Pitt Loses Recruit To Cincinnati

[Chescat]

I don't follow recruiting all
that much (maybe Vader
can help), but for some
reason I felt just maybe,
with this player from
Philly. He's Daniel Skillings
a 4 star from Roman
Catholic h.s. That's where
Brad Wannamaker played
his h.s. ball.

When Chambers was at
PSU, he closed on a few
Roman Cath. players. He's
gone now, and this isn't
like Pitt losing a football
player to PSU.

I know we have one very
good recruit so far, but
Capel needs to land a
lot more than that this
yr. There's still time, but
it needs to happen.

 

[JD1976]

I don't follow recruiting all
that much (maybe Vader
can help), but for some
reason I felt just maybe,
with this player from
Philly. He's Daniel Skillings
a 4 star from Roman
Catholic h.s. That's where
Brad Wannamaker played
his h.s. ball.

When Chambers was at
PSU, he closed on a few
Roman Cath. players. He's
gone now, and this isn't
like Pitt losing a football
player to PSU.

I know we have one very
good recruit so far, but
Capel needs to land a
lot more than that this
yr. There's still time, but
it needs to happen.

Cincinnati has been a better program pretty much every year for the last decade. It’s not that far fetched to lose a recruit to them given the current state of our program.

 

[Chescat]

Cincinnati has been a better program pretty much every year for the last decade. It’s not that far fetched to lose a recruit to them given the current state of our program.

Oh, absolutely! What I was
getting at was, he's from
PA, and just for the heck
of it, I mentioned Wannamaker
and the same h.s. I guess I was
hoping an in-stater might look
our way. On the other hand, I
totally agree with your explanation.

 

[DT_PITT]

Cincinnati has been a better program pretty much every year for the last decade. It’s not that far fetched to lose a recruit to them given the current state of our program.

Your point is well taken and generally speaking, I agree with you. But with this particular recruit, something seemed to go strangely south in the last 48-72 hours. Before then, Pitt was considered the leader, and the next thing we all heard is that the the Pitt staff wasn't there to watch him, and then the quick "unfollows" from the Capel brothers.

 

[wbrpanther]

Cincinnati has been a better program pretty much every year for the last decade. It’s not that far fetched to lose a recruit to them given the current state of our program.

Cincinnati has pretty much been a better program than Pitt in all but a couple of brief eras.

 

[VincePITT]

I don't follow recruiting all
that much (maybe Vader
can help), but for some
reason I felt just maybe,
with this player from
Philly. He's Daniel Skillings
a 4 star from Roman
Catholic h.s. That's where
Brad Wannamaker played
his h.s. ball.

When Chambers was at
PSU, he closed on a few
Roman Cath. players. He's
gone now, and this isn't
like Pitt losing a football
player to PSU.

I know we have one very
good recruit so far, but
Capel needs to land a
lot more than that this
yr. There's still time, but
it needs to happen.

Lookin at Pitt basketball prospects. Pitt lost Daniel Skillings, Ryan Dunn and Chisom Okpara in the last 10 days! Only players showing interest in Pitt are 3 Star 6'1" PG Mason Manning & 3 Star 6' 10" PF Fray Nguimbi!

 

[Saboteur II]

Cincinnati has pretty much been a better program than Pitt in all but a couple of brief eras.

2 national championships

 

[Vader_Storm]

I don't follow recruiting all
that much (maybe Vader
can help), but for some
reason I felt just maybe,
with this player from
Philly. He's Daniel Skillings
a 4 star from Roman
Catholic h.s. That's where
Brad Wannamaker played
his h.s. ball.

When Chambers was at
PSU, he closed on a few
Roman Cath. players. He's
gone now, and this isn't
like Pitt losing a football
player to PSU.

I know we have one very
good recruit so far, but
Capel needs to land a
lot more than that this
yr. There's still time, but
it needs to happen.

He's not from Philly, he's from NJ. There is a long story with him as a player but Ill give the short cliff notes version. He has bounced around a lot of different schools in the past, maybe 25+ growing up. He is very close to his father and uncle, both of which played a large part in his recruitment, perhaps a bigger part than Capel liked (maybe). His father has had multiple issues with the law in the past. That's not to say he is a bad person, but it is to say that Daniel Skillings has not had anything close to a normal childhood growing up.

