Scott Barnes is super awesome.

[Fk_Pitt]

When Scott Barnes heard Jay Vidovich was available, he stopped looking for Pitt's next soccer coach

They come from the pitches of Nis, Serbia and Greensburg; Nirot, France and Brooklyn, N.Y. Connellsville, Sewickley and Rabat, Morocco, too. Somehow, Jay Vidovich has blended a roster with roots in 11 countries into one of the finest college soccer teams in the U.S. Fans across the country will get

triblive.com

 

[wbrpanther]

When Scott Barnes heard Jay Vidovich was available, he stopped looking for Pitt's next soccer coach

They come from the pitches of Nis, Serbia and Greensburg; Nirot, France and Brooklyn, N.Y. Connellsville, Sewickley and Rabat, Morocco, too. Somehow, Jay Vidovich has blended a roster with roots in 11 countries into one of the finest college soccer teams in the U.S. Fans across the country will get

triblive.com

Credit where it is due. The Stallings affair was a disaster but making this hire was brilliant.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

When Scott Barnes heard Jay Vidovich was available, he stopped looking for Pitt's next soccer coach

They come from the pitches of Nis, Serbia and Greensburg; Nirot, France and Brooklyn, N.Y. Connellsville, Sewickley and Rabat, Morocco, too. Somehow, Jay Vidovich has blended a roster with roots in 11 countries into one of the finest college soccer teams in the U.S. Fans across the country will get

triblive.com

He came here to fix men's soccer and got it done!

 

[HailtoPitt]

It was a no brainer hire. He doesn't get credit for it. The only thing Barnes was super awesome for was Kevin Stallings bank account.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

It was a no brainer hire. He doesn't get credit for it. The only thing Barnes was super awesome for was Kevin Stallings bank account.

Didnt he hire Suzy McConnell Serio too? Or was that Pederson? At the time that seemed like a slam dunk too. But that one didn’t turn out well.

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

It was a no brainer hire. He doesn't get credit for it. The only thing Barnes was super awesome for was Kevin Stallings bank account.

He did super awesome with that task.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Didnt he hire Suzy McConnell Serio too? Or was that Pederson? At the time that seemed like a slam dunk too. But that one didn’t turn out well.

Not sure why she was ever considered a slam dunk hire. Her record as a coach did not warrant that thinking.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Not sure why she was ever considered a slam dunk hire. Her record as a coach did not warrant that thinking.

She was doing reasonably well at Duquesne. And that's a really hard thing to do.

 

[HailtoPitt]

She was doing reasonably well at Duquesne. And that's a really hard thing to do.

Her teams' conference standings were 7, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4. Imagine if Pitt hired the men's coach from Duquesne with that resume.

Actually, they hired worse.

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

She was doing reasonably well at Duquesne. And that's a really hard thing to do.

Her name certainly didn’t hurt.

 

[Voice of Danno]

Pitt was losing much of the best local players to other schools. Unlike the boys, the girls usually have 2 or 3 top 100 players every season. Get 2 a year and you have a pretty dam good team. She had the name and connections to keep the girls here. Her pro coaching and Olympic experience had to open a lot of doors outside the region. Sadly she didn't have the personality or temper to be a DI head coach.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Her teams' conference standings were 7, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4.

At Duquesne.

Context matters.

 

[CrazyPaco]

At Duquesne.

Context matters.

She elevated Duquene, but never reached finshed higher than 3rd in the A10 and never reached the NCAA tournament. After she left, Duquesne has finished: 5, 3, 1, 7, 2, 3, 4, 9. Susie was also 1-4 against Duquesne while she was at Pitt.

Duquense's program improved after she left. Context does matter: Duquesne women's basketball, and the backyard prep women's talent in western PA, is not what it is on the men's side.

No knocking Susie's hire by Pitt...it was the obvious hire...but not IMO a homerun based on how she seemed to plateau there. I didn't have the expectations others did because you can win at Duquesne, in the A10, in women's hoops.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

After she left, Duquesne has finished: 5, 3, 1, 7, 2, 3, 4, 9. Susie was also 1-4 against Duquesne while she was at Pitt.

Right, which shows that perhaps the Duquesne coach that Pitt hired should have been Dan Burt, not Suzie McConnell-Serio. But no one knew that at the time.

Because context.

 

[mikeo90]

Pederson hired McConnell-Serio. Barnes hired Stallings, Vidovich, and John Hargis, the swimming coach.

 

[HailtoPitt]

At Duquesne.

Context matters.

The context that mattered is the SMS was from Pittsburgh. Based on her performance coaching prior to Pitt, she should not have been considered a slam dunk hire.