Praying Dixon doesn't leave

[BuffetParrothead]

Maybe he's a fan? I guess that's "weird".

sherepower said: ↑
Obsessed much? Seriously, the way you post on this board. It seems you are sooooooo obsessed with Dixon. To the point you would throw your body in front of his car so he couldn't leave. Its weird man

Agree more like an obsession. Fans are more logical, accept reality and inevitable change in college sports!
Nothing last forever!
This is a huge opportunity for PITT basketball! So don't "blow it" PITT!

 

[UPitt129]

There's a huge difference from a fan to someone who's really obsessed. Reading his posts. Over and over and over and over again. He seems to be waaaaaaaaay past being a fan of the guy.

Ok, and what would you call the people that post over and over again how awful Dixon is?

I don't want Dixon to leave, because the chances of hitting a third homer in a row with a bball hire are slim to none, and we are more likely to end up closer to bc or wf than duke. It could work out great, but I'm playing the percentages here.

 

[QuitCallingMeWanny]

There's never an end to the bashing around here, is there? Now if he leaves, he's quitting on his team. Sheesh.

Yea that was a complete garbage post but not unexpected

 

[sherepower]

Ok, and what would you call the people that post over and over again how awful Dixon is?

I don't want Dixon to leave, because the chances of hitting a third homer in a row with a bball hire are slim to none, and we are more likely to end up closer to bc or wf than duke. It could work out great, but I'm playing the percentages here.

I agree its not a given we will get better. However, it seems to me Dixon wants out of here. So why waste all your energy post after post looking at the future as the apocalypse. Instead of hoping the Pitt higher ups make the right decision heading foward.

 

[pitt-girl]

I agree its not a given we will get better. However, it seems to me Dixon wants out of here. So why waste all your energy post after post looking at the future as the apocalypse. Instead of hoping the Pitt higher ups make the right decision heading foward.

Shere maybe it's just that he doesn't agree with you?

 

[DT_PITT]

It would be an awful day for the program. If he leaves, us as a fanbase would have played a part in running out the most successful coach in our basketball history.

And to those of you excited...we are not hiring Gregg Marshall. We are not making a splash hire.

I think you are correct in your first part to some extent. Perhaps not "the fanbase" but some powerful vocal members of it.

I do disagree with the second part though. There is a some real high profile possibilities that could happen.

 

[UPitt129]

I agree its not a given we will get better. However, it seems to me Dixon wants out of here. So why waste all your energy post after post looking at the future as the apocalypse. Instead of hoping the Pitt higher ups make the right decision heading foward.

I hope they do. I just know not just with pitt, but in general, we are far more likely to regress or stay the same than get better

 

[sherepower]

Shere maybe it's just that he doesn't agree with you?

Ummmmmm........obviously. He posts a thousand times a day on how he feels. Along with multiple attacks and name calling to get his point across.

 

[UPitt129]

Ummmmmm........obviously. He posts a thousand times a day on how he feels. Along with multiple attacks and name calling to get his point across.

Attacks? If you take what I'm saying as an attack you need to reread what I said.

 

[MrGee]

Maybe he's a fan? I guess that's "weird".

Closer to being cultish

 

[steelymcbeem]

It would be an awful day for the program. If he leaves, us as a fanbase would have played a part in running out the most successful coach in our basketball history.

And to those of you excited...we are not hiring Gregg Marshall. We are not making a splash hire.

total bs. you think Dixon reads panther lair and is upset because we are such ungrateful jackasses really. coaches have to have thick skins. if he leaves its because he never wanted to coach in the ACC not because of the fanbase. pitt fans put up with a lot of bs this is more of the same.

 

[Delpanther]

I hope they do. I just know not just with pitt, but in general, we are far more likely to regress or stay the same than get better

You see a boogey man behind every tree. Go pray to the tooth fairy. Things will be fine and Pitt will survive without Dixon.

 

[FireballZ]

Obsessed much? Seriously, the way you post on this board. It seems you are sooooooo obsessed with Dixon. To the point you would throw your body in front of his car so he couldn't leave. Its weird man

You think he's weird on here? Check him out on the PPF FB page. He's psychotic, plus he needs to put a shirt on.