Late bloomer. We offered in late August, about a month ago. Not much of a long relationship built with him. I said long ago he was much more likely to stay closer to NJ because of his family than a school like Miami. As I said, family was heavily involved with his recruitment, probably more than Capel liked because of the entire X situation with X's family thinking they are basketball experts.

I cant say what happened in the last 72 hours other than Marlon Barnes was on Pitt's campus and that Jeff Capel and staff decided to not show up to Skillings open gym at Roman Catholic. It could be a number of reasons why. It could be Capel backed off. It could be we lost out to Cincy. It could be his father wanted more guarantees from Capel and how he was going to use Skillings at Pitt. It could be money. It could be character issues Capel didn't want. It could be a number of different reasons. And I have no conclusion what the reasons were.

Skillings needs a 2nd father figure and mentor as much as a basketball coach in college on and off the court. He's a significant talent that can really blossom. But something happened to where Capel did not even show up to his open gym. The last 2 weekends the Pitt staff was with Marlon Barnes Jr who is the top wing priority.

 

[DT_PITT]

He's not from Philly, he's from NJ. There is a long story with him as a player but Ill give the short cliff notes version. He has bounced around a lot of different schools in the past, maybe 25+ growing up. He is very close to his father and uncle, both of which played a large part in his recruitment, perhaps a bigger part than Capel liked (maybe). His father has had multiple issues with the law in the past. That's not to say he is a bad person, but it is to say that Daniel Skillings has not had anything close to a normal childhood growing up.

Late bloomer. We offered in late August, about a month ago. Not much of a long relationship built with him. I said long ago he was much more likely to stay closer to NJ because of his family than a school like Miami. As I said, family was heavily involved with his recruitment, probably more than Capel liked because of the entire X situation with X's family thinking they are basketball experts.

I cant say what happened in the last 72 hours other than Marlon Barnes was on Pitt's campus and that Jeff Capel and staff decided to not show up to Skillings open gym at Roman Catholic. It could be a number of reasons why. It could be Capel backed off. It could be we lost out to Cincy. It could be his father wanted more guarantees from Capel and how he was going to use Skillings at Pitt. It could be money. It could be character issues Capel didn't want. It could be a number of different reasons. And I have no conclusion what the reasons were.

Skillings needs a 2nd father figure and mentor as much as a basketball coach in college on and off the court. He's a significant talent that can really blossom. But something happened to where Capel did not even show up to his open gym. The last 2 weekends the Pitt staff was with Marlon Barnes Jr who is the top wing priority.

Good and fair insight — thanks.

 

[PittMBA]

Your point is well taken and generally speaking, I agree with you. But with this particular recruit, something seemed to go strangely south in the last 48-72 hours. Before then, Pitt was considered the leader, and the next thing we all heard is that the the Pitt staff wasn't there to watch him, and then the quick "unfollows" from the Capel brothers.

Isn’t Brad Wanamaker Skillings’ coach? As you said all signs pointed toward PItt until they suddenly didn’t .

 

[PittPoker]

Lookin at Pitt basketball prospects. Pitt lost Daniel Skillings, Ryan Dunn and Chisom Okpara in the last 10 days! Only players showing interest in Pitt are 3 Star 6'1" PG Mason Manning & 3 Star 6' 10" PF Fray Nguimbi!

It's pathetic. I don't know which coach I want gone quicker, Narduzzi or Capel.

 

[Ski11585]

Remember when you went on these diatribes saying 21 Wasnt the priority that it was 22. Is that narrative flipping to 23?

Skillings needs a father figure so he went to play for Wes Miller? What?

Yup. Said the same thing earlier. I don't buy the convenient shift to 2023 kids. Recruiting kids two years out and crossing your fingers for a reclass is a bad strategy.

 

[Chescat]

He's not from Philly, he's from NJ. There is a long story with him as a player but Ill give the short cliff notes version. He has bounced around a lot of different schools in the past, maybe 25+ growing up. He is very close to his father and uncle, both of which played a large part in his recruitment, perhaps a bigger part than Capel liked (maybe). His father has had multiple issues with the law in the past. That's not to say he is a bad person, but it is to say that Daniel Skillings has not had anything close to a normal childhood growing up.

Late bloomer. We offered in late August, about a month ago. Not much of a long relationship built with him. I said long ago he was much more likely to stay closer to NJ because of his family than a school like Miami. As I said, family was heavily involved with his recruitment, probably more than Capel liked because of the entire X situation with X's family thinking they are basketball experts.

