Interested to see how the next few years will pan out….will our new athletes take us to the top of the Big East and a yearly top 10 program or will this program still be mired in the 30-40s for division 1A?

I would probably agree that WVU can’t outrecruit Pitt but then again they don’t need to because they can outcoach us.

Let’s leave the jury out on WVU being able to out coach us for a couple years. WVU’s coaching staff does pretty well with the talent they have – and are good at getting the best out of their players, but DW has done a good job coaching also. He has turned this program around in some ways that might be more important that just wins & losses… local stars wanting to play here & local HS coaches feeling part of the future of PITT, team cohesion, general PITT pride, etc. As far as his X & O coaching goes, I don’t presume to know the intricacies of game planning, but have to say that he has used Palko in a way that makes him more efficient than Harris ever did, and our line play – thought to be a negative on both sides of the ball, has been coached into one of our strengths. And, we are getting quality college level play out of a lot of true freshmen and redshirted freshman – that’s the result of putting people when they can do the most good, and letting the play up to their abilities.

Not to take anything away from WVU, but PITT coaching is strong in its own right.

I see a very healthy coaching situation at Pitt. There appears to be a real leader at the top who is growing his assistant coaches. Every coach is getting better. They are confident and running their business. The X and O’s are actually getting real interesting. As is the game philosophy. They appear to be having fun. From a management perspective, it looks real good to me. The players are picking up on it and seem fully engaged. We all need to stop
knocking the coaches and go get four other fans out to the games.