Dino on ESPNU

Reports are saying that Pat Kelsey is one of top targets for the Towson job.

Deacon2002 said:

Mack coached Xavier to the Elite Eight last year....

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No he didn't. Sean Miller did the year before. (Actually two years before - my bad)

Mack just made the Sweet 16 and also lost in the second round of the A-10 tournament.

El Chupacabra said:

No he didn't. Sean Miller did the year before. (Actually two years before - my bad)

Mack just made the Sweet 16 and also lost in the second round of the A-10 tournament.

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Bad memory...sorry.....Still think Mack will do well at Xavier...

Also, if Kelsey takes the Towson job I wouldn't be suprised to see Dino on the bench at Xavier next to Mack. They are really close friends...

I'm not ragging on the guy, I just don't see him stepping up to the Matta/Miller level. Miller finished 1st the A-10 his last three years and made the 2nd round, Elite 8, and Sweet 16. Mack has finished 2nd and 1st, lost in the second and first rounds of the A-10 tourney, made the Sweet 16 and flamed out in the first round this year.

Interestingly, neither have even made the final of the A-10 tournament, I don't think.

So I don't think one could argue that he's improved on Miller's results, and he has clearly had an extremely successful start to his head coaching career; I'm just saying, based on how I've seen his teams play compared to how Miller's X teams played, it looked more like Prosser-style (at least in the offensive half court), and, in my opinion, I think he'll enjoy similar results, which isn't bad at all.

I think the reasons given for Dino's firing were simply a way to gloss over a more serious problem that the university didn't want to make public. It looked like a PR way to "take the high road".