The offseason for coaches isn’t simply about recruiting and going to AAU events and camps. It’s about getting out in the community and speaking. Whether it is something very worthy like a school that helps those with special needs. Or heading out on the alumni club circuit.
For Coach Jamie Dixon the other thing that needs to be settled is finding a new assistant coach.
Dixon arrived at the breakfast only eight hours after returning from a Nike coaches event in the Caribbean. He said it was a pleasant trip, joking he didn’t even mind that Florida coach Billy Donovan was on his return flight.
Thursday was a busy day for Dixon, who said he planned to interview two candidates for the coaching vacancy on his staff created when Barry Rohrssen left for Kentucky.
Well, at least that situation is getting closer to resolution.
Tino was HORRIBLE in the Second Half against Notre Dame.
Until now, I had managed to put it completely out of my mind thanks to a GALLANT PERFORMANCE and WIN by a Quarterback named Savage.
Thanks for the reminder.
Oy Vey !
Also helpful in drawing conclusions as to the level of fan support is considering the fact that many of the “Regulars” here are SUPPORTING Alumni and Season Ticket Holders.
Unlike INHABITANTS of the quote unquote “HAPPY VALLEY,”… for the most part, Pitt Fans are about KEEPING IT REAL… during Good Times and Bad.
It’s what makes us “US”… and them “THEM.”
Now you wouldn’t know that if your main source of info is from the Pedo-Gazette or the Trib or the nitwits on Pgh. radio & TV. But we do.
And they really hate that !
(that has increased to even higher levels of ineptitude since 2010, PITT still has pretty good support)
This coming year has Iowa, Va Tech, Duke and GT .. a little less attractive, but has 2 legit crowd-pleasers in Boyd and Conner … so it wioll be nice to maintain that level
I am retired in MD after many engineering years with the Federal Government. Still a very loyal Pitt, Steeler and Pirate fan.
Frank
I have several nephews and their wives and little ones live down there, so I get down often.
Germantown, and Potomac.
I hate to say this, but they are Penn Stater’s!!
LOL
our top 8 opponents – UNC (19), Miami (26), Va.Tech (35), Iowa (37), Duke (42), GT (47), Syr (55), UVA (61).
Just win then watch the casual Pittsburgh college football fan step up to the Heinz Field ticket windows come game day. This city WILL support a winner, so just win baby, WIN!
6/7/2014 – 2015 PF Dererk Pardon (6-8, 215, 2.5?) committed to Northwestern. – Per Link
Not a big loss at all, imo. Northwestern hoops is pathetic.
You are correct sir.
I don’t blame anyone not wanting to go see Pitt play from say……2010 to 2013. With you know who !
Could you ?
He of the gimpy knees.
Anyway, glad we got Alex. My uncle coaches Lacrosse at Malvern so kind of a weird, so I guess I’m only about 3 degrees away from this particular recruit!
Thanks for the info ! 🙂
Plenty of time to develop.
Twelve freshmen played last year, how many will play this year? Jennings, James…
Then he has 3 years of eligibility left. Kid has nice size.
Quadree Henderson, Kareem Ali Jr., Neal Nelson, Tre Tipton, Tony Pilato, John Petrishen, Sekai Lindsay…and ultimately, Jordan Whitehead…Am I missing anyone?
Not sure why we are out there offering players like this. Come next year, we will still have 2 years left with Young, Artis, and Jeter and 3-4 years left with Luther.
Sometimes it seems like we give out offers but otherwise don’t pursue the player or let them know we are not really interested. So, the player goes somewhere else and it LOOKS like he rejected us but in truth, we really were not going for the player.
We simply got no time availale at PF for the next two years at least. If we were to bring in Cheick
Diallo, we COULD move players to either side (Young to C, Artis to SF) to fit him but I am not sure that that would be such a good idea as it would adversely affect team chemistry.
IMO, would be better to go after Briscoe (SG) and Papagiannis (C) where we have slots available that they could fit in. But, it seems like Dixon has a penchant for PFs.
Actually, not sure it is all that wise to go after one-and-doners at all. Kevin Ollie proved you don’t need them to win a NC (I think his highest rated was around 100 coming out of HS) and they are here and then gone after one year.. which doesn’t do much for team chemistry.
Never over, but………
Go Rangers!
H2P!!!
Zaratoughda, I agree, one and dones more trouble than they are worth, unless like Kentucky, you can get several each year.
If I call my boss a slut on Facebook, I may not be arressted but I certainly can (and probably should) be fired. The NBA has its own governing body (the owners) who votes on the entry of all of its owners .. it’s its own country club, so to speak.
I won’t argue that there is hyprocrisy in the NBA, and even more telling, is Sterlling’s previous racial record which went checked by the NBA, however, they apparently also have the right to sanction one of its own.
Same with hoops Our high schools play about 30 regular season games depending on how many tournaments they schedule pre-UIL divisions. By the time high school PA hoops play begins, our teams have played five or more games.
Seven-on-seven ball is a big deam right now.
While Jaryd Jones-Smith is raw, his size is something that cannot be duplicated. At spring practice, it was reported that he used last season to grow to 6’8″ and 330 pounds. That is a massive human being and according to many, one of his strengths is his wing-span and athleticism.
I predict Biz gets moved to Guard !
1)Lundqvist has to be his super-human self but he’s been only human.
2) Quick HAS been super-human
3) The Kings are HUGE.
