Dixon gonna Dixon

[Sean Miller Fan]

I'd take him back in a heartbeat because at least he gets to the tourney but he may be the worst coach in NCAAT history. In fact, I thought I saw something out there saying he was the worst by some stat or metric.

Now, he is off to 2 or 3 interviews before getting a raise/extension

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Vintage.

 

[Cap pitt]

Somethings never change, one and done Dixon. That was vintage

 

[DT_PITT]

Vintage.

Why do you care about Dixon so much?

 

[JD1976]

I'd take him back in a heartbeat because at least he gets to the tourney but he may be the worst coach in NCAAT history. In fact, I thought I saw something out there saying he was the worst by some stat or metric.

Now, he is off to 2 or 3 interviews before getting a raise/extension

Yep. His team played tight and confused. We’ve seen this movie many times before.

 

[ThatPittGuy]

TCU scored 50 hard earned, anxious points.

Underperformed their seed.

Must be March.

 

[ThatPittGuy]

Why do you care about Dixon so much?

Odd post.

 

[Delpanther]

Why do you care about Dixon so much?

Probably because he had guys cursing at him and calling him names for 13 years for simply pointing out obvious flaws in a coach who people treated as infallible ....... because he was the best coach Pitt ever had.... as if that was EVER relevant in the analysis

 

[DT_PITT]

Probably because he had guys cursing at him and calling him names for 13 years for simply pointing out obvious flaws in a coach who people treated as infallible ....... because he was the best coach Pitt ever had.... as if that was EVER relevant in the analysis

No one treated him as infallible. No one. Absolutely no one.

 

[singregardless]

You can set your watch to it. Remarkable.

 

[ThatPittGuy]

The March monkey on Dixon's back continues to grow like that movie The Rock has out now.

 

[DT_PITT]

The March monkey on Dixon's back continues to grow like that movie The Rock has out now.

For whatever reason, he just cannot get his teams to perform in the NCAA tournament like they do in the regular season.

 

[Gep Dawg]

Dude the guy went to three sweet 16s and an Elite Eight. He was a freak play away from the final four. He’s underachieved but he’s not even as bad as Tony Bennett let alone the worse coach ever.

 

[freddietee511]

Dude the guy went to three sweet 16s and an Elite Eight. He was a freak play away from the final four. He’s underachieved but he’s not even as bad as Tony Bennett let alone the worse coach ever.

Agreed. Syracuse finally bested him. But hey, taking the doormat of the country to the tourney in two years is ok. Miller pays elite reruits and really hasnt done anything with them . Bennet just made history. I feel bad for Jamie but I hve to assume he will break through eventually

 

[Pittx9]

There are plenty of coaches who are far worse in the tournament. Just by record alone, our last coach that just got fired has an awful tournament record and had multiple upset losses and blowout losses where his teams were garbage offensively.

That Butler loss though.... that was the end. Up until that point I would've actually called Dixon a good tourney coach (10-7 record before 2011.) 2011 and onward, a massive slide downhill (2-5 including tonight.)

 

[jtownknowitall]

Dude the guy went to three sweet 16s and an Elite Eight. He was a freak play away from the final four. He’s underachieved but he’s not even as bad as Tony Bennett let alone the worse coach ever.

And NEVER beat a higher seeded team.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

The March monkey on Dixon's back continues to grow like that movie The Rock has out now.

For whatever reason, he just cannot get his teams to perform in the NCAA tournament like they do in the regular season.

And that is because he overperforms in the regular season, earning seeds 2-3 lines better than their talent. Last week, I said TCU was 8/9ish as I have paid no attention to bracketology this year. I was shocked when somebody pointed out that everyone had them as a 6. I didn't believe it and so I checked and yes, everyone did. RPI Gaming + over performing gets great seeds but unfortunately his teams are never as talentes as their seed indicates

 

[ThatPittGuy]

For whatever reason, he just cannot get his teams to perform in the NCAA tournament like they do in the regular season.

For whatever reason?

He's a control freak. He clamps teams down and transfers his anxiety onto them. He won't change this. He'll change schools again before he confronts this truth.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

And NEVER beat a higher seeded team.

Wrong. A 9 seeded Pitt beat an 8 seeded Colorado. And I get that’s virtually even, but facts....

 

[PittSqueak]

15 years ago Pitt fans dumped on making career assistant Dixon our head coach since he couldn't possibly continue Howland's success.

5 years ago Pitt fans dumped on Dixon since all he did was consistently get a historically blah Pitt team into the tourney but then underwhelm.

