Absolutely. Also caught a break in Hugley deciding to stop weighing the team down.
Pitt's path to the NCAA Tournament
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And I'm sure JC really cares what you think. All signs are looking good for the future and stop the negativity for once in your life. H2P!
They’re probably moving most of their OOC games and the games that occur during thanksgiving or winter break to the old arena on the other side of campus next year that seats 6500 or so. They already play at least one home game during winter break in Philadelphia for the same reason.
They already drop the upper deck curtains for midweek conference games.
LOL! OK, dude. Whatever you say. I just stated FACTS and REALITY. Deal with it.
I'm sure neither Capel nor anyone here cares what you think. Are you always this combative and confrontational? That's a sad way to go through life.
I never said PSU was a good job... you said you like their chances to make the tournament over Pitt.... that's all. I like Micah.
I wouldn’t say he was terrible in year one or two per se. 3 conference wins for a team that went 0-19 in ACC and then 6 wins year two was decent progression. Then the program really stagnated…But this is where the team was meant to be in year 5. Pitt will end up higher seeded than any of the Dixon ACC Pitt teams, which was an initial goal. Not sure what success will continue but a round of 32 or sweet 16 would quickly make up for the last 6 awful years.
Yeah ok that's why you mention politics in almost every thread. I just use common sense to make my own decisions. Right went too far right and left went too far left. Baby huey certainly didn't help with the division either.
Do you think good Pitt fans should continue to be negative about JC for next year already?
Yes, if Pitt can make the round of 32, that's great progress at this point. Sweet 16 would be grounds for fireworks and a celebration on Forbes Ave. I'm not so sure Pitt will eventually be seeded higher than any of the Dixon ACC teams. We have a few games left to play, and we're talking about a selection committee that isn't always objective. We can hope.
But like I said, I believe in trends. I want to see what he does next year and the following few years, assuming he's still here.
A little sarcastic there
relative to Capel. LOL.
However, I also like Micah,
and I believe he'll make a
defference at PSU. The Big
10 is no cakewalk, and it's
definitely better than the
ACC now and recently IMO.
He didn't ineherit much,
but has them playing on a
not so bad level. They've
beaten Iowa, Michigan by
22 and ranked Indiana also
by 22. They're 14-11 at this
point. Another year or two
of recruiting and transfers,
and I believe we'll see a
better PSU...not that any
on here give a sh..t. LOL
I think Capel will be OK here in the future.
He got a couple of guys to help him with portal recruiting. (He always could recruit.)
He got off social media. With success, hearing less excuses. (I think that would have been the case regardless)
He has something coming back and something coming in. We will add experienced transfers. Need to keep the team chemistry. I think we have learned not all the chemistry problems were entirely his fault. This team proves they were not.
The turn around this season got most people off his back, winning will keep them off his back..
Take Capel out of the equation.
They have the OLDEST team in the country and just completely fell apart down the stretch.
I don’t care if it’s at Penn St, Pitt, or Kentucky.
Failure.
You’re hard on Capel. Very hard. Which is fine and fair. Be consistent. I like Shrewsberry and maybe he will have the better future but this stretch run has been a complete failure. And that falls on him.
Oh they’ve been terrible and I hope Shrewsberry fails miserably and they’ve been really bad lately. It’s been great.
FWIW, I blocked Shrew’s number a while ago and won’t answer his assistants. Doesn’t change I think he’s a miracle worker to get PSU people worried he might use them as a stepping stone instead of a burial ground for his career
I think he might end up fitting the classic coach archetype of “X’s and O’s mastermind who gets a ton of respect from the coaching and ‘smart fan’ communities, but whose ceiling is ultimately limited because they don’t coach teams into being tough enough.”
Think Fran McCaffrey. Or…..a certain former Pitt coach whose tenure ended badly……
Think Fran McCaffrey. Or…..a certain former Pitt coach whose tenure ended badly……
Glad to have seemingly been loud wrong on this
In fairness, they both did a good job and both should be in the dance.
"Capel won't ever coach in the NCAAT while at Pitt" ... also, did you make your donation of under 6 ACC wins yet? Not lettin you off the hook on that.
Penn State is better than Pitt. Penn State will be better in the future than Pitt. Micah > Capel.
Capel would be smart to use this opportunity to get another job. This miracle year will never happen again.
And I’ll absolutely donate again to the program. I’m also donating more players via the transfer portal. I do more for this program than anyone on this site
I already said I’ll do it, including in that post….
It’s 100 bucks, it would be better served to some NIL fund designed for Pitt players than directly to the program though
Find me the Pitt hoops NIL fund and I’ll donate Sunday night.
You may not be wrong about Shrewsbury but I heard that PSU has the oldest team in the country. They are also the best 👌 shooting team in the country and terrible defending the 3. So basically they are Pitt but got far more Q1/2 opportunities. I dont think you can use this year to say he's better. He may well be but they were mirror images.....and he took over a team that was in the NCAAT 3 years ago if it wasnt canceled
