Pitt athletics director Scott Barnes held a press conference in the aftermath of the Jamie Dixon departure to TCU. Often, these don't reveal much information, but Barnes actually shared quite a bit in Monday's presser and was pretty candid.
He hit on several topics, so let's take a look at them.
They wanted Dixon
Barnes made it clear that Pitt was prepared to forge ahead with Dixon - even for the long haul. This was not a force out situation and it's apparent that Dixon just felt it was time to move on. How badly did they try to keep him?