Pitt men’s basketball coach, Jeff Capel, completed his staff last night with the hiring of Milan Brown. Brown had been an assistant at College of Charleston. But before that, he had been the head coach at Holy Cross and Mt. Saint Mary’s for a total of 12 years.

All three of his assistant coaches have head coaching experience. Especially the two lead assistants — O’Toole and Brown.

There is a logic to it. As much as the assumption was that Capel would hire a name, stud recruiter, Capel himself is the name, stud recruiter.

And it isn’t that any of the hires are bad recruiters. O’Toole is described as a tireless recruiter. Capel the Younger, is a wildcard. But he had the charisma to land a TV analyst job quickly and knows he has to prove himself as a recruiter to get back up the coaching ladder.

As for Brown, he didn’t waste time going back into coaching after being fired from Holy Cross.

Brown watched the Celtics practice Saturday at HealthPoint after receiving an invitation from David Lewin, Celtics director of scouting. Brown watched the Celtics practice twice during training camp and three times since HC fired him.

“I’m always trying to learn,” he said, “and continue to stay active so what better place to do it than with the Celtics before Game 4?”

Providence coach Ed Cooley, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey, Michigan’s John Beilein and Maryland’s Mark Turgeon have all invited him to observe their practices as a volunteer consultant.

“I love basketball so I want to continue to stay around it as much as possible,” he said.

Brown said he hopes to coach next season, but does not have a job lined up. He said he’s still exploring his options. He’ll remain on the HC payroll for one more year.

Brown has much of his recruiting ties in the Mid-Atlantic area. But like O’Toole, has worked and recruited up and down the East Coast.

My view on the hirings as a whole, is that Capel has looked back at his tenure at Oklahoma taken to heart a lot of criticisms at the time of issues regarding his strategies and in-game decisions. He wanted a staff that was strong on experience to help him as he returns to the head chair.

O’Toole and Brown are also very good at development of players. Something Pitt definitely needs with whoever returns and whoever they bring in for the next season.

As for the players still deciding, I think their time is nearly up. The staff is complete. Capel has been out on the road recruiting for this year and next. I still don’t see how Malik Ellison gives up another year of eligibility. Marcus Carr and Ryan Luther are complete unknowns. Kene Chukwuka is not a big concern, so the fact that he is taking this long may lead to the Capel to give him the first ultimatum of stay or go — now.