Can't fully understand why some fans are so "sensitive" that they act annoyed or offended when any Western, PA kid who is well regarded goes anywhere other than Pitt to play football.
Even in the glory days of Majors-1/Sherrill a fair number of such kids went of to other schools--especially ND and PSU. Even back then, we had to supplement by recruiting Florida and New Jersey. We will never get all the locals we want even if we become the Alabama of the North. Some kids will just want a different kind of college football experience.
Today, with the smaller population base in Western PA, and a resultant fewer numbers of quality local players we need to hit Florida plus the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic States harder than we did in the past to have a high level of talent on the roster. I am glad Narduzzi is pushing this because it is what needs to be done.
Agreed. However I think what people get tired of, is the way some of the kids act during their recruiting process.
I had no problem with the way guys like; Dave Adams, CJ Thorpe, Josh Lugg, Kurt Kinish, handled their recruiting. Same goes for Malik Hooker, Khaleke Hudson, Sterling Jenkins and a few other top
area players...But most of us had big time problems with the way Davon Henry, Shai McKenzie, Lamont Wade, Monte Nicholson, Donovan Jeter and Robert Foster handled their recruiting.
The former group made their announcements without fanfare. No problem.
The latter group made a spectical of the whole process; Tweeting, whoring for attention, bad mouthing other schools, complained they weren't getting enough love, calling local press conferences to announce another school other than Pitt. Charging admission to their own press conference... so it's not all the kids who go elsewhere, it's the ones that act like entitled jackasses...
