Observer-Reporter: Dixon was victim of own success at Pitt
Has there ever been a better example of “What have you done for me lately†than Jamie Dixon?
Dixon left Pitt for his alma mater, TCU, last week and he wasn’t fired. But there’s a good chance that he thought he might be if he didn’t win some NCAA tournament games next year.
Social media and the talk shows lit up with people who were thrilled to see him go, so there’s also a good chance that Dixon knew the party was over for him.
Dixon was part of the total turnaround of Pitt basketball when he came in as former coach Ben Howland’s a assistant in 1999. Howland did well enough to get hired by UCLA. …
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