Shaka got 5 stars at Texas. It isn't about stars, it's about getting the right mix and building the right team.
In all those years at Arizona and Xavier, Miller got to 3 elite 8s and 7 sweet 16s. That's his ceiling, like I said in a post a few days ago in the Fire Rodney thread. He's going to need maximum all in financial push from the University and it's people to break that ceiling. If they don't go all in Miller is good enough to have us in a lot of 2nd round/Sweet 16s as a ceiling.
Also, he cheated. Doesn't matter if paying players is legal now, it absolutely was not legal then. He compromised his ethics and was a black stain on the reputation of the University. That's why he was back at Xavier and not another top program after Arizona fired him. He's a redemption project. I just wish we had kept our own redemption project who had us on the rise and built an elite 8 team. Who, while living in Mississippi, has not had another incident in over 2 years.
If you dumb monkeys who are celebrating this would realize the hypocrisy and stupidity of your stance on Beard, and the huge mistake it was to fire him, then we could all get along.