Here's one man's (critic) view on Dixon's tenure at Pitt.
2004 Losing to Okie State as a 3 seed in the Rd of 16: Hey, we played to seed, we got totally screwed on the seeding, Okie State should have been a 1 seed that year, we even had to play 6 seed Wisky in Milwaukee for Chrissakes
2005 Losing to Pacific as a 9 seed. Hey, we played to seed, it sucks, we went 2-5 down the stretch, the players in many cases quit on JD.
2006: Lost to Bradley as a 5 seed. Bradley was a 13 seed, they upset Kansas, Bradley loss sucked, but I think this was a year we played above our talent level big time. But man.....we had an easier path to another Sweet 16.
2007: Losing to UCLA as a 3 seed in the Rd of 16. Hey, we played to seed, UCLA was really tough. Went to the Final 4. The NCAA matched the teacher vs pupil, No shame.
2008 We got Izzo'd. Young team, we lost to MSU as a 4 seed, they were 5 seed. What has become a common theme in most cases, we aren't that good defending good guards.
2009. #1 seed. We lost to Villanova in the Elite 8. You guys remember this. We had a great team. Just a huge disappointing loss. But even after this, you can explain "it was a great play". We were dominate team that year, we dominated teams, but the best guards we played, we struggled a bit. Nova, L'ville gave us problems.
2010. Transition year. We still managed to get a 3 seed, but again, did not make the seeded round losing in the rd of 32 to Xavier.
2011. #1 seed. Lost in unbelievably excruciating manner in the Rd of 32. Didn't even get out of the 1st weekend as a 1 seed.
NOW....I start to really question Jamie and his ability to get us to the next step.
Point here, it took me a lot of time and a lot of rope. So I don't think most Pitt fans have been unfair to Jamie or our expectations.