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Men’s ACC Tournament: Boston College

Should be a great game

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  1. And the coach is still employed….. How Lyke is not being held accountable for an extension after a losing season is beyond me and for the hire itself.

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  3. Hey Isnore… did you see the pregame with a mention of all the ACC players from Brooklyn? Never knew Michael Jordon was from Brooklyn! Love NY BBall players.
    They play relentlessly hard and are very court savy!

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  5. Here is The Athletic magazine’s Top 25 CFB head coaches going into the 2022 season. There are two separate lists:

    Here is Stewart Mandel’s:

    https://theathletic.com/3165768/2022/03/08/stewart-mandel-ranks-the-top-25-college-football-head-coaches/?source=user_shared_article.

    Here is Bruce Feldman’s:

    https://theathletic.com/3165800/2022/03/08/bruce-feldman-ranks-the-top-25-college-football-head-coaches/

    Narduzzi made the “just missed the cut” on Feldman’s.

    Just think what that 12th win would have done for King Pat. # 25 at least!!

    Maybe they couldn’t spell Narduzzi?

    BTW – It is quite a good CFB info publication

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    1. Nearly any coach with a fifth year senior and three ? years under the same playbook and system, a near 24 year old man playing against 19-20 year old kids and the best QB since Marino would win ten games hands down.

      Couple that with an easy schedule and a down year for clemson and you get 11 wins.

      Let’s see what King Pat does with yet another washed up and overrated five star QB after his Heisman worthy QB leaves along with his QB whisperer. And a much tougher schedule with every ACC team with Pitt as a target.

      Pitt’s $6 million dollar coach will go down in the annals of history as one of the most overpaid coaches and one that is a buffoon and arrogant jerk to boot.

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      2. He may be overpaid and had an old qb and a not so hard schedule but I sure loved the eleven win season. God bless King Pat.

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  6. Basketball is a way of life in Brooklyn. My HS basketball team had all 5 starters gets scholies in 1959.
    Billy Cunningham was the team superstar!, If you could see the schoolyard games you wouldn’t believe your eyes. Too many street kids with no academics, but oh boy can they play.

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    1. Hugley and Burton look the most frustrated that no time out was called. The rest of the team looks confused and not sure where they are or what sport they are playing.

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    3. I have complained all season consistently about 3 things: Capel’s refusal to utilize timeouts, Femi Odukale’s lack of power 5 skills and refusal to value possession of the basketball, and the non existent offensive game (and lack of basketball IQ) of Will Jeffress. My wife is sick of hearing my same complaints over and over again.

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  14. 22 points at halftime —— BAD high school basketball —- disgraceful —- Heather find the moola for a buyout.

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    1. Any booster willing to bail out heathers mistake will require a say in the next head coach selection. Pitt will never allow that.

      Think about past history with head coach hires. Pitt leaves the search to some lawyer. Pitt leaves it up to a search firm. Pitt owes a favor to a godfather. Pitt does no due diligence. Pitt goes with the safe pick. Pitt goes with the cheap pick. Pitt goes with who the players want. Pitt goes with who will uphold the mission statement.

      What a crock of hillbilly beans.

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      1. I do not believe Heather possesses the skills or intelligence to hire a head men’s basketball coach.

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  15. Stallingsesque. The team has somehow digressed as the season has worn on. Unmotivated, directionless, and outmanned. I’m not trying to be hard on anyone, that’s just what I’m seeing.

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  16. I got wordpressed, so let me try again:

    I am not trying to be hard on anyone, this is just what I see: unmotivated, undisciplined, and undermanned. Stallingsesque.

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    1. I’m glad this board is free. Any upgrade of the platform would no doubt result in the need for fees. But WordPress is antiquated.

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  24. Why all the glum faces?
    We gots a slew of bonafide star recruits coming next year…or, perhaps not.

    I consider myself to be a true-blue, die- hard Pitt fan. But I don’t know how yinz can even watch this…like suffering through a colonoscopy without anesthesia.

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  27. Pitt has no mister or miss money bags to buyout Capel.

    Pitt has no new recruits.

    Pitt will experience a mass exodus of players.

    No elite transfers will walk into this mess and no amount of money will do the trick.

    The Pete will be empty next season.

    And Pitt will lose money.

    But the BOT will take no action.

    Hiring mistakes can take down a program. Who will take down the AD?

    Is there no accountability?

