when I saw that they hired Capel
1 I was relieved. While I was preaching patience Pitts track record is not good in these situations. The total silence and time frame after Hurley took the Ucom Job had me a bit concerned
2. Initially I didn’t think Capel was a Home run. Don’t get me wrong I think it’s a very good hire again especially given Pitts track record However I was leaning more towards a Musselman or Oats than Capel
3. I was initially concerned about his flame out at OU. However perhaps like the Loyola coach he’s learned something from that experience that he’ll bring to Pitt
4. The thought of his ablklty to recruit is definitely intriguing
5. While I don’t think it’s a HR hire (that will be determined several years from now) it’s not the disaster most predicted especially the local media bozos The fact that they are eating crow makes the hire a bit sweeter
As I said reatedly none of us know who she interviewed or how smoothly the process/plan was executed. The only way to judged the process is by the result However this is only a halftime grade. The hire will ultimately be judged by how well the team performs over the life of this contract.
The good thing is every Pitt fan has reason to be optimistic again about hoops. Watching the tourney reallly hit home how much I missed those years when Pitt was a regular.
Well done AD Lyke
1 I was relieved. While I was preaching patience Pitts track record is not good in these situations. The total silence and time frame after Hurley took the Ucom Job had me a bit concerned
2. Initially I didn’t think Capel was a Home run. Don’t get me wrong I think it’s a very good hire again especially given Pitts track record However I was leaning more towards a Musselman or Oats than Capel
3. I was initially concerned about his flame out at OU. However perhaps like the Loyola coach he’s learned something from that experience that he’ll bring to Pitt
4. The thought of his ablklty to recruit is definitely intriguing
5. While I don’t think it’s a HR hire (that will be determined several years from now) it’s not the disaster most predicted especially the local media bozos The fact that they are eating crow makes the hire a bit sweeter
As I said reatedly none of us know who she interviewed or how smoothly the process/plan was executed. The only way to judged the process is by the result However this is only a halftime grade. The hire will ultimately be judged by how well the team performs over the life of this contract.
The good thing is every Pitt fan has reason to be optimistic again about hoops. Watching the tourney reallly hit home how much I missed those years when Pitt was a regular.
Well done AD Lyke
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