We had a Pitt commercial last night ,including enthusiastic Zoo kids. Well right now that could not be a more false representation of fan enthusiasm. Time for Gallagher to tell us, "This is not sustainable and I am the man I charge in the cathedral". Time to man up Pat or you will join a cast of irrelevant Pitt leaders.
When does Gallagher man up?
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He should be fired for hiring Scott Barnes. That decision cost will have cost us tens of millions of dollars in the long run.
Gets what ???? Why was Stalling hired in the first place that's where Gallagher should have got it.
One of the key responsibilities of Leadership Teams is not to make a mistake like hiring Stalling a proven average to below average coach, about to be fired from his present job.
He along with Barnes and others at Pitt approved the hiring of Stallings.
Now Gallagher and Lyke have a multi multi $ buyout, hiring of a new coach, staring them in the face not to mention the Pitt basketball attendance $ shortfall and program rebuild. Millllllioooooooonssss wasted!
All Gallagher and the rest of the Pitt "bad news bears" had to do was take some time away from the Chardonay and Caviar circuit and bing ( republican's version of google) Stalling and his mediocre record is there for all to see.
"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
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Well, that’s all we heard for the first year or so after he came aboard
Truth be told, it’s true. I mean, Gallagher was certainly able to deceive the Neanderthals that make up most of our fan base by throwing out two of the biggest pieces of raw meat around: Script Pitt, and getting rid of Steve
Truth be told, it’s true. I mean, Gallagher was certainly able to deceive the Neanderthals that make up most of our fan base by throwing out two of the biggest pieces of raw meat around: Script Pitt, and getting rid of Steve
Scott Barnes makes Steve Pederson look like the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
The absolute worst hire in the history of Pitt Sports is Scott Barnes.
Mistakes happen , anyone whose ever been in charge of hiring has made them . Once you recognize the errors of your way you need to correct them . However it’s a lot easier when that mistake doesn’t come with a long term multi million contract .
Oh yea, I definitely agree but I think you can take it a step further. Scott Barnes may be the worst hire in PITTSBURGH sports history.
If Barnes would have at least collected a $10 million buyout or whatever, I would have been more om with it
When it comes to Pitt sports, both the Chancellor and AD have a nearly impossible job.They can primarily thank prior administrations for that. Anybody with common sense isn't coming to Pitt to be the AD, unless they have intentions to make some quick minor improvements on the surface and then bolt. The changes needed require decades of consistent support, since we've spent the past few decades lagging.
Paul Hackett is clearly the worst hire in Pittsburgh major sports history
No. The absolute worst hire in the history of Pitt Sports was Foge Fazio to replace Jackie Sherrill. We could have had Jimmy Johnson.
Would be unwise to fire him for an athletics issue unrelated to scandal or criminal activity. He seems to be well regarded across the university in general, no?
Athletics is the most visible part of the university and what he signed off on to cost the university tens of millions of dollars is worse than a lot of other scandals. He had more culpability in this than some Presidents or ADs being fired for various scandals.
The Chancellor Gallagher has the entire university to worry about not just the athletic department that's why he hired an AD he may not be the best evaluator of candidates based on Barnes but let Heather make the decision and if Pitt needs to write a check they will write it. Saying Gallagher should be fired is just plain dumb
But you also remember Jimmy wanted the Pitt job. We blew it there. We blew it with Hackett over Alvarez. And yes, I remember the Cal stuff to come here.
Stallings is the 1st or 2nd highest paid employee at Pitt. About 15 million dollars was invested. Gallagher deserves a lot of the blame.
I still question how Gallagher could have agreed to Stallings. It's understandable that a University leader might not know the ins and outs of college basketball, but a few minutes doing some research on his computer should have been enough to tell him that Stallings was a terrible choice. It wouldn't have been difficult.
People need to take feelings out of this. I know money isn't everything, but I can tell you this, especially if I was say working right now in Nashville, but have no intentions of living there full time or retiring ala Kevin Stallings is here, you fire me yesterday and I walk away with anywhere between $5 and $10 million, I would literally be laughing my way to the bank, with no regrets, no looking back.
And I think I would have a song for Pitt. And especially Scott Barnes.
