Jamie Dixon to TCU...

...per ESPN.

Not a surprise I guess.

Great hire for TCU.

Per zagsblog, Dixon was on the last TCU team that won a NCAA tourney game.

" Jamie Dixon is leaving Pittsburgh to become head coach at TCU, where he played on the last Horned Frogs team that won an NCAA Tournament game nearly three decades ago."

https://www.sny.tv/college-recruitin...-tcu/168395238

The S.F. Austin coach is off to Oklahoma State. Looks like a good hire.

People still blast Buzz for leaving Marquette to go to a bottom feeder in the ACC, why is no one ripping Dixon for leaving Pittsburgh for a bottom feeder in the Big 12?

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People still blast Buzz for leaving Marquette to go to a bottom feeder in the ACC, why is no one ripping Dixon for leaving Pittsburgh for a bottom feeder in the Big 12?

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There were plenty of naysayers on the Pitt scout.com board well before the TCU thing came up. Guess a lot of folks there are happy for change?

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Originally Posted by Marquette

People still blast Buzz for leaving Marquette to go to a bottom feeder in the ACC, why is no one ripping Dixon for leaving Pittsburgh for a bottom feeder in the Big 12?

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He played there. Why blast him for that. Even the Pitt AD reduced the buyout amount to let him go. I totally understand why Jamie did what he did.

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Originally Posted by 79warrior

He played there. Why blast him for that. Even the Pitt AD reduced the buyout amount to let him go. I totally understand why Jamie did what he did.

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It definitely sounds like the powers to be at Pitt, who didn't hire Dixon, wanted him out and wanted their own coach in. One of the blogs said they weren't going to fight hard to keep him and now I read that they reduced his buyout. Everyone is able to save face, he wanted to go back to his alma mater, and the people at Pitt, we didn't want to hold him from his dream job.

Dixon was at Pitt 12 years and probably best for both sides for him to leave. Although, in Pitt's case, be careful what you wish for, it might not be as good as what you had.

As far as Buzz is concerned, he wanted out and took the first job at a major conference that would pay him what he wanted. Odds are if he would have waited he could have had a job at a better basketball school.

I hardly think TCU was Dixons dream job. It was the right job at the right time. If it was his dream job he would have taken it the last time it came open.

Pitt is in an interesting spot. Did well with Dixon and he was an established coach. I'd guess the brass thinks Pitt hoops should be better.
Careful what you wish for, as that is one tough conference, and Pitt is a bit of an outlier in the conference.

I'm not going to say they are going to turn into Boston College, but if they make a bad hire things could go south quick there.