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I wonder if Capel may just resign

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Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.
 
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Because he will never be a HC again after 2023. He's still a young guy but his career would be over. This way, he can still go coach some A10 school and work his way back up

After this mess he may not be anyway. He’d probably have to go back to being an assistant.

In any event unless the players come out and say he threw basketballs at their heads or some other issue, he won’t be resigning for less. Full buyout only.
 
Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.
Why don’t you resign?
 
He's still a young guy but his career would be over.

Wrong. He has too big of a resume. Heather will want him to stay and battle this out, it is her career that seems to be on shaky ground if this falls to total failure. Assuming she enjoys being an AD in the big time.
 
Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.

Every sentence of this was more fantastical and delusional than the prior one.
 
Hahahahahahahahahahahah Sean Miller? Why would we buy out Capel and then hire Sean Miller. He sucks. He’d probably do the same thing here that Capel did
 
Can we just swap him for another Duke assistant. We could have an internship program.
 
Time to encourage him to talk to other schools. Make him know he’s not wanted. Let his agent know he can leave for anther school and no buyout.
 
Once again, I wonder if SMF ever actually played a sport or has one ounce of competitive background in him. Every time a player or coach has a tough patch, he automatically assumes they are just going to quit. Every. Single. Time.

And then the one time it does happen he claims victory.
 
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After this mess he may not be anyway. He’d probably have to go back to being an assistant.

In any event unless the players come out and say he threw basketballs at their heads or some other issue, he won’t be resigning for less. Full buyout only.

Lets game this out.

He has 6 years left at what, $3 million per? So he has around $18 million coming ways if he stays and turns things around. However l, its extremely likely he will be fired after 2023 and collect maybe 80% of the remainder of his contract but never be a HC again. So he will make $6 million the next 2 plus a buyout of $9 million. That's $15 million he makes by staying but his HC career would be over.

Now lets say he and Heather come to an agreement to buy him out at $6 million. This enables Capel to go get an A10 job at $1 million/year right away with the chance to work himself back up.
 
Pitt has an army of staff currently researching all fired for cause remedies.

We have extensive experience in this field. Perfected it to a science.
 
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Once again, I wonder if SMF ever actually played a sport or has one ounce of competitive background in him. Every time a player or coach has a tough patch, he automatically assumes they are just going to quit. Every. Single. Time.

And then the one time it does happen he claims victory.

Well today's players certainly quit every time there's a rough patch. There is no denying that.
 
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Unless something really inexcusable is going on down there JC is going nowhere .

Having players leave because their play isn’t up to their unrealistic expectations and blaming the HC and the program isn’t cause for dismissal .

It would cost the university a truckload of cash they claim they don’t have .

JC wallets are full no matter how his time at Pitt works out , none of us need to worry about what he does next !
 
Lets game this out.

He has 6 years left at what, $3 million per? So he has around $18 million coming ways if he stays and turns things around. However l, its extremely likely he will be fired after 2023 and collect maybe 80% of the remainder of his contract but never be a HC again. So he will make $6 million the next 2 plus a buyout of $9 million. That's $15 million he makes by staying but his HC career would be over.

Now lets say he and Heather come to an agreement to buy him out at $6 million. This enables Capel to go get an A10 job at $1 million/year right away with the chance to work himself back up.

Exactly. Thanks for making my point for me. With $15 mil after 2023 there’s no chance he’s resigning now for 6 mil and the possibility of 1 mil a year somewhere else.

He’s not an attractive candidate right now. He’d more likely be going back to an assistant role.
 
Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.
You mean just substitute his name for X or Toney and include the phrase “mutually agree to part ways”?
 
Wrong. He has too big of a resume. Heather will want him to stay and battle this out, it is her career that seems to be on shaky ground if this falls to total failure. Assuming she enjoys being an AD in the big time.
Yeah after 2 bad extensions I am resigning from her fan club. She seems to think coaches that end up with 5-7 records and losing 11 of 12 games to completely collapse deserve more riches.
 
Lets game this out.

He has 6 years left at what, $3 million per? So he has around $18 million coming ways if he stays and turns things around. However l, its extremely likely he will be fired after 2023 and collect maybe 80% of the remainder of his contract but never be a HC again. So he will make $6 million the next 2 plus a buyout of $9 million. That's $15 million he makes by staying but his HC career would be over.

Now lets say he and Heather come to an agreement to buy him out at $6 million. This enables Capel to go get an A10 job at $1 million/year right away with the chance to work himself back up.

You're suggesting he give up a guaranteed $15m over 3 years for a chance to make it back over 9 years?

Take a break.
 
You're suggesting he give up a guaranteed $15m over 3 years for a chance to make it back over 9 years?

Take a break.

Yes. Its a bet on himself. If he stays here, his HC career is OVER. Done. Finished. He will be an assistant for the next 20 years. Or he can go take some A10 job and give it 1 last shot
 
Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.

Seam Miller peaked in 2014-15. He's been on a downhill slide ever since.
 
Here's why I say that:

We are staring at potentially 0-20 next season. At best, we are going to win a 2-4 ACC games which will still be disastrous. We have no 2021 recruits and there's no evidence to suggest we will be bringing in good players in 2022 under these circumstances. If Capel and Heather come to a mutually beneficial buy-out solution (and no, not paying him the remaining decade or whatever he has left), Capel can take a year off and then still be a somewhat attractive coaching candidate at the A10, American, or high mid-major level. He can say he brought Pitt from 0-18 to NCAA Bracketlogy by January of his 3rd season. If he stays and crashes out, his head coaching career is over.

I know you guys dont want to hear this but its time to go get Sean Miller. I admit he is a bit overrated as a coach but he will at least get us back to mediocrity and maybe even better if he cheats here.
I can’t believe what I just read...
 
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