I watched Dixon's TCU Team on TV

[Pitt69]

And now we strive for that level of mediocrity in a few more years.

From the Cheap Seats; unfortunate, but true.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Why do good coaches expire at Pitt??? Why do we have to toss great people aside? We are not better off now so I'm not sure why Pitt fans always assume we will upgrade when we want to run someone out of town. He didn't forget how to coach, and he's showing it.

Everyone runs out of juice , the names Chuck Noll and Vince Lombardi sound familiar. For whatever reasons JDs time here was over , I'm
just glad pitt was incompetent in attracting a known hc when Ben left
because who knows who'd that have hired . I wish him well his teams gave me a lot of pleasure .

 

[Cap pitt]

Well then, stallings will get at least 2 more years. Then he goes too, if things don't improve the program, Remember college sports is a big business, if you don't succeed you don't try try again, you get fired, and if things don't get better the next year or two he should get fired

 

[Fsgolfdr]

If you are a 4 seed, you should reach the sweet 16. If you're a 2 seed, you should reach the elite 8. If you're a 1 seed, you should reach the final four. By doing those things, you MEET expectations. Certainly there are going to be times that you fall short of expectations, but you would think there would be times that we would have exceeded expectations. And that essentially never happened.

And as far as right now, it's a result of Jamie's last few years. That's undeniable. Maybe if Jamie was here, we wouldn't be THIS bad, but we would be bad regardless. Whats the difference in winning 1 ACC game with Stallings vs winning 4 with Jamie? You're competing for nothing either way.

Why play the games then ?

 

[NTOP]

I think it's a combination of things. Jamie Dixon "essentially" never met or exceeded expectations in the NCAA tourney. Yeah he beat a 3 seed as a 6 seed over a decade ago, and he won an 8-9 game or two. But other than that he always underachieved. When I was defending Dixon back when against the naysayers on this board, it was because I figured at some point he would break through and do something of significance in the NCAA. But then when his recruiting tanks at a time when the recruiting should have taken a step to the next level, he has 5-13 seasons, NIT seasons, and seasons where we squeak into the tourney by a game or two. Last season would have been no different and he'd probably have this team as a 4-5 win ACC team. So his last 5-6 years would have been the complete opposite of his first 9-10 years. It was probably time to go. He needed a fresh start and so did Pitt...provided Pitt had a contingency plan that was better. Which it seemingly didn't. Or they couldn't execute.

That period you cite included a #1 seed, and a 2014 squad that well....w/o Adams. With him?? Top 10. He recruited 2 NBA signees in Artis & Young....a third to come in Johnson. We weren't as bad EVER under JD as we are right now.

 

[thebadby2]

Two knuckleheads on the team who happened to be the best players. Would happen to anyone eventually if they were in the same place for 15 years. Go TCU.

Like it happened to Coach K,or Izzo?

 

[balboa10]

They beat St. Bonaventure in a Florida tournament championship game last week.
St. Bonaventure beat Maryland, in the first round while TCU beat New Mexico State.
Beating Maryland tells you that the Bonnies are good this year, so the TCU win had
some merit to it.
Anyway, I was amazed at the talent Jamie has recruited there. He has three bigs who
ALL can play, a very good pg, and other effective role players. Even with Blair, LeVance,
and Young, this TCU team has more overall talent. As far as how these players actually
perform...it's typical Dixon; tough defense, rugged rebounding, and working the ball for
a good shot. They're not Kentucky or Duke, but IMO they're damn good, and Jamie from my observation, hasn't lost a thing as far his coaching is concerned.
Not to open an old can of worms, but watching this I couldn't help but wonder why this
didn't occur at Pitt the last few years.

No Jamie can coach with the best of them and the four star recruits won’t hurt. Tcu will be in top 20. Than top 15. Than top 10. Jamie wins. He won’t be able to beat the top teams in the tournament but he will bring a lot of fun to tcu basketball as he takes them to top 10

 

[4Mark_Marty]

Its like watching a Dixon team. I can't wait to see them in Morgantown on Feb. 12.

Eff Dixon. He’s gone. He quit.