And the more I read about him, the more I think Pitt should hire Ron Sanchez. Outstanding recruiter and developer of talent. Would be a very very solid hire.
The more I watch Virginia
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I’ve posted this a few times this week, but there just aren’t enough successful examples of assistants making the jump to head coach at another major program for my liking. I’m afraid we’ll just be hiring Norm Roberts, George Blaney or Steve Robinson.
Virginia is damn good. A well coached team that plays hard and plays smart.
I really miss having teams that got all of the loose balls and rebounded their ass off.
I really miss having teams that got all of the loose balls and rebounded their ass off.
It will get them to the Sweet 16 and no further again. They are extremely well coached and Bennett does an incredible job with what he has, but you have to have the players/scorers to win it all. Who are they going to ride to the championship?
This year seems a little different, but I agree with your premise.
At some point they will run into a guy with lottery pick talent and will come up short.
I can get excited about Sanchez. I can also get excited about hiring a coach that would add diversity to a very diverse University.
He has been the Associate Head Coach for two years which carries more responsibility.
I don’t want a retread, I want a reason to get excited about the program. He could do that.
I've been saying this all along. If Pitt doesn't at least give serious consideration to Sanchez, they are not doing their homework. And whoever they hire better be a much better coach and recruiter than Sanchez has demonstrated he is. So far, the other names I'm hearing aren't that, including Hurley.
This UVA team will go far this year, possibly win the NC. This is a different team than most UVA teams. Still strong on defense and rebounding, which is a necessity to win any championship, but they can score as a team and get into the 70's if they have to. That surely helps when you're limiting the other team to the 50's or 60's. And Bennett is the best coach in NCAA basketball, so that can't hurt. .
What does the color of his skin have to do with it?? So you would be excited about his hiring because he’s the correct race.
A horrible way to rate a candidate.
Agree and thats the problem Pitt or a VA is faced with. You can't get the top guys, those guys go to Duke, NC and kentucky etc etc. It also doesn't help getting them if you don't play a up tempo style. But if you play a style like VA or Pitt(in the past) you can win a lot of games, problem is you are very unlikely to ever make many deep runs in the tourney. So do you go with a style that could win you lots of games and make the tourney every year, but never make a deep run or do you roll the dice with a style that could allow tourney success but could also lead to fewer ncaa appearances and more losing season's.
By diversity he can have a natural conversation with a High School Student that happens to be black, white, Dominican, New York, West Coast, Virginia, Junior FIBA, foreigners, etc....., etc.....
Look at his resume.
I would like to finally see a person of color coach a team that will most likely coach a colorful team in Pittsburgh.
Oh, he’s really smart. That certainly helps and he wins everywhere he goes.
Question for those who like Sanchez. Why is he such a better option than Chris Jent?
It seems Sanchez get plenty of love, but Jent is looked at as a terrible hire. I have no opinion on either, just asking the question.
It seems Sanchez get plenty of love, but Jent is looked at as a terrible hire. I have no opinion on either, just asking the question.
Malcolm Brogdon was that guy a few years back. And they lost in the Elite 8 to a freaking 11 seed Syracuse team. Worse than that ‘08-09 Pitt team losing to Nova.
Their impressive resume this year noted, I too will be reluctant to advance them beyond the Sweet 16, depending on the bracket.
And what a sick joke it’ll be if they have to play Michigan St again.
This thought process sickens me. Not because I don't think Ron Sanchez, Ron Mutombo, or Ron Whatever can't do the job, but because there are people who want to make hires based on race. Talk about a sick over correction. Diversity of thought is great. Diversity of pigmentation is stupid.
Hopefully Pitt has much more enlightened decision makers.
So true. Last time I checked your ability to recruit, relate to kids and coach had nothing to do with skin color.
Jent's resume isn't overly impressive for college basketball. I question his ability to recruit on the college level. He has not demonstrated he can coach college basketball, compared to someone like Sanchez. And he's coached mainly in the pros. That doesn't necessarily translate to the collegiate level successfully.
Much better options out there than Jent. MUCH better. To me, Sanchez is at or near the top of that list.
He’s a great coach who happens to not be white. Here is a short list of who should be considered.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...st-likely-to-be-a-very-successful-head-coach/
I’d be ok with Scheyer or Sanchez but I’d rather they go after a guy like Musselman
Quotes that stood out
On Duke's Jon Scheyer ...
"Played at Duke. Coaches at Duke. That formula normally works!"
Actually, that really isn't true. There are a lot of guy that played and coached a Duke that haven't done very well at all as a head coach.
On Duke's Jon Scheyer ...
"Played at Duke. Coaches at Duke. That formula normally works!"
Actually, that really isn't true. There are a lot of guy that played and coached a Duke that haven't done very well at all as a head coach.
Don’t disagree. I’m just saying if you’re going the assistant route he and Sanchez would be fine.
I’d much rather they go after Enfield or hurely. Then Musselman Otzelberger or Nick McDevitt
Again interjecting race is just dumb I don’t care if the best candidate is a blind Chinese person hire the best person for the job period if he ends up being black white latino who the hell cares I care about Pitt winning and not being a laughing stock again period and you get there by hiring the best candidate not because of skin color it’s whats their b-ball IQ and how can they recruit
Never would work. You can’t win in the ACC by playing defense and rebounding, you need high scoring offenses to compete in that conference.
I've said for years that 25 wins and a NCAAT berth is enough to make me happy.
A win or three in the Tournament is just gravy. All but one team loses anyway. As long as it isn't the first game, I consider it a successful season.
After Stallings, I think a lot of fans should have learned to appreciate what we had.
They cracked 70 4 times in 21 league games including the ACC tournament.
You’re typically a guy who likes to refer to past history as a predictor of future success. Why not this time? In the past, they haven’t had the horses. While this seems to be a somewhat better outside shooting group than some of Bennett’s past high seeds, they still don’t have the horses. With a 1 seed they will have every advantage to get to the FF, but with that roster I just don’t see it, and I don’t believe they have the players to win it all.
Try consoling a Virginia fan with the regular season and ACC championship after the Cavs get bounced by a lower seed in the Sweet 16.
Of course we would all love to go back to the good old days of being a top team in a top league again. Those overachieving days were long gone before Dixon was. Rozelle Nix, Justice Kithcart and Ty Haugjton weren’t going to be cutting down any nets.. That said, the 2001 to 2010-11 years were the best I think this program was ever capable of. The college basketball landscape has continued to change and not in a way that favors a program like Pitt.
You’re mindset puts you in a narrow minority. The Final Four and a shot at a national championship is what the players play for and what the coaches coach for. College basketball excellence has always been defined by NCAA tournament performance.
I’m reasonably sure nobody was more disappointed and frustrated that Pitt couldn’t get there than Jamie Dixon.
I think it feels a little different because the ACC is a little bit down as a league this year. Duke, UNC and Louisville in particular are not as strong as they typically are. There were a few gimmes on the conference schedule that were at least capable of putting up a good fight in the past.
Wow, why bring race as a qualification into this?!? Is this 1970? I didn't think Pitt was a racist institution. We don't need an affirmative action hire, we need the best candidate regardless of race.
I guess Dixon didn’t get that memo, seeing as how he felt it necessary to try to change his system and personnel type to adapt to the ACC style of play. There were numerous threads from some of the basketball board elders detailing this philosophical shift.
Worked out beautifully I might add.
I think most people did appreciate it from 2004-2011. After that, it was a struggle to make the tourney. The teams were built to go nowhere, and the tourney losses were embarrassing and excruciating to watch. They never contended for a conference championship after that, regular season or conference tourney.
