Chris Mack to Louisville/Jeff Capel to Pitt

[SoulController]

Jeff Goodman‏Verified account @GoodmanESPN 46m46 minutes ago
Louisville has agreed to a 7-year deal with Xavier’s Chris Mack worth about $4 million per season, sources told ESPN.



Capel agreed to terms this morning

 

[Tim2520]

I'm surprised Capel would that job. He's in for an uphill battle, Pitt basketball is in the dumpster right now and I'm not sure they can make it out

 

[Never Broke Again]

The money being thrown at these coaches

 

[mastermind]

Considering the success UVa has in the ACC, tehre is no reason for Pitt to not be a better program.

 

[SoulController]

I'm surprised Capel would that job. He's in for an uphill battle Pitt basketball is in the dumpster right now and I'm not sure they can make it out

same, hes pretty much the best recruiter in the game. its no secret he lands most of Duke's high profile guys.

its a gig that gets support, i mean Pitt cares about athletics but man it really went down after Dixon left. not a hotbed in terms of location, this is a 10/10 difficulty rating

 

[Pure Water]

Hope he takes his wack ass recruits with him.

 

[Dame Dash's Motor Oil]

Doubt Duke's recruiting will take a hit, Jon Scheyer will just slide into Capel's role. The real lead recruiter is Nike anyway, so it doesn't matter...

 

[Remote]

The money being thrown at these coaches

Can’t pay the players.
Where will the money come from?

 

[Rekkapryde]

same, hes pretty much the best recruiter in the game. its no secret he lands most of Duke's high profile guys.

its a gig that gets support, i mean Pitt cares about athletics but man it really went down after Dixon left. not a hotbed in terms of location, this is a 10/10 difficulty rating

Pitt is within a 300 mile radius of Detroit, Cleveland, Philly, NYC, DC, Tidewater Area, BMore, Jersey

Recruiting won't be the issue IMO

 

[#1 pick]

Doubt Duke's recruiting will take a hit, Jon Scheyer will just slide into Capel's role. The real lead recruiter is Nike anyway, so it doesn't matter...

Naw, Capel was that dude but he rub a lot of colleges off the wrong way at OU.

 

[Never Broke Again]

Pitt is within a 300 mile radius of Detroit, Cleveland, Philly, NYC, DC, Tidewater Area, BMore, Jersey

Recruiting won't be the issue IMO

And its urban campus with bankroll

Recruits will go if you have the coach

 

[SoulController]

Pitt is within a 300 mile radius of Detroit, Cleveland, Philly, NYC, DC, Tidewater Area, BMore, Jersey

Recruiting won't be the issue IMO

might be right, Willard is keeping some Jersey guys home @ Seton Hall hope that continues. Jay Wright gets 1st dibs but theres only so many guys hes going to snag

UVA has to start getting some higher profile guys, right? or are these kids waiting to see Mr. Bennett make deeper runs

 

[cheapshot]

Pitt is a mess now, but it could be a decent gig. He's a higher profile coach than I expected them to end up with. They ran Dixon out of town for Stallings and Dixon kept them relevant for years. On top of that, they fired Stallings after his second year. Going winless in the conference doesn't give you any job security, but that paired with Dixon's treatment doesn't make the job very attractive.

 

[Tim2520]

UVA has to start getting some higher profile guys, right? or are these kids waiting to see Mr. Bennett make deeper runs

I don't think the elite kids want to play in that system. If I'm one of the guys looking to be one and done I'm not even considering them

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Considering the success UVa has in the ACC, tehre is no reason for Pitt to not be a better program.

pitt basketball never really recruited outside of the tri state area and still never got adjusted to the acc and still hasn’t expanded their recruiting outside of that area, blame Dixon.

I think capel could get them going in the right direction but it’s gonna take some time.