For the first time, Jeff Capel publicly breached the sensitive subject matter regarding Dior Johnson, the Pitt freshman guard who is awaiting a preliminary trial for five charges stemming from a domestic incident in early September.
In his first appearance since the charges were filed against Johnson last Thursday, Capel didn't completely deflect the question I asked regarding Johnson while players Nelly Cummings and Jamarius Burton and he were on the main stage in the grand ballroom of the second floor of the Westin Charlotte.
Here is the question, word for word, that I asked Capel within the public forum: "Regarding the situation around Dior, do you have any further comment on that?