This is Jerry Dipaola from March 16, 2016:
"It was one of Barnes' first days on the job, but he prioritized a June breakfast with two Pitt donors, Dr. Mark Duca and Patrick A. Gallagher, CEO of Monaca-based PGT Trucking (no relation to Pitt chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher).
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D'Agostino said boosters have no role in hiring coaches.
“Absolute zero,” said D'Agostino, who admitted to a recent casual conversation with old friend Sean Miller, the Arizona coach who eliminated himself as a candidate one day after Dixon left.
“As far as Scott reaching out to anybody, that's not the case,” D'Agostino said. “We all like Scott. We're certainly friendly with Scott, but that's not his style. I wish it were more, but it's not.”
"It was one of Barnes' first days on the job, but he prioritized a June breakfast with two Pitt donors, Dr. Mark Duca and Patrick A. Gallagher, CEO of Monaca-based PGT Trucking (no relation to Pitt chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher).
...
D'Agostino said boosters have no role in hiring coaches.
“Absolute zero,” said D'Agostino, who admitted to a recent casual conversation with old friend Sean Miller, the Arizona coach who eliminated himself as a candidate one day after Dixon left.
“As far as Scott reaching out to anybody, that's not the case,” D'Agostino said. “We all like Scott. We're certainly friendly with Scott, but that's not his style. I wish it were more, but it's not.”
Hmm.
