When can players actually commit and send in their loi's?
I'm not counting him out until his name is on the dotted line.
I'm not counting him out until his name is on the dotted line.
Bryce Golden - Butler commit
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Agree Mo, no way our staff didn't do all they could to get Grant's bro. Bryce made the choice 9 out of 10 of us would have made at 17 years old. Like I said before, great family and very glad we have Grant for 4 years.
sorry to hear mom say that some are implying this has anything to do with the boys' bond. their bond is why we had a real chance. I don't see other A10 schools on his list.
nothing wrong with Pitt. nice city, great conference, and good school. I just wish he was coming here. I think he's a difference maker, and it's hard to find one with size at our level.
I'm not holding out any hope. we have to move on. both schools really wanted him, so they'd wait a long time. there was no reason for Bryce to commit this early unless he was sure. he's sure, obviously.
nothing wrong with Pitt. nice city, great conference, and good school. I just wish he was coming here. I think he's a difference maker, and it's hard to find one with size at our level.
I'm not holding out any hope. we have to move on. both schools really wanted him, so they'd wait a long time. there was no reason for Bryce to commit this early unless he was sure. he's sure, obviously.
Of course we should be recruiting the best possible players and we are. We just seem to not get those guys the vast majority of the time. The Buck, Nick class was a pleasant surprise and anomaly for the past 6 years, including this years class.
If we want to win at the Dayton or Vcu level we need to recruit classes like last years every year. If we are cool with being a fringe NIT program than we can keep doing what we have been for 5 of the last 6 years.
I'm far from an insider so take this with a grain of salt. But publically it often appears that there is too large of a gap between option A and option B. Hopefully that is changing.
You probably do know why, the reasons abound: more rigid academics, lower profile school/program, theoretically less interesting style of play, perceived/real weakness in our coaches' ability to close, or a dubious show of post-season presence. We have debated the validity of these reasons ad nauseum, but as pointed out previously, sometimes a guy just feels at home elsewhere.
If we never got a recruiting win over a P5 school, I'd succumb to the frustration but CM has some recruiting wins. Probably not as many as many of us would like. But I don't fault him when we lose a 4* guy, at least he's not settling.
Just a reminder ….. Hope Bryce does well.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ll-vanderbilt-commodores/stories/201701260079
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ll-vanderbilt-commodores/stories/201701260079
Very nice interview, and some great highlights for Bryce. It was also nice to see Grant in the clip, commenting that he was a "proud older brother."
Would have loved to have them both in Spider uniforms, but Spider fans are going to really enjoy watching Grant play in the RC. If things do not work out as hoped for Bryce, maybe he will consider transferring, but I hope both brothers end up very happy with their college choices. .
Would have loved to have them both in Spider uniforms, but Spider fans are going to really enjoy watching Grant play in the RC. If things do not work out as hoped for Bryce, maybe he will consider transferring, but I hope both brothers end up very happy with their college choices. .
It was also understood that he was on thin ice, so jumping to another job (especially his alma mater) was a pretty good decision on his part.
?????.Dixon won 73% of his games at Pitt.He is an alumnus of TCU.
He left Pitt VERY VOLUNARILY.Jamie's TCU team made us look like a JV team in the NIT Quarterfinals and easily took the NIT crown at MSG.They will be a top 25 team in '17-'18.
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You can get exposure as an undergrad though. Pitt has an undergrad program in rehab science that specifically prepares students for PT school, among other specialties.
My bad. But weren't the fans getting tired of him. Seems like on the articles I saw they weren't sad to see him go.
Dixons seat was definitely heating up, although perhaps unfairly so. They missed the tournament in maybe 2 of his last five seasons and hadn't done that well prior when in it iirc. I think folks kind of sensed he was trying to get out before he was forced out, but who knows how real that scenario actually was.
The opinion of the local Pittsburg columnist:
Pitt mailbag: Will Kevin Stallings be fired?
Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
CRAIG MEYER
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
cmeyer@post-gazette.com
MAR 2, 2018
12:00 PM
Each week during the 2017-18 season, Craig Meyer, the Post-Gazette’s Pitt basketball writer, will answer fan and reader questions about the Panthers. And some other stuff, too.
If you want to submit a question, you can email Craig at cmeyer@post-gazette.com or hit him up on Twitter @CraigMeyerPG.
Craig: It’s incredibly unusual for a school to fire a coach before they’ve reached their third season, but given the circumstances — the winless ACC record, the sea of empty seats in Petersen Events Center and an athletic director who did not hire him — I don’t believe that Kevin Stallings will be Pitt’s coach next season.
Pitt mailbag: Will Kevin Stallings be fired?
Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
CRAIG MEYER
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
cmeyer@post-gazette.com
MAR 2, 2018
12:00 PM
Each week during the 2017-18 season, Craig Meyer, the Post-Gazette’s Pitt basketball writer, will answer fan and reader questions about the Panthers. And some other stuff, too.
If you want to submit a question, you can email Craig at cmeyer@post-gazette.com or hit him up on Twitter @CraigMeyerPG.
Craig: It’s incredibly unusual for a school to fire a coach before they’ve reached their third season, but given the circumstances — the winless ACC record, the sea of empty seats in Petersen Events Center and an athletic director who did not hire him — I don’t believe that Kevin Stallings will be Pitt’s coach next season.
During the pregame for one of the early games yesterday the hosts all ganged up on Barkley for losing in the first round to the Spiders. Barkley mentioned Johnny Newman and coach Tarrant. Was at that game and can remember several times when Barkley was running full steam on a fast break and Spider players smartly got out of his way.
Watch Bryce in these highlightsof the MAC championship; sure could use his skillset!
https://dmvstream.com/2018/02/25/dmv-reel-saint-james-defeats-flint-hill-mac-championship/
https://dmvstream.com/2018/02/25/dmv-reel-saint-james-defeats-flint-hill-mac-championship/
My best memory of that game is with a few seconds remaining and our lead at 3 Barkley thundered down the court at full speed and Bill Flye stepped aside as Barley took it to the hoop for 2 points.
I remember Bill Flye stepping aside, and Kelvin Johnson actually ducked and covered his head as Sir Charles threw down the dunk.
Yes, this is a very good player, like his brother. Mooney's got a lot on his side in this one. This is his chance to beat out the big boys, and there will be big boys in on Bryce.
Which of these have an opening next season?
https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Bryce-Golden-94677/RecruitInterests
Right, I am just trying to see who is going to approach him, a lot of new P5s or some of the old ones before he committed to Pitt...
Probably August 20th, so he can start classes.
I’m hoping he has an idea what he wants to do and decides before a lot more transfers happen across the country.
I believe April 11th is the first day he can make any decision official.
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