We make too many excuses for Pitt recruiting. At PSU and OSU, they are never going to play. At Pitt, they will play. A good recruiter should be able to convince a kid to come to Pitt to play football and then transfer up if they want.
You're talking about a different level of recruit and $ available. The guys that go to PSU and OSU are willing to risk waiting their turn for a year or so because they are getting a decent paycheck. And if the writing on the wall says that chance won't come, they transfer out to someone else that will pay them where they can get playing time.
I think we are in a precarious position where we aren't going to pay much for high school recruits. We can't afford to whiff with what $ we do have. IF we have any chance of competing in the new landscape, we are going to spend on guys who have proven themselves either here or another school. And for the most part, we've done ok there. Sure, we've had some regrettable losses to the portal, but overall we are doing well for the most part.
I think you are missing a lot of what I'm trying to say here. What I'm trying to say is, to put it bluntly, I suspect that Marion isn't being honest with his recruits. And he doesn't care. They are tools for his personal success and future opportunities. Narduzzi can't do that. One reason is because Nards is already as high on the college football food chain as he will ever be. He has peaked. The best job he is ever getting. And secondly, he has more integrity than some of his peers and many of the next generation of coaches. Put those 2 things together and we won't get him making promises that he will quickly renege on. If he is going to keep his job, he has to keep his integrity intact. And he is going to limit his use of money on high school kids. And I don't think he is wrong there. We won't be able to outspend OSU and PSU for a kid that they really want. Won't happen. If they really want them, they'll get them. If we end up getting them, it is because we offered them an amount that the big boys weren't willing to pay for the level of talent the player brings. So we would be overspending. Not a good moneyball approach. And I don't want to shoot our wad on 2 or 3 players and outspend OSU and PSU for them and forsake the rest of our class. You can't win that way.
I'm anxious to see how Brennan Marion's career plays itself out. I think there is a legit chance he continues to rise. But I also believe he will leave a trail of shit behind him.
Lets see how some of these players' careers play out before we salivate over their class. And lets see how Sacramento State performs before we turn green with jealousy over their class.
One last point, get out of the paradigm of recruiting classes. They don't matter for schools beyond the blue bloods. What matters is how you manage your roster and NIL. Gnashing your teeth over Sacramento State out recruiting us a full 6 months before signing day is silly. You can recruit like a God, but at the end of the day you have to assemble a team of 22 starters that can compete.
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