Capel is negotiating now

[Duneaux Harm]

There is no way to look at this other than he is trying to get himself fired. What he has been saying post game is frighteningly unbelievable. He really seems like he is doing all he can to lose his job. It cannot go on. The rhetoric will increase from his end until Lyke is forced to pull the trigger.

 

[PittPharm2002]

There is no way to look at this other than he is trying to get himself fired. What he has been saying post game is frighteningly unbelievable. He really seems like he is doing all he can to lose his job. It cannot go on. The rhetoric will increase from his end until Lyke is forced to pull the trigger.

Actually i think he’s setting the stage to resign .
He is defeated and knows there is no turning it around .
It’s better for him to resign and save face .
The negotiation is how he and pitt structure that

Without a big contract as leverage I’ve been in this situation at work/ after a few years it’s exhausting - going from one crisis to another - and your performance isn’t even matching your own expectations let alone your admin .

You’re wanting an escape route - just looking for how .

 

[docpanther26]

Time to dial up that certain someone at Iona College.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

I disagree with his notion that he's left the program in better shape than he inherited in. We may not be as bad as that second-year Stallings team, but we're only marginally better and now four years farther removed from being respectable. Oh, and more financially strapped with a more apathetic fan base. I think we might be in a worse position now.

 

[gary2]

I disagree with his notion that he's left the program in better shape than he inherited in. We may not be as bad as that second-year Stallings team, but we're only marginally better and now four years farther removed from being respectable. Oh, and more financially strapped with a more apathetic fan base. I think we might be in a worse position now.

Agree

 

[PittPharm2002]

I disagree with his notion that he's left the program in better shape than he inherited in. We may not be as bad as that second-year Stallings team, but we're only marginally better and now four years farther removed from being respectable. Oh, and more financially strapped with a more apathetic fan base. I think we might be in a worse position now.

Well
It’s the lowest of bars to get over and he barely did
6 conference wins is absolutely better than. 0

 

[gary2]

Well
It’s the lowest of bars to get over and he barely did
6 conference wins is absolutely better than. 0

Holy shit you don’t actually listen or read?

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I am not saying but I am saying “Sean from Chippewa” just ordered a pepperoni and mushroom pizza from Antoon’s

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Well
It’s the lowest of bars to get over and he barely did
6 conference wins is absolutely better than. 0

There were 5 teams ranked in the Top 25 of the final rankings and UVA was the national champion in Stallings last year. The ACC was the best conference that year. This year the ACC is the 6th best conference.

 

[PittPharm2002]

There were 5 teams ranked in the Top 25 of the final rankings and UVA was the national champion in Stallings last year. The ACC was the best conference that year. This year the ACC is the 6th best conference.

And any conference win makes it an improvement over 0
There is no argument that we’ve won significantly more than 0 conference games

he’s a bad coach - he’s simply not as historically inept as his predecessor

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

And any conference win makes it an improvement over 0
There is no argument that we’ve won significantly more than 0 conference games

he’s a bad coach - he’s simply not as historically inept as his predecessor

My argument was for the program as a whole. Fan support, attractiveness to recruits and coaching candidates, alumni/donor relations, etc. I don't think we're in a better place, really. And now we'll need to shell out about $8M to try and fix it in a year, so that will also sting.

 

[PittPharm2002]

My argument was for the program as a whole. Fan support, attractiveness to recruits and coaching candidates, alumni/donor relations, etc. I don't think we're in a better place, really. And now we'll need to shell out about $8M to try and fix it in a year, so that will also sting.

But what actually matters is the team to the state of the program
The other things follow the performance .
Now- as noted we are a bottom P6 program currently -
We just are better than the historical funk which preceded Capel

 

[gary2]

My argument was for the program as a whole. Fan support, attractiveness to recruits and coaching candidates, alumni/donor relations, etc. I don't think we're in a better place, really. And now we'll need to shell out about $8M to try and fix it in a year, so that will also sting.

Reading comprehension goes a long way

 

[4Mark_Marty]

I am not saying but I am saying “Sean from Chippewa” just ordered a pepperoni and mushroom pizza from Antoon’s

He played for Elwood City in middle school. Played against him. Wasn’t impressed.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I disagree with his notion that he's left the program in better shape than he inherited in. We may not be as bad as that second-year Stallings team, but we're only marginally better and now four years farther removed from being respectable. Oh, and more financially strapped with a more apathetic fan base. I think we might be in a worse position now.

I agree. Capel lied when he said he has the program in better shape now than when he took over. That's a crock of s$%t. He's delusional or on drugs to think that. At least when Stallings was here, there were actually fans in the seats and interested. Now, it's total apathy and disinterest, thanks to his antics and incompetence.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

Reading comprehension goes a long way

Yeah. He has a very difficult time with the English language....writing it or reading it.

 

[PittPharm2002]

Reading comprehension goes a long way

Heed your own advice .
And read the content of my reply
Not the subliminal messages you’re interpreting.
yes the program is not in the crater -
Which started when pitt stupidly hired Stallings which the fans, boosters, and alumni knew would end in the failure it did - so the exodus began

well almost all those of us who are attached to reality .
A few untethered folks pretend stallings was the victim

 

[FireballZ]

Not sure I've seen this mentioned, but it is interesting that if the huge buyout amount is true, that it coincides with the year that Coach K is leaving. If I recall correctly, it just came out before this season that Coach K intended to retire after the season. Did Capel and Heather know something? We would be touting it as a genius move if Capel worked out as we hooped and Duke had to pay us an extra $10m to hire him away. Now...not so much.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I am not saying but I am saying “Sean from Chippewa” just ordered a pepperoni and mushroom pizza from Antoon’s

Tell me more

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

The arrow is up with 6 wins against soup cans in yr 4? ai yai yai

 

[Tiger Paul Lives]

I agree. Capel lied when he said he has the program in better shape now than when he took over. That's a crock of s$%t. He's delusional or on drugs to think that. At least when Stallings was here, there were actually fans in the seats and interested. Now, it's total apathy and disinterest, thanks to his antics and incompetence.

