire their head football coach Rich Rodriguez for supposed leadership failures. In reality at the time they were happy with the success Miller brought to the basketball program and clearly weren't concerned how it happened; they were less excited about their middling football team even though Rich Rod was averaging over 7 wins per year and had been to 5 bowl games in 6 years. So instead of dealing with their cesspool of a basketball program Arizona tried to distract attention by firing their football coach with this statement:

' "After conducting a thorough evaluation of our football program and its leadership, both on and off the field, President [Robert] Robbins and I feel it is in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction," athletic director Dave Heeke said in a release. '

The real kicker? They threatened to try and withhold the $6.25 million left on his contract on the grounds that he'd broken some morality clause in their by having an affair even though the woman wasn't affiliated with the school or a student like in that whole Petrino situation. And I'm not advocating cheating on your significant other, but that's a 'live and let live' kind of deal; nothing like Les Miles at LSU.

Basically if there's a greater Karmic force in the universe the Wildcats really deserve the basketball equivalent of their Kevin Sumlin hire for football

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"The real kicker?"

We see what you did there!

The long arm of the law finally reached out and nabbed him!

Lot of smoke about Mark Fox to Arizona in some capacity. Crazy, but wouldn't be shocked. That's a lot of experience in one guy.

Bad Cop.

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I hope they get the death penalty. They knew years ago he was cheating and gave him that contract where they couldn't even fire him for cause without paying him. And thats what he and his lawyer reminded him at the regents meeting. So they knowingly employed a cheater for two more years. Total lack of institutional control.

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The death penalty? At first thought, that seems really harsh. I can't stand Miller, and I really can't stand cheating related to recruiting, but on second thought, I think you may have something here. One or two executions might just put enough fear into coaches and the slimy agents to put an end to the age-old practice of bribery in college recruiting.

And maybe put Cal on a more equal footing with opposing programs when it come to landing the better prospects. I like that better than trying to hire a coach willing to skirt today's rules, risk getting caught, and Cal going on probation again.

"Off with their heads!" - The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland

I had benefit of a little insight, maybe trivial, into Miller's character when he first got hired by Arizona after coaching several years at Xavier. I have a close friend who was a graduate of Xavier and big fan of their basketball program, and he told me a story about Miller's farewell speech to his players and assistants, along with Xavier's faculty, priests and nuns, supporters and fans. Miller barely mentioned his players, assistants, and never thanked anyone for the opportunity to coach at Xavier. What he mostly did was talk about himself and the fact that he would now be going to a power conference and it would finally be a chance for him to win a national championship which was his lifelong dream.

My friend also said that Miller sought the advice of John Calipari as to whether he should take the Arizona job. Calipari, who has had his own troubles with the NCAA, told Miller Arizona would be an ideal school to coach for, and give him that chance at the national title.

My friend also told me of the relationship between Miller and Mark Lyons. He recruited Lyons to play fpoint guard for him at Xavier, but made Miller play the shooting guard, as Tu Holloway was the better point guard. Lyons played the two guard behind Holloway for 3 years, and all the while, scouts were telling him the best chance he had to play in the NBA would be as a point guard, but Miller never would give him that chance. When Miller got the Arizona job, he called Lyons and convinced him to transfer to Arizona, where Miller told him he could play point guard. Lyons transferred, and somehow did not have to sit out a year before he could play for the Cats. Unfortunately for Lyons, Nick Johnson was a good point guard and Lyons played mostly shooting guard, along with some point guard, but not enough to get Lyons the exposure he wanted. He went undrafted, and has had a successful career playing overseas since then. Lyons is a scorer, not a point guard, and Miller should have been honest with him, IMO.

Watch them hire Mark Fox and win an NCAA Title with him as coach!

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Watch them hire Mark Fox and win an NCAA Title with him as coach!

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I dare them!

dimitrig said:

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Watch them hire Mark Fox and win an NCAA Title with him as coach!

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People are saying...

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They need to hire a guy who has been telling the world for years that he runs a clean program. They need to hire Mark Fox.

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Lol. Hiring Fox is basically a self imposed sanction and post season ban which AZ needs...

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wifeisafurd said:

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Query:

1) who takes his place?

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Names I've heard include Gonzaga asst. Tommy Lloyd, Arkansas HC Eric Musselman, Arizona asst. Jason Terry, Pacific HC Damon Stoudamire, and Georgia Tech HC Josh Pastner

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Tommy Lloyd is going to pop up a lot in the coming days as jobs are being filled but I don't see AZ being a likely landing spot for an assistant no matter his rep as a recruiter, largely in international waters in Lloyd's case. They'll go for an established HC or NBA assistant, not necessarily one with a tie to the Olson era.

Just curious as Cal fans, whom do you want AZ to hire as a coach? Do you want them to get a rock star that puts them right back at the top of conference rankings? Or a rising assistant/alum that is unproven but has promise?

I'm on the fence. They've beat up on people for years so I wouldn't mind seeing them struggle a little bit. And, I think they have the worst fans in the conference that could use a dose of humility. But, I guess having a strong AZ program is good for the conference and hence good for us.

What say you?

Someone who will hire the father of a five star player as an assistant coach.See USC.

Wilner knows it's simple. Hire Mussleman, and Arizona is back. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/08/its-simple-arizona-open-the-vault-pay-eric-musselman-whatever-it-takes-and-rekindle-the-pac-12s-glory-years/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

It's been two days.
Is uA xCoach Miller still fired?