Fire Stallings now - Luther takes a shot to take the lead and the entire team
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I turned it off in a hurry. I'd have to watch it again. Felt rushed in real time, I could be wrong. I've already tried to black a lot of this season out.
Stallings has no future at Pitt. He will never lead this team to a title.
We are stuck with him for this season.
Perhaps they can show some improvement or sign some solid recruits to warrant a 3rd season. In the end, he is just cashing a check. He knows he is done.
The home opener and that is the turnout and result.
Program can’t tolerate that type of ticket sale.
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We are stuck with him for this season.
Perhaps they can show some improvement or sign some solid recruits to warrant a 3rd season. In the end, he is just cashing a check. He knows he is done.
The home opener and that is the turnout and result.
Program can’t tolerate that type of ticket sale.
R
It wasn’t a bad play and it got him setup in position to either drive or take the decent outside shot if there was no opening to drive. The bad is that they definitely should have had someone positioned on the other side of the rim for a possible rebound. There wasn’t anyone in the zip code.
OK. Lets say we fire him at the end of the season and hire a mid-major flavor of the week. How much does that increase season tickets? 500? 1000? I doubt that many
Wow, that opening line that he will never lead this team to a title is pretty good. The thought that immediately came to my mind is what Jim Mora’s infamous response/rant was many years ago to the reporter that asked him about his team’s playoff possibilities. Who was he coaching at the time, the Colts?
Quit? And leave that much money on the table? No chance.
I am sure they can come to an agreement with regards to the rest of his contract. If Pitt gets bludgeoned during the ACC schedule, which is almost a guarantee, I think the pressure will become too great for him to stay on as coach.
That shot was as easy
Can't argue with that. Shot was as easy as throwing crumbled up paper into a trash can.
Oh well yea settlements are always an option. I thought you meant like he was taking his basketballs and going him type quitting.
I don’t think the “new coach” will be the draw, it will be that he isn’t Stallings.
No doubt that Stallings support from the fans is very low. Fair or Not. If he does an unexpectedly good job this year-perhaps he wins fan support. Fine, keep,him for another year.
In the end, he is not the guy and the longer he stays and loses - the more money Pitt loses.
Ok, you agree then that no one should have been positioned for a rebound at that point - or at any point during the game? The team runs to the defense when an offensive shot goes up. I've never seen anything like it. Any offensive rebound is luck. I saw W-F get a rebound by accident; he was running away and it just came to him. A complete joke.
No I think he will resign as head coach at some point during the season. He and Pitt will come to an agreement with regards to the rest of his contract.
We got pushed to ot and lost to Montana-
And you guys are complaining about a missed shot from Luther???
Whistling past the graveyard.
And you guys are complaining about a missed shot from Luther???
Whistling past the graveyard.
It was an easy shot. What I hate about it though, if you get a back door cutter going to the hoop or something like that where he's wide open, sure take it. A jump shot though? Why the hell are you taking a jump shot without letting the clock run down first? Yes Luther should've made it, and it was a good play I'll give stallings credit for that, but it was an absolutely moronic decision to run that play and let him take that shot right there. We absolutely suck on the defensive end, you're really gonna leave it up to them to make a stop then if he makes that bucket?
Lyke has a whole year to look for a coach. That is really the only positive I can take from this.
Seriously, with our team what do you want to do there? Hold till the end and have Stewart take a three? Have Carr try to make something happen late only to end up with nothing? Have Stevenson run someone over? Get fouled and miss a free throw?
Montana knew what they wanted to do and had a player to do it. That makes things so much easier.
Our coach got us a shot to tie the game. Our player missed it. With our cast of characters, I would be happy to be tied then prayed.
It was a shot to win the game, we were down 1. Like I said, why on earth would you leave time on the clock for Montana to have a chance. Yes, you absolutely run down the clock and take the shot later. I can't blame stallings for Luther missing the shot and it was a good play. But even if he makes it, it's a guaranteed loss for pitt. What did anyone see during the course of that game to make them think pitt may actually make a defensive stop following that?