 

[TD_6082]

I'd say he probably understands that he set the bar too high even for himself. Most everyone here thinks getting to the tournament must be very easy because that's all he's ever done except for 2 years. The respect he gets nationally is is night and day from what he gets from the yinzers around here. Honestly, it makes me sick.

He is respected in that he wins, he is consistent, and he is perceived as a good guy. He is not however, a coach that would ever be in demand at a basketball blue blood, or most major programs at this point.

It's a strange reaction people have when Dixon's name comes up on the list of possible candidates at schools like Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn etc. "Jamie Dixon...good coach, but let's hope he's not our guy."

 

[GT74]

I respect Jamie and what he has done here. I think he is a good coach, and a great representative of the university. That being said, I'm ok if he leaves. He deserves to go to TCU if that is what his heart and family says. Pitt will be good without him. The program has hit a wall, and doesn't have that swagger or energy it once had, but is still a respected program. I really believe if this goes down, Gallagher and Barnes will get the right guy as they did with Narduzzi. I believe Barnes has a lot of connections and is very well-respected, especially since he was head of the NCAA selection committee. There are many good coaches out there that wouldn't mind a program like Pitt and a conference like the ACC. Losing an established coach can go either way, but with mediocrity an issue right now, I don't think a change would have a negative effect. On the other hand, if Jamie stays, he needs to get the program a shot in the arm with some high-level recruits and big wins, or we will be in the same place down the road for many years, because this conference will only get better.

 

[PITT92DOG]

Shere maybe it's just that he doesn't agree with you?

Oh gawd forbid someone disagree with shere!

 

[UPitt129]

total bs. you think Dixon reads panther lair and is upset because we are such ungrateful jackasses really. coaches have to have thick skins. if he leaves its because he never wanted to coach in the ACC not because of the fanbase. pitt fans put up with a lot of bs this is more of the same.

He doesn't read panther lair, but he is not dumb either. He knows what a contingent of the fanbase thinks of him.

 

[UPitt129]

You think he's weird on here? Check him out on the PPF FB page. He's psychotic, plus he needs to put a shirt on.

Pretty sure I don't even know what ppf is?

 

[PITT92DOG]

Closer to being cultish

As cultish as the people who endlessly post fire Dixon and rip every part of the program? Rip into any poster who dare say that everything isn't awful, horrendous, dismal or what ever over the top adjective that they can think up?

 

[Cap pitt]

I am fine if he stays or leaves but Pitt better not give him another raise. Let him walk of it comes to it.

The school should pay him to leave

 

[jcpitt]

I hope they do. I just know not just with pitt, but in general, we are far more likely to regress or stay the same than get better

Do you even watch the games? We've been "regressing or staying the same" for the past six years.

 

[FourPanthers]

I'd say he probably understands that he set the bar too high even for himself. Most everyone here thinks getting to the tournament must be very easy because that's all he's ever done except for 2 years. The respect he gets nationally is is night and day from what he gets from the yinzers around here. Honestly, it makes me sick.

Bingo...I work with reps all over the country who follow basketball and they can't believe he take's the abuse he does here. If we blow it up, we'll be Rutgers hoping for an NIT bid in four years. Support the guy thru great AND tough seasons, that's what fans do.

 

[UPitt129]

Bingo...I work with reps all over the country who follow basketball and they can't believe he take's the abuse he does here. If we blow it up, we'll be Rutgers hoping for an NIT bid in four years. Support the guy thru great AND tough seasons, that's what fans do.

Well, look, I like to consider myself a realist.

If Jamie goes, the next coach COULD be a homerun, and get us back to a top 15 program. It could work out great.

A more likely outcome though is maintaining where we are at now or slightly better, or l given our bball history, and disadvantages we face in recruiting, is that we regress, and become a constant bottom half acc team, and hope to make the tournament.

The reason I want to keep dixon is not because I want dixon here at all costs. I want Dixon here because he showed he could win, is a proven coach, and even his down years when looking at the overall scope of Pitt basketball history are quite good. I also want Dixon here because I feel he has a better chance of returning Pitt to a top 15-20 level than rolling the dice with a new coach.

 

[SouthSidePanther]

I highly doubt that anything posted on this forum is really bothering Dixon, or social media in general for that matter. If Dixon is feeling a sense of betrayal, it has to be from certain influential donors.