Why all the Angst !

[The Ole Six-Fiver]

The new Chancellor whoever it may be, and I predict now, it will not be a straight, white, Christian male, it will be anything else, I won't be surprised if they will be trumpeting, "The FIRST <fill in the blank> Chancellor" This new Chancellor will not just be woke, He/She/They/Them will be POWER WOKE and sports won't even be on their radar-other than maybe trans inclusion as a major priority. Just my personal prediction. I have no inside info on this one

However that happens to work out, it will not be a happy move (and probably one of her/his very first major moves depending on the timing of the transition) for this new chancellor to fire Capel, for the reasons I cited. Alternately it might be interpreted even more poorly if they chicken out and leave the firing for lame duck Gallagher to do on his way out.

This could become messy.

 

[ShipofFools]

The new Chancellor whoever it may be, and I predict now, it will not be a straight, white, Christian male, it will be anything else, I won't be surprised if they will be trumpeting, "The FIRST <fill in the blank> Chancellor" This new Chancellor will not just be woke, He/She/They/Them will be POWER WOKE and sports won't even be on their radar-other than maybe trans inclusion as a major priority. Just my personal prediction. I have no inside info on this one

I hope you are right. I hope the new chancellor cleans house of the traditional, stuffy, head in the sand types. Purge the board of directors that don't vision progress and only want to blame outside factors for their own failures. Whatever they may be.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I am so confused by everyone being so upset that Capel is sucking at portal recruiting. He is a lame duck and everyone knows it. No P6 level transfer with more than a year left is coming here.

Pitt/Capel has an end date and everyone knows it. March 2023

And the players who might come here also have an end date....March 2023, even if they have more than another year left. That's just the nature of this silliness with the transfer portal. They know they'll likely be here for a year, and Capel will be gone after next year.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

It's a pretty easy waiver to obtain if a coach leaves, though. Regardless of whether or not a guy has used his free transfer already, he'll almost certainly get another one if Pitt parts ways with Capel. That's if he even needs it: A lot of guys with multiple years of athletic eligibility left have already graduated (or will graduate by this time next year) anyway.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

The Ole Six-Fiver said:

However that happens to work out, it will not be a happy move (and probably one of her/his very first major moves depending on the timing of the transition) for this new chancellor to fire Capel, for the reasons I cited. Alternately it might be interpreted even more poorly if they chicken out and leave the firing for lame duck Gallagher to do on his way out.

This could become messy.

However that happens to work out, it will not be a happy move (and probably one of her/his very first major moves depending on the timing of the transition) for this new chancellor to fire Capel, for the reasons I cited. Alternately it might be interpreted even more poorly if they chicken out and leave the firing for lame duck Gallagher to do on his way out.

This could become messy.

Chancellors don't fire basketball coaches. They have far more important things to do than mess around with athletics. That's up to the AD. The Chancellor is involved in the financial aspects of hirings and firings and has to sign the checks and they delegate, that's about it. Maybe he or she can provide some guidance, but that Chancellor doesn't make the decision.

 

[Wanstash21]

Chancellors don't fire basketball coaches. They have far more important things to do than mess around with athletics. That's up to the AD. The Chancellor is involved in the financial aspects of hirings and firings and has to sign the checks and they delegate, that's about it. Maybe he or she can provide some guidance, but that Chancellor doesn't make the decision.

not sure why my username is tagged in those quotes, but did you really edit a quote of mine and type in your own words? Whatever you quoted, I didn't say. Unless someone else did it.

 

[Wanstash21]

@HailToPitt1985 you literally quoted this post:

the fact that someone makes a new username for each comment is the definition of an idiot. how much time do you have on your hands?

and changed the words. You really want to do this?

 

[TD_6082]

I'm of the belief that Capel could have success in the portal without it translating on the court.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

not sure why my username is tagged in those quotes, but did you really edit a quote of mine and type in your own words? Whatever you quoted, I didn't say. Unless someone else did it.

I mistakenly quoted you while quoting someone else. I apologize. I tried to get your name off of the quotes but couldn't. Ole Six-Fiver said what I mistakenly quoted you as saying. But he was wrong. This had nothing to do with your post.

 

[Purdue_Panther]

Since there’s absolutely nothing positive to discuss, are you suggesting the board go into hibernation?

I think the board should discuss realistic possible coaching candidates for when Capel gets fired next March

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I'm convinced now....this board has a lot of good people on it. But it also has a lot of psychotics and flaming morons.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Eh, no offense but your batting average is a little Cole Tuckerish for me. I've seen similar reports that stated the entire contract is guaranteed, so it's tough to know what to believe.

Just remember, he was SURE that Capel's buyout was a large percentage (his number was something like at least 80%) of the remaining money on the deal all the way through to the end of the contract, right up until someone tweeted that it was something different.

Don't be surprised if in the end it turns out to actually be a percentage of the remaining value and he claims that he got it right all along. Because that's what he does.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

the fact that someone makes a new username for each comment is the definition of an idiot. how much time do you have on your hands?

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Just remember, he was SURE that Capel's buyout was a large percentage (his number was something like at least 80%) of the remaining money on the deal all the way through to the end of the contract, right up until someone tweeted that it was something different.

Don't be surprised if in the end it turns out to actually be a percentage of the remaining value and he claims that he got it right all along. Because that's what he does.

One thing we know for sure is that whatever the number was this yr Pitt was unwilling to go there .

 

[Sam Young 23]

That's the real question. Who does Pitt get to be the next coach? I know I'm not in the majority here but I believe Sean Miller would of took the job this year. I think we will realize not moving on him this year was a massive mistake. He will be successful at Xavier.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Just remember, he was SURE that Capel's buyout was a large percentage (his number was something like at least 80%) of the remaining money on the deal all the way through to the end of the contract, right up until someone tweeted that it was something different.

Don't be surprised if in the end it turns out to actually be a percentage of the remaining value and he claims that he got it right all along. Because that's what he does.

Yea, and I was right about after Year 4. And I said its pretty hard to believe there's such a significant drop after Year 5. I want to believe it but it just seems unrealistic.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

That's the real question. Who does Pitt get to be the next coach? I know I'm not in the majority here but I believe Sean Miller would of took the job this year. I think we will realize not moving on him this year was a massive mistake. He will be successful at Xavier.

He wouldn't have picked Pitt over Xavier. Now, maybe if Capel was fired in February and Miller was offered like late Feb, then yea.

Right now, its Ryan Odom or the Longwood coach if he has another big season.