Pitt fires Kevin Stallings / hires Jeff Capel

[LaggyJon]

That is a home run for Pitt.

Pitt did about the best they could do considering the state of their program.

I know. I'm pretty disappointed. I was optimistic that DIII coaches would be turning them down soon. Oh well.

 

[orangedave]

Jeff Capels leaves Duke to take top job at Pitt.

Pittsburgh hiring away Jeff Capel potentially has major ramifications for Duke

Kind of like Hop leaving SU except Hop didn't go to a dumpster fire.

 

[Madbiker]

Crap. Just what we don't need. Caples recruiting good players to Pitt.

 

[sufandu]

What's with all the hand wringing about recruiting against Capels? Don't we have the HOF coach?

 

[Shark58]

a couple of kids are coming back now too

 

[JeremyCuse]

Let tbe payments begin!!!!

Dilly Dilly!

Some players "mom" is about to get a sweet local job for four years. Maybe that job Elton Brands mom got is still available.

 

[AZOrange]

Crap. Just what we don't need. Caples recruiting good players to Pitt.

That dude can’t coach to save his life though

 

[SU94]

That dude can’t coach to save his life though

With some help from Blake G., he swept a pretty good Syracuse squad right out of the 2009 NCAA Tourney. Game was not close. Lost by 13, score was worse than that.

 

[SUOrangeSU]

With some help from Blake G., he swept a pretty good Syracuse squad right out of the 2009 NCAA Tourney. Game was not close. Lost by 13, score was worse than that.

Some help?!? He was as dominate or even more than Bagley

 

[721Comstock]

Crap. Just what we don't need. Caples recruiting good players to Pitt.

He can "recruit" good players (when the gym bags are being delivered on time), but he's never really been that great at coaching them.

Kinda like Sean Miller Lite.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Wasn't Caple the one coordinating money to the kids families from a few high net worth Duke boosters. If so this could work out great for us. Pitt is a dumpster fire and I don't think he can get them back to being good. If he does it will take multiple years. If it slows down the Duke recruiting train I'm all for it.

 

[LAOrange]

We thinking K goes in-house like Nolan Smith as the new assistant coach or goes outside hire?

Paulus

 

[HOFCeluck]

With some help from Blake G., he swept a pretty good Syracuse squad right out of the 2009 NCAA Tourney. Game was not close. Lost by 13, score was worse than that.

His record post Griffin is an abomination.

 

[PeteCalvin]

What are the odds he pulls in a Mickey D in his first true recruiting class (2019)?

That will be a good barometer on whether or not the $$$ train has pulled into Pittsburgh.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Speaking of Paulus, wonder if this opens the door for him to return to Duke as an Assistant.

 

[NKR1978]

I’d be livid if I was Pitt.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Jeff Capels leaves Duke to take top job at Pitt.

Pittsburgh hiring away Jeff Capel potentially has major ramifications for Duke

Kind of like Hop leaving SU except Hop didn't go to a dumpster fire.

Hop did go to a dumpster fire they had 22 losses last year

 

[Orangezoo]

Chapel had some shady dealings at OU too I thought. First Sampson then Capel.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Chapel had some shady dealings at OU too I thought. First Sampson then Capel.

Yes. Yes he did.

 

[shandeezy7]

Still an opening there though, right?

 

[Briancuse]

Good we can get back to Pitt flaming out in the ncaa tourney again.

 

[realorange]

Jeff Capels leaves Duke to take top job at Pitt.

Pittsburgh hiring away Jeff Capel potentially has major ramifications for Duke

Kind of like Hop leaving SU except Hop didn't go to a dumpster fire.

He might not have gone to a dumpster fire, but he may have gone to the second hand store.

 

[cuseinseattle]

With some help from Blake G., he swept a pretty good Syracuse squad right out of the 2009 NCAA Tourney. Game was not close. Lost by 13, score was worse than that.

He had a guard who shot 32% from 3 hit 6 against us.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Still an opening there though, right?

 

[Briancuse]

According to the Pitt message board they just hired john wooden.