I’m sorry you expressed yourself also.
Wow that was a good one! Would you care to explain your love of Jeff Capel? I'd love to hear it
Based on our 3 highest rated recruits (Jeffress, Hugley and McGowens) being a non factor or not on the team anymore, our 5-8 ACC record or the plethora of 2021 recruits in the fold? I’ll hang up and listen.
As I stated, he’s not to those levels yet but has certainly reached “good recruiter” level. This is based off of his VCU, OU, and Duke experiences.
and “transfers and JC guys” don’t mean anything for 2021?I think the problem is, since you say capel isn't the answer, you don't know the question.
Here’s guessing this guy also belongs to a “ Firec Mike Tomlin” page. Hmmmmm
Whichita State re did their whole team with transfers this season and lost its coach. No one knows what this or any team will look like next year with possible free transfers and seniors who have been given an extra year. They are also free to transfer regardless of the rule being passed as grad transfers.
So JC is the only head coach in the history of college bb to have a highly rated recruit ( for Pitt ) not to live up to expectations in Trey . Since Trey is still the same old Trey in Nebraska I guess that’s still JC fault ?
This is not meant to rag on you, or coach Capel, but your first paragraph states Capel is a good fit for Pitt, and then your description of him in the 2nd paragraph seems to instead be a better argument for him not being a good fit.
He definitely has shortcomings on the court. He’s a good (potentially, very good) recruiter. I think his recruiting trumps his shortcomings. That is summarizing my 2nd paragraph.
I’d take a poor mans Coach K , Cal or Roy in a heartbeat for my HC at Pitt .
The only folks worried about his politics are those who aren’t comfortable with equality
Correct. I think he will recruit good players to Pitt (that HAS to be the desired expectation of Pitt fans when he was hired....it certainly couldn’t have been that he would be great at Xs and Os...these things are known in coaching circles). It sounds like he overreached to a degree in his first season or two. However, you’ve got to give him time to hone in on better recruits that are to level of Pitt (which can still be good players) and not Duke. That’s not realistic.
Tell your friend I think coming in here he knew Duke level recruits were off the table , but what he’s finding out that so are the next level of recruits.
Therein lies the rub. I wish Jeff capel and staff were the answer. But there is no particular recruiting plan, no rhyme or reason to anything Pitt does... it seems. They pinned all their hopes on Reid? If he comes here I’ll streak through the quad naked. He’s not going to Pitt.
First of all I’m not making excuses I’m just telling you the way I see it . Without a booster group facilitating the recruitment of program changing athletes ( in both Fb and bb ) it should be obvious to anyway who pays attention to Pitt athletics that they cannot compete with schools who WANT to win and will do whatever is necessary to do so .
This is reasonable
I’m not worried about Jeffress at all, I think he’ll be a really good player. With the extra year of eligibility you could get he’s essentially redshirting but substituting the missed off-season work with in-game experience.
In my judgment that has been his biggest mistake , he needs to find Pitts niche which so far he hasn’t .
I‘ve never advocated going after elite recruits nor putting all your eggs in one basket . Pitt simply isn’t a destination for elite athletes at least not since the demise of the Golden Panthers .