2 years ago Pitt fans dumped on Dixon saying he would not be able to get a 12-win TCU team to the tournament anytime soon, and they'd suck for a long time.

Since then TCU has won the NIT and has gone to the tourney for the first time since '98. Pitt fans dumped on Dixon for this.

I'm starting to think Pitt fans are incapable of having positive opinions.

 

[DT_PITT]

For whatever reason?

He's a control freak. He clamps teams down and transfers his anxiety onto them. He won't change this. He'll change schools again before he confronts this truth.

I actually think this is at least one aspect of it.

 

[ThatPittGuy]

And that is because he overperforms in the regular season, earning seeds 2-3 lines better than their talent. Last week, I said TCU was 8/9ish as I have paid no attention to bracketology this year. I was shocked when somebody pointed out that everyone had them as a 6. I didn't believe it and so I checked and yes, everyone did. RPI Gaming + over performing gets great seeds but unfortunately his teams are never as talentes as their seed indicates

Yes. This is another key part of the analysis. Dixon's March shortcomings aren't really an enigma. They could be addressed, but he likely won't. This was a major source of the fan base's frustration.

 

[Delpanther]

No one treated him as infallible. No one. Absolutely no one.

Hmmmmm.... I beg to differ. Attributing infallibility to Dixon is precisely what has compelled people to completely exonerate him for the mess he made and to completely fabricate the circumstances around his departure. And those people jumped all over everyone for 13 years when anyone on this board criticized him!

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

For whatever reason?

He's a control freak. He clamps teams down and transfers his anxiety onto them. He won't change this. He'll change schools again before he confronts this truth.

This is it. He is wound way too tight and it is absorbed by his team.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

No one treated him as infallible. No one. Absolutely no one.

Stop trying to ruin his fantasy.

 

[DT_PITT]

Yes. This is another key part of the analysis. Dixon's March shortcomings aren't really an enigma. They could be addressed, but he likely won't. This was a major source of the fan base's frustration.

All true, but I really don't care all that much anymore. My only "care" about Dixon was that I didn't pick him to win on any of my brackets. His track record in the tournament is too clear.

I just hope someday our Panthers can get back to the point of lamenting early exits in the NCAA tournament.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Hmmmmm.... I beg to differ. Attributing infallibility to Dixon is precisely what has compelled people to completely exonerate him for the mess he made and to completely fabricate the circumstances around his departure. And those people jumped all over everyone for 13 years when anyone on this board criticized him!

DT, have to agree with Del here. I think Del attributes too much to Dixon being a " bum" but there are people on this board who feel like Jamie is the only person who could win here. And let's not forget, every TCU win early on that was gloated over and posted. Well we also knew that was November and December, and Jamie is the pumpkin of March. And here we are. I am not seeing those same posts.

Don't take it personally. It is not against you. It is not even against Jamie.

 

[DT_PITT]

Hmmmmm.... I beg to differ. Attributing infallibility to Dixon is precisely what has compelled people to completely exonerate him for the mess he made and to completely fabricate the circumstances around his departure. And those people jumped all over everyone for 13 years when anyone on this board criticized him!

Del, you've got to stop being so concerned about Dixon. About 90% of your posts are still about him.

 

[Delpanther]

Agreed. Syracuse finally bested him. But hey, taking the doormat of the country to the tourney in two years is ok. Miller pays elite reruits and really hasnt done anything with them . Bennet just made history. I feel bad for Jamie but I hve to assume he will break through eventually

Dixon can't carry Miller's jock.

 

[Gep Dawg]

He only started coaching that way when he stopped recruiting kids who knew how to play the Pitt way. He was not that uptight when he had Carl Krauser or Levance Fields running the show

 

[freddietee511]

Dixon can't carry Miller's jock.

Thats utter bull. Miller cant carry his own jock. Underperforms with top notch recruits in an awful conference and gets creamed by buffalo .

 

[DT_PITT]

DT, have to agree with Del here. I think Del attributes too much to Dixon being a " bum" but there are people on this board who feel like Jamie is the only person who could win here. And let's not forget, every TCU win early on that was gloated over and posted. Well we also knew that was November and December, and Jamie is the pumpkin of March. And here we are. I am not seeing those same posts.

Don't take it personally. It is not against you. It is not even against Jamie.

You are way to focused on posts of about 3 people.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Yes. This is another key part of the analysis. Dixon's March shortcomings aren't really an enigma. They could be addressed, but he likely won't. This was a major source of the fan base's frustration.

