Really why do you or any other fan care what he’s getting paid ? Are you funding his salary ? If he was the lowest paid HC in the ACC would that make losing more palatable ?
No, if he was the lowest paid Head coach in the ACC he would’ve been fired last year because the buyout would’ve been nothing. Hence, why people care
The reality is that Pitt gave him the contract they felt they needed to . If he’d have been offered a low ball contract Heather would never have swayed him to come to Pitt . She also felt that the extension was a good idea too . I know what your going to say , guess what , everybody is smarter in hindsight .
Pitt 100 percent wanted him gone. Basketball just isn’t important enough.
The extension was bad but to be fair, we were in Bracketology at the time and had we made the NCAAT, he would have had offers from programs similar to Pitt. The extension was too early as we lost about every game since the signing.
Churning through 3 coaches in that short of a time is a great way to have nobody worth a damn to look at pitt for a decade
He wasn’t leaving Pitt at that time for any job but Duke. He was still in love with Pittsburgh and making 3.5 million. He was also there through 2025 already. That’s 6 years. Plenty of time.
He had 5 seasons left on his deal and wasn’t gonna get another ACC job or another job that wasn’t Duke that would pay more. If he got Duke, he was leaving anyways. Egregious mistake.
What does that have to do with offering an underserved extension to someone without a winning season and only a 4-17 conference record at that point?
Year 2, we were in like First Four Out in January. Wins over FSU, Rutgers, someone else decent. I know that doesn't mean much but had we made the NCAAT, he would have had offers. Would he have left? I don't know. Probably not but obviously Heather thought he may have. She probably envisioned us making the NCAAT or getting close and him leaving. Was it a bad extension? Of course. Just saying what she thought
Because they likely reached out to other candidates who told them they are radioactive
Lol that certainly didn’t happen.
People seem to forget that when Ben left Pitt was loaded and couldn’t lure anyone here and settled for their untested assistant.
I’m saying there are professionals in the athletic department for a change , silly goose
It’s a shame too. Because the panic and logic to give a 4-17 ACC record coach earning 3.5 million could only be done by a professional.
With the way college basketball is now, I don't think you will see much consistency except for maybe 10-15 top programs. There's going to be a lot of year to year randomness. A lot of March stories of Team X won 10 games last year and is now in the NCAAT because of all these transfers. Its an entirely new sport. And Capel seems to be doing....well.....pretty good in adjusting but we have to see if he can get this group to win.
Way to many have already given up on Capel. I will throw in the towel if this year goes bad. He has a pretty complete roster this year, much better depth, and clearly better overall talent. Things just might change for the better this year.
Weren't you convinced that there's no way he's coming back after next season?
His next challenge is the players not being upset and running to the transfer portal, which has been the case the last few years.
The issue isn’t that some of these players leave for better opportunities to play because that’s just the reality of college ball , it’s whether you can maintain the core of good team .