And I think I would have a song for Pitt. And especially Scott Barnes.
I respect your thoughts diehard & HailtoPitt but in the big picture Gallagher is more concerned about grants and endowments. 15M is a drop in the bucket to Pitt.
And...and.....and...give him a what kiddies??? A what????
SIX! SIX! SIX, 1,2,3,4,5,6!!! One less than seven, one more than five, a SIX year deal!
True. Our problem is we have one foot in the grave. That next step is a doozie.
He had his head up his tail end and needs to be taken to task. Everything is his responsibility and only a brain dead or completely disinterested chancellor would have approved that hire. How much time would he have had to invest to conclude Stallings was over the hill?
I really don't agree with that. Just like people saying nobody will want to coach here after Stallings is fired. The bar is so low here in a number of athletic positions, it is almost a dream job. Look at Narduzzi. Everyone loves him after he just went 5-7.
Lyke hires a couple competent Oly sports coaches and all of a sudden she looks like one of our smartest administrators in years. It is so much easier to look good at Pitt than somewhere with legitimate expectations.
I really don't think he had much to do with it. He has a new AD who is respected (at the time) with a basketball background. What is the point of even having an AD if the Chancellor is supposed to personally second guess all his decisions? They hired a search firm, and this was the misguided conclusion they reached. It is simple delegation. I think it was a bigger problem for Gallagher to allow Barnes to pressure Dixon and then let him walk without getting paid in return. That's all on him because I'm sure Barnes couldn't do that unilaterally.
Luckily, Pitt was able to rid itself of Barnes before things got any worse. Lyke will soon do the same with Stallings. If anything, I think the fact that Gallagher totally botched things with Barnes/Dixon/Stallings is precisely the reason that Lyke will get the funding to cut him loose so early. It isn't her fault at all, and her boss was complicit.
Now that's laying it on the line, levance. Great post!! One of the best here and everything is totally true. I was never impressed with Gallagher and he was certainly part of the whole debacle with Barnes/Dixon/Stallings and how that transpired. I hope Lyke takes this as her opportunity to do something positive for Pitt athletics.
Even if we get a coach who can win 3 or 4 league games in his first year, that's light years better than what we have now. And the crowds will cheer loudly if that happens. Can you imagine what it would be like at The Pete (if anyone's there) when Pitt gets their new coach and we actually win a game against an ACC opponent? It is possible.
If Narduzzi didn't yinz and yammer and send out tweets, nobody would like him.
Look at how Paul Chryst was treated. He's actually good at his job compared to what we have, and he literally took over at about the lowest point possible for the football program from an image standpoint.
This isn't a dream job, expectations are only low if you have Pittsburgh roots, and/or fixate on jabbing Penn State in interviews, and/or the fans have heard of you before.
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I can imagine what a 3 or 4 win ACC team would look like next year by watching any replay of a game this year.
Yeah, the other guys. I have a suspicion that it will feel a bit better if we're the ones winning, though.
I mean, take a bunch of freshmen and add Ryan Luther.
We'll still feel the same way we felt earlier in the year. Worrying about the freshmen because they aren't as good as we convinced ourselves they would be, and wondering how we will be able to replace Ryan Luther.
Now we're just worrying about the freshmen.
I agree with some of that but Gallagher hired Barnes, who may end up costing Pitt basketball $20 million-$30 million in buyouts, unpaid buyouts (Jamie able to walk away), and lost revenue from ticket sales, concessions, etc. I don't know how Gallagher's job couldn't be in jeopardy. He hired someone who managed to lose the university an unbelievable amount of money.
On the positive note, maybe Gallagher realizes how bad he effed up and allocates more funds to over-correct the error by hiring a very popular coach who Pitt fans will be super excited about. Or probably not
Do you think Luther actually improves our season?
We lost to navy and Montana with him
Yeah I think they win 3-4 ACC games with him.
I also think they beat both Montana and Navy if they play them later in the OOC with him.
They wouldn’t be that good but they’d look better record wise. It’s a team filled with freshmen who were recruited to Pitt. There’s a reason Dixon almost never played guys or he redshirted them.
In my opinion it’s also why Dixon recruited JC and grad transfer stopgaps when he knew he had open rotation spots later in his tenure.
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