Monday, June 22, 2009
T.J. Clemmings picks Pitt
This is the biggest get for the Panthers so far in the class of 2010. Clemmings is a 6'6 270 pound monster with very good speed. If you get the chance, go to Pantherlair and check out his highlight video, it is unreal.
The one thing that we have seen under Wannstedt is a very good defensive line. We are getting guys with very good speed and some nice size. Wanny has also done a good job of finding guys who were not the highest rated or recruited the hardest, but they come in an make an impact.
After only playing one year of organized football, Clemmings was able to pull in offers from schools like Florida and Notre Dame.
Right now he is only a 3 star, but I imagine if he continues to develop as expected and has a good senior season, we will see him get an extra boost in the recruiting rankings.
Also, I want you guys to check back later tonight as I will be posting something very exciting.
The one thing that we have seen under Wannstedt is a very good defensive line. We are getting guys with very good speed and some nice size. Wanny has also done a good job of finding guys who were not the highest rated or recruited the hardest, but they come in an make an impact.
After only playing one year of organized football, Clemmings was able to pull in offers from schools like Florida and Notre Dame.
Right now he is only a 3 star, but I imagine if he continues to develop as expected and has a good senior season, we will see him get an extra boost in the recruiting rankings.
Also, I want you guys to check back later tonight as I will be posting something very exciting.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Dieffenbach and Ricketts to PSU
Dieffenbach and Ricketts have made it official, they will be going to our rival school that is not our rival. This certainly hurts as only a few months ago, these two were almost Pitt locks, now they'll be heading to a school to our east.
Right now things are starting to look a bit shaky for our program. With Penn State playing well these last few years under a new offense and WVU continuing to recruit well, this could be disasterous for Pitt.
Sure it hurts losing these two and as we all know, losing two guys won't simply kill our program, but the thing that is hurting us is our main recruiting base. We said we needed to build that wall around Western Pennsylvania. By my last count we have now lost 7 top targets from the WPIAL and have 0 commitments from the area.
Some people are floating conspiracy theories that Gattuso is purposely undermining the team. Don't buy into that crap. This is the same guy that a few years ago people were screaming to make the defensive coordinator and looked at as a potential future head coach.
The reason that we're losing these targets is because we have only had 1 winning season under Coach Wannstedt, which ended terribly in our bowl game. Sadly more non-passionate sports fans will remember us losing 3-0 in one of the most boring bowl games in recent memore instead of remembering that we went 9-3. To add to the problem, our geographical rivals are all now moving to a spread type offense where players are more comfortable playing in. With the rise in popularity of the spread, more kids will want to stay with that system.
Like we said in the past, square peg, meet round hole.
Right now things are starting to look a bit shaky for our program. With Penn State playing well these last few years under a new offense and WVU continuing to recruit well, this could be disasterous for Pitt.
Sure it hurts losing these two and as we all know, losing two guys won't simply kill our program, but the thing that is hurting us is our main recruiting base. We said we needed to build that wall around Western Pennsylvania. By my last count we have now lost 7 top targets from the WPIAL and have 0 commitments from the area.
Some people are floating conspiracy theories that Gattuso is purposely undermining the team. Don't buy into that crap. This is the same guy that a few years ago people were screaming to make the defensive coordinator and looked at as a potential future head coach.
The reason that we're losing these targets is because we have only had 1 winning season under Coach Wannstedt, which ended terribly in our bowl game. Sadly more non-passionate sports fans will remember us losing 3-0 in one of the most boring bowl games in recent memore instead of remembering that we went 9-3. To add to the problem, our geographical rivals are all now moving to a spread type offense where players are more comfortable playing in. With the rise in popularity of the spread, more kids will want to stay with that system.
Like we said in the past, square peg, meet round hole.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Cat Basket on Twitter
I have decided to put us up on Twitter which should be fun. No we can follow Coach Wannstedt and you can follow us. It should be fun and I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you will mostly be talking to me and not DPJ. I will update periodically and try to get this thing going when we are on the big downtime for current news about the team.
Follow us and I will follow you. Somewhere in that crappy Sister Act movie Whoppi Goldberg is singing "I Will Follow Him" but that isn't about twitter.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Collins and Brytus
Conredge Collins has signed with the Tampa Bay Bucs. Initially there were some thoughts that he would end up with the evil empire known as the New England Patriots, but luckily he went to Tampa instead.
Despite the rumors, Dave Brytus did not sign with the Indianapolis Colts. A few hours ago he signed on with the Baltimore Ravens.
Congrats and good luck to both. Hopefully Conor Lee will find a place and get a shot at the NFL.
Despite the rumors, Dave Brytus did not sign with the Indianapolis Colts. A few hours ago he signed on with the Baltimore Ravens.
Congrats and good luck to both. Hopefully Conor Lee will find a place and get a shot at the NFL.
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