Shaka Smart...continues to impress takes out
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What's that mean? Still waiting for your "long list" of transfers from Pitt that have excelled elsewhere.
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Very low value poster. Takes jabs at Pitt that are either false or stupid. There are SO many true things to attack this team about, only a goof would see the need to make crape up.
I'd trade him for Dixon in a heartbeat, I think almost anyone outside Dixon's immediate family would. He's a top-10 coach nationally IMO.
But, I still don't really understand what posting stuff about Shaka Smart has to do with Pitt or Jamie.
Texas became a better team when its big center, Ridley, was injured. Odd how that works sometimes.
Well I'm not making it up. They were a little slow out of the gate and jig follower made a comment about him and how he isn't lighting it up. A preemptive defense of Dixon.
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Most if not all would take Shaka. I think some people are thinking wishing Pitt would have dumped Dixon and gone after Smart. But - what they don't realize - Smart was NEVER, EVER coming to Pitt. The same crowd also wished for Brad Stevens. Equal chance of him coming here at the time too.
So? One goofball says something about a top coach for another team. These goofs say dumb stuff on a daily basis. The ledger is far weighted on their side, and they have no room to correct anyone else. Why do these guys even keep mentioning other coaches? Has absolutely nothing to do with Pitt.
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Yeah, Pitt BB HC is a much better job than the Boston Celtics HC.
I was referring to when he was still at Butler. A lot of us said then that both Shaka and Brad would not come here because they knew they'd have bigger and better options.
Actually, I know who it was I'm choosing not to say his made up name.
And Frankly, I'll do and say whatever I like, just as you do.
Hey if we're all just "killing time" why would any of this matter?
No problem, as soon as someone invokes the imaginary jig label , it's clear they are clown shoes.
Yea. It really is stupid. I wouldn't name anyone but even the biggest optimists on this board - or Dixon defenders if you prefer - have readily acknowledged there are and have been some issues.
I'm sorry ... I didn't mean to imply that what you were saying wasn't accurate. Wasn't my intention at all.
But in regards to this situation, why is it that we need to get a report on every coach who is doing well?
Shaka Smart is an excellent coach. But he's not our coach. I don't quite see the need to offer a report on every coach doing well as some sort of indictment against Dixon.
This should especially apply to Shaka Smart. Again, he's an excellent coach who was pursued by many for several open jobs. He turned down a few and selected Texas, a program where he certainly can be very, very successful.
Follow up question.
Not necessarily directed only at you bob, as you often offer rational additions to this board.
But since you used the phrase, I'd like to know your opinion -- as well as the opinions of others.
Who are these JIG'ers to whom you have referred?
I can't think of a single poster who really fits this category over the past year or so.
There's no doubt that there are several who are troubadours who rail against constant negativity -- the kind of negativity that offers absolutely no perspective.
Still, I can't think of one person who doesn't recognize that the program is not now where it used to be. Accordingly, there are many who think that Dixon is still the best chance for the program return where it was five years ago. I include myself in this group.
The question remains, however -- who are the JIGers? I just don't see this.
You don't see it because it doesn't exist. Someone made up the cute little acronym and everyone who dislikes Dixon or wants him gone uses it as their mantra. It's STUPID.
There are two possible jigs, and that's it. There are about 10, maybe more, guys, who if there was an anti-jig crew, that are just as insufferable, if not worse. The jigs, who largely don't exist, get a lot more press. Mostly from the clowns who constantly post this drivel, like constant talking up other irrelevant coaches. Some people apparently have become blinded somehow by these clowns.
Yeah, Shaka Smart is a very good young coach who is really working his way up in the college coaching profession.
He started as an assistant coach at California University of Pennsylvania in the PSAC !! ...... then became an assistant at Akron, Clemson, and Florida ..... then head coach at VCU and now Texas ...... again, he has worked his way up but we'll have to see where he goes from here and how successful or not he becomes in the future ..... nothing is guaranteed.
He started as an assistant coach at California University of Pennsylvania in the PSAC !! ...... then became an assistant at Akron, Clemson, and Florida ..... then head coach at VCU and now Texas ...... again, he has worked his way up but we'll have to see where he goes from here and how successful or not he becomes in the future ..... nothing is guaranteed.
