When do you think he started talking to TCU given how quickly he wrapped up his deal? You can bet it was before friday!
Well, Kiwi, you seem to be going through every thread searching for posters who aren't in your judgment in a state of sufficient mourning over Dixon's departure. Is your loyalty to Pitt or Dixon?
Yup - this did not just happen in the last 2 days. It probably explains why ANO played so much.
He forgot Luther was the one who got the team in the dance in the 1st place. He was too busy adding up stock options between both schools.
No way I can refute that, so I won't try. Do you think Barnes could have been part of the discussion. It is being widely reported that Barnes "wasn't sorry to see Dixon go". Sometimes in management, at least where I work, if someone isn't working out for whatever reason, that person is helped along the way. They don't just sit back and hope the person leaves. If Barnes and Dixon were having disputes on scheduling and or staff, I could see this being evident to both parties that they needed to work on something. I don't think that's so far fetched, happens in business, and this is business. Not that any of this matters one way or the other. The end result remains the same.
I suppose anything's possible but I can't imagine any AD countenancing a guy coaching his university's team in any game, let alone the NCAA tournament, knowing full well his loyalties were divided when the game was being played. I believe an AD would name an assistant an interim HC before he would be amenable too that sort of arrangement. On some rare occasions you may in the past have seen a FB coach coach a bowl game after he has agreed to take another job but that has become rarer and rarer.
I saw this in your Dribbles but honestly think you have this backwards. Do I think that Dixon is a good guy? Yes. However, I think he is very thin skinned and most people are thin skinned because their ego can't take the criticism of any type. This is how I see Dixon. His ego would not, could not allow him to face the inevitable music he was going to have to face after last friday's game. All that music is inconsistent with is self-view. Hell, he couldn't wait to jump off the boat. He didn't want to be Pitt's coach for a millisecond when he returned to Pittsburgh. He could not conceive of being criticized for that game. Sorry but that's all about pride and ego.