All true, but I really don't care all that much anymore. My only "care" about Dixon was that I didn't pick him to win on any of my brackets. His track record in the tournament is too clear.

I just hope someday our Panthers can get back to the point of lamenting early exits in the NCAA tournament.

Dixon is a Pitt legend, the best coach in Pitt history, but I hold a grudge against him for terrible recruiting his last few years, leaving Stallings a horrendous bunch of underclassmen, which played a way larger than you think role in where we are now.

Dixon poured gasoline on the program. Barnes lit the match. Stallings, instead of blowing it out, threw it on and here we are

 

[BFo8]

There are plenty of coaches who are far worse in the tournament. Just by record alone, our last coach that just got fired has an awful tournament record and had multiple upset losses and blowout losses where his teams were garbage offensively.

That Butler loss though.... that was the end. Up until that point I would've actually called Dixon a good tourney coach (10-7 record before 2011.) 2011 and onward, a massive slide downhill (2-5 including tonight.)

When you’re seeded #1 multiple years and are very highly seeded many years of course you’re going to have a winning record in the tournament, it would be almost literally impossible not to.

Dixon certainly deserves credit for attaining those seeds, but he deserves just as much blame for the postseason disasters. You can’t have it both ways.

Jamie Dixon’s teams have now not won multiple games in the NCAA tournament for the past 10 seasons.

 

[Delpanther]

Del, you've got to stop being so concerned about Dixon. About 90% of your posts are still about him.

Hey, I only respond to posts about Dixon. I don't start threads about Dixon. The people starting the threads are his loyalists who 24 months after his departure continue to lie about the circumstances around his departure and exonerate him for the mess that's Pitt BB ...the same people who created so poisonous environment after his departure that it would have been difficult for anyone yo succeed. And by the way, what compelled you to intrude into this thread( before me)The reason is obvious, .., you just won't admit it. For a guy who wants to let Dixon go, you do your share of sniping.

 

[Delpanther]

Thats utter bull. Miller cant carry his own jock. Underperforms with top notch recruits in an awful conference and gets creamed by buffalo .

Just check the tournament records...Dixon gets no pity points because he can't recruit. And spare me the Miller cheats BS...

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

There are plenty of coaches who are far worse in the tournament. Just by record alone, our last coach that just got fired has an awful tournament record and had multiple upset losses and blowout losses where his teams were garbage offensively.

That Butler loss though.... that was the end. Up until that point I would've actually called Dixon a good tourney coach (10-7 record before 2011.) 2011 and onward, a massive slide downhill (2-5 including tonight.)

Yea but there is 1 stat where he ranks the worst of all time. I forget exactly what it is. I think it might be something like most NCAAT games coached without advancing past seed line.

 

[Gep Dawg]

When you’re seeded #1 multiple years and are very highly seeded many years of course you’re going to have a winning record in the tournament, it would be almost literally impossible not to.

Dixon certainly deserves credit for attaining those seeds, but he deserves just as much blame for the postseason disasters. You can’t have it both ways.

Jamie Dixon’s teams have now not won multiple games in the NCAA tournament for the past 10 seasons.

And guess what Jay Wright has only done it one time himself in the last ten years. Now of course that one year he won it all. But it shows you how hard it is to make deep runs in the tournament.

 

[ThatPittGuy]

All true, but I really don't care all that much anymore. My only "care" about Dixon was that I didn't pick him to win on any of my brackets. His track record in the tournament is too clear.

I just hope someday our Panthers can get back to the point of lamenting early exits in the NCAA tournament.

Yeah same here.

It'l be great when a source of joy can again be the success of my Panthers instead of this schadenfreude burning in my stomach.

It's twisted being a Pitt fan.

 

[Pittx9]

When you’re seeded #1 multiple years and are very highly seeded many years of course you’re going to have a winning record in the tournament, it would be almost literally impossible not to.

Dixon certainly deserves credit for attaining those seeds, but he deserves just as much blame for the postseason disasters. You can’t have it both ways.

Jamie Dixon’s teams have now not won multiple games in the NCAA tournament for the past 10 seasons.

And yes like I said, that started with a loss to butler that was partially due to a coaching blunder by him. Even with high seeds the sweet 16 is pretty good, a 10-7 record is pretty good as well. It's these past 9-10 years after the elite 8 team and maybe even the next year where they massively overachieved but lost to a 6 seed. He was better than average before that, since the butler year very much below average in the tourney.