4) The breaks have clearly favored the Kings. (the non-interference call in game 2 especially)
and,
5) The Kings are HUGE.
And it’s his fellow m(b)illionaires who allegedly will vote him out.
Lastly, doesn’t his opinion just enable people like you .. who respect people with money no matter what?
Any recruiting tidbits?
It is clear that the NBA owners have the ability, based on their by laws, to vote him out and require him to sell. He can certainly challenge this in court, but most of the legal opinions I’ve read believe he will lose. Bottom line, when he bought the team he agreed abide by the by laws. The by laws allow the other owners to vote him out with 75% vote.
I think Cuban raises the more interesting question, which is SHOULD they vote him out? He’s right, it would put them on a “slippery slope”. If you toss Sterling for making reprehensible PRIVATE comments to a whore, can you toss someone for expressing other unpopular or politically incorrect views? What about expressing anti-gay marriage sentiments, could that be considered homo phobic? Would that be grounds for removal? Where does it end? The answer appears to be, “wherever 75% of the owners say it does”. Exception becomes precedent, precedent becomes policy. Cuban makes a good, but unpopular, point about setting precedents like this.
I have no doubt that the owners would vote him out in a heartbeat. It is good for their business to have him out. Period.
However, at this point it won’t come to a vote of the owners. Sterling’s wife had him declared mentality incompetent, she took over the family trust, she has the right to make decisions about their assets and she sold the team. So if Sterling wants to sue someone, he needs to sue the family trust (ironically, since he is a part of the trust, he would be suing himself?).
Even considering the tax implications, he is going to make out like a bandit. He’s selling a team that had been valued at $500m for $2b. Saying “no” to that deal would be further proof of mental incompetence.
In the agreement to sell the team, Sterling’s wife indemnified both Balmer and the NBA against any lawsuits that Sterling might file. So really, he is in essence SUING HIMSELF.
The guy really is mentally unfit. He should just shut up and take the money. He could buy an unending supply of Viagra and hookers and live out the last few years of his life in bliss.
Instead he’s going to piss away his money on lawyers. and trust me, lawyers can spend it a lot faster than hookers. Or so I’ve been told. Thankfully, I don’t have much personal experience with either. 🙂
Here’s a good summary from CBS of where things are with the whole Sterling Saga:
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The Donald Sterling saga is far from over. Shelley Sterling and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer have already agreed to a sale of the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and the NBA has agreed to let the transfer of ownership of the team replace the process of removing Sterling as the owner of the team. After Donald Sterling gave his support to the deal and abandoned a $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, it looks like he’s now going against the sale.
Sterling has pulled his support of the sale of the franchise to Ballmer and is now re-pursuing his lawsuit against the league, according to his lawyer Max Blecher. From the Associated Press:
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney said Monday.
“We have been instructed to prosecute the lawsuit,” said attorney Maxwell Blecher. He said co-owner Donald Sterling would not be signing off on the deal to sell.
The $2 billion sale was negotiated by his wife Shelly Sterling after Donald Sterling’s racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicized and the NBA moved to oust him as owner.
The lawsuit alleges the league violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an “illegal” recording that publicized racist remarks he made to a girlfriend. It also said the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling $2.5 million and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale.
The NBA’s unwillingness to revoke a $2.5 million fine against Sterling and a lifetime ban from the league seems to have spurred the reversal of his blessing toward the sale. This isn’t likely to keep the sale of the franchise from going through, nor did NBA commissioner Adam Silver seem very concerned with a potential lawsuit when he addressed the media before Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
This is just yet another reversal of course and overall waste of time in Sterling’s attempt to delay the inevitable.
This has become a case of rich folks fighting over money. I could care less.
How about some recruiting news?
Yes, Chryst is the real deal. He is just not the right deal for Pitt in the 21st Century or for recruiting; too much holier than thou. Academics, character, and then athletics last, just won’t cut it. We had a coach like that going back about 6 coaches ago. It didn’t work then either!
You can wish all you like for a bunch of diamonds in the ruff. It just doesn’t really happen in the real world. You need to sign 4 and 5 star players first then hope they develop.
Chryst, right now, is like dying of cancer. You know what is going to happen, but you keep hoping against hope!
He projects as a slot receiver for the Panthers. The final decision came down between the Panthers and Boston College.
Scout: ***
247: ***
Rivals: ***
Highlights: link to hudl.com
Other Offers: Boston College, Clemson, Nebraska, Rutgers
Wanny won 10 games in 2009 and 9 in 2008.
While I agree with your sentiment, we have to have some hope.
Cause without hope, there’s no sense in any of us being here.
And with that hope we have to hope, that lightning will strike twice in the same place. We were a dead program in 1972 and lightning struck.
Hope it happens again before I shuffle off this rock.
Thoughts of shuffling off the rock not uncommon now.
I see Chryst going to some major bowl games in the future but don’t see participation in the college football final four. No one aggressive enough in Pitt administration to make that happen.
I see the new chancellor being pretty hands-off athletics. We’ll be dealing as much or more with the Cornhole.
Jamie has a much better chance of making the Final Four than HCPC, but even that’s a long shot.
Okay, did I troll???
Nope you aren’t considered a troll. We know who they are….and you ain’t one.
Agree JD has a much better chance, since he’s had us close.
Football not so much 🙁
Not going to argue about Tiny. Those stats look fine. What were they in the 4rth quarter (crunch time) of those games ?
If I’m anti-Tino, does that make you pro-Tino ?
🙂