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  28. Someone said it on a previous pov,
    You could give Capel five 5 stars and he’d still lose.

    I am coming to the conclusion he’s not even an average floor coach and a horrible motivator. This team quit the day after N Carolina!

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  31. Much like in sales, recruiting can take place in two ways. It can be targeted after making an assessment of what traits of a player would come to Pitt…. or you can just offer a hundred guys and Hope you get lucky. Capel has chosen door #2 with little success.

    Thank God this abortion of a team is finished!

    I always wondered why a coach could not be fired for cause: being a lousy coach and putting little effort into recruiting! H2P

    I’m done. So is Capel!

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  35. When Pitt was looking to replace Stallings, the guy I was rooting for us to get was Earl Grant. He did a good job at the College of Charleston, was young, had ACC-area recruiting connections, etc…

    Not that he will tear it up at BC, but at least they have some shooters…

    Oh well…

    Go Pitt.

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  36. Capel stinks but I don’t see Pitt eating the buyout until it is reduced. I would be shocked if he is fired.

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  37. Apparently there is room in Oakland for a massive new 17 story 636 bed hospital to be erected at the old Children’s site. Of course, this building will be “straight up” somewhat like a skyscraper, which of course a stadium couldn’t be

    Oh yea, at 2 pm today, I was pretty well convinced that Capel had one more year. Now, I’m not so sure. I turned this game off earlier than any other even though it was the last of the year.

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  38. Allegedly, Capel said in the post-game that Pitt needs better players. So it’s easy, he should fire the guy who has been responsible for that

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  39. Season turned out just as we predicted. Next season will be the same. Thanks, Heather, you are a total waste.

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  42. Capel said post game that he hasn’t been told whether he’ll be back next year. Heather watched the game with a bunch of Pitt Donors from a box in MSG. This according to Johnny McGonigal PG writer.

    That he made that statement tells me he’s nervous. I think he’s gone.

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    1. MSG? The game was played at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. If the story is true I hope the donors convince Heather to say goodbye to Capel and of course, they provide $$ for the buyout.

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    1. I see it…but sometimes links aren’t allowed without any dialog. It’s a spam block thing…

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  46. BC easily won the ‘Battle of the Bozo’s’ by 20 points, so now we are tied with them as the 🤡🤡 of the ACC.

    Well, at least we’re back to being a football school now…

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  47. I would actually like to see all the players leave the team. Statement by Capel that “we need better players” is terrible. How about he take the heat for the continuously bad product on the floor, little if any recruiting and poor management of the games? The players should walk. Forfeit next year.

    Zero commits? Find me another school in the power 5 in the same state of affairs. May be wrong but doubt it exists. Capel may be a good guy, a family man, but he is failing miserably as the head coach of the MBB team.

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    1. He is definitely a family man. Half his family is on his staff. What a utter joke. Heather you are a fraud. Own your 2 mistakes. Actually there are about 5 but who is counting.

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  50. Made a late comment on the ND thread. Frustrated about the el foldo again at the end of the season. It isn’t Feltons fault that he is the coach!

    You all know my thoughts on the AD as I was the first to call her out when she was brought to pitt. Very nice person. Not sure why anyone believed she would be an average to above average administrator based on her resume’.

    Yes, we had a very very good football output last year, but need to understand time, place and circumstance. Covid is the main reason we won. The qb should not have been here. This won’t happen again. The great news for Pitt football is that the majority of the coastal, has new head coaches this year.

    As far as mens bball is concerned, why did Capel get an extension again? Noone ever explained the rationale behind that. Originally,why did she let Hurley out her as a poor negotiator and closer? Hurley has done well. Hard to compare however because it is not an apples to apples comparison. I wish Hurley was in the ACC so we could compare hires. Felton was a good third option at the time, but the extension? Seriously?

    Womens bball – Another very poor output, for years. How long should this be allowed to go on before someone looks at the AD as the big part of the problem.

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  51. Most likely, Heather has some requirements in store for Capel as a condition for returning. They will have their post season meeting and the terms will be laid out. For the next 6 weeks, there better be nonstop recruiting from the portal. And then some staff changes.

    And there needs to be a real examination of the end-of-season collapses. Look at Gueyes play as an example of energy and commitment. Apparently, one year wasn’t enough for Capel and staff to ruin his attitude. This isn’t all about the players, who won games over UNC and some others.