I cant say what happened in the last 72 hours other than Marlon Barnes was on Pitt's campus and that Jeff Capel and staff decided to not show up to Skillings open gym at Roman Catholic. It could be a number of reasons why. It could be Capel backed off. It could be we lost out to Cincy. It could be his father wanted more guarantees from Capel and how he was going to use Skillings at Pitt. It could be money. It could be character issues Capel didn't want. It could be a number of different reasons. And I have no conclusion what the reasons were.

Skillings needs a 2nd father figure and mentor as much as a basketball coach in college on and off the court. He's a significant talent that can really blossom. But something happened to where Capel did not even show up to his open gym. The last 2 weekends the Pitt staff was with Marlon Barnes Jr who is the top wing priority.

Thanks, I asked for your
opinion on this player.
Good job with the background
info. If all this is true, I can
see why Capel may have
backed off, if in fact he did.
My other point remains true
though.....other than Mintz
Capel isn't landing anyone
of significance.

 

[Vader_Storm]

Yup. Said the same thing earlier. I don't buy the convenient shift to 2023 kids. Recruiting kids two years out and crossing your fingers for a reclass is a bad strategy.

Nobody said anything about a shift. We have a Top 50 talent in Mintz. Nobody said or guaranteed we were getting 3 legit Top 50-100 high level kids in the same class. If you were expecting Pitt to sign a Top 5-10 National class in 2022, then it was you that needs to reset expectations.

The proper realistic expectation, for where we stand as a program if we are to turn things around, in my viewpoint for how the program sunk to how low it actually was with Stallings, is to get 2 major Power 6 impact recruits in each recruiting cycle that are true impact players. We currently have 1 in September, Mintz. The goal is 2. Getting 3 is great, but 2 is doable.

It seems as if people are trying to blame me on Skillings and Dunn. I never said we were getting either of them. Ever... Just like I never said we were getting Efton Reid or Jarrod West or RJ Davis or Qudus Wahab. 3 of those players I specifically warned we were trailing with. Reid was the one that we were leading for that flipped to LSU because he got paid. There is at least one person that DM'd me where I said Dunn would choose between Pitt and Virginia and I said it could go either way. He chose Virginia.


The end goal here is to get the best talent, not to sign a class as fast as possible. Odukale and Champagnie were late gets in the cycle. Getting Mintz is huge on many levels alone. Again, lets see how it officially plays out.

 

[PittPoker]

Nobody said anything about a shift. We have a Top 50 talent in Mintz. Nobody said or guaranteed we were getting 3 legit Top 50-100 high level kids in the same class. If you were expecting Pitt to sign a Top 5-10 National class in 2022, then it was you that needs to reset expectations.

The proper realistic expectation, for where we stand as a program if we are to turn things around, in my viewpoint for how the program sunk to how low it actually was with Stallings, is to get 2 major Power 6 impact recruits in each recruiting cycle that are true impact players. We currently have 1 in September, Mintz. The goal is 2. Getting 3 is great, but 2 is doable.

It seems as if people are trying to blame me on Skillings and Dunn. I never said we were getting either of them. Ever... Just like I never said we were getting Efton Reid or Jarrod West or RJ Davis or Qudus Wahab. 3 of those players I specifically warned we were trailing with. Reid was the one that we were leading for that flipped to LSU because he got paid. There is at least one person that DM'd me where I said Dunn would choose between Pitt and Virginia and I said it could go either way. He chose Virginia.


The end goal here is to get the best talent, not to sign a class as fast as possible. Odukale and Champagnie were late gets in the cycle. Getting Mintz is huge on many levels alone. Again, lets see how it officially plays out.

No offense but you continue to trot out this polyanna narrative when anyone can see this basketball program right now is a dumpster fire. It's year 4 for heaven's sake and recruiting has sucked, we're gonna be near the bottom of the league yet again, Capel inexplicably promotes 1 of his useless assistants who whiffs on nearly every top recruit and you keep claiming how great things look.

 

[Chescat]

It seems as if people are trying to blame me on Skillings and Dunn.

Maybe some are blaming you
for the things you mentioned.
However if you look at this
thread you're getting likes
and thanks for the info on
Skillings.

