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New talking point - Chancellor wouldn't let HY fire Pittman
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:18 pm
This has been circulating for days on 247, but Biddy chimed in today and said he has been hearing the same thing now.
Essentially, Hunter wanted to fire Sam after the Auburn game, but Chancellor Charles Robinson stepped in and basically said, "You made this bed, now sleep in it."
Is it true? Who the hell knows at this point. Folks are also adamant that the buyout $$ was there if it was really needed.
Whatever really happened, it may explain why HY gave that dumbass statement about retaining Pittman after beating a basement Conf USA team.
Essentially, Hunter wanted to fire Sam after the Auburn game, but Chancellor Charles Robinson stepped in and basically said, "You made this bed, now sleep in it."
Is it true? Who the hell knows at this point. Folks are also adamant that the buyout $$ was there if it was really needed.
Whatever really happened, it may explain why HY gave that dumbass statement about retaining Pittman after beating a basement Conf USA team.
This post was edited on 11/25/23 at 6:20 pm
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Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:30 pm to Jack Ruby
The Chancellor can go too, if that’s the case. Punish Hunter some other way but don’t punish the fans.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:32 pm to Jack Ruby
You refuse to make a minority hire? You turn down Prime Time? You OWN the fat white man Hunter.
Our next head coach will be a minority hire. Guaranteed. Which is fine if we can get a football version of Nolan Richardson to come in here and kick some arse. Change this culture of losing and command respect. Hell, hire Nolan. He still gets me fired up.
ETA-Mike Tomlin may be out of a job soon. I'd take him. I like Tomlin. Not that he's realistic, just sayin'. Holtz and Petrino have been our two most successful coaches since Broyles. Of course they still were trying to pad the bank account and prove something. He was an assistant at ASU.
Our next head coach will be a minority hire. Guaranteed. Which is fine if we can get a football version of Nolan Richardson to come in here and kick some arse. Change this culture of losing and command respect. Hell, hire Nolan. He still gets me fired up.
ETA-Mike Tomlin may be out of a job soon. I'd take him. I like Tomlin. Not that he's realistic, just sayin'. Holtz and Petrino have been our two most successful coaches since Broyles. Of course they still were trying to pad the bank account and prove something. He was an assistant at ASU.
This post was edited on 11/25/23 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:34 pm to SmackoverHawg
Nolan once blitzed 11 guys on defense in jr. High.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:36 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Nolan once blitzed 11 guys on defense in jr. High.
Nice!!! That's what I'm talking about.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:42 pm to SmackoverHawg
The Chancellor is supposedly very fiscally conservative. Which makes sense, but then again it also does not, since you are going to crater your biggest money generator into ashes by retaining Mr 'I don't know.'
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:44 pm to Jack Ruby
It appears we have the only coach in the entire SEC that is incapable of getting his team motivated to play their final game of the season on rivalry week.
Yes, despite other teams having disappointing seasons too, first year HCs, two teams that have no head coaches at all, and even Vanderbilt's roster, they managed to put up infinitely more fight and motivation than us against their "rivals". We are the outlier on the scoreboard, the only team that didn't even try.
It's embarrassing. And here they are trying to shove this "more NIL and an OC will fix it, don't worry!" narrative up our gullible asses
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:47 pm to RazorBroncs
It's the biggest fuk you to the fanbase I've ever seen.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 6:52 pm to Jack Ruby
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The Chancellor is supposedly very fiscally conservative. Which makes sense, but then again it also does not, since you are going to crater your biggest money generator into ashes by retaining Mr 'I don't know.'
Chancellors don't know shite about running a business and they don't know shite about football. Neither do the people in the athletic department, but I digress. This whole situation is fricked. If HY had any balls, he'd have fired Pittman's arse, told the chancellor to frick off and had the big money lined up behind him with a plan in place.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:04 pm to SmackoverHawg
Calling out that stupid fricking extension and buyout sounds like a boss holding an AD accountable.
But it's not like HY did that all by himself.
But it's not like HY did that all by himself.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:07 pm to Jack Ruby
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Essentially, Hunter wanted to fire Sam after the Auburn game, but Chancellor Charles Robinson stepped in and basically said, "You made this bed, now sleep in it.
So the Chancellor wants to tank the program?
Holy frick, this is deeper than I thought.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:29 pm to SmackoverHawg
The irony is that originally Nolan wanted to coach football.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:36 pm to Jack Ruby
Solid excuse. Which one you think is next? They were gonna fire Pittman but he needed another year to finish the remodel on his lake house?
Hunter thought maybe he should fire him but he didn't know what to do? Worked for Sam so why not.
Hunter thought maybe he should fire him but he didn't know what to do? Worked for Sam so why not.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:38 pm to V Bainbridge
No one reached out expressing interest in the job, so safest option was to keep Sam.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:43 pm to DaleDenton
Idk why everyone’s melting. We’re a basketball school now. No one will ever want this job. Fans are too fickle.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 7:59 pm to CFB_Fanatic
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Fans are too fickle.
Miss St fired their first year coach after a less embarrassing season than our 4th year coach just had. The fact anyone cares about the program at all after the Chad Morris years is a testament to how dedicated this fanbase is.
The truth is that we aren't fickle enough. Admin has no respect for us. Right now they are looking us dead in the eyes, back handing us like a bitch and saying "You will win nothing and be happy"
Posted on 11/25/23 at 8:01 pm to DaleDenton
That is what we were told.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 8:05 pm to V Bainbridge
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Miss St fired their first year coach
They are idiots too. They’ll end up in the same cycle we are in. Will fire their next guy in 4 years
Posted on 11/25/23 at 8:11 pm to Jack Ruby
I can't believe that he hasn't been fired yet.
The only thing that makes any sense is lack of money.
The only thing that makes any sense is lack of money.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 8:15 pm to RunningBlake
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The only thing that makes any sense is lack of money.
There are some good D2 coaches out there getting paid less than $200k/year. If that’s all we can afford I’d rather do that than stick with Pitt.
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