[Cactus Jack]

Good move for his bank account and even if he's fired at Texas, short of there being some type of terrible scandal, another school similar to Xavier will hire him, so it's a win for Miller.

I THINK I see what Texas is thinking, but knowing what I know, I don't see what Texas is thinking. Miller has no ties to the area, no ties to the SEC, and nothing that tells me he's going to be anything other than another Rick Barnes.

Texas has the funds to pay anyone if they really wanted, but it seems that they're going to be content with making the tournament most years and getting to a Sweet Sixteen or slightly beyond every few years.

Miller checks that box, it just seems that Texas has more potential than that (they just opened a new arena) and going the ex-pro or young up and comer would have been a better play than a re-tread.

Miller's best recruits were from Southern California, Las Vegas, and Phoenix area (prep) schools and the rest of his history is in the Rust Belt. Texas isn't littered with prep schools and I don't see tons of the rest of the kids I just mentioned going halfway across the country and passing over schools with more tradition to play at a football school.

Texas is a huge place to recruit, but right now, the best players in the Houston area are probably U of H's to lose. Not saying he can't get them, just that it's a safe assumption that any Houston kid who wants to stay in-state is a Cougars lean until you hear otherwise.

Maybe it works if he has a really strong staff and someone who has ties to the area is willing to do a lot of the heavy-lifting that he gets the credit for, but if this were the case, you'd think the school could have just hired them to begin with.

We're going to see how well Miller does in the portal very quickly, because he's losing a ton and is going to have to dive in right away.