Just an opinion, but I like
and appreciate your
recruiting info. That is
where you're at your
best. Actual on court,
game analysis?...there's
a number of posters on
here who can do that
very well.

 

[Vader_Storm]

Maybe some are blaming you
for the things you mentioned.
However if you look at this
thread you're getting likes
and thanks for the info on
Skillings.

Just an opinion, but I like
and appreciate your
recruiting info. That is
where you're at your
best. Actual on court,
game analysis?...there's
a number of posters on
here who can do that
very well.

Some of the players that were early targets in 2022 simply were not good this summer. Covid complicated some things earlier on and you could see massive shifts in the recruit rankings as the summer moved forward. I mean, if you read any of the summer reports from the Peach Jam / EYBL threads, I named specific players that we at one time were targeting that simply were busts or not good this summer. Shawn Phillips takes the cake followed by a plethora of other bigs we were on that simply didn't perform well. These players are years away from producing at a meaningful level at college regardless of where they are ranked right now. Capel, properly, backed off of them.

A player like Sean Jones is more up for debate, but for me personally, I would of taken my chances with the 2023 point guards over Jones because of his 5'8 size. And he is closer to 5'8 than 5'10 or whatever he is listed at. He is tiny.

You cant blame the staff on Barlow. Nobody saw the kid getting 500K per year. And we spent more time on him than anyone this summer in 2022.

We got beat out for Dunn.

If we takes reaches, and I have named plenty of players in 2022 already in the summer reports that are clearly reaches, that is a different story. The top wing target is Barnes. Whether some want to believe that or not, it is and has been. If the staff is physically in front of a certain player multiple weeks in a row, that player is top priority over any other player at the same position.

 

[DT_PITT]

Yup. Said the same thing earlier. I don't buy the convenient shift to 2023 kids. Recruiting kids two years out and crossing your fingers for a reclass is a bad strategy.

While I was thrilled that Capel got Toney and McGowens, I remember being a bit concerned that we got both because of reclasses, and I wondered if that would be sustainable.

 

[Warriordan]

Capel or Narduzzi who gets fired first. hopefully both together.

 

[Vader_Storm]

While I was thrilled that Capel got Toney and McGowens, I remember being a bit concerned that we got both because of reclasses, and I wondered if that would be sustainable.

Jeffress reclassed as did Champ.

There are multiple 2023 kids that could reclass that are older, ranked, that we are involved with.

There are 2 kids, Ball and Tubek, that reclassed once and could do it again. White could be a 3rd but we aren't getting him.

In the end, I think we can both agree that Toney was a fine player. Maybe not a good teammate, but a good player. Its worked out to an extent.

 

[DT_PITT]

Jeffress reclassed as did Champ.

There are multiple 2023 kids that could reclass that are older, ranked, that we are involved with.

There are 2 kids, Ball and Tubek, that reclassed once and could do it again. White could be a 3rd but we aren't getting him.

In the end, I think we can both agree that Toney was a fine player. Maybe not a good teammate, but a good player. Its worked out to an extent.

Jeffress and Champ are good rebuttals to my concern of course.

And yes, Toney was both a good recruit and a good player. I wish he was still here, but if you aren't a good teammate, you can't be on the team.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Covid complicated some things earlier on

For the love of everything, please stop with this nonsense. People used this as an excuse on the football board too. It complicated things for everyone so it’s a non factor. If Covid slammed the northeast and had less impact elsewhere then yea. I have no doubt some navigated it better than others but it impacted EVERYONE. Good lord it’s unbelievable this still gets brought up.

 

[Vader_Storm]

For the love of everything, please stop with this nonsense. People used this as an excuse on the football board too. It complicated things for everyone so it’s a non factor. If Covid slammed the northeast and had less impact elsewhere then yea. I have no doubt some navigated it better than others but it impacted EVERYONE. Good lord it’s unbelievable this still gets brought up.

Its not an excuse. Its a fact.

Certain players that we wasted a lot of time with earlier in the year and in the spring didnt perform over the summer. You can start with Rivals.com who had Shawn Phillips ranked in the Top 40 pre-summer which was a total disaster of a ranking. Phillips isnt close to being a Top 100 level player and they didn't drop him out of the top 150 just to save face. He was a disaster this summer.

A ton of players were massively underrated and overrated. Look at Barlow and Dunn as two prime examples of players nobody was targeting earlier this year and everybody was targeting late summer.