Boy your memory about fans in the seats is just plain wrong in Stallings’ second year. I went to a 9pm game against Wake Forest and if there was 500 non-students there, it wasn’t much more. it is sad times for Pitt BB, but let’s not rewrite history. It’s been a bad 6 seasons with no light at the end of the tunnnel.

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

Boy your memory about fans in the seats is just plain wrong in Stallings’ second year. I went to a 9pm game against Wake Forest and if there was 500 non-students there, it wasn’t much more. it is sad times for Pitt BB, but let’s not rewrite history. It’s been a bad 6 seasons with no light at the end of the tunnnel.

When you win, you fill seats. Volleyball is winning and puts out one hell of a product. It’s volleyball, a sport that doesn’t generate a lot of money, but they fill seats and are exciting. Basketball is generating too much negative cash. We had one hell of a program, played top level basketball in the big East. We are now a bottom feeder in ACC, seats are empty and Lyke better find that really really good coach to turn this around. I’d give Petino a call right now and just say, no prostitutes, and no white suits or late night Italian restaurant hookups.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

When you win, you fill seats. Volleyball is winning and puts out one hell of a product. It’s volleyball, a sport that doesn’t generate a lot of money, but they fill seats and are exciting. Basketball is generating too much negative cash. We had one hell of a program, played top level basketball in the big East. We are now a bottom feeder in ACC, seats are empty and Lyke better find that really really good coach to turn this around. I’d give Petino a call right now and just say, no prostitutes, and no white suits or late night Italian restaurant hookups.

He turned down Maryland.

 

[PeetWeet2]

When you win, you fill seats. Volleyball is winning and puts out one hell of a product. It’s volleyball, a sport that doesn’t generate a lot of money, but they fill seats and are exciting. Basketball is generating too much negative cash. We had one hell of a program, played top level basketball in the big East. We are now a bottom feeder in ACC, seats are empty and Lyke better find that really really good coach to turn this around. I’d give Petino a call right now and just say, no prostitutes, and no white suits or late night Italian restaurant hookups.

I call Petino and tell him I have a white suit and hookers waiting for him at a Italian restaurant.

 

[PittPharm2002]

I call Petino and tell him I have a white suit and hookers waiting for him at a Italian restaurant.

Invest in Plan B and RU486
Sign me up

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I call Petino and tell him I have a white suit and hookers waiting for him at a Italian restaurant.

Yea, I mean, if Pitino wanted to coach here, he can have all the hooker parties he wants. Who cares? Its more embarrassing to be pathetic in basketball than to win a ton and get busted for hookers 5 years after the fact

 

[9nationalchampionships]

I call Petino and tell him I have a white suit and hookers waiting for him at a Italian restaurant.

You mean IHOP

 

[FireballZ]

You mean IHOP

Italian House of Prostitutes?

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

Boy your memory about fans in the seats is just plain wrong in Stallings’ second year. I went to a 9pm game against Wake Forest and if there was 500 non-students there, it wasn’t much more. it is sad times for Pitt BB, but let’s not rewrite history. It’s been a bad 6 seasons with no light at the end of the tunnnel.

yeah agree, not sure where that poster got his idea that there were fans in the seats in the Stallings era. And the fans that did come (i.e. the zoo) wore bags over their head one or two times

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

Yea, I mean, if Pitino wanted to coach here, he can have all the hooker parties he wants. Who cares? Its more embarrassing to be pathetic in basketball than to win a ton and get busted for hookers 5 years after the fact

What part of the contract states hooker parties are acceptable? Is this in the fine print?

 

[PeetWeet2]

What part of the contract states hooker parties are acceptable? Is this in the fine print?

No, bolt, italicized and underlined large print - if that is what it takes!

 

[HailToPitt1985]

yeah agree, not sure where that poster got his idea that there were fans in the seats in the Stallings era. And the fans that did come (i.e. the zoo) wore bags over their head one or two times

I wasn't specifically talking about his second year. I never said that. There were more fans at The Pete in the Stallings first year than now, that's for sure.

 

[PittPharm2002]

I wasn't specifically talking about his second year. I never said that. There were more fans at The Pete in the Stallings first year than now, that's for sure.

He underachieved a lot year 1
Year 2 he buried the program
That’s the starting point Capel referenced when asked
His answer was accurate - albeit an incredibly low bar

 

[TD_6082]

Heed your own advice .
And read the content of my reply
Not the subliminal messages you’re interpreting.
yes the program is not in the crater -
Which started when pitt stupidly hired Stallings which the fans, boosters, and alumni knew would end in the failure it did - so the exodus began

well almost all those of us who are attached to reality .
A few untethered folks pretend stallings was the victim

Everyone also knew Capel would end I failure, just as it was obvious Dixon was trending towards failure.

Anyone with half a brain could look at the roster and see that without some type of miracle upgrade in talent, things were going to crater in 2018. Stallings obviously failed to do that. I've seen no evidence that Dixon or Capel would have fared much better.