My 2 cents:
Maybe I missed something, BUT I don't think any prior posters talked about the talent level of players that PC inherited! BIG CHANGE from the Ed apologist line of thought. Heck we heard about the talent level Ed inherited for 7 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        For that, I would give PC an A+ for changing the PSU fan thought culture!          

As for evaluating PC, I say it's too early. His teams were over matched the last 2 seasons! I want to see how the 2013 new recruits play in the college setting.
On paper Thorpe and John Johnson were nice recruiting wins! 

Maybe some people are missing my point......................~itt plays mostly OOC cupcakes ....at home...................and yeah they always seem to make the NCAA and to get a decent seed. SO...........................Dixon is grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat at scheduling.

Signed,
Cupcake Man

This thread should be locked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        

Quote from: tundra on May 16, 2013, 02:19:20 PM

Quote from: Tom on May 16, 2013, 10:21:10 AM

Quote from: tjb on May 16, 2013, 06:56:03 AM

This is only a problem on the recruiting trail. O'Brien is right to answer it forcefully. There's also PR value in BOB being the one to answer: He was not being implicated - it was the AD. Joyner would come off as just being defensive.

But doesn't trotting the football coach in front of the media while the AD hides behind prepared statements help assert the claim that football still has too much power

NO.......................it means something different.  Not hard to figure out!

What's it mean?  That PSU isn't comfortable putting Joyner in front of the media?

Come on Tom...................If you owned PSU, who would you put in front of the media?   

Quote from: Craftsy21 on May 16, 2013, 10:48:19 AM

Earth to psuhoops.com members - 15ppg players are rare around here.  The vast majority of guys we recruit will never reach that level of productivity.  We lose one and it's a HUGE deal.

I think that you're missing that one of the reasons that Marshall scored that many points per game is that we had a huge shortage of scorers.  He had a KenPom offensive rating of 98.3 which put him 55th out of 75 players in the Big Ten.  He shot 39% from the field.  However, we sorely needed him because we didn't have enough other guys that could score (and thus Jermaine shot/scored a lot more than he should have).  This year, we'll have a lot more scoring punch.  I personally think we'll miss him more at the defensive end than the offensive end.  I think that someone else in this thread called him a "volume scorer", and I agree completely.  It sucks that he's leaving, and I really wish that we had him again next year.  However, luckily we do have some depth at guard and his leaving won't have the same type of impact on us as Tim's injury had this past year (when we didn't have any depth behind him).  And yes, I'd say all of that to his mother at the Tavern (along with telling her how much I enjoyed watching her son play, how much I respect his decision, and how I'll really be rooting for him in the future).

And no offense to Akosa/Jack, but Johnson/Thorpe are a lot more ready to contribute this year than those two guys were this past season.

I believe Marshall was FAR BETTER than the 55th best offensive player in the league!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Marshall hinted at this a long time ago and Chambers "oversigned".  Hmmm....

It's definitely a loss but I see it as a bigger loss on the defensive side of the ball.  He played good D and was good for a steal or two per game, along with some boards.  I think offensively we'll be ok with the addition of JJ and Thorpe.  Woodward could steal minutes if he can knock down some 3's.

Agree with the bold.  If I had to guess, maybe Marshall may have wanted to see his spring grades to make sure everything was in place to graduate in the summer.
I don't believe John Johnson would have committed to PSU if he thought he would be sitting on the bench very much!   

One more hoop transfer!
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/4008774-74/dixon-game-moore#axzz2TIWWiyb7

That's 4 transfers in addition to Adams since early last season. I will take credit for "calling it." I felt that they had 12 players who could make a valid argument that they should be a starter. That is too many. I would not be surprised if there is another transfer.
Looks like Moore was set to be a starter next year. VERY athletic player.
 
P.S. Some ~itters seem to believe Jeter will end up there. But, I haven't seen any confirmation.