Chas you shoulda fried that little bastard up after you caught him. Squirrel appetizer. Mmmmmmm!!!!

That Rockports and Fanta Sponsorship is struggling. I’m sure Heather will give out fake awards and get court time.

I love the Quilt. That took a lot of time. Worry not Pitt will change things 4 more times over next 6 years. Colors uniforms script block letters.

Go Huskies, beat psuX

Tough game for the young players and Pitt fans. Not so sure how tough it was for KS.

A long ACC season awaits…

Attendance and Decisions:

Let’s say we average 4k fans for 20 home games this year. At an average cost of $25 per ticket, the gate receipts alone would be $2M (4000 x 20 x 25).

If we sell out the Pete which means 12,500 fans for the same 20 games at $25 per ticket, the gate receipts would total $6.25M. Your opportunity loss is $4.25M on gate receipts only per year. This is the second year of dismal gate performance and on court performance. I am not even adding concessions and parking revenue, etc.

Can the coach now and bring in a big name that can recruit and win. The opportunity loss is something Pitt cannot recover from. They will never have another chance to sell out the Miami game today. They lost money just on head coach and assistant coach salaries today. (gate receipts 125k. coaches salaries prorated…over 125k per contest). The AD could have paid $6M buyout last year and brought in a superstar and we would be on our way.

Pitt cannot afford to continue this economic slide. There is not one player on the team that a casual fan would pay to go see. There is no excitement around the program (coaches or kids). It is not the kids fault. They are trying hard.

All said, make a financial decision Administration. Do the math.

Pretty AMAZING for a Guy who according to many here couldn’t speak, dress or recruit… let alone coach football.

Alvarez would have won 13 games against that Wisc. schedule.

“The Badgers have yet to face a Power Five conference team among the top 50 nationally in total offense, and half of their opponents this season currently rank outside the top 100 FBS teams in that category.”

That was before Ohio State … L … Miami was ranked #60 and was overrated all season. Not Wisc’s fault how the schedule shaped up but extremely weak. They have to replace 6 seniors on defense next season. Next season will be Chryst’s transition year.

Guessing a few of these guys will transfer after this year, but Stallings is giving them a good look.

I don’t see them getting an ACC win this year so I really appreciate the fans that show up to root for these kids.

On a good team every one of these freshmen would redshirt, they really are not ready for prime time.

It was boys against men yesterday, and it will be that way in every ACC game. Not sure why anyone would expect anything else.

Has anyone checked the progress of all the Dixon talent that transfered out? Maybe Cam is the only legitimate guy that went, all others were extremely questionable players.

Stallings stepped into a bad situation and it’s going to take a few recruiting classes to complete, they have improved as the season has progressed but they don’t have enough players yet.

Too bad we judge and hurl personal insults without understanding the situation or maybe some posters missed their call in life and should be Athletic Directors or college coaches themselves due to their profound understanding of college athletics and the game.

Give the guy another season to bring in some players because if look at who was here prior, there was very little talent to compete in games like these.

Then

“maybe some posters missed their call in life and should be Athletic Directors or college coaches themselves due to their profound understanding of college athletics and the game.”

Cognitive dissonance.

Stallings willingly stepped into a seemingly good situation and bungled it last year. He apparently had a reasonably competent point guard in Milligan in 2016-2017 that he wouldn’t play. Milligan seemingly would have been fine playing with talent like Artis, Young, Johnson, Jeter, Jones and Luther (the six returning top scorers from the previous season). Instead Stallings chose to play Artis in the PG role. Stallings willingly recruited Dixon’s last class although all three had reopened their recruitments after Dixon left. Stallings had recruited Kithcart at Vanderbilt. Stallings didn’t use the remaining open scholarship last year. The timing of the coaching change apparently was not an issue last year as Stallings filled at least 6 scholarships this year after April including Davis and Stewart. Stallings should be fully accountable for everything that has happened in the Pitt program since April 1, 2016.

That is the business piece of the deal. Feel free to rip apart my math or the business case for not replacing the coach and I would gladly listen.

@Barvo – Some may have missed their calling and some may be tied into P5 programs a lot more closely than you know. Hard to tell on an internet blog. Some arguments make great sense if you actually consider them.