I find it troubling that we offered a scholarship to a guy that turned us down and chose Gannon!
Pitt may be looking around because Narduzzi was hired late.
Our talent evaluation process can be very hard to understand. Particularly at QB.
First, I don't think Ohio was recruiting him as a QB; I think he was being recruited as an athlete. Athletes in general are good to have, but hard to know how heavily they will be recruited because each coach that looks at them might picture them for a different position. I suspect Pitt/Narduzzi is looking at him as a Safety. Ohio has used high school QBs at a variety of positions, including WR (Dovell, Cope), Safety (kid from Beavercreek that ended up at OSU), Cornerback (J.Brown), and even tight end (Roback) and linebacker (Woseley).
As for him turning Ohio down, and accepting Gannon, I don't think that's quite what happened. I suspect his offer had a time limit, and he chose to wait to see if more "better" offers came in. His offer Ohio expired, and no others came in, so he accepted what he had left, Gannon.
That's why I highlighted this thread by bringing it back to to top of the forum, actually. We see one side of the recruiting game, often, the guy like DaVon Hamilton, that gives one verbal, then flips (and his case, flips, and flips...). This is the other side, the kid that gets an offer, but wants to wait, and in the game of recuiting/musical chairs, risks being left without a chair.
Edit - is visiting Pitt today
http://tinyurl.com/lswuhmxQuestion of the day: How will Pitt fans feel if Narduzzi steals a recruit from Division II Gannon?
Last Edited: 1/30/2015 4:04:03 PM by L.C.