I’m not sure many coaches in the country could’ve come into the situation JC did and outperformed what he did . Landing X , Trey and Toney in that first class was a remarkable job of recruiting and then to top it off getting Justin in the next class was icing on the cake .Unfortunately those guys ( minus JC ) just weren’t the type of guys to build a program around .
character issues abound in college athletics . Every other day someone is getting booted off their team , this isn’t just an issue at Pitt .
Pitt fans overestimate the appeal of this job , just ask ( if you could ) Terry Holland or Dan Hurly .Heather was in a bad place in her national search for Stallings replacement until she found JC .
The NIL now gives a coach at Pitt a real shot at success if they can raise enough cash and outbid others for the type of players who can win in the ACC . JC should be able to flourish in this environment.
Unless Pitt de empathizes football and puts the majority of their resources into Bb we’ll never see a run like JD did in the BE in the ACC . A middle of the pack ACC team with an occasional run at championship is where Pitt is at under the current emphasis on sports .