    Look at the foul shooting over the 3 game win streak, and then over the past 5 games. Completely different team. Capel’s coaching style may be the problem, and that might not be fixable..

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    1. Is the meeting she should have had last year? Or the year before? Don’t see her doing anything.

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  52. LOL….Season ended like it started…..getting blown out by a dreadful team that finished last or near last in it’s conference.

    If the 4 other starters hit the Portal and with Gueye gone…..they’d have to fire Capel.

    Hit the Portal please….and then Flush Felton & the other 3 Loser HC’s.

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  53. If you’re going to demand changes from a coach you should just fire him. What’s the point of making Capel change his staff? I’ve always hated that argument. I’m sure Capel would rather be fired and get paid his buyout than fire his brother. Lol. C’mon. If you hire someone to run a program, you let them run the program. Or fire them. Meddling is the worst thing you can do. It won’t make anything better and all you do is sweep the problem under the rug. I’d dare her to fire me before I made a change I didn’t want to make.

    Of course she won’t do anything. Its a waste of time and just for show … see, look over here, I did something. Lol. That is all demanding changes is for. It placates some of the vocal fans. But, in reality, does nothing.

    Fire him. Or don’t and fire him next year when you think he’s more affordable.

    But even keeping him under the guise of his buyout is too expensive is a cop out. Just pay the money and get out. Pitt can afford it.

    Bryant’s coach Grasso might be an interesting candidate.

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  54. All good points, but with a lot of players returning (hopefully) staff changes could wake things up. The old message could be stale. Also, some good recruits could serve to push the starters.

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    1. If Capel stays, there will be no staff changes. Reason is simple: no assistant coach would join a head coach who, next year, will be a dead man walking. Capel will be gone after next year, if not before.

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    2. At this point, it’s clear Capel is not going to improve enough to matter no matter what changes happen.

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  55. Since I pride myself as a devil’s advocate here …. In defense of Heather

    Capel was hired after she contacted (at least) Hurley, Oats and Crean (who’s about to be fired at UGA) … and who knows who else

    When Capel was selected, we praised the hire not so much that he was a great candidate, but instead because he was much better than we could have imagined after none of the better candidates wanted to assume an 0-18 ACC team … and start from scratch

    She didn’t pull a Barnes who interviewed one candidate when I guarantee there were plenty of viable who would have gladly taken over van NCAA team with a handful of starters returning

    Having said that, the extension with such a large buyout is on Heather

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    1. I have no issues with Heather. I thought it was a good hire. The long contract was fine, too, because of the state of the program and it was intended to keep Capel from jumping ship, too.

      He failed. She’ll have to own that. But, it was generally a pretty positive response nationally to the hire.

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  56. Pitt football did not win because of covid and the extra year players received. Every other team in college football was in the same boat. That is really looking hard to find something to complain about. Is Pitt football going to be the next Ohio State? Heck no, not until Pitt can triple their football budget. Last year was a fantastic year for Pitt football, give credit where credit is due. PN, his staff, the players and yes, Heather. If HL would have fired PN before last year like many wished, Pitt would not have won the ACC. Period.
    You can complain about HL and use Capel, but not Pitt football.

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    1. Not sure you can predict what would or would not have happened if player or coach was or wasn’t playing. If you can, you should be in Vegas. Not EVERY other team was in the same boat as you state. The same NFL draft occurred and players came out on time, early and some stayed extra because they were allowed to because of covid. If you want to say that Pitt would have won 11 games without K8, go for it. I won’t believe it, but you can type it.

      This qb class is deemed to be quite weak (not my analysis). Don’t shoot the messenger. Stars aligned when one of the best of the weak class took advantage of extra time. Good for him! I never said it was a bad thing. In fact, I mentioned Pitt had a very good season. We actually have a very good chance to win the coastal this year due to most every coastal team having a new head coach. I do not think we will fare as well with the OOC and will either give credit or take that away based on results. Let’s see how we do! I will continue to predict a victory every week and somehow try to justify it thru words. Always have. Always will.

      Pitt bball teams speak for themselves. I liked the original Capel hire because of recruiting. He didn’t bring that recruiting with him. Talent wins over strategy most days. We had neither. Portal Potty might bring some wins but it is not a solution. The players have all the power now so I expect them to start working on college dream teams to pair themselves up with coaches. We lack tradition and gameday experience now and each year leans into a lost generation.