There wasn't summer play the previous year to properly rank guys. The season was canceled.

And yes, it also benefited us because of Mintz who went from a good recruit to a home run recruit. Had Mintz not committed to us and waited, his offer sheet also would have been huge including blue bloods.

Its simply a fact, not an excuse. Again, lets see how the class rounds out.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Its not an excuse. Its a fact.

Certain players that we wasted a lot of time with earlier in the year and in the spring didnt perform over the summer. You can start with Rivals.com who had Shawn Phillips ranked in the Top 40 pre-summer which was a total disaster of a ranking. Phillips isnt close to being a Top 100 level player and they didn't drop him out of the top 150 just to save face. He was a disaster this summer.

A ton of players were massively underrated and overrated. Look at Barlow and Dunn as two prime examples of players nobody was targeting earlier this year and everybody was targeting late summer.

There wasn't summer play the previous year to properly rank guys. The season was canceled.

And yes, it also benefited us because of Mintz who went from a good recruit to a home run recruit. Had Mintz not committed to us and waited, his offer sheet also would have been huge including blue bloods.

Its simply a fact, not an excuse. Again, lets see how the class rounds out.

Well here’s another fact. Already stated but I’ll repeat it.

It impacted everyone so the “playing field” wasn’t impacted. Everyone across the country had to deal with it. If Capel and/or his staff didn’t navigate it as well as others then that’s on them. So there’s another fact.

 

[Ski11585]

Jeffress and Champ are good rebuttals to my concern of course.

And yes, Toney was both a good recruit and a good player. I wish he was still here, but if you aren't a good teammate, you can't be on the team.

Champ is a good rebuttal. I hope Jeffress is, too. But I think it's still too early to call him a "win."

To be clear - Still super hopeful that Jeffress is what we hope he is. But he's gotta prove it.

 

[DT_PITT]

Champ is a good rebuttal. I hope Jeffress is, too. But I think it's still too early to call him a "win."

To be clear - Still super hopeful that Jeffress is what we hope he is. But he's gotta prove it.

The other thing is that we really didn't "use" the reclass to get Jeffress' commitment like we did with Toney and Trey.

 

[TD_6082]

Narduzzi wins 58% of ACC Conference games

Jeff Capel wins 28% of ACC Conference games. Capel won 43% of his conference games at OU. If you give him back the wins he had to vacate due to NCAA violations, he won 51% of his conference games at OU.

Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Vader_Storm]

Well here’s another fact. Already stated but I’ll repeat it.

It impacted everyone so the “playing field” wasn’t impacted. Everyone across the country had to deal with it. If Capel and/or his staff didn’t navigate it as well as others then that’s on them. So there’s another fact.

Sure it is.


I dont know how things will finish in 2022 obviously for right now. But,

There are a few players out there which I don't understand why we aren't pressing.

Sadiku Ayo- OSL kid from NY played on the NY Lightning, played strong this summer. And he is now being recruited hard by Rick Pitino and visiting Iona. Perhaps we blew it with him just like we blew it with Posh Alexander from OSL because we went after Dunn and Skillings, but he is still on the table, a player I like quite a bit, that played well, and we have no update on or at least I don't. He wanted to visit Pitt earlier and had us in his Top 5. He is a legit Top 150 player at worst and has played well in September following up a good summer. His offensive efficiency numbers were strong and he plays hard on defense. Maybe Capel wakes up here with Rick Pitino getting involved.

Desmond Claude- Its been put out on social media multiple times including recently that this kid is still wide open and wants to be recruited. The NERR report was just updated and this kid is ranked 3rd overall in all of New England. Ive been hyping him up since the summer and we have not offered yet. Why? He is a legit Top 100 player easily with large upside. We should have offered months ago.

David Tubek- Obviously he looks to have been put on the back burner because of Dominick Barlow and he is now 2023 that could still go 2022. We literally just offered him. In the interim, he was offered by Kansas, Texas, Creighton, Xavier, West Virginia and a lot more. He already visited Pitt and said it would be a dream to play here. That was months ago. The follow up is taking place now with a Pitt offer. We waited way to long to make it official.

Im not saying Capel is not faultless. But there is still considerable talent out there and the ball may have been dropped with all 3 of these players. Too early to tell as its only September...We will see

 

[rockypanther]

Sure it is.


