Yep, and he showed a lot of respect for the university after doing so. NOT.
I agree. Nobody should be able to admit publicly how bad we stink and how our ship is rudderless, adrift in a sea of blah. We shouldn't stand for anyone saying that.
Who gives you the right to decide anything?? Answer: no one. The jackals are the program-killers, along with Barnes. Tell us how great KS is to play for. Cameron took care of business at Pitt, now he's furthering his career.
I disagree. Supporting the program does not preclude you from being critical when it is warranted.
we are in the middle of a decline in a hoops program that is unprecedented. we literally had our whole team minus one player either leave or be asked to leave. that's never happened. you want us to be happy?
..."or perversely think losing is good for academics"....
In Cam's defense, it was widely reported his finalists were Kentucky, Arizona and UNC. The spots at Kentucky and Arizona dried up, so he was left with UNC. But I understand that he did have other less elite options.
Its all those types who post "sure glad we're not like Carolina" (or Ohio State, Michigan, et al).
It's not unreasonable to want ... And get ... answers to these questions. They weren't little deep in the weeds details. They're huge decisions (blunders). It's frustrating that reporters don't bother to do the slightest analysis. Not for masochism. But to highlight idiocy as an incentive for new chancellor's, Ads, and coaches to avoid repeating them ... over and over and over. But the Pitt beats in Pittsburgh media are strictly meant to cover the games (grudgingly) for a few years and hope to advance to the juicy Pens or Steelers beats. Never the slightest diligent reporting.
Nobody is actively rooting against Adams. Wishing he'd have remained is perfectly normal though. I wish just about every Pitt guy who left early had stayed another year. Who wouldn't want another year of Fitz, Shady, Boyd et al. It doesn't mean you don't understand or appreciate why they left. And they won't be coming back to play Pitt... twice..like Johnson.
Exactly! and right now, this program sucks and it should be shouted from the mountain tops until somebody does something about it.
Agreed. But it's NOT normal for PITT FANS to be ROOTING FOR HIM to do it. That's preposterous. He comes on the court in the baby powder blue, he's an enemy combatant. He takes an elbow (accidentally of course) to the orbital bone, I may not cheer (not as far as any of YOU know) but I ain't weeping either.
Anyone who wishes ill on a Pitt player who is in the pros because he left early is way over the line. After all, while he won't be playing for Pitt any longer, he won't be playing against Pitt either.
Well I said similarly in my original post. Who cares what perks he's getting? So we agree!
Who's cheering for him? I'm just man enough to admit that I'd do the same. It's like when Steelers fans get mad that a player leaves in free agency for more money, hell if the Ravens offered me $10k to be a fan, I WOULD, unless the Steelers countered with $10,001.
The original insinuation of this thread and multiple others has been that they would actively root for him to do well, even (possibly even specifically) against Pitt. Whether the agenda is (1) hate for Stallings (2) love for Dixon (3) the MAN holding the persecuted worker back (4) losing makes our academics look better, its all preposterous. Guy blew us off and will be coming in wearing a different uniform. You don't root for him, at least that day.
Yes and it's been clearly established that this hopelessness is why Gallagher should be fired. But it's the principle.
I'll be rooting for Pitt, I root for uniforms and colors, not people. I always root for the Steelers to destroy Shady McCoy or Larry Fitzgerald, but will be rooting for James Conner to become a hall of famer.