There is an article on ESPN insider ranking the power 5 football jobs from 65 to 1 in desirability if all the jobs were open at the same time (Pitt came in at 41). Maryland came at 49 I believe, and the write up accompanying their ranking said that those at the school and in the fan base thought a lot more of the job than what people around the country did. It said they targeted Chip Kelly initially, but had to settle on a guy who had no head coaching experience. I wonder what our fan base my find out about the Pitt job if a highly respected 300 plus win coach is fired. Some of the anti JD crowd needs to be careful what they wish for.
I'll be honest, I've never seen a massive difference between those guys and Dixon.
That's not a good thing or bad thing with Dixon, they just all seem like the same type of coach. Going to preach defense, going to slow down the offense, going to have an offense that relies on offensive rebounds (although, ironically, Dixon has strayed from that philosophy), going to recruit to the approximate level of their program.
People criticize them similarly to how Pitt fans criticize Dixon. If Dixon leaves and they grab one of them as a replacement, great. Pitt doesn't assume their place as Boston College, BC, Clemson, Wake Forest. If they fire Dixon and get one of them as a replacement -- big whoop. Same song, different verse.
EDIT: Was I the one ripping Shaka earlier? I've always liked him, but have also been roped into following UT so might have gotten emotional at some point? I tend to think I don't get emotional about that stuff, but booze does exist.....
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I feel the same way. As coaches, I don't see a huge difference between Sean Miller and Dixon. Miller is a better recruiter, but he also has more institutional advantages than Dixon.
Ultimately, I don't think the difference between Miller and Dixon is significant enough that Miller would suddenly turn Pitt into some unstoppable juggernaut.
Just some random thoughts about a few coaches
Brad Stevens is doing a heck of a job with the Celts. Took over a hot mess. Will be interesting to see if he can get them to the top of the East in a few years.
Andy Edfield took a ton of grief on this board but he appears to have USC finally heading in a positive direction. Took a quick look at their roster and he has four players 6'10' and taller that are Frosh and SO. Would love to have one big on the Pitt squad. JD really needs to work on getting some tough bigs.
Alfords Bruins are struggling and wont make the NCAA.s Pretty hard to do at UCLA.....
None of this has to do with JD but are just random observations about coaches who have been discussed no this board
As far as keeping track of goofy posters......jigs vs anti jigs....not sure whats so hard about just ignoring drivel regardless of the position the poster is taking. Seems to me that engaging these posters is as bad as the goofy posters themselves Of course I think some here just cant help themselves and see it as an opportunity to flex their internet muscles and prove how smart they are.......
Brad Stevens is doing a heck of a job with the Celts. Took over a hot mess. Will be interesting to see if he can get them to the top of the East in a few years.
Andy Edfield took a ton of grief on this board but he appears to have USC finally heading in a positive direction. Took a quick look at their roster and he has four players 6'10' and taller that are Frosh and SO. Would love to have one big on the Pitt squad. JD really needs to work on getting some tough bigs.
Alfords Bruins are struggling and wont make the NCAA.s Pretty hard to do at UCLA.....
None of this has to do with JD but are just random observations about coaches who have been discussed no this board
As far as keeping track of goofy posters......jigs vs anti jigs....not sure whats so hard about just ignoring drivel regardless of the position the poster is taking. Seems to me that engaging these posters is as bad as the goofy posters themselves Of course I think some here just cant help themselves and see it as an opportunity to flex their internet muscles and prove how smart they are.......
Simple matter of Arizona vs Pitt.
Dixon recruited better than Miller when Miller was at Xavier. Miller recruits better than Dixon at Arizona. Essentially, they're coaches that recruit to the level of the program they're leading. Most coaches do. Those that don't (Lavin, Cooley, Gottfried, Pearl, etc.) tend to have some issue, be it ethical or just in plain X's and O's.
Remember when Ben went to UCLA and then started bringing in all those 5 stars he never brought in here? I don't think Jamie would recruit at that level, but if he went to a blue blood west coast school of course his recruiting would improve. And for all the grief Jamie gets here for his recruiting, a lot of it justified, the last three HS recruits entering the program will be 4 star recruits. That's the level we should be at...now we just need some more volume.
