McMillon, PItt not in top 10
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No respect to your hometown team and first P5 offer...
Don't look to transfer back here in 2 years.
Don't look to transfer back here in 2 years.
It’s better than him dragging it out and making Pitt think they have a chance and spurning us at the end. He wants to leave home to go to school. That’s ok.
who cares ? As soon as I saw he was from Peters ,,,,i didnt want him.
I know some - or many - won’t agree. This just doesn’t seem necessary.
I'm not buying it.
If Pitt won more, sold more tickets and had more following he would committed weeks ago.
I know, I know....we need to take him at his word....he wants to get away.
I dont buy it. Not with this kid, not with so many WPIAL stars before him.
Theres no shame in admitting you done want to play in front of 40,000 yellow seats. In fact, I would respect the honesty.
Yea that’s it. Goof.
Don’t be that guy. You know the one who asks a girl out, and upon being turned down says you’re ugly anyway.
If he committed to Pitt you’d be celebrating. He turned Pitt down so you claim you didn’t want him anyway. Sure thing skippy.
Dont be that guy ? a hypocrite like yourself ?
Happens all the time with these rich white suburban Pittsburgh schools.
Yea. I said no chance here. A kid from Peters isnt going to Pitt. Our hit rate on kids offered by other major P5s from the following schools is like 5%-10%
USC
Lebo
Peters
NA
PR
FC (we got Biz but they suck at football anyway)
The richer the school district, the less likely they are to come to Pitt.
Need to concentrate on TJ, Clairton, WH, Baldwin, WA, schools like that.
Its a pretty huge slap in the face to not have a hometown ACC team in your Top 10. I mean if that was my kid, I'd make him list the hometown team at least for looks and to be respectful.
USC
Lebo
Peters
NA
PR
FC (we got Biz but they suck at football anyway)
The richer the school district, the less likely they are to come to Pitt.
Need to concentrate on TJ, Clairton, WH, Baldwin, WA, schools like that.
Its a pretty huge slap in the face to not have a hometown ACC team in your Top 10. I mean if that was my kid, I'd make him list the hometown team at least for looks and to be respectful.
Why should he have any allegiance to Pitt. If he has no interest better to find out now. The part about trying to transfer back? Agree 100%
Would you all please do me a favor and let this be the last thread about this kid on this board. Let him go do his thing and forget about him. Focus on the ones who come here.
I am ok with it. Its very disrespectful to not list your hometown team in your Top 10. Come on.
Please. It’s more disrespectful to list it if you have no intention on coming.
If the kid was a dick then maybe. And he could have been. But otherwise he doesn’t owe anybody anything. It’s a rough business. Lots of people get turned down. The adults should act like adults. That’s juvenile stuff.
It does nothing unless he comes here. In fact, stringing Pitt along only wastes resources and time that could be directed elsewhere. Sales 101, a lost prospect is an opportunity to focus on one you can win. It's always best to find out ASAP.
And I look at Duzz's tweet as a shout out to the kids that stayed home.
I think the stigma is why can't Pitt get the Good white guy from the suburbs of its own city ?
Exactly... and I have no allegiance or reason to root for him because he's from here.
There's no way in hell that's accurate. Wirginis and Bisnowaty from Fox Chapel. Ford, Houy, and Blair from USC... how many more recruits did those schools have? 5-10% seems more like the miss rate from some of these places. DiNucci and Carrigan from PR. Katic would have came here if we didn't can the former OL coach. TJ has money. Pilato was from a wealthy school district. Grimm from Bethel. Etc.
These is completely made up.
Paulina and Pilato (both districts have wealthy areas) were pretty high. As was Grimm. Same with Danielson and some other TJ guys.
Moreover, how many big time recruits are these places spitting out to begin with? Are you taking this all the way back to the Sean Lee days?
Even Zeise was rated fairly highly. And BV (Johnson and Zubovic) might not be considered a rich area, but it certainly has its parts. And Shannahan from Norwin, although I don't believe he was rated all that highly. Oh, and Bookser was a 4-star from Lebo. And Malecki from Franklin Regional.
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Got zero problems with this tweet...straight facts
I said kids from those schools with other major D1 offers.
Basically, if the kid is from a rich suburb and he has offers equal to or greater than Pitt, we get about 5% of those players. We would have better hit rate in the Cleveland, DC, or Philly suburbs than that. These rich locals dont go to Pitt.
The only one who didn't have other D1 offers was probably DiNucci. And I didn't even list guys from those places who would have came to Pitt if we offered but still ended up at other P5 schools. Thrift from Norwin, Gmiter from Bethel, etc. Again, your theory is complete hogwash.
PITT got a 4 star safety from Florida last year. Some kids want to get away. It would be nice to have an all local roster but it’s just not going to happen. He’s a talented player and I hope he has a great career. PITT will recruit equal if not better talent this year. It’s really not a big deal
We are not in the little leagues anymore, even if pitt gets 5 -- FOUR star guys a year and they turn out normal , we still need a coach that can perform in gametime.
It's a stupid stigma. How many kids that fit your description have ended up being good in college? I can probably count them on one hand over the last 10-15 years. It's not hurting Pitt.
It's completely fabricated to begin with. Someone just noticed that a few locals who have spurned us happened to be from some of the wealthier areas around here and tried creating a story where one doesn't exist. We get some local rich kids and we miss on some. We get some local poor kids and we miss on some. That's the real story. Which is to say there really is no story.
It was fabricated in SMF's mind, which should tell everyone to ignore it.
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