A Pitt coach needs to be 3 things:

[Sean Miller Fan]

1. Be a good coach. Duh.

2. Be a good recruiter

3. Play a style that recruits like

Jamie was a good coach but played a style that recruits did not like and that was one reason he was a poor recruiter.

Of these candidates, Jacobson is probably the best, most proven coach but plays a boring style and has recruited an entirely different athlete (ie midwestern white guys)

Lonergan is also a good coach. But, he's a boring guy and I can't imagine him winning NE recruiting battles. He's Jamie Lite.

Drew doesn't play an attractive style but seems to be a good recruiter. His dad was a great coach and his brother, a great recruiter so maybe he could be both.

Enfield plays a fun style, recruits well, but has had a below average coaching career outside of 2 FGCU wins.

Keatts may be the best recruiter and plays a fun style but he's unproven as a D1 coach and there is the Louisville stuff (which to me isnt a big deal)

Rose plays a fun style and is a good coach but its an odd fit. He wouldn't be recruiting white Mormon kids anymore.

Wade and McCall seem to be good recruiters but have very little coaching experience.

Jacobson is the safest choice as he's Jamie, pretty much. Keatts is the biggest risk/reward guy. Drew is probably somewhere in the middle. Wade and McCall are too green and Lonergan and Rose are just bad fits.

 

[ratking17]

Don't forget to score more points than the opponents

 

[Cap pitt]

Don't forget to score more points than the opponents

And run a clean upright program

 

[whirlybird optio]

1. Be a good coach. Duh.

2. Be a good recruiter

3. Play a style that recruits like

Jamie was a good coach but played a style that recruits did not like and that was one reason he was a poor recruiter.

Of these candidates, Jacobson is probably the best, most proven coach but plays a boring style and has recruited an entirely different athlete (ie midwestern white guys)

Lonergan is also a good coach. But, he's a boring guy and I can't imagine him winning NE recruiting battles. He's Jamie Lite.

Drew doesn't play an attractive style but seems to be a good recruiter. His dad was a great coach and his brother, a great recruiter so maybe he could be both.

Enfield plays a fun style, recruits well, but has had a below average coaching career outside of 2 FGCU wins.

Keatts may be the best recruiter and plays a fun style but he's unproven as a D1 coach and there is the Louisville stuff (which to me isnt a big deal)

Rose plays a fun style and is a good coach but its an odd fit. He wouldn't be recruiting white Mormon kids anymore.

Wade and McCall seem to be good recruiters but have very little coaching experience.

Jacobson is the safest choice as he's Jamie, pretty much. Keatts is the biggest risk/reward guy. Drew is probably somewhere in the middle. Wade and McCall are too green and Lonergan and Rose are just bad fits.

I really wish we'd go all in on either Cooley or Holtmann. I think those guys could check all three of your boxes. Holtmann has some questions with recruiting, but I think he'd be real good.

I don't get the Longeran fit at all. He's been to the NCAAs twice in 10 seasons, so that's not great. I'd see pitt turning into Clemson and brad brownell, good coach but a constant NIT team. Our team would also have a foreign player for each nationality room, so there's that.

Drew and Jacobson are very similar to me. I could talk myself into either one of them.

Enfield is probably the biggest "name" hire they could make, but seems unlikely he leaves SoCal for here.

Just such a blah group of candidates. At this point the safest bet might be giving it to Knight and if it's clear he's no good in 3 years maybe there will be a better pool of candidates then.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

And run a clean upright program

Yes, I could care less. Just want to win. Probation is only 1 year now so there is really no incentive to not get a little dirty.

 

[Pittbaseball11]

Just such a blah group of candidates. At this point the safest bet might be giving it to Knight and if it's clear he's no good in 3 years maybe there will be a better pool of candidates then.

I'm sort of the opposite, I'd like to see him go elsewhere or see how he does without Dixon and then hire him in a few years. Because yeah, this pool of candidates doesn't engender confidence when it comes to a long-term solution and it's starting to feel like Knight as Pitt coach is somewhat inevitable at some point.

If and when that happens, would like him to be as prepared as possible.

 

[drunkinoakland]

I really wish we'd go all in on either Cooley or Holtmann. I think those guys could check all three of your boxes. Holtmann has some questions with recruiting, but I think he'd be real good.

I don't get the Longeran fit at all. He's been to the NCAAs twice in 10 seasons, so that's not great. I'd see pitt turning into Clemson and brad brownell, good coach but a constant NIT team. Our team would also have a foreign player for each nationality room, so there's that.

Drew and Jacobson are very similar to me. I could talk myself into either one of them.

Enfield is probably the biggest "name" hire they could make, but seems unlikely he leaves SoCal for here.

Just such a blah group of candidates. At this point the safest bet might be giving it to Knight and if it's clear he's no good in 3 years maybe there will be a better pool of candidates then.

There is no set of circumstances where three years of being bad enough to fire a coach would lead us to a better pool of candidates.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

Yes, I could care less. Just want to win. Probation is only 1 year now so there is really no incentive to not get a little dirty.

I'm the opposite. The first requirement above all else is that the next coach is a good ambassador for the university, graduates his kids, and runs a clean program. The rest are valid, but not before this.

The end does not justify the means.