I dont know how things will finish in 2022 obviously for right now. But,

There are a few players out there which I don't understand why we aren't pressing.

Sadiku Ayo- OSL kid from NY played on the NY Lightning, played strong this summer. And he is now being recruited hard by Rick Pitino and visiting Iona. Perhaps we blew it with him just like we blew it with Posh Alexander from OSL because we went after Dunn and Skillings, but he is still on the table, a player I like quite a bit, that played well, and we have no update on or at least I don't. He wanted to visit Pitt earlier and had us in his Top 5. He is a legit Top 150 player at worst and has played well in September following up a good summer. His offensive efficiency numbers were strong and he plays hard on defense. Maybe Capel wakes up here with Rick Pitino getting involved.

Desmond Claude- Its been put out on social media multiple times including recently that this kid is still wide open and wants to be recruited. The NERR report was just updated and this kid is ranked 3rd overall in all of New England. Ive been hyping him up since the summer and we have not offered yet. Why? He is a legit Top 100 player easily with large upside. We should have offered months ago.

David Tubek- Obviously he looks to have been put on the back burner because of Dominick Barlow and he is now 2023 that could still go 2022. We literally just offered him. In the interim, he was offered by Kansas, Texas, Creighton, Xavier, West Virginia and a lot more. He already visited Pitt and said it would be a dream to play here. That was months ago. The follow up is taking place now with a Pitt offer. We waited way to long to make it official.

Im not saying Capel is not faultless. But there is still considerable talent out there and the ball may have been dropped with all 3 of these players. Too early to tell as its only September...We will see

Sounds like a trend.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Sure it is.


I dont know how things will finish in 2022 obviously for right now. But,

There are a few players out there which I don't understand why we aren't pressing.

Sadiku Ayo- OSL kid from NY played on the NY Lightning, played strong this summer. And he is now being recruited hard by Rick Pitino and visiting Iona. Perhaps we blew it with him just like we blew it with Posh Alexander from OSL because we went after Dunn and Skillings, but he is still on the table, a player I like quite a bit, that played well, and we have no update on or at least I don't. He wanted to visit Pitt earlier and had us in his Top 5. He is a legit Top 150 player at worst and has played well in September following up a good summer. His offensive efficiency numbers were strong and he plays hard on defense. Maybe Capel wakes up here with Rick Pitino getting involved.

Desmond Claude- Its been put out on social media multiple times including recently that this kid is still wide open and wants to be recruited. The NERR report was just updated and this kid is ranked 3rd overall in all of New England. Ive been hyping him up since the summer and we have not offered yet. Why? He is a legit Top 100 player easily with large upside. We should have offered months ago.

David Tubek- Obviously he looks to have been put on the back burner because of Dominick Barlow and he is now 2023 that could still go 2022. We literally just offered him. In the interim, he was offered by Kansas, Texas, Creighton, Xavier, West Virginia and a lot more. He already visited Pitt and said it would be a dream to play here. That was months ago. The follow up is taking place now with a Pitt offer. We waited way to long to make it official.

Im not saying Capel is not faultless. But there is still considerable talent out there and the ball may have been dropped with all 3 of these players. Too early to tell as its only September...We will see

Thanks for confirming that Covid has nothing to do with any of this.

He like any coach either can/will get it done or he won’t. There can be a wide range of legit excuses from time to time for any coach. Some kind of bad break, whatever. Covid isn’t one with maybe one possible exception - an extreme and/or extended illness. I know Capel had it but I don’t believe his fit either category.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Vader in every thread....

 

[PittPoker]

Vader in every thread....

We miss on every legit recruit and he puts out PhD dissertations claiming how everything is rosy.

 

[joeydavid]

No offense but you continue to trot out this polyanna narrative when anyone can see this basketball program right now is a dumpster fire. It's year 4 for heaven's sake and recruiting has sucked, we're gonna be near the bottom of the league yet again, Capel inexplicably promotes 1 of his useless assistants who whiffs on nearly every top recruit and you keep claiming how great things look.