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  57. Most, including myself, thought Capel was a good hire. At least good enough to do better than Stallings. That is a really low bar. The extension was premature, it was a gamble and Pitt lost the bet.

    By the way, I am surprised Trey McGowans isn’t putting up better numbers at Nebraska. I thought he would become very good.

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    1. Trey has played in 16 games for Nebraska so far this season…6.8 points/g, 4.0 rbs, 1.6 assists.

      As several others have pointed out here, the GREATER opportunity LOST for Pitt…is not having the chance to get his brother on the roster.
      Freshman Bryce McGowens is 6’7″… in 30 games… team leading 17.2 points/g, 5.3 rbs, 1.4 assists.

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    2. Trey McGowens and Xavier Johnson suffered from the same affliction: they can’t shoot a basketball (see also: Will Jeffress). I was not surprised at all that these two transfers had mediocre years. I expected Toney to be the best of the 3, and although I have not looked in a few weeks, I think that he had the best production.

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  58. Ok guys, on to following the baseball team. Tonight’s game is on ESPN Plus and the majority of conference games are on ACC Network Extra.

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  59. Unfortunately there is no easy answer for Pitt basketball. Unless Capel keeps Hugely and finds three guys capable of competing in the ACC, Pitt will stink next year. Any new coach coming in probably loses Hugely, it is too late to recruit so again Pitt stinks again. This is a long term problem with no quick fix.

    Any new coach will start with zero players and a lost year and must recruit an entire team of freshmen and portal players.

    Most of us thought Capel could recruit ACC capable players, he hasn’t done it. Heather has to find someone that can. It won’t be easy and there are no guarantees. This year, next year it doesn’t matter all that much, we aren’t going to have a good team for many years if ever.

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  60. Great Expectations

    I believe that was the issue for both 17 year olds, Tray and Xavier. First, Tray has a 30 point game early in his freshmen year. Then, all of a sudden, there is all this talk (and print) that X will jump to the NBA after his sophomore year. Of course, none of us Pitt fans bought into this … but they must have.

    Face it. Neither should have been starting for an ACC team at 17. But even though both showed promise, neither lived up to expectations — especially theirs

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  61. I’m all for giving a coach enough time and believe strongly in continuity but… I wouldn’t waste anymore time on this Capel experiment.

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  62. Some heavy donors with Heather in a suite yesterday per the PG.

    I think Pat Gallagher was there. He is sick of Capel. If he pays the buyout he better demand Sean Miller is the next coach. Capel doesn’t even want to be here. Throwing the kids under the bus after saying late last season he was building brick by brick.

    Employing his brother was punitive to the program. Pitt sure knows how to find these clowns.

    The last two hires were punitive. We’re so lucky the portal giveth and taketh because you can add and be competitive immediately.

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      1. Damaged good? He’s 53 and ready to get back into coaching.

        And cheating is the name of the game in college sports, especially basketball. Time to use the NIL to get some players and excitement back to the Pete and be relevant in March. This garbage the last six seasons cannot make anyone happy, even the all-holiest of fans.

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          1. Then Pitt deserves Capel and these 11-21 seasons. And Jeff was cheating to get Efton Reid. LSU just paid more.

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    2. Not really. Capel lives in the portal. Look where that has gotten him. Speaks volumes about the leader.

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  65. Capel’s ONLY selling point to portal players. Playing with Hugely.

    All other coaches have to do is show Pitt’s record since Capel arrived.

    Is there another coach with a worse win percentage after that many years still employed? Not sure how to find that stat, but I doubt it.

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  67. Maybe I should explain myself?. . I double checked for a light at the end of the tunnel but saw nothing but darkness. No recruits next year, Hugley probably leaving via portal. < This is not continuity, Capel doesn’t look like the head coach to lead PITT to the light. I just haven’t seen the same qualities and promise out of Capel as I did in Narduzzi.

    Most of you didn’t know me when “the steve” was in charge. I wasn’t very nice and PITT like.

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  68. The people complaining about Pitt football before a game is even played, after the season we just had, have their own agendas and biases. Nothing more than that. Same complaints. Same comments. Nothing original. Just obsessive blabberingnmore than anything. We get it … You don’t like Duzz … You don’t like Heather … You didn’t like Dixon … You didn’t like Chryst … You don’t like Heinz … You don’t like the Pete … You don’t like balanced budgets … You don’t like the BOT … You don’t like the Chancellor … You don’t like steep hills … You don’t like bridges … You don’t like the uniforms … You don’t like sharing practice facilities with the Steelers … You don’t like visiting Pitt.

