Not only did Posvar and the eggheads run off Sherrill, but a year before Grgurich has some requests that went unanswered and he bolted. The perfect defensive-minded guy for the Big East who could've coached Pitt into the late 90s perhaps. He also would've brought in Armon Gilliam since Tim recruited and placed AG in a junior college.
Evans had great players bought for him by the Golden Panthers . He had NCAA championship level talent and underperformed.
Pitt unfortunately has a history of doing the wrong thing in the Fb and Bb programs .
Because espn promotes it every damned year
I loved the part where the other announcer tried to compare a Wake Forest player to Sam Clancy and Seth went off and something like " are you kidding me ??"
Never knew Evans was quite the musician as a youngster.
How is this a sliding scale , he had better players than at any other time in the history of the program . Maybe you’re not old enough to realize just how good those teams were . They’d have beaten any team JD had .
Was it the guy from England? Marsh? the guy has some crazy looking stats, he's shooting 89% from the field and 80% of his made baskets are dunks, and he only averages 6ppg
yes, but comparing him to Clancy is like comparing me to Michael Jordan
I'm not comparing him to anyone, just commenting on his crazy stats.
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Could you imagine how far Sam would have flung that kid had they been fighting over a rebound !
I’m not
He was about 46 when he quit if my math is right. The comment that really struck me was that he considered quitting while he was at Lafayette. How the hell did he ever get the job in the first place?
You‘re not accurately representing my positions . I hated the Stallings hire from day one . I didn’t believe Pitt would buy him out owing him so much money and that’s not supporting him . I also stated that the interesting thing about his time here was that no players ever bitched about him . When he left so did all his best players . Ryan Luther a Pitt guy wanted nothing more to do with the university any longer as did Carr and Stewart . Feeling that Pitt should’ve lived up to its I’ll advised contract they gave him isn’t anything other than living up to your word , turning yourself in to the NCAA to save a few bucks is pathetic.
A little harsh, but it aligns with how I feel about the 13-9 game. It’s amusing in how it drives Cousin Eddie crazy when it’s mentioned each year. But strictly speaking it occurred in a pretty crappy season for us. Rather focus on better ones.
I didn't say you were. one of the announcers last night did.I'm not comparing him to anyone, just commenting on his crazy stats.
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the Jerome Lane Dunk and smashing the backboard was a fun moment, but like someone said, not that unusual. my buddy on my team broke the rim/backboard in a night league game. I love the "Send it in Jerome", primarily because it has brought Pitt a lot of positive publicity.
Underperforming is totally different than what I was responding to with this poster who said that Evans was one of the 3 worst coaches at Pitt along with Hackett and Foge. Of course he underperformed, as does EVERY coach we ever had here, ACCORDING to THOSE who think underperforming is anything less than a Natty.
You didn't say anything about under achieving in your original post that I was responding to. You said he was one of the worst coaches at Pitt that you placed in the category along with Stallings, Hackett and Foge. So maybe me saying that was a bit vindictive towards Evans wasn't the correct description either. It is just plain stupid.
My dad took me to practices (they were generally open before Jamie) when I was a kid and I remember we had players who would go talk to Norm Law (and Calipari, who I remember called Rod Brookin "a man amongst boys out there") but in retrospect they were also avoiding talking to Evans.
Don't you think underachieving with all that talent makes him one of the worse coaches? I think Foge finishing 9-3 in 1982 makes him one of the worse coaches also even though 9 wins has only been accomplished 5 times in the past 40 years
One of the weirdest things that I remember was Evans' kid wearing Hi-Top All Terrain shoes to hoop in. They basically looked like something you'd wear to go hiking, and they were Nikes. At that time, Pitt was Pony through and through, yet, Evans own kid didnt wear them. His kid was also a pri*k. On the last day of camp, I had underperformed all week and I ended up taking my frustration out on his kid -- a recipient of at least three hard fouls.
I went in the summer of 1988.
I remember the same. I recall him sitting at the bar with a lady by his side. Fancy night out.
I always thought that the call would have been perfect if Rafferty had used a bit of alliteration and made the call; "Send it home Jerome" . Of course, it's easier to think about this when you're not in the heat of the moment.
