This story bears repeating.

[Las Panteras]

Years ago i was on a flight and sat next to John Cooper. He was recruiting the son of a guy i used to work with so he was willing to talk to me.

Ill never forget this; He said "out-recruiting your schedule gets you 7 wins before camp opens. The game day decisions you make with those recruits will determine the other 5.

I had no reason to disagree. In fact, I think he was prophetic.

We dont recruit well. We haven't had any extraordinary coaching since Canada left.

What is the point of keeping this guy?

 

[jtownknowitall]

Stability

 

[Pittcrafton]

Stability

So had we kept Hackett another 5 things would have got better ? Lord help this fan base.

 

[jtownknowitall]

This fan base has been crying for the need for stability for years.

 

[Pittcrafton]

This fan base has been crying for the need for stability for years.

What if the stability stinks you are keeping, still keep it for stability sakes? Why didn't we keep Stallings then ?

 

[jtownknowitall]

This fan base would have been happy to keep Wannstedt and Dixon forever.

 

[Nashville Panther]

What if the stability stinks you are keeping, still keep it for stability sakes? Why didn't we keep Stallings then ?

I don't think Narduzzi's results are anywhere near approaching Stallings.

Narduzzi showed he can win a few games with a talented roster (that he inherited). Stallungs took a winning team (albeit flawed) and destroyed it.

Narduzzi has 10 games left to show what he can do. If they go like 3-9.... then you move on. Another 5 win year gets him 2019 but time is running out if he doesn't show big time progress

 

[Burgh15]

Never really thought of things that way, but it makes complete sense.

 

[DiehardPanther]

This fan base would have been happy to keep Wannstedt and Dixon forever.

Anybody with a brain knows we should have kept Dixon and provided him the necessary funds to bring in an assistant who could recruit.

 

[Pittcrafton]

Anybody with a brain knows we should have kept Dixon and provided him the necessary funds to bring in an assistant who could recruit.

DIXON LEFT ON HIS OWN

 

[DiehardPanther]

DIXON LEFT ON HIS OWN

Let’s be real. Pitt goes through a parade of bad hires. Then they actually hire someone who does a good job overall. Pitt fans become disgruntled because they think they can do better. The coach leaves. The program goes downhill. Rinse and repeat.

 

[maxxwell]

This fan base would have been happy to keep Wannstedt and Dixon forever.

No, this fanbase (at least a majority of them) wanted both gone.

 

[Pittcrafton]

No, this fanbase (at least a majority of them) wanted both gone.

I dont think they wanted Wanny gone, small vocal minority and the worst athletic director ever

 

[PhPanther2]

I dont think they wanted Wanny gone, small vocal minority and the worst athletic director ever

The sad thing is, people say Steve didn’t have a plan. He did have a plan and it was Todd Graham.....who he had a hard-on for since day 1. After the Haywood fiasco he got the financial approval to go get his guy. Great move!

 

[Pittcrafton]

The sad thing is, people say Steve didn’t have a plan. He did have a plan and it was Todd Graham.....who he had a hard-on for since day 1. After the Haywood fiasco he got the financial approval to go get his guy. Great move!

Todd Graham was on a radio show in WV, where he coached for some years, and told the host , we will see how this goes , my plan is to be there a few years only, he said that, we still hired him!

 

[Pittcrafton]

Nordy was a horrid president relating to sports , I know we all love the guy, but he was a buffoon

 

[PhPanther2]

Todd Graham was on a radio show in WV, where he coached for some years, and told the host , we will see how this goes , my plan is to be there a few years only, he said that, we still hired him!

Nobody besides somebody with ties to Pitt/WPA is going to plan on staying at Pitt, which makes it even more insane to fire DW.

If hoops fans think Capel is a long term hire....hahahahahaha.

 

[Burgh15]

The sad thing is, people say Steve didn’t have a plan. He did have a plan and it was Todd Graham.....who he had a hard-on for since day 1. After the Haywood fiasco he got the financial approval to go get his guy. Great move!

The sad thing is Graham wasn't a bad hire on paper. Most people could look at him at the time and recognize you found a potentially good coach. The problem with Graham is he was a terrible fit for a school like Pitt. In that sense, the hire was a disaster.

 

[BuffetParrothead]

Todd Graham was on a radio show in WV, where he coached for some years, and told the host , we will see how this goes , my plan is to be there a few years only, he said that, we still hired him!

PITT had a world class AD, and management team in place at that time which did more damage to PITT athletics in a few short years than most thought was possible!

 

[California Gold]

There’s ZERO ability to SPREAD the field in this current system.

In college ball, the ability to create TIME and SPACE wins you games.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure the current setup has the ability to execute either.

 

[jtownknowitall]

When Todd Graham was hired this board was convinced that Steve Peterson had nothing to do with it. It was a Board of Trustees hire and was the best thing to happen to Pitt since Jackie Sherrill.

And when he left a year later it was of course, all Steve Pederaon’s fault.

 

[Las Panteras]

The sad thing is, people say Steve didn’t have a plan. He did have a plan and it was Todd Graham.....who he had a hard-on for since day 1. After the Haywood fiasco he got the financial approval to go get his guy. Great move!

Pederson was so excited for Graham that he originally reached out to Al Golden.

Get your facts straight

 

[Cap pitt]

DIXON LEFT ON HIS OWN

Pitt Should have fired Dixon years before he ran the basketball program into the ground, but that's another story for another time

 

[DiehardPanther]

Pitt Should have fired Dixon years before he ran the basketball program into the ground, but that's another story for another time

That is one of the dumbest posts I have read on this board, and that is saying something.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Years ago i was on a flight and sat next to John Cooper. He was recruiting the son of a guy i used to work with so he was willing to talk to me.

Ill never forget this; He said "out-recruiting your schedule gets you 7 wins before camp opens. The game day decisions you make with those recruits will determine the other 5.

I had no reason to disagree. In fact, I think he was prophetic.

We dont recruit well. We haven't had any extraordinary coaching since Canada left.

What is the point of keeping this guy?

No crap. I say this all the time.

If Narduzzi isn't going to recruit well, why should he be here? He's certainly not going to outcoach anyone

 

[Somerset Panther]

Let’s be real. Pitt goes through a parade of bad hires. Then they actually hire someone who does a good job overall. Pitt fans become disgruntled because they think they can do better. The coach leaves. The program goes downhill. Rinse and repeat.

This.....