Well, maybe a little more than one more thing.
I also want to point out this post from Ray Merangh talking about how smart Coach Dixon is about hiring assistants and how coveted getting the job is these days.
Which brings us back to the point when Herrion left and Dixon went into action. Everybody wanted that job because Dixon has become a coach who’s assistants get head coaching opportunities. Dixon was deluged with calls and resumes. Guys were even reaching out to know-nothings in the media to see if they knew anything! But Dixon had a plan.
He saw the talent in New England’s coming classes (the 2012 and 2013 classes each has potentially five top-25 guys)
He saw the potential problems at Connecticut.
Finally, he saw the guy involved with most of that talent — Pat Skerry, then at Providence — and went and got him.
Pitt pays well enough for assistants to be competitive, but there are plenty of other programs out there that pay far better. Pitt and Coach Dixon, though, offer the assistant who comes aboard more than just the money.
