True. But it doesn't leave the player feeling like the program left him out there hanging by himself. It let's him know he has support from people that matter and feel appreciated by Pitt. I think that's important.
Bub gone?
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True. But it doesn't leave the player feeling like the program left him out there hanging by himself. It let's him know he has support from people that matter and feel appreciated by Pitt. I think that's important.
Dude would be making a choice to leave the team. He is making an adult decision. He doesn’t need to be coddled. You think Pitt fans are bad, just wait til he gets nba criticism.
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For starters, we don't even know exactly what today's presser is about, or that Carrington is the player.
If he does declare for the draft, he isn't abandoning anything.
What's kind of depressing about it is that we haven't gone so far as a Sweet 16 with any of those guys you mentioned here, and they have played, combined, in one NCAA Tournament game.
That Adams team was 11th in Pomeroy and NET mirrors Pomeroy. If NET was around back then, we would have been a 3-5 seed. Instead, we were an 8 seed and drew Wichita, who was 17th in Pomeroy.
Who cares about being nice. If they are using a presser to promote him making a selfish choice to leave the team, then I have issues with that. Would I make the same choice, yes. Would I reward it with a presser, no. The real world is not a nice place. The association is not a nice place when they cut players. He is making an adult decision.
Gee, I don't know why former basketball players have little to nothing to do with our program.
Maybe being supportive now helps down the road.
Also, don't look up anything about Larry Fitzgerald.
Really?
So if Bub goes on to have lots of $ucce$$, do you think he's going to be inclined to donate to the school or help fund a NIL if Pitt's response is little more than "don't let the door hit you in the ass."?
It's always good for the program for guys to be in a position to make these kind of decisions, regardless what they ultimately decide.
Best of luck Bub. Made a business decision. Always a pitt panther. Best of luck in the association
I was hoping that I'd be wrong but this was the right decision. Now lets use that money in the portal.
Oh well, bummer, but good luck to him. And hope the NIL money can land either Meleek Thomas or a couple of big time transfers. It'd be a shame to lose the momentum from the last two years, especially with a player as talented as Lowe handling the rock next year.
Ditto, be great and represent.
Sadly we won’t get to see him in a Panther uniform next season , but these kids dreams aren’t about going to school , it’s playing professional Bb . Good luck to him , it was fun watching him play .
Let’s have a press conference and kick everybody in the nuts
Jesus how ridiculous
Jesus how ridiculous
Seeing his success at Pitt will only benefit the program in the long run . You can’t have successful teams without elite talent .
This is a recruiting tool. Come here, work hard, get honest feedback from your coach through his connections, get drafted, and have your coach support you.
First round draft picks are an attractive thing for great players.
Capel called it bittersweet, and I think that's a good description.
A kick to the nuts is an Instagram message that a star player is entering the portal.
Come on man. I wanted him back as much as anyone but this is about the kid and the program before us fans. He accomplished a dream and deserves the moment.
The audience here is not the fans, it's good recruits who want to play in the NBA someday, which is about all of them
Yea and I feel like if a marginal draft pick declares, that doesn't warrant a press conference because it might actually be a bad decision. But Bub is a 1st Rounder. This is different.
Because the “fans” pushed out the greatest coach in Pitt history. You can still be supportive without throwing a press conference. Put out a nice statement, etc.
This is definitely spinning a story ….
How about for one day we just admit the announcement sucks
Leave the spinning for a later date
It wasn't really unexpected though I think everyone knew this was probably how it was going to play out.
If a player sucks, they leave. Too good, they leave.
Whatever.
I'm getting too old to care anymore.
Whole new team every season.
Go team, Yippie.
Whatever.
I'm getting too old to care anymore.
Whole new team every season.
Go team, Yippie.
Not unexpected but honestly to me he doesn’t look ready for the NBA either. Just my opinion.
No...some jackass trucking company owner and a crap AD pushed him out.
This is a great day for Bub and, as was said before, a bittersweet day for most fans, the team and the coaches.
I'll choose to be happy for the young man. I'll choose to look at the presser that recruits, especially Thomas, will hear about as making the bsituation situatuon.
You do you.
Exactly! That's exactly the kind of thing that makes it kind of depressing that our highest profile prospects come and go often without so much as a single NCAA tournament win.
Yeah. He’s currently projected as a late first round pick. That’s great but if I’m him, I take the NIL money and try to get top 10 money next year.
He is gone, use his springboard to the NBA as a recruiting tool, man up, Pitt was looking for all star players when they recruited Bub, so nothing lost, back to recruiting.....
Have you seen some of the dudes in the NBA? Miles McBride from WVU is averaging 8 PPG. That's just one example but Bub is better right now. At worst, he is an 8th/9th man next year. At worst.
This has been discussed ad nauseum. The draft is much better next year and he'll be a year older. He had a better chance of playing himself out of the first round than into the lottery and it's not particularly close.
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