If you get a chance at a wide open layup, obviously you don't pass that up. Other than that, there is absolutely no logical explanation for not running the clock down first. Seriously if you have the option of giving them the ball back with between 2 and 5 seconds left or 25 seconds left who in their right mind would choose 25 seconds?
I mentioned this in a thread after last game. It's very bizaar and the frequency with which it happens tells you they're told to do it.
When you're a team that struggles to score and can't make shots, you better crash the boards with a vengeance looking for an easy put back.
If we were up one, Montana would have tried to score quickly. So a miss or a make, we still might have had a chance?
Watching and listening to Pitt, it seems to me that our chances of success are better earlier in the shot clock than later. I admit have no hard evidence of that.
Good teams get pushed to the limit by teams they shouldn’t all the time, let alone this Pitt team which we know isn’t very good. So in games like this you hope you can pull out the W and move on. So yeah, would have been nice to see Luther make the shot. Better than the other alternative that unfortunately occurred.
I would be interested in hearing what you thought of Milligan's play tonight? He played more and contributed to a lead, but just before he screwed up twice, I looked at the clock and said to myself "I can't believe he is still in the game."
I thought we got some offensive rebounds tonight. I also thought we were very sloppy on the defensive boards particularly in the 1st half.
They definitely need to hit the boards better. But when you say they abandon the rebound and run down the court so fast that it looks like that’s what their told, maybe there’s some truth to that. They’ve gotten beat both last year and so far this year a number of times with slow lackadaisical transition defense, maybe Stallings does have them abandoning rebounds to correct the transition defense.
Maybe Pitt should play the powerball so if they’d win they can afford to field athletic teams in bb and Fb that don’t embarrass the university .
Anyone thinking this season was going to be anything but a disaster really wasn’t being realistic .
Everyone needs to take a step back and see if some of these kids develop into a foundation for the future . Pitt has a real issues with attracting talent right now in both bb and Fb and expecting the next coach to come in here and solve this wishful thinking .
Anyone thinking this season was going to be anything but a disaster really wasn’t being realistic .
Everyone needs to take a step back and see if some of these kids develop into a foundation for the future . Pitt has a real issues with attracting talent right now in both bb and Fb and expecting the next coach to come in here and solve this wishful thinking .
You never intentionally hold for one shot when you are losing, never. You want to give yourself a chance at an offensive rebound, or a chance to foul and come back down if you miss.
Also, Unless the other team is shooting over 50%, your chances are better to win if you take it early and make it, relying on the stop, than holding for a low percentage shot at the buzzer.
Montana had more offensive and total rebounds than us.
I get you’re trying to pump sunshine...
But, sheesh
Knock it off. I can understand a rebuild where you go 4-14, and 16-17 or something like that, by this is unacceptable. Pitt is looking down the barrel of going 5-27 or something god awful.
A good coach can win here, and I’m not talking about being a top 15 program...I simply mean a team that was like pitt was the last 5 years of Dixon even. I would take that in a minute right now.
And again, if you are rebuilding and your new freshman can’t beat navy and Montana, those players aren’t good enough.
I think Chumbawamba had more rebound attempts trying to steal the ball away from Luther than he did Montana players.
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Thankfully, Stallings ran off Nix and Manigault for that guy. Can u imagine how bad George and Leggomyeggo are?
Again, just ignore the coach we have and pretend he isn't there. For all intents and purposes, he isn't. Just watch these kids develop as the year goes on and hope they get better. None of them have shown anything yet because we haven't played anyone. Let's wait and see how they fare against better competition, especially in the ACC. If at the end of the year we have maybe 3 or 4 wins total and no wins in the ACC, then I think Lyke needs to make a decision. But until that happens, just try and enjoy watching the kids play.
Yes, tonight's game revealed quite a few areas of concern that would not have been there with a different coach and better players. But these kids can learn. Will they? Who knows right now.
Yes, tonight's game revealed quite a few areas of concern that would not have been there with a different coach and better players. But these kids can learn. Will they? Who knows right now.
I don't want to pile on a Pitt player, let alone a freshman, but I don't recall ever seeing a performance like that in my 17 years watching. Maybe a guy playing 2-3 minutes, not 12. And he was actually on the court once Luther fouled out at the end of the game to close it out. Yikes.
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