While many people over the weekend (including some prominent national media types) lambasted Pitt for the hire of Kevin Stallings as the new men's basketball coach, a few quietly called it a good selection.
Count former Pitt coach Ben Howland among those that thinks Pitt hired a good coach. He talked with the Post-Gazette's Paul Zeise and had good things to say about Stallings.
Speaking of endorsements, I spoke with Ben Howland today and he had nothing but praise for Stallings and said that Pitt pulled off a real coup by hiring him.