Miller and Hill...GREAT day for Pitt! *
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Waiting for the usual suspects to downplay this as "no big deal".
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"Nothing has changed. Other than a few more tweets, nothing has changed"
Signed,
Souf..................
With both having offers from big schools like Wisconsin and Michigan State, it's very apparent that attendance was not an important factor in their decision... Too bad some local kids don't see it that way...
Pitt is in the middle of the ACC in attendance, and closer to the top tier than some realize. Also, 3rd in nation of schools in a city housing an NFL team, behind only GT and Wash, both in cities bigger than Pittsburgh. Our attendance isn't as bad as the media and opponents make it out to be. Sure it could be better, and needs to be, but I'll bet that it will continue to increase with the PR and interest this team and the recruiting are giving the program. Maybe some of the locals will consider that, and want to be part of getting Pitt to the next level and seeing a big attendance bump.
Pretty funny post by UP89. Wit, joy and optimism on the Pantherlair. What decade is it and how long have I been sleeping lol.
I don't really follow recruiting so I don't know who these kids are, but it's nice to see the fanbase excited for once. Tis the season of perpetual hope. Beating out programs like MSU and Wisconsin for recruits sounds good to me and it seems to be happening with increasing frequency if I'm not mistaken.
I don't really follow recruiting so I don't know who these kids are, but it's nice to see the fanbase excited for once. Tis the season of perpetual hope. Beating out programs like MSU and Wisconsin for recruits sounds good to me and it seems to be happening with increasing frequency if I'm not mistaken.
Both these players had a ton of good offers - very impressive job by Coach Duzz and the staff to show them that Pitt Is It!
Looks like Coach Duzz CAN recruit.
Welcome to Pitt George Hill and Henry Miller...
Go PItt.
Looks like Coach Duzz CAN recruit.
Welcome to Pitt George Hill and Henry Miller...
Go PItt.
Welcome to Pitt George Hill and Henry Miller !!! I look forward to watching your successful careers as Pitt Panthers !
On a more positive note: I could not be happier with what has gone on in the football program. Starting with the new chancellor's committment to football, throw in the hiring of Coach Pat and staff, and then add the buzz associated with recruiting both locally and out of state and suddenly we have serious momentum built up to carry this program back to, dare I say, early 1980's level. Of course, that will take some time, but, having been a fan since around the time of TD Tony, and during my years of attending Pitt in the mid 80's, I can finally say with some confidence, that those days of mediocrity are about to end and that the right people have been put in place to bring us back to prominence!
Yep.
And I'll stand by it.
Big departure from Chris James, Russell Shell, Ray Graham, Chris Burns- all recent 4-star RB commits.
Talent level hasn't been Pitt's primary problem.
We just recruited a 4-star stud away from Michigan State, Ohio State, and Wisconsin... among others.
Speaking of Wisconsin.... Chryst and 2 of his staff visited with Hill this week. Result? Hill rejected them to come to Pitt.
This is a better non-local recruit than Chryst ever landed. Yes, Chryst landed Boyd, Johnson, Holtz. All local.
But to go into the heart of Big Ten country and steal a guy from OSU, MSU, Nebraska, and Wisky.... that's something Chryst NEVER accomplished here in three years.
If you don't think this is big news, you're being intentionally contrarian and intellectually dishonest. But that's your M.O., unfortunately.
Chris James a 4 star RB who wasn't local from B10 country, Illinois.
Chryst landed Hall, a 4 star RB before he left from B10 Country, Ohio (8/14 commitment- Duzz hired in December) ** So he did it twice**
Ray Graham a 4 star RB who wasn't local.
Kevin Collier...
What's intellectually dishonest is pretending this is something different.
Concerning Chris James: Ok, I'll give you that one. But he was the 14th best player in Illinois - a state light in talent compared to Ohio, where Hill is the 7th best player.
Concerning Graham: Nobody said Wanny couldn't recruit. And he got Graham out of NJ when we were in the Big East. It wasn't out of the heart of Big Ten, or even ACC, country.
Concerning Kevin Collier: The fact that you had to go back to 2006 to a player we recruited away from Syracuse. Really? He was from upstate NY and narrowed it down to Syracuse and Pitt. That's hardly in the same class as Hill. And that was also a case of NOT being in the hotbed of power conference.
Souf wants to say Pitt doesn't have a better program with Narduzzi than with Chryst... let him go... he is nuts.
In wins alone we are better now recruiting is better too... facilities? Better ... AD?? Better... you get the picture
In wins alone we are better now recruiting is better too... facilities? Better ... AD?? Better... you get the picture
I'm hopeful he's a better coach.
It's a pretty low standard to exceed.
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I went 2 of Chryst last recruits in hall and James .
I went further to demonstrate why landing hill isn't unexpected .
We land good backs over multiple coaches in recent history .
It's over Johnny .
Please refrain from ironical alleging intellectual dishonesty while practicing it.
Small sample size and the opponents weren't that good I know, but I think there's something to be said about taking a team without the ACC player of the year, getting ranked during the season, and going 8-4 in his first year, winning every conference road game in the process.
If he plays well on offense early.. Who knows ..
All about variables... Too many to list.
