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Farrell Files: Final 2023 ACC Recruiting Rankings
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Based on the success of the past two seasons, Pitt’s ’23 recruiting class should be in the top-2. Hence, it’s difficult to comprehend why the Pitt coaches have been so badly out-flanked in the ACC. Behind Virginia Tech even 🙁
Then again, based on the success of the past two seasons, apparently ACC recruiting rankings aren’t a very reliable indicator for success. Although too lazy to verify, I’m sure that Pitt is rarely, if ever, near the top of the conference in recruiting and yet as everyone probably knows, only Clemson has more ACC wins during the Narduzzi era.
I am happy for PN to sort of lose at the recruiting game but continue to win on the field where it really matters. Pitt can sell real results and success if a kid is hungry and wants to work for it. What better could you ask for honestly?
A consistent Top-10 team is my wish but nearly impossible to achieve if the plan is to maximize the abilities of primarily 2 and 3-star level recruits.
It’s disappointing that PN can’t seem to capitalize on his teams recent success. I get that he’s had success from time to time coaching kids up, but there is not reason he shouldn’t be able to land elite QBs and WRs.
H2P.
Doesn’t matter how far away they come from. To paraphrase Lombardi ” It’s important how well they block and tackle.” PN recruited an elite QB – and you see where that got us. Recruiting is a crap shoot. The recruits are stars against a lot of kids that will never play in college. PN and staff must simply keep developing the players they do have and let the results speak for themselves. If they opt to go somewhere else with their 4 or 5 star rating and ride the bench with a bunch of others, that’s their decision.
In todays transfer era, it’s less important to get top recruiting classes, but recruiting is still very important.
Unless Pitt gets an on campus stadium or hires Deion sanders, top 25 recruiting classes won’t be likely.
Understanding how hard recruiting at Pitt is, makes the job narduzzi has done all the more impressive.
H2P
These ranking do not include transfers. We are much higher if the transfers are included.
H2P!
Uh, no, we probably aren’t.
Giving out star-rankings to 16 year old football players is the second-least accurate exercise in sports (behind only ranking baseball farm systems where the Pirates …well you know that story). Beyond the elite athletes at the very top of the pile, who are never coming to Pitt anyway, it’s a crapshoot. For a school like Pitt, depth and retention are the keys. If you can bring solid players in and redshirt them behind capable players, you give them a chance to show their ‘want-to’, something stars can’t assess. When their time comes, they’re more than capable. Pitt is sending six… Read more »
Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Clemson… would disagree with you if the goal is to have a consistent top-10 team. Talent is talent. It does take a skilled coach though to manage and discipline the prima donna’s well.