Just saw this posted on Pitt’s twitter. Another good schedule for Galli.
Interesting non-league games in 2019/2020 season
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Wooster is terrible. Maybe junior class is average but not sure why either team took the game. Pitt might as well send its JV team to play Wooster varsity. The rest of the schedule is nice.
Pitt always has the kids to do the job, but they don't know how to step up what they have to make Pitt the power house it should be.
If the Kids would produce what they are capable of, DLS would have been whipped long ago.
I think their issues start with the staff, program, and stands. Sure the kids play the game but accountability and leadership doesn’t seem to be a premium over there.
TRUTHHERTZ......I think what you said about accountability and leadership makes good sense...For years, Pitt has produced many good teams only t6o be shut down by DLS….Galli and the gang have got to find ways to get these teams to come alive. Or maybe its time for a change????
Are you guys serious. That staff has done a tremendous job considering the things those are faced with. At DLS they can roll in and coach football, at Pitt it goes way beyond that. Football is a game and those kids graduate. I’d like to see you guys go in there and run that program.
Very true. Outside of Mcclymonds I don’t know a school in the Bay Area that has had more kids go on to play at the next level as Pittsburg has. I’d venture to say that the four guys they had sign already this year would’ve had more accolades had they not lost Turner midseason.
But if everyone looks at who they’ve been “underachieving” against, people would probably change their tune. Simba Webster, Ronnie Rivers, Joe Mixon, Najee Harris, Narbonne, Centennial and De La Salle. Won some, lost some. That’s with injuries at quarterback seemingly every year. Galli has been in the mix for top 3 team in the NCS nearly every year he’s been there for almost two decades. Folks need to chill. Galli has built a powerhouse program and deserves more credit than ridicule.
But that’s the cool part about this site. Gather opinions and bounce them off of each other.
Ummmm, everyone in Norcal has been shut down by DLS. Hahahaha.
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I was going to agree with you both, but I thought it said Folsom at first. Glass is half empty approach I guess. They’re always in the mix under Galli and his staff. All while playing one of the toughest schedules every year the past five years in Northern California. You guys talk like they are Freedom under Hartwig or Deer Valley under Woods or Antioch under Lucido.
Definitely looks like a break in the middle of a tough nonleague schedule. Probably has to do with losing a Senior heavy team.
I get the stuff in addition to football that you’re alluding to, just seems that as good as Pitt has been over the years they could be even better.They still seem to have the potential to be even better. I’ve followed them for a number of years, my cousins son played for them and graduated in 2018.I go to about 4-5 games a year. Just the impression I get watching this program.
Placer 2019 Non League schedule
@ Eureka week 0
Vs Cardinal Newman week 2
Vs Bishop O'Dowd week 5
@ Eureka week 0
Vs Cardinal Newman week 2
Vs Bishop O'Dowd week 5
I'm not one to get excited about HS football with basketball playoffs and baseball still to come, but that Menlo-Atherton at Serra game will be awesome. M-A's got a ton of strong linemen, which is usually where teams get beat up against the WCAL. That should give Troy Franklin room to do his thing. If you haven't had a chance to watch him, do so while you get the chance!
Looking at all the schedules on this thread Bishop O Dowd looks to have a solid schedule. They got Pitt, Las Lomas & Placer with possibly DLS & St Mary’s Stockton carried over from last year
Interesting. Well, I guess if never beating De La Salle but still getting a bunch of kids to college because you run a top program isn’t good, than I guess there’s no pleasing you all. tisk tisk.
Wonder, what does that say about Serra, St. Mary’s Stockton, Mitty, San Ramon, Monte Vista, Cal, Vacaville, and the entire BVAL. All teams they’ve beaten the past 9 years, some quite decisevly. And Galli has owned the BVAL his entire tenure outside of three or four of his 15 plus years.
I guess they needed to beat Folsom (eye roll). Or maybe play in D2 playoffs for 5 years (eye roll) to make you happy. Yes they should’ve done better last year. Maybe if they don’t lose their quarterback they do better. Either way, they still lose to DLS just like the entire Norcal. Outside of your presumptive analysis probably based on them having more Black student athletes than De La Salle, why should they have beaten them by now exactly? I know they’ve never had the offensive weapons that Folsom has had. The Folsom team that was shut out this year and annhialted the other years they played DLS.
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This post, to me, demonstrates a problem that a lot of NorCal people have. They see NorCal teams and the same NorCal teams every year. Then, when they play teams from out of the area, there is a little bit of a shock.
When I saw Pitt play Corona Centennial last year, suddenly, the losses to Clayton Valley and Narbonne finally made perfect sense. It was very clear that there was a rather large coaching gap between the Pirates and the Huskies. It was clear that Centennial made adjustments and Pitt made very few. It was clear that Pitt's game plan was to be stronger than their opponents and physically move them out of the way. When that plan fails, there isn't much of a plan B. The actual talent gap on the field wasn't very big at all, but there was a significant coaching gap.
As to your point about the other NorCal teams... St. Mary's has had a halftime lead against DLS. Serra has had a 4th quarter lead on DLS. San Ramon Valley nearly took DLS to overtime. Bellarmine took DLS to double-overtime. Has Pitt done any of these with their superior talent?
All loses! Hahahah
And outside of Folsom and DLS I doubt any team in Norcal would have did any better against Centennial. Last two games of Pittsburg against DLS it was 10-0 and 17-0 at halftime. Lost 24-7 and 35-0. With backups at quarterback that were obviously just running around trying to make plays. Two games if anyone was watching would have said that the defense gave DLS a bunch of trouble. Oh wait, let me guess... their undisciplined culture made them give up in the 4th quarter? That, or they were playing with backup quarterbacks against a team that hasn’t lost to a Norcal team in three decades.
Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder if you are using midgame leads as support for your argument. Pittsburg has OWNED Serra! Pittsburg humiliated St. Mary’s! Cool thing is Pittsburg goes there to open the season. My guess is they’re close games with Pitt winning both and you complaining about Galli wearing shorts instead of pants.
So your argument is= Liberty beats a mediocre SoCal team in state, and Pitt is a joke for losing to a loaded Narbonne team. Not to mention Pitt underachieves because they lose to Clayton in double overtime in the very first game of the year with no jamboree (Clayton had theirs) and loses to Liberty by 24-21 with a ton of turnovers by the backup quarterback. That sound about right to the haters?
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At the end of the day, the BVAL is the most dominate league in the Bay Area and is side by side with the SJS. Pittsburg has proven the CCS is a far third best. SJS has way more teams.
Once they add Clayton (very likely) it will solidify that. The BVAL needs more praise from you all. When I say more I mean never calling out all those dominate public schools who are battling to keep their best players from going to DLS and still field highly competitive teams and get kids to college. Which is exactly what the BVAL schools are doing.
Once they add Clayton (very likely) it will solidify that. The BVAL needs more praise from you all. When I say more I mean never calling out all those dominate public schools who are battling to keep their best players from going to DLS and still field highly competitive teams and get kids to college. Which is exactly what the BVAL schools are doing.
Absolutely the BVAL deserves more praise.Add to it like you said DLS gets a lot of kids from that league area. Can’t help but wonder how much better the league would be if all those kids stayed in the BVAL
