Pitt Currently #30 in Recruiting Rankings

[joeydavid]

Using a roster of mostly lower rated players than they have now. Didn't Pitt finish 2nd in the Coastal 2 years ago. 1 games (really 1 dropped interception from winning it)?

Not against our schedule and division. Plus, we have very, very few in the high end of that range and practically 0 in the 0-300 range.

 

[pittdan77]

That thought dumbfounds me. He's the same player regardless surrounding metrics. If the coaches think he is likely to help them win games- you take them when you can get them.

Ffrench is another example. People bashed Pitt offering him until PedSt came after him. Does pedst coming after him make him a different player?

No. It’s about what you have a chance at yet. Pitt is clearly out of Plan A and B options at certain positions. That probably wasn’t the case last year. Wayne might end up being a stud. But there are surer bets still out there.

 

[cashisking884]

Using a roster of mostly lower rated players than they have now. Didn't Pitt finish 2nd in the Coastal 2 years ago. 1 games (really 1 dropped interception from winning it)?

After tiebreakers, we finished 4th since we lost to both UNC and Miami that year.
And we really weren't that far from the other teams in the recruiting rankings that year. Which kind of proves the poster's point.

 

[joeydavid]

They offered him pretty quickly once they saw him. I think it's safe to assume that the coaches disagree with you.

No. It’s about what you have a chance at yet. Pitt is clearly out of Plan A and B options at certain positions. That probably wasn’t the case last year. Wayne might end up being a stud. But there are surer bets still out there.

 

[joeydavid]

Huh? What does that year's recruiting ranking have to do with that season's result?
Most true freshmen didn't see the field.

I was talking about the collective roster and the fact that Pitt was 1 easy interception from winning the Coastal 2 season ago. Just stating facts that are not really disputable.

After tiebreakers, we finished 4th since we lost to both UNC and Miami that year.
And we really weren't that far from the other teams in the recruiting rankings that year. Which kind of proves the poster's point.

 

[cashisking884]

Huh? What does that year's recruiting ranking have to do with that season's result?
Most true freshmen didn't see the field.

I was talking about the collective roster and the fact that Pitt was 1 easy interception from winning the Coastal 2 season ago. Just stating facts that are not really disputable.

The poster's point is that you need to be competitive in recruiting with your peers, to compete with your peers.
You brought up 2016 and our "low ranked" players, and how they were able to compete in the Coastal. That's fine.
But when you look at the 247 Team Talent List for 2016:
Miami was 19
UNC was 29
Pitt 35
VT 36

So Miami had a little separation from us, and you kinda saw that on the field in 16. The other upper tier teams, our "mostly low rated" players gave us a chance because UNC and VT's players were also "mostly low rated." We all basically had the exact same level of recruiting. Even Miami's wasn't like a huge gap that you might see between USCw and Arizona or something in the division.
So the 2016 season only proves the point. Stay within the recruiting tiers of your competition, and you have a chance (although, once again, we lost to both the teams that recruit above us in the Coastal to any degree).
The concern, is this isn't what the 247 Team Talent list is going to look like going forward. You're going to see actual degrees of separation. And so you're less likely to see a 2016 season.
That's always been the point.

 

[VincePITT]

“He is about 6-foot-2, and is a prospect schools should be aware of.”

Wonder why 247 hasn’t evaluated him yet.

Canada?

 

[pittdan77]

They offered him pretty quickly once they saw him. I think it's safe to assume that the coaches disagree with you.

Fair enough. We’ll see.

 

[str61166]

They can't even enjoy their current success. Everything still revolves around Pitt for some of them.

I didn’t even realize just how many of them on that cesspool site cared about Pitt so much. Just from a few min skimming their board I saw numerous threads about Pitt in addition to posts about Pitt even in threads not about them.

 

[joeydavid]

Fair enough. We’ll see.

4 years later... this is a good thread to revisit.

 

[Saboteur II]

Maybe he did have those other offers. Those still aren't good offers.

He may end up in the top 1000 247 recruits. That certainly is no lock. Even if he is a top 800 recruit, is that great? We should be able to land those type of kids in January. Having 1/3 of our class in August be guys we "hope" are legitimate P5 recruits is scary bad.

Oops

 

[Saboteur II]

No. It’s about what you have a chance at yet. Pitt is clearly out of Plan A and B options at certain positions. That probably wasn’t the case last year. Wayne might end up being a stud. But there are surer bets still out there.

Who were they?

 

[HailtoPitt]

#30. Sounds about right... for any year. We really could benefit from a small consistent increase in recruiting.

 

[joeydavid]

#30. Sounds about right... for any year. We really could benefit from a small consistent increase in recruiting.

So far the transfer portal has been very good to stable "2nd tier" like Pitt. They can pull 4* from the teams who recruit in the 1st tier and grab top talent from G5 schools as well.

Now that Wisconsin jettisoned their dead weight head coach- they are cleaning up in the portal. The home-home in 3 years just got very interesting.

 

[President Stache]

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Jared Wayne is the newest recruit.

Pretty decent

 

[pittdan77]

Who were they?

Zay Flowers comes to mind.