I'M SORRY BUT MAYBE IT REALLY IS TIME FOR JAMIE TO GO!!
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Or they can do much better, I don't think it can get much worse then it is right now
His defensive coaching has been bad for years.
And , I've been crystal clear and specific on that topic.
I hate contesting shots, i hate sagging off a shooter to help another. man.
And I hate that we don't pressure the perimeter and generate turnovers.
And all during that time I've repeatedly stated our offensive gameplan is good and hasn't been our problem.
I don't think Dixon has any reason to fear losing his job. No way Pitt is willing to eat over 6 years of his contract.
Ok. I'll ask again. Fire Dixon? Then who do you guys suggest. Please at least spare me Sean Miller (as I said earlier not happening).
That's the problem. If there is a silver lining and worst case is that Pitt collapses again, I think our new AD Barnes has a quicker trigger finger and won't let this keep going on.
And I'll be honest and tell you I don't know. I'm sure there are a few enticing choices out there though. Someone young and fresh and innovative.
Great Point... He doesn't have to try as hard b/c he's got all that garenteed $$$ if they would chose to fire him.
Then someone else would hire him & he'd be making two salaries doing one job.
We can all agree Pitt locked him up too long a while ago & it was not a good idea at all.
Jamie has been loyal here, stick with him but he has to make changes with his assistant coaches. I'm sure Barnes will address this. Your only as good as your assistants that surround you.
Pitt took a risk on locking up Dixon at a discount for a long contract by offering him less than market compensation for security.
Let me channel Souf here: Where is Barnes going to get the money?
We have limited resources and given we might have to up the ante for Narduzzi in the near future, Dixon is not going anywhere.
Depends on how you calculate it.
I'll give you a hint... Any hire is likely more costly.
Football turnover should demonstrate that the market price continues to escalate.
Since Billy Knight's '74 team, '94-'98 Evans/Willard was much worse. Chipman was good, Howland was great and Dixon was great/good. There was a seven or eight year span that was horrible. Don't live in your fears.
We have an AD and chancellor that know what they're doing. I have faith in them.
Not a matter of fear...
I simply don't see other coaches on the horizon which would be attracted to Pitt after pushing out a well respected Dixon.
Fair enough. I don't think this job is as good as some think. A few years ago some guys were suggesting Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart which was absolutely laughable. And I mean laughable they'd have even entertained the idea of coming here.
I think the idea that Dixon is not trying because of his contract is bunk.
Dixon is far too professional and has to much pride to just rest.
If anything, I think Dixon's security has given him the opportunity to take some risk by changing his style of play and recruiting. Pitt has always been an efficient offensive team, but Pitt clearly has changed their recruiting style to build upon this.
First of all whose coming here that will attract major talent. NO ONE ,! Whose gong to pay them if they could attract someone? NO ONE ! The administration is not into the win at all costs philosophy of athletics they want to run a program that has integrity so forget about attaining elite talent . So get over it there is no big name savior coming here. Pitt has had some periods of success, but have never been an elite program ,stop holding them to a standard that they have never really been. Pitt has about as good a coach as their ever going to get ,it appears that the next years recruiting class is addressing some of this teams weaknesses,quickness and strength . As long as Young and Artis stay which they should Pitt will be better next year but they still won't be a Duke who lost to Syracuse which Pitt beat. Maybe when Duke fires coach K because he can't beat Syracuse he'll come to Pitt .yea that's the ticket !
Classic overreaction.
Dixon will be coaching here for as long as he desires.
And Pitt will be in the NCAA tournament this year. Somewhere between a 6 and an 11 seed.
Dixon will be coaching here for as long as he desires.
And Pitt will be in the NCAA tournament this year. Somewhere between a 6 and an 11 seed.
We really played poorly tonight, I was very disappointed with our performance and I feel it is fine for others to give opinions on Jamie right now, but I'd like to see how the season plays out before I assess his overall performance for the year..... I think Barnes will do the same.
Jamie can do lots of wrong.
He just isn't going anywhere anytime soon. He'll coach here as long as he desires to.
It is what it is.
Dixon... much like Tomlin.... will coach at their current jobs for as long as they desire to. Fans who clamor for their removal might as well be banging their heads against brick walls. The Rooneys don't fire coaches that make it to the playoffs 6 out of their 9 years and win them a Super Bowl. Pitt won't fire a head coach who makes the dance 5 out of every 6 years and has the winningest (both in conference and out of conference) records of any coach in Pitt history.
Neither of them will be fired. Ever. When they leave, it will be because they chose to.
I guess if you wanted to scream and rant to the point that you think it will make one of them quit, you can try that. But they'll never ever ever ever ever ever ever be fired.
Get used to that idea. Saves a lot of stressing about it.
No. Not yet.
But it doesn't matter if I did. It doesn't matter if you do. He's not going to be.
Let's rephrase that: Do you think we should payoff Dixon, the most successful coach in Pitt basketball history, so we can drain Pitt's limited athletic budget to handcuff the AD to hire the cheapest successful coach possible?
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Dixon owns what has happened to the program since 2009.
This team won't beat ANY team with a good post presence and a really good guard.
Pitt doesn't have the size inside to play that style. NCSU's athletes took away the baseline and easy drives.
James got eaten alive on the edge by Barber. A lot of guards do. James isn't a superstar on defense.
We'll see if Jamie's next few classes are athletic enough, long enough, and good enough shooters to compete with winless ACC teams that still have enough talent to beat you senseless on a given night.
If not, he's getting five years either way. We're on the hook for eight more years.
This team won't beat ANY team with a good post presence and a really good guard.
Pitt doesn't have the size inside to play that style. NCSU's athletes took away the baseline and easy drives.
James got eaten alive on the edge by Barber. A lot of guards do. James isn't a superstar on defense.
We'll see if Jamie's next few classes are athletic enough, long enough, and good enough shooters to compete with winless ACC teams that still have enough talent to beat you senseless on a given night.
If not, he's getting five years either way. We're on the hook for eight more years.
That's because the buffoon Pedey boy was the AD-nobody wanted to work for that idiot. Pitt could attract a solid coach now.
There is no doubting we have slid quite a ways from the glory years of the early 2000s. It seemed like we lived in the top ten more than not, and being ranked first on occasion was pretty special. I like Dixon and think he should be given a very long leash to get things back in the right direction. However, if we are still middling around in two years, occasionally cracking the bottom of the top 25, I might be singing a different tune.
It's been 5+ years. In my opinion it's getting worse. How much more time should he need?
Why? The only thing they done so far is extend a coach who had trouble competing against the better teams on his schedule...sound familiar?
