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Don't trim the HAIR ! You crazy !When I googled Samson this is all that I could find?
We'll have to get him some shoes, a shirt, maybe a trim haircut and some new shorts but he looks good?
Nice add!
I'm taking the new guys.We need a full team, and at least we're getting there with this recent signee..
While wondering how good they'll be, ask yourself if this 2017 team
in an actual game could beat the guys who left and were SUPPOSED be coming back..........
Wilson, Kithcart, Manigault, Nix, Clarke,and Johnson. I'd actually pay to see
that outcome LOL. By the way, Luther and Milligan play with the 2017 team in this scenario.
Any thoughts on this?
I think the reaction was based on the Stallers assertion that absolutely nobody is available after April 15 or so.No, no, no..... you see Pitt wasn't even going to be able to run practices because they couldn't even field a team. Typical overreaction by a bunch of chicken littles.
Gutting the previous roster was a necessary new start. I'm actually interested in watching this team.
Gutting the previous roster was a necessary new start. I'm actually interested in watching this team.
I think the reaction was based on the Stallers assertion that absolutely nobody is available after April 15 or so.
Weird, eh?Actually there are people here who are applauding these late signings who told us all that as of the time that Stallings was hired last season (late March) that players out there who could help Pitt "didn't exist". It's funny to see some of those same people working so hard to convince everyone that guys we are signing in June who have a composite ranking in the mid-200s are really going to help the team get better.
Actually there are people here who are applauding these late signings who told us all that as of the time that Stallings was hired last season (late March) that players out there who could help Pitt "didn't exist". It's funny to see some of those same people working so hard to convince everyone that guys we are signing in June who have a composite ranking in the mid-200s are really going to help the team get better.
Wasn't me chief. First they won't have a roster, and now they aren't good enough. The guys they had weren't good enough either. I'll take my chances with the unknown rather than the known.Actually there are people here who are applauding these late signings who told us all that as of the time that Stallings was hired last season (late March) that players out there who could help Pitt "didn't exist". It's funny to see some of those same people working so hard to convince everyone that guys we are signing in June who have a composite ranking in the mid-200s are really going to help the team get better.
Wasn't me chief.
First they won't have a roster, and now they aren't good enough.
Good post Gunga, couldn't have said it any better.Recruiting falls on Stallings, period. He gets a partial pass for the first year, but it's still mostly on him that he brought in those stiffs that Dixon recruited.
How did we get here? A team with 4 seniors and two classes (6 players) of limited ability. I don't care what number they were ranked, because I saw them play. That's 10 guys.
Where are we at? He signed what looks to be a mediocre class based on rankings. I am not a stars / rankings don't matter guy. However, I'm not that sure there's that much difference between 100, 150, or 200. Some coaches have a better eye than others, and that's why I'm putting part of last years class on Stallings. He either didn't see they weren't good enough or was too lazy / incapable of finding replacements.
I have no problem with the late recruits after the roster was blown up. They will either show they have it, or they will get recruited over. I'll be more interested in what the early signings show and how 2018 recruited progresses.
My opinion from the start has been that this team was in a bad spot with respect to the roster. Anyone who couldn't see that last season was blind. This year was a throw away no matter who was coaching.
Who mentioned Jamie, aside from you? You just can't let him go.Any chance we can get the last five posters to sit around in a circle and drink some special Kool-Aid now that JD is gone and not coming back? Isn't that was 'those people' usually do?
Funny, that's the same response I gave you when you bitched about Dixon's recruiting. I only mention him since balls on fire brought him up.Good post Gunga, couldn't have said it any better.
Particularly agree with the notion that there's often not much difference between a 100, 150 or 200 ranked kid. You really don't know what you're getting until you seem them play so what's the point of complaining now. We sure have a good bit of firsthand experience to indicate that ranking doesn't guarantee anything.
Weird, eh?
That's the key. Are any of the players signed by Stallings going to help? I'm not saying Pitt must get top 10 and top 25 guys right now. We're not going to do that. But when we're signing guys and the top ranking is a borderline top 100 guy, it's not a good sign. And that's only one guy. The rest are top 200 or below.
Stallings better pick up his recruiting big time for 2018 and bring in a top 20 class. If he doesn't, he should be gonzo.
Players have to fit the system regardless of rank. As talented at Young and Artis were even Jamie had problems with them. Im assuming Stallings thought last years recruits would fit in and be a foundation for his new system. It didnt work out and everyone moved on. Regardless of recruiting rankings he has to find kids who fit his system and buy into his style of coaching or he won't succeed
I am sorry, there is no room for any positive thoughts. None. We need to just bow our heads in shame, Jamie is gone. We are doomed forever. Jamie is gone. Jamie is gone. Woe is me.
What is the end goal for the Dixon dead-enders at this point? The guy is gone. He's never coming back.
He has to keep the HAIR!!When I googled Samson this is all that I could find?
We'll have to get him some shoes, a shirt, maybe a trim haircut and some new shorts but he looks good?
Nice add!
I agree completely with this statement but I think it would be more relevant with a younger coach. KS was at Vandy a loooong time so he definitely had opportunity to recruit kids to fit his system. If that's the case why didn't he make the tourney or finish stronger in the SEC?Players have to fit the system regardless of rank. As talented at Young and Artis were even Jamie had problems with them. Im assuming Stallings thought last years recruits would fit in and be a foundation for his new system. It didnt work out and everyone moved on. Regardless of recruiting rankings he has to find kids who fit his system and buy into his style of coaching or he won't succeed
Actually there are people here who are applauding these late signings who told us all that as of the time that Stallings was hired last season (late March) that players out there who could help Pitt "didn't exist". It's funny to see some of those same people working so hard to convince everyone that guys we are signing in June who have a composite ranking in the mid-200s are really going to help the team get better.
So you are advocating is that what Stallings should have done last April was to purge the roster and renege on the scholarship offers to Manigault and Kithcart? Clean out the bench before he had even seen these guys play? I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. Stallings inherited a collection of garbage from a recruiting challenged micro manager and he's replaced those players with questions marks who I'd wager are at least as good as the guys who left. And for the record again, I'm no Stallings apologist.....just watching and waiting for evidence to support your and others negative projections. A lot of us just have a wait and see attitude at the moment.