In defense of reality, you called the Pitt program a dumpster for when Dixon was here so there's that...🙄

 

[PittPoker]

In defense of reality, you called the Pitt program a dumpsters for when Dixon was here so there's that...🙄

Bullshit I never said that. I, like many others were tired of early NCAA exits. I also have posted on here many times recently that I was too hard on Dixon given what has happened since to the BBall program.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

I hope that everyone can agree that Covid stopped a lot of activity . Lack of activity favors the status quo and the last time I looked the status quo doesn’t favor a program like Pitt . Now I have no idea how this actually affected Pitts recruiting , but thinking it didn’t have some impact is most likely wrong .

Thinking that Pitt should be a lock in signing a recruit over a school like Cincinnati is a little arrogant now a days .

I’m not sure how the payments to these kids actually works , but the easiest and probably the only way out of this funk that Pitt bb is in is to find ways to channel deals to recruits .

 

[joeydavid]

Bullshit I never said that. I, like many others were tired of early NCAA exits. I also have posted on here many times recently that I was too hard on Dixon given what has happened since to the BBall program.

Weird to contradict a comment and confirm it's accuracy in the same post.

Try breaking them up into 2 parts the next so at least one could look correct.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

I hope that everyone can agree that Covid stopped a lot of activity . Lack of activity favors the status quo and the last time I looked the status quo doesn’t favor a program like Pitt . Now I have no idea how this actually affected Pitts recruiting , but thinking it didn’t have some impact is most likely wrong .

Thinking that Pitt should be a lock in signing a recruit over a school like Cincinnati is a little arrogant now a days .

I’m not sure how the payments to these kids actually works , but the easiest and probably the only way out of this funk that Pitt bb is in is to find ways to channel deals to recruits .

Bull. There’s a ton of technology available. Hell go old school and flood the kids with hand written letters. He’s getting quite a handsome sum of money. Figure it out.

I do agree on the recruiting thing. We’re not above very many schools that matter. But he’s still gotta figure out a way to lift the program. If he can’t someone else should get an opportunity. Capel still may, but it needs to happen sooner than later.

 

[joeydavid]

I hope that everyone can agree that Covid stopped a lot of activity . Lack of activity favors the status quo and the last time I looked the status quo doesn’t favor a program like Pitt . Now I have no idea how this actually affected Pitts recruiting , but thinking it didn’t have some impact is most likely wrong .

Thinking that Pitt should be a lock in signing a recruit over a school like Cincinnati is a little arrogant now a days .

I’m not sure how the payments to these kids actually works , but the easiest and probably the only way out of this funk that Pitt bb is in is to find ways to channel deals to recruits .

I'm not following the following the covid as an excuse thing that others are hung up on.

Covid did impact a lot but that's not an excuse rather just a fact.

 

[PittPoker]

Weird to contradict a comment and confirm it's accuracy in the same post.

Try breaking them up into 2 parts the next so at least one could look correct.

Really don't know what you are talking about but whatever.

 

[Drew1208]

Sure it is.


I dont know how things will finish in 2022 obviously for right now. But,

There are a few players out there which I don't understand why we aren't pressing.

Sadiku Ayo- OSL kid from NY played on the NY Lightning, played strong this summer. And he is now being recruited hard by Rick Pitino and visiting Iona. Perhaps we blew it with him just like we blew it with Posh Alexander from OSL because we went after Dunn and Skillings, but he is still on the table, a player I like quite a bit, that played well, and we have no update on or at least I don't. He wanted to visit Pitt earlier and had us in his Top 5. He is a legit Top 150 player at worst and has played well in September following up a good summer. His offensive efficiency numbers were strong and he plays hard on defense. Maybe Capel wakes up here with Rick Pitino getting involved.

Desmond Claude- Its been put out on social media multiple times including recently that this kid is still wide open and wants to be recruited. The NERR report was just updated and this kid is ranked 3rd overall in all of New England. Ive been hyping him up since the summer and we have not offered yet. Why? He is a legit Top 100 player easily with large upside. We should have offered months ago.

David Tubek- Obviously he looks to have been put on the back burner because of Dominick Barlow and he is now 2023 that could still go 2022. We literally just offered him. In the interim, he was offered by Kansas, Texas, Creighton, Xavier, West Virginia and a lot more. He already visited Pitt and said it would be a dream to play here. That was months ago. The follow up is taking place now with a Pitt offer. We waited way to long to make it official.

Im not saying Capel is not faultless. But there is still considerable talent out there and the ball may have been dropped with all 3 of these players. Too early to tell as its only September...We will see

Claude looks so similar to Femi.