Attn: Haters
1) Look up Jamie Dixon's resume at the time he was hired by Pitt.
2) Compare to Frank Martin's
3) STFU
So you have about a 1 in 100 shot that Frank Martin becomes Jamie Dixon. Fair enough. Because seriously, Jamie Dixon is about the only guy that has a resume even close to as bare as what Frank Martin has that has had success at a big time level. Dixon coached under Howland for years though. Martin coached under Huggy(not as good as Howland) for 2 years.
And really, you are bringing me Jose Juan Barea as the evidence that Frank Martin is a big time recruiter at a Big 12 level? LOL.
Name coaches that have been under circumstances similar to Martin's and failed:
1) Coach left w/o getting fired
2) Promoted from within
The three I can think of off the top of my head are Jamie Dixon, Rod Barnes, and Tom Izzo. Barnes got fired, but had 3 or 4 pretty damn good years before it happened. Where do you get 1 in 100?
You don't seem to understand that resumes don't do any coaching.
Also, who did Dixon recruit to Northern Arizona that was comparable to Barea?
Dixon's Resume:
Coach, Los Angeles Valley Junior College, 1989-91; Assistant Coach, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991-92; Assistant Coach, University of Hawaii, 1992-94; Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona University, 1994-98; Assistant Coach, University of Hawaii, 1998-99; Associate Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 1999-2003
Dixon has been a coach on the D1 level since 1991. He was the Associate Head Coach at Pitt for 4 years before being named head coach. LOL at Rusty for trying to compare Dixon and Martin.
Let's break it down in levels.
High Major: Dixon coached for 4 years at Pitt, Martin coached for 3 years at Cincy and KSU
Mid Major before high Major: Dixon coached for 1 year at Hawaii, one year at NAU. Martin coached for 4 years at Northeastern
Before that: Dixon coached 1 year at UCSB and 2 years at Hawaii. Martin was in high school.
What you guys are saying is that if Dixon didn't have 1 year at UCSB and 2 years at Hawaii, he would have been woefully underqualified and probably a huge failure. Thankfully, his three years under Riley Wallace and Jerry Pimm made him a Big East Coach of the year and coach of a top 25 team. Makes sense.