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FlotownDawg

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That would be a very strange, very underwhelming hire. I can't imagine Pitt fans would be excited about that. Stallings is the definition of meh.
 
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It is interesting to compare his tenure at Vandy to Stansbury's at MSU: Stallings had 7 NCAA appearances in 17 years compared to 6 in 14 for Stans. Stansbury has a higher winning percentage both overall and in SEC play. However, Stallings made two sweet sixteens. Stansbury arguably had the tougher job. The larger take away, however, is that successful coaches, if they are at a school long enough, will eventually wear out their welcome. It will be interesting to see what happens to Vandy. i would not be at all surprised with a transitional period of several years.
 
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Philly Dawg said:
It is interesting to compare his tenure at Vandy to Stansbury's at MSU: Stallings had 7 NCAA appearances in 17 years compared to 6 in 14 for Stans. Stansbury has a higher winning percentage both overall and in SEC play. However, Stallings made two sweet sixteens. Stansbury arguably had the tougher job. The larger take away, however, is that successful coaches, if they are at a school long enough, will eventually wear out their welcome. It will be interesting to see what happens to Vandy. i would not be at all surprised with a transitional period of several years.
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I think they go the same route that Foley did at Florida and go young up-and-comer with Will Wade.
 
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patdog

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To take the analogy a bit further, is Pitt Stallings' Clemson? The school that offered him a job when he had just about, but not quite, worn out his welcome? Stansbury should have taken that job.
 
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patdog

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A friend and former co-worker of mine had something similar happen. Left one firm and went to work for another. 6 months later, the 2 firms merged.
 
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Philly Dawg said:
Stansbury has a higher winning percentage both overall and in SEC play.
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Stans had a 11-7 (61%) record head to head against Stallings and had a 5 game winning streak from 2001-2006. Meanwhile, Stans was handicapped under the penny-pincher LT for almost half his tenure. Stallings had huge support at Vandy.
 
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Lawdawg said:
A player whose transfer to Pitt he blocked.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/pittsburgh-coach-kevin-stallings-sheldon-jeter-transfer
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Oh, this is going to be fun to watch next year! Stallings doesn't give Jeter a release to go to Pitt. Jeter has to pay his own way to Polk State JC .. transfers to Pitt .. and his NEW coach is going to be Stallings. We thought the player-coach dynamic was an issue with Stans.

Liked these quotes .."Jeter sent out a cryptic tweet Saturday night when Stallings emerged as the reported favorite to land the Pitt job."

"The question is why would the Pitt administration hire a coach who had such a poor relationship with a key player?"
 
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