How do you know what any coach would have done with the players that another had - that is my point. There are 2 elements to this process - the coach and the player. Some players develop and others do not - you can never know how a player would have developed with another coach, since they will never have that opportunity.
You're right, but here's
one way to tell about
Schmidt's ability to develop
players.
His center Osun Osannayi had
three offers, Bonnies, LaSalle,
and a very late offer from Syracuse.
He was a two star recruit. He just
finished his Jr, year and was named
defensive player of the year, and
2nd team All conference in the A-10.
Kyle Lofton, also a jr was a two
star. He had offers from U Mass
and Bonnies. He was just named
1st team All League in the A-10.
Both of these would start at
Pitt. Osun is light years ahead
of any of our bigs we've seen
the past three years. Schmidts
other players are a mixture of
JC and transfer types. He wins
with two star recruits which he
very clearly develops. BTW, he
was once again named coach
of the year in the A-10.
These examples are typical of
what Schmidt has done over
the years. Worth mentioning
is the difficulty to recruit to
Olean, N.Y, a rural freezing
snow land in the middle of
no where.