    I gave Narduzzi 4 years. I felt that was fair. Still not really a big fan but he came through. Took longer than it should have but he did it. He gets credit. He has to go do it again, though … but, I’ll let the team play a few games and give him the benefit of the doubt until I have a reason not to.

    Pitt not getting in preseason national rankings for next year has zero to do with a bowl game … A bowl game that moved MSU up one spot and Pitt down one spot in the overall rankings. That bowl game? The game that would have moved Pitt from #12 to #11? That one?

    It has everything to do with Pitt not having Kenny Pickett back. Pitt has 75% of its production returning so Duzz won’t have any excuses … but all the national media sees is Kenny Pickett is not there. That is all it is.

    Pitt, unlike most seasons, could quickly get into the top 25 with a win or two. They won’t have to “earn” a top 25 birth as much as they’ve had to in the past … but … but … but, they have to win a few to keep that recency bias … otherwise, nationally, SOP will come back with a quickness …

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    1. I am not a Duzz lover by any stretch but I think he’s built not just a team, but a program. That’s what I wanted! So we’ll see this upcoming year. Why be a “negative Nancy”til the year plays out!

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    2. Right on TT. It’s these maniacs and wannabe experts that call for their man to be hired and when they aren’t, they despise the next person who was hired no matter what and for eternity. You know, realists. 😉

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  69. I’ve made over 80 hires in my 52 years in business. Mostly sales or executive. One lesson I’ve learned no matter what the price, when you’ve made a bad hire, end it as quickly as possible. Every day you keep a bad hire adds incalculable damage to your company or team.

    Heather has to determine if Capel was a bad hire!

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    1. Dan, no executive likes to admit to a hiring mistake that costs the employer $12-15 million. It’s not good for career advancement..

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      1. Heather’s only choice is to keep Capel and “hope & pray” he turns the program into a winner.

        My eyes saw a HC yesterday who gave up on his team with 3 minutes to play in the 1st half against an ACC bottom dwelling team in BC. Felton had 4 timeouts in his pocket and he allowed BC to go on a 10-0 run with his players looking lost and out of sorts.

        After the game in his post-presser he seemed disconnected and threw his team under the bus by saying Pitt needs better players. Jeff Capel is currently the HC and CEO of Pitt men’s basketball – he is the reason Pitt does not have better players, but he doesn’t know that to be the case nor is he acknowledging that fact.

        Interesting mess that Heather has gotten herself into…

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        1. Thank you for saying “Heather has gotten herself into.” As many are not saying, she either know Capel’s baggage when she hired him or didn’t care. The red flags were there.

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  71. In another year, Sean Miller may be cleared of his cheating allegations. At least I choose to believe optimism over my lying eyes.. If Heather gives Capel one more year, it might actually be better overall for the long term prospects, and maybe Miller then steps in. However, if Capel gets to .500 and just maybe to a NIT bid, then he gets a couple more years. But his recruiting must improve with some high school players so that there is a foundation for the future. I believe he has one 2023 recruit so far. This is not an ideal scenario, but with Pitt BB I’ve given up on high expectations..

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    1. Next year will be worse than Stallings’ second year with Capel back. Players are going to leave and there is no one coming in. One recruit so far in the last two classes. That is incomprehensible to me.

      No transfers worth a hoot are coming to a sinking ship. Jeff and staff are not capable of fixing this and his post-game comments warrant being given a pink slip.

      I cannot wrap my head around blowouts in an empty Pete, which will make seven seasons and counting.

      Heather is in a tough spot. Her job will be in jeopardy if Capel is back and he has a worse season in year five than the guy she fired after year two. Add on the awful extension and there would be no defending her, despite being a blonde. Cut your losses and put your job on the line by making another hoops hire for the sake of the fans’ sanity.

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    2. Love your optimism, VOR. But the only way Capel achieves a .500 season next year is if he swaps all his players for all the Duke players. And even then I wouldn’t bet on it.

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  72. It would appear Pickett is moving down the draft board currently with Denver trading for Wilson from Seattle and Washington getting Wentz. Some are now predicting the Steelers just might get the chance to draft him. But knowing the Steelers they don’t much like drafting Pitt players. But IMO if Pickett played for PSU and played as well as he did for Pitt for PSU the Steelers would take him in a heartbeat.

