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I said awhile ago it would be best for everyone if he came home and finished on a good note.
Honestly, I don't want to accept ANY kid back, unless they have medical reasons.
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No thanks, Pitt shouldn't be a "go where you want to go, then come here when all else fails" option. Besides, he's shown literally nothing in four years; no reason to think he'd even add anything to the team.
-Agreed, Dont want him, Dont need him. Let him ride the bench and rot in Alabama or transfer to some no name school.
Wow! Pitt must now be the number one school for HS kids to want to come to. It must be so nice to just reject and spit on a kid for going to a place like Alabama instead of the football powerhouse that Pitt has been for so long now. You all sound worse than those holier than thou nitters,
If he wants to come here, Pitt will take him. You guys are nuts.
I think we'd take him as a transfer in a heartbeat. Things haven't worked out for him at Alabama and im sure realizes he made a mistake not coming here. Turning him away out of spite benefits no one. I'm sure we could use another big, speedy WR after Weah graduates. Bring him in with the expectation that he is going to have to really work hard to see PT...no guarantees. He's a kid who probably always thought he had a future in the NFL. He would be extremely motivated and a real weapon in our offense.
This should be obvious to everyone. Narduzzi's not a dunce. He's thinking the same thing. Have Foster compete with Weah, Matthews, etc. Seems like an ideal replacement for Ford. There's no downside to taking him. I really hope he ends up at Pitt and is reinvigorated by the change. Weah and Foster and Matthews with speedsters like Henderson, French is a very nice set of eclectic WR.
Luckily for Pitt, and unlike some Pitt fans, Narduzzi isnt so butthurt that he will say no to Foster.
If Narduzzi thinks he can make this team better, thats good enough for me.
Some Pitt fans are babies.
If Narduzzi thinks he can make this team better, thats good enough for me.
Some Pitt fans are babies.
I dunno, so would he be a grad transfer, and thus eligible for 2017?
If so, it's a no brainer.
If not until 2018, another story.
All of Pitts receivers would be juniors or redshirt sophomores. And probably with more game experience than Foster. It's not so obvious then.
If so, it's a no brainer.
If not until 2018, another story.
All of Pitts receivers would be juniors or redshirt sophomores. And probably with more game experience than Foster. It's not so obvious then.
100%. If it so happens that he sucks or doesn't play it's not a big deal. He'll have a scholarship for 1 year and be gone.
Agree he hasn't done anything and the young WR we have are looking promising, but he wasn't recruited by PN so I wouldn't have a problem with him coming back. Now I don't like to see them accept any transfers who were recruited by the current HC unless its a medical/family issue.
PN wasn't the coach when Foster chose Bama, why would he be butthurt? He had nothing to do with foster's recruitment. I do not think its a good policy to get into the game of taking home town recruits who go elsewhere back when they fail to succeed at a bigger school. Then current recruits might get the idea that, "hey I will try my hand at bama,ND etc etc and if it doesn't work out I can transfer back to Pitt and end up the same spot I would if I committed there in the first place." I would take the transfer's but no scholarship until they start. This wouldn't apply to foster because as I said earlier PN wasn't here when he was making his decision.
Robert Foster was the 4th or 5th WR for Alabama for the last 3 years, being in the rotation and getting meaninful snaps every now and then. He was a starter his sophomore season before getting hurt?
How many Pitt WRs would be in the Alabama 2 deep? Tipton, Arujo-Lopes, Challingsworth?
Foster walks in and is a guaranteed starter from Day 1. If we can get consistent QB play, a receiving core of Weah, Foster, Henderson, and Chris Clark might be scary good.
How many Pitt WRs would be in the Alabama 2 deep? Tipton, Arujo-Lopes, Challingsworth?
Foster walks in and is a guaranteed starter from Day 1. If we can get consistent QB play, a receiving core of Weah, Foster, Henderson, and Chris Clark might be scary good.
Weah and henderson would get meaningful snaps at Alabama. Thing is Weah never see's the field at Alabama because they wouldn't have waited for him to "get it", which often times takes playing in real game situations. At Bama there is no time to find yourself, you either have it or you don't play. Boyd would have started at Bama at least a couple of years. Weah would have been 10th on the depth chart and never got a shot, and would be transferring, thats the thing these kids need to realize when choosing a school at a school like Pitt or even PSU you will have chance at most spots to learn on the job. At bama or USC unless you are a NFL 1st rounder you aren't playing unless you are already a polished product.
But, yeah, so Weah never (obviously) would have been recruited or still on the roster. Henderson might have had a chance, but very unlikely for anything outside of the return game. No one else would even get a sniff as a rostered player. Even with the option to take him right now (after this year's production at Pitt) Weah wouldn't be a top 4 WR at Alabama and that gives him the benefit of the doubt over Foster, true FR Trevon Diggs, and a Henderson-esque player in Xavian Marks, who is contributing as a return man.
