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Does this not make sense to anyone but me??

Post by Kosty » Tue Apr 08, 2003 12:09 pm

Why would Prosser leave an up-and-coming Wake team with one of the best recruiting classes in the country to go to Pitt????

PITTSBURGH -- Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser reportedly has emerged as the No. 1 choice to replace Ben Howland at Pittsburgh.

A source familiar with Pittsburgh's search indicated that the two parties are very close to an agreement, the the Post Gazette reported in Tuesday's editions.

The source told the newspaper that there are still some details to work out. If everything falls into place, Prosser, a Pittsburgh native, could be announced as the Panthers' new coach by the end of this week.
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Post by obg » Tue Apr 08, 2003 12:21 pm

Could be geography, more likely money. :wink:
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Post by MullinsManiac » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:21 pm

Pitt would offer more than Wake????? That's hard to believe :shock:
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Post by Old Cage » Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:40 pm

The Lou Pinella syndrome.

"Daylight come and me wanna go home."
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Post by Quinn » Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:08 pm

Pitt can offer about 1 million per year. Howlands contract could have been 1.1 this year there had he stayed.

Good for Skip if it happens and his motive is to go back home. But he's a fool to leave that Wake team. They're gonna be nasty next season. Somebody is gonna make their career by taking over that job.
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Post by Orange Julius » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:30 pm

It could be that he knows he'll always be 4th on the list in NC behind Duke, UNC and NC State. Pitt, according to people that have been there, has one of the best on campus facilties in the country. He is from Pitt and reportedly loves the city. At worst it is a lateral move. Wake has a great recruiting class coming in but Pitt does too. I really don't see the downside here - especially if UNC hires a top coach. It'll always be UNC and Duke and the rest.
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Post by John Tate » Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:20 am

Pitt is an upgrade from Wake both in stature and in $$$! Pitt will be in the top 2-3 teams in the BE for the next five years while Wake will always be second tier behind Duke, UNC, and Maryland!

Go UMass!
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Who goes to wake?

Post by philosopher » Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:57 pm

Maybe Ralph Willard. Get him out of Massachusetts!
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Post by Rocks22 » Wed Apr 09, 2003 7:17 pm

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Pitt will definitely not rehire Ralph Willard.
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Post by Beerdoctor » Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:40 pm

i'm going out on a limb here: pitt will not be among the top 2 or 3 teams in be for the next 5 yrs.
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