Fire Capel, bring back Jamie
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She's the exact opposite of Capel. Instead of resorting to nepotism and giving her brother a cushy job he sucks at, she actually killed her brother.
No retreads. Let’s find a young energetic coach who actually coaches the players
Given where we are, there's no good answer for that.
Capel is a terrible coach. That’s your answer. I mean, why would you want to try and wear out a team that only has 8 players available? You’d have to actually put the time into strategizing for that to happen.
Starters are gassed. Plays these guys way too long. Catches up every February with a collapse.
The best strength and conditioning program in the world couldn’t help us out
The best strength and conditioning program in the world couldn’t help us out
They kept making a big deal out of GT only having 8 guys available and I'm thinking, "Shoot, we self restrict our bench to a point where 8 would look like a fire hazard sometimes."
I'd take Jamie here for 4-6 seasons, he'd get us at least 2 NCAA Tournament appearances and stabilize the program. Then we hire our future coach. But Capel needs to go. This is not joke.
Starters are gassed because Capel is moron who should have been using his bench better all year long. If you don’t play defense and hustle, then you don’t play should be rule number one.
I disagree. If these guys had been training all offseason, then they’d be bigger, stronger, and have more stamina.
Even if it’s an entirely different administration than the one that “encouraged” him to leave in 2016, why would he want to return when he has a lifetime job at his alma mater?
Not too many bigger fans of Dixon than I was, but nah. Pass.
Pitt could do worse probably. And I almost expect them to when that time comes. But new blood is needed.
Pitt could do worse probably. And I almost expect them to when that time comes. But new blood is needed.
Jamie would never come back to Pitt regardless of the administration or money. But for Pitt to become even barely competitive again, we're going to need a coach of that caliber to get them going and kick some sense into them. This team is as soft as a S'mores right now. They're weak and completely unprepared every game, as if they didn't practice before the game. Which is probably pretty accurate.
Pitt had great February's the prior two seasons. Before that, yeah. We'd fade like this year.
His substitutions are puzzling at best. After not getting any minutes for several games he brings in the other stick twin for a few minutes in the first half. Kid didn’t do much but he also didn’t screw up. Then he yanks him and he’s glued to the pine again
This is the correct answer. From East Liverpool, OH. Huggins disciple. Has now won at 2 levels of D1 basketball, and not at places that have major advantages over other teams in their conference. Hope he's still available next Spring.
Agree he's not coming back, but man could he coach. Really miss a well coached team.
To think people got on Dixon for over coaching. lol
Jamie's still light years better than what we have right now.
Leggett's last layup miss exemplified this. Being there really showed how gassed several players were.
I'm sure many of you, including me, have said, "Legs, let's go," but the legs say, "No!"
I hope not, but suspect they will. And everyone will cheer a new hire and say he has a great pedigree and is capable of coaching us to the top of the ACC. By everyone, I mean the brass at Pitt and a certain few Pitt fans who have blinders on.
Pitt was able to resurrect their basketball program before from worse depths than we are currently in when we hired Howland. Of course, he had a great group of assistants. We can do that again but it will take a complete housecleaning, top to bottom and an AD who knows what to look for. And now with the NIL nonsense, the new coach will need money. I'm not sure any of that will take place this time around.
Jerrod Calhoun is a guaranteed winner if they can get him. Has won at 3 levels. The only way he wouldn't win here is if he got really unlucky with injuries or if we had severely limited NIL. NIL hasn't been an issue here. We don't pay SEC money but this is a well-paid team, one of the higher payrolls in the ACC.
If this is one of the higher paid ACC teams then things are even worse than they appear. Not sure how anyone knows that however.
I'd have to see some figures from the ACC on your claim that we are one of the higher payrolls. That's suspect.
Common sense
1. Duke
2. Miami
3. Lou/Clem
4. Lou/Clem
We are probably 5th based on expenditures for Lowe, Leggett, Corhen, Austin
Who do you think is paying more?
- Syracuse: maybe. Starling, Lampkin, the injured FR
- SMU: just paid Miller
- Wake: lost Miller and Carr due to pay
- NC St: maybe
- GT, VT, Cal, Stan, ND, UVa - no
So basically you don’t know.
In that sense Capel is exactly what the board screamed they wanted for years
I mean, they’ve made the tourney 4 of 9 years there and won the NIT in the other. At a place like TCU with even LESS history than Pitt that’s pretty good.
And no not even I want Dixon back…the answer was to never let the door open for him to leave in the first place. The answer was to give him full commitment to retool. Not sure how many tourneys we get but I think 5 of 9 wouldn’t exactly be a stretch in this timeframe.
TCU's history means 0. You either can coach/recruit or you cant.
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