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  73. To commemorate the end of two dreadful basketball seasons, I renewed my football season tickets today.

    Pitt Football – Best Drama in the Burgh…

    Go Pitt.

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  75. Sean Miller did not get a show clause. He can be hired now. There was some vague wording around other punishment but it would only be some games. The entire Out of conference schedule at worst. Like 10 games, maybe.

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    2. Not next year but the year after.

      There are currently no recruits joining the team next season and none from the transfer portal yet.

      My understanding is Capel has 5 weeks to snag two from the portal in order for them to be eligible to play, day one. If others jump to the portal, that increases the number Capel can snag.

      Go Pitt!

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  77. Marlin Barnes 6’10 forward former teammate of Hugley has committed to Pitt. So yes, we have one recruit.

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  78. My two cents on BB…

    I suggested Capel before Hurley said no and was happy about the hire – saw how he operated up close at VCU and have contacts in their Atheltic dept. He’s a good guy.

    But he’s not getting it done and I wouldn’t bet any of your next paychecks that he will.

    Im of the view that if he had the managerial courage to make staff changes, we would have seen that already. And we haven’t. Its not fun to fire people, but nobody bats 1.000 in hiring – even UPitt (and I bet Mark would acknowledge as much).

    Thought it was telling they played the Hokies close in the home and home series and got blown out in the second game. And then followed that up with a 3 game win steak and a limp to the end of the season.

    A really bad and desperate look to talk about the talent on his roster. The kids who stayed when all the crap was going down.

    He’s gotta go. If not now, its got to be that the big checkbooks are closed.

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  79. To clarify… Marlin Barnes is a 2023 recruit. There are no recruits right now for ‘22

    What the hey!! I say hire Sean Miller, Will Wade (who may be fired by the end of the week) and Orlando Antigua. Might as well go with Art Briles as PR Director

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  80. OT, Jordan Lockwood, VB player who entered the transfer portal a few weeks ago just announced her commitment to the Univ of Denver. Good luck to her for her final year of eligibility.

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  81. In the final analysis, an Athletic Director is evaluated by the success of his\her hired coaches. Heather has had mixed results so far. Narduzzi is probably a plus right now, but some minor sports such as ladies BB not so much. If she punts on Capel then she must get the next coach right, or it will be a significant stain on her career.

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    1. Heather did not hire Narduzzi, Pat was part of a team that hired Ms. Lyke.

      The softball hire was and continues to not be good as the program has taken a nosedive since the MAC coach took over.

      Baseball is a mixed bag with Bell who was never a HC. His team looked good in the 1st half of last season, but dropped like 10 of 12 to end the season. Last night they were down 3-0 after 5 innings to Point Park on Cost Field.

      The gymnastics coach seems to be winning and women’s lacrosse is competitive in their 1st season.

      Both Basketball coaches seem to be really bad. That is being nice 😊.

      Wrestling with Gavin is sort of a mixed bag. The team has a losing record in the ACC and finished this regular season with an overall 8-6 record (1-4 in the ACC). Individual wrestlers, he had 2 runner-ups for national championships last season that are trying to get back to that title match again in a few weeks. Recruiting hasn’t been great.

      Did I leave any HC’s out? The men’s soccer coach was hired by Barnes. I’m not sure on the women’s side, but if it was a HL hire, they have yet to make the NCAA tournament.

      Regarding men’s BB, I believe with the right HC, you can turn Pitt BB around fairly quickly.

      H2P!

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  82. So based on what you write Erie Express, Heather is not doing a good or maybe even average job at the 2nd most important function of her job hiring coaches.
    Gymnastics: Good
    Women’s lacrosse: Good
    Baseball: Trending down
    Softball: Bad
    Women’s basketball: Bad
    Men’s basketball: Horrible

    Of this list, men’s basketball counts at least 3x as much as the others.

    No wonder Michigan State took a look then said no thanks.

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    1. Right you are!

      Now, someone (I believe TT) pointed out that HL extended the Duzz contract and that in his (TT’s) opinion Heather is responsible for the results of Pat going forward.

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  84. Capel came to Pitt with the greatest endorsement – Coach K. Coach K sang and continues to sing his praises. That single endorsement blinded or was “good enough” for those that brought him to Pitt.

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