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The first big move of the coaching carousel - Pitt's Jamie Dixon moving on to TCU. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketba...next-coach

Seat must be getting warm in Pittsburgh and he's smart enough to get out because that seems like a move downward. Is TCU more likely to win in the Big 12 than Pitt in the ACC?

I can't imagine this thread will become Blazer related (unless counting coaching changes in our conference)

My moms favorite coach is Jaime Dixon. Does that help?

(03-21-2016 03:59 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Seat must be getting warm in Pittsburgh and he's smart enough to get out because that seems like a move downward. Is TCU more likely to win in the Big 12 than Pitt in the ACC?

That was my first thought. It's arguably a downgrade, but it's definitely a tougher job. The ACC is stronger, but it's not like Pitt doesn't stand a fighting chance. TCU, on the other hand, has pretty much been the Big XII's Boston College in basketball.

Either way, he's an upgrade in the coaching department no matter how you look at it and he does have history with the program.

‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

Seeing SMU in the top 20 and on TV a good bit had to piss TCU off. Both schools have deep pockets but TCU should have an advantage in the Big 12, a great basketball league. Horned Frogs saying Game On to the Mustangs in hoops.

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

When TV covered the SEC championship game, the announced starting line up for Texas A&M were all from Texas while none of the UKY starters were from KY - in fact two were from other countries. Texas HS BB is apparently almost as good as Texas HS FB.

(03-21-2016 11:50 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

When TV covered the SEC championship game, the announced starting line up for Texas A&M were all from Texas while none of the UKY starters were from KY - in fact two were from other countries. Texas HS BB is apparently almost as good as Texas HS FB.

Has a lot to do with quantity. Texas is so large that there is a really large group of players to choose from. Think of it in terms of high school athletics. The larger the school population the higher the classification - the thinking being the larger school has a larger pool of students to choose from. Its one reason why Hoover has been so dominant in football - they have a student population that's larger than many colleges (3400+, I think).

Brad underwood of SFA expected to be hired by Oklahoma state.

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(03-21-2016 11:50 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

When TV covered the SEC championship game, the announced starting line up for Texas A&M were all from Texas while none of the UKY starters were from KY - in fact two were from other countries. Texas HS BB is apparently almost as good as Texas HS FB.

That is probably the most absurd conclusion I have ever seen somebody jump to.

Houston and DFW are both top 10 nation wide in terms of high schoolers from those metro areas playing D1 basketball. TCU is in one of them and within driving range of the other.

TCU is also his alma mater.

(03-22-2016 09:29 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Houston and DFW are both top 10 nation wide in terms of high schoolers from those metro areas playing D1 basketball. TCU is in one of them and within driving range of the other.

Thanks Matt. That makes the job much more appealing for sure then. I know basketball has its up and downs more than football when it comes to where players come from, I just wasn't sure exactly how talent rich the Dallas area was in a normal year.

(03-22-2016 10:03 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 09:29 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Houston and DFW are both top 10 nation wide in terms of high schoolers from those metro areas playing D1 basketball. TCU is in one of them and within driving range of the other.

Thanks Matt. That makes the job much more appealing for sure then. I know basketball has its up and downs more than football when it comes to where players come from, I just wasn't sure exactly how talent rich the Dallas area was in a normal year.

Yep

Why you think XHCMD started to head that direction in recruiting? He got Hamga,Tyler,and ASW from Texas JuCos and landed Cam Moore. He eventually took his next job out there too. Also he was recruiting Memphis hard at the end, and the state of Florida too but wr never got to see the results. This was after his Chicago recruiting with XA Didly and that Virginia prep school recruiting.

(03-22-2016 01:31 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 10:03 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 09:29 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Houston and DFW are both top 10 nation wide in terms of high schoolers from those metro areas playing D1 basketball. TCU is in one of them and within driving range of the other.

Thanks Matt. That makes the job much more appealing for sure then. I know basketball has its up and downs more than football when it comes to where players come from, I just wasn't sure exactly how talent rich the Dallas area was in a normal year.

Yep

Why you think XHCMD started to head that direction in recruiting? He got Hamga,Tyler,and ASW from Texas JuCos and landed Cam Moore. He eventually took his next job out there too. Also he was recruiting Memphis hard at the end, and the state of Florida too but wr never got to see the results. This was after his Chicago recruiting with XA Didly and that Virginia prep school recruiting.

Jesus, he really got the low end of Texas talent

(03-22-2016 08:57 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 11:50 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

When TV covered the SEC championship game, the announced starting line up for Texas A&M were all from Texas while none of the UKY starters were from KY - in fact two were from other countries. Texas HS BB is apparently almost as good as Texas HS FB.

That is probably the most absurd conclusion I have ever seen somebody jump to.

I don't make conclusions except in summary. I cite the facts and let them do the talking. Some may not like the facts I state, but they are what they are.

(03-22-2016 01:45 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 01:31 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 10:03 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 09:29 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Houston and DFW are both top 10 nation wide in terms of high schoolers from those metro areas playing D1 basketball. TCU is in one of them and within driving range of the other.

Thanks Matt. That makes the job much more appealing for sure then. I know basketball has its up and downs more than football when it comes to where players come from, I just wasn't sure exactly how talent rich the Dallas area was in a normal year.

Yep

Why you think XHCMD started to head that direction in recruiting? He got Hamga,Tyler,and ASW from Texas JuCos and landed Cam Moore. He eventually took his next job out there too. Also he was recruiting Memphis hard at the end, and the state of Florida too but wr never got to see the results. This was after his Chicago recruiting with XA Didly and that Virginia prep school recruiting.

Jesus, he really got the low end of Texas talent

I wouldn't say that since he pulled Cam. Tyler was ok, the other two not so great but they needed different coaching.

(03-22-2016 02:02 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-22-2016 08:57 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 11:50 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 07:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 04:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  ‏@DanWolken
If Dixon takes TCU, as @PaulZeise reporting suggests is increasingly likely, guessing many will say it's a bad job. They're wrong.

Jason Grose @jgrose23
@DanWolken Where is the upside of the TCU job?

Dan Wolken Retweeted Jason Grose
DFW recruiting, new arena, top-10 athletic director, rich boosters

Interesting positives. I guess it could be a decent job for the right coach. Is Dallas a hotbed for hoops talent?

When TV covered the SEC championship game, the announced starting line up for Texas A&M were all from Texas while none of the UKY starters were from KY - in fact two were from other countries. Texas HS BB is apparently almost as good as Texas HS FB.

That is probably the most absurd conclusion I have ever seen somebody jump to.

I don't make conclusions except in summary. I cite the facts and let them do the talking. Some may not like the facts I state, but they are what they are.

Kentucky is an elite basketball school who recruits from the very best talent pool. Where they are from is irrelevant, because they recruit McDonald's All Americans.

They recruit like Alabama does in football, to translate.