Here is the Gary Parrish story on the potential Dixon to TCU
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Well, I posted a few months ago this could happen and most people thought it was a foolish idea. People need to start listening to me. I also said Ohio State thinks it can do better than Thad Matta and has the money to do so. Matta isnt on the verge of being fired but his seat is a little warm. You know Ohio State would like to go out and get Greg Marshall. If I'm Barnes, I'm reaching out to Matta right now.
No - u take the money from the buyout and make a huge offer to Marshall first before doing anything else.
-Trade Dixon and the current staff for Keatts and 2 Top flight assistants making 500K each. That would make things very interesting quickly.
Swing for the fences first. If turned down then go to the list of Will Wade, Keatts, Underwood, Dooley, Enfield, Tinkle, Jacobson, Archie Miller, etc.
Pass on Matta. Had his chance already on the big stage for years, and failed. Ohio State can have him.
Failed? Not close. OSU just wants to be Duke or UNC. They can afford that but he cant deliver that.
Why would he stay if he gets a TCU offer?
New start clean slate at the end of his coaching career!
Or struggle at PITT in the hole that he's dug?
The guy has had some of the best talent in all of college basketball over the years and has 2 Final 4's and No Title. How many National Player of the year candidates and Top 5 recruiting classes do you need to dominate?
The guy had 2 Elite seasons at Ohio State over the last 12 years. With players like Jared Sullinger, Mike Conley, Evan Turner, D'angelo Russel, etc.., if Dixon choked with that type of talent he would get boo'd and escorted out of Pittsburgh permanently.
If he goes what does that say about him and his thoughts of the future success of the program. It can't be about money he already has enough. He went to school there but he's a west coast guy so it's really not about going home .Is he throwing in the towel feeling he can't win in the ACC , he's tired of the criticism , is he giving up on his players here? Leaving to me seems like he'd be quitting on his team TCU isn't UCLA . I think he stays I don't see him as a quitter. If he does go will this discourage others from coming here ? Will Pitt step up to plate and do what it takes to get a quality coach or will try to find a bargain ? Maybe Bill Barton ?
Right now
right now???
He has a coach .....besides Matta's peaked it's OVAH
DPOY
Wait that was JayPa
JD to .........Pitt
What Pitt also lacked were stable assistants that were of quality that would be good HCs for high major teams. I don't recall any successful Coaching tree being started from Dixon. Maybe this is what he is and he's peaked. Get the better assistants and recruiters and we can turn it around. I'm disappointed it's come to this for Dixon, I had high hopes when he was hired but we peaked in 2008...
Paul Zeise is reporting that his buyout is in the $10 million range. I really don't see see how TCU can justify spending that and having to pay his lofty salary as well for their basketball program.
They play in an arena that sits 8,500, are in a pro-market, and have a small alumni base. How much revenue do they think they can squeeze out of that program to justify that cost?
Just don't see it.
They play in an arena that sits 8,500, are in a pro-market, and have a small alumni base. How much revenue do they think they can squeeze out of that program to justify that cost?
Just don't see it.
Ummmm...because it's T friggin C freakin U. But I guess an Alma Mater can be a draw.
And as far as the end of his coaching career...ridiculous comment...he's 50. He's a long way from the end unless he decides he wants to quit or has health issues.
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Seriously SMF, you post so many crazy ideas you are bound to be right on occasion. Old timers had a saying. "even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while".
I think it's time for a change as well. This program has not been to the 2nd weekend of the tournament in 8 years now next season and has been going backwards under Dixon the last 5 years or so. Its just not good enough here anymore and if Jamie is truly upset about fans being frustrated about the way this program is playing then he can take his whiny ass and get out. The loss the other night by Wisconsin was the final straw for me with Dixon. He is too narotic of a coach and too stubborn and is never going to adapt or change his style. It's time for him to go. This program I'm convinced can find that coach that can get them to the Final Four he is out there somewhere. Losing Dixon is not the end of the world.
Of the real reasons he may have to take a new job, I guarantee one of them is not that he feels underappreciated by "some" fans. It's that he has a new boss that didn't hire him, is in a new league that he never wanted to be in and that has made his job-winning-more difficult, and that at this point for whatever reason he can't get enough of the type of players to come to Pitt that are necessary to be consistently competitive in the ACC.
I was afraid the move to the ACC would hurt basketball, and it clearly has. I for one would like to see him stay and get it turned around. He will need players to do so. If he can't get the train back on the tracks in the next 3-4 years, then make the change. My fear is that if we lose Dixon and hire some up and comer, we end up with another revolving door type situation like we've had with football. Unless we are willing to pay some really big money for the likes of a Gregg Marshall, we are nobody's destination job. Just ask Ben Howland. Point being, we could do a lot worse than Dixon. He's deserves his fair share of criticism but looking at the big picture he's also earned his fair share of respect.
With the $$ he gets the facilities the conference affiliation there should not be a 4 year transition conundrum.
Dixon can no longer use this excuse.
Get busy recruiting or get busy leaving.
Good post. Anytime a coach is working for a new AD that didn't hire him, and he isn't winning at a high level, it's always a good idea to entertain other opportunities.
BTW, Is that stat correct in the Parrish article? Has Jamie only been to 2 Sweet 16s?
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