Another thread compared letting Narduzzi get away to letting Dixon get away. I disagree. For one, Barnes waived most, if not all of the buyout for Dixon. That was stupid. If Pat leaves, we are getting a Brinks truck of buyout money to spend on a new coach. Dixon was also, at that time, a future HOF coach. He has since not lived up to that. Duzz is a good coach but hasnt reached the heights of Dixon. He did have the one Covid Kenny Championship but that's a one-off. There's a lot of guys who can go 7-5. You just hope you dont get a Chryst, who goes 6-6/5-7. Basically, you put feelers out and if you think you can upgrade, you take the buyout money and run. If you dont think you can upgrade, you do what it takes to keep him.
More than anything, Pitt needs an elite recruiting HC.