But obviously Pitt takes Foster, if they can get him. Hopefully he works out and can be a productive playmaker on the outside for a team that needs it and a QB that needs more weapons. If not? He is gone after a year. We have been and are wasting scholarships on Challingsworth and RAL and people are honestly saying we wouldn't take Robert Foster? Can't shine the jilted homer through more than that.
He hasn't been able to crack the lineup at absolutely the best college program in the country , that's not a knock on him , but it just shows you good and deep a team like Alabama is .
When a kid gets an opportunity to go to an elite program he'd be a fool not to give it a go , the mistake he made is staying there too long .
If Pitt feels he can come in here and be a starter for a year they'd be a fool not to show interest
When a kid gets an opportunity to go to an elite program he'd be a fool not to give it a go , the mistake he made is staying there too long .
If Pitt feels he can come in here and be a starter for a year they'd be a fool not to show interest
I guess he's watching Boyd with Cinny making lots of money, getting NFL playing time 411yds on the season 62yds against the Ravens Sunday.
fyi- my guess is the car is either stolen or up on blocks with no rims or tires.
I could care less about that as most of us do. The only hesitation would be, would it delay the development of players like Tipton and Matthews? What should matter is, will our team be better with him? Honestly, if Tipton didn't get hurt and was showing signs of being a consistent #2, id probably say "no thanks" but he missed a ton of time this year and Matthews is very raw too so I'd say ok.
But I think some posters seem to be pretty confident that he isn't on schedule to graduate so it's all moot, or as I like to say, mute point..
And we should have welcomed Shell back with heartfelt thanks while streaming tears of gratitude for so honoring our insignificant little school by bestowing his unquestionable NFL talent upon us peons. How well have our past prodigal sons done after their return with their tails between their legs?
Obviously,Tyler Boyd was a fool.
It is so enlightening to learn that donning an Alabama jersey guarantees an inevitable enshrinement in the NFL Hall of Fame.
Obviously,Tyler Boyd was a fool.
It is so enlightening to learn that donning an Alabama jersey guarantees an inevitable enshrinement in the NFL Hall of Fame.
Yeah I can't believe that a kid that was getting texts, visits and phone calls from every coach in the country didn't want to come to a school that had a 4-6 record, 3 head coaches in 3 years (4 if you count Heywood), and 30 years of mediocrity.
It would have been great if he had chosen Pitt, but you can't blame someone for making the choice that they think will be best for their future and the future of their family. High school kids don't owe anything to their local university and they certainly don't owe their fans a damn thing.
It would have been great if he had chosen Pitt, but you can't blame someone for making the choice that they think will be best for their future and the future of their family. High school kids don't owe anything to their local university and they certainly don't owe their fans a damn thing.
Foster was slated to be the number two/three guy the years he got hurt and then he went down. It's not as if he spurned Pitt for a local rival. Alabama was the same then as they are now and he had stars and dollar signs in his eyes. Also, he committed first and that could have prevented Boyd from coming here.
Those situations aren't remotely similar. Rushell Shell was kicked off our team. Incredibly ignorant post.
shell wasn't kicked off the team.. I agree, it's a terrible comparison but the fact remains, Shell left then wanted to come back..
this is dumb, if he wants to come you take him. Laugh at the posters who always throw out they only want kids who are 100% committed to Pitt or turn away anyone who originally spurned a Pitt offer.
But I would think a big issue is has he even graduated? I seem to remember grades were an issue with Foster in high school. I think that is a requirement to play immediately with a grad transfer. Otherwise he is looking at a regular transfer and that requires a year to sit out and he doesn't have the eligibility for that.
But I would think a big issue is has he even graduated? I seem to remember grades were an issue with Foster in high school. I think that is a requirement to play immediately with a grad transfer. Otherwise he is looking at a regular transfer and that requires a year to sit out and he doesn't have the eligibility for that.
Yes, this is the big question--I heard he was not a fan of the books, if he has to sit a year, it might not be worth tying up a schollie for two years with him...but if he can play next year, grab him in a heartbeat!
Basically semantics. He was pushed out of the program after the (poor production and) discipline issues. He could have stayed, but for all intents and purposes he was happily given plenty of boxes to pack up his shit and leave.
I'm sure they will....and by being a Panther, i'll be forced to root for him. It doesn't mean that I have to be happy about them accepting him or like it. There's been a LOT of players on their roster that I have not liked....and i'm a wpial homer. I know all kinds of dirt on this kid and his past before he became a football star.
I would prefer Narduzzi build through 4/5 year kids, not become a school that relies on transfers.
Relying on transfers? When you only take 1-2 a year at the most--and probably not every single year? Its not like we are bringing in 5-10 JUCOs annually. Sure, build from the ground up but take a quality immediate help transfer when available as well. The two options are not mutually exclusive alternatives.
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