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Revenge games

An interesting stat was brought to my attention by our friend and Pitt historian Sam Sciullo.

By beating Cincinnati, West Virginia, North Carolina and Syracuse, Pitt has defeated four teams it lost to in the previous season.

That's the most "revenge games" Pitt has won in a single season since 2015, when the Panthers - in Pat Narduzzi's first year - beat Akron, Virginia, Georgia Tech and Duke.

Interestingly, the last time Pitt won four revenge games in a single season prior to 2015 was 1997; that year, the Panthers avenged 1996 losses to Houston, Miami, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Coincidentally, that was Walt Harris' first year (just like 2015 was Narduzzi's first).

Of course, you kind of need to have a bad year to pull off that many revenge games. Pitt was 4-7 in 1996, 6-7 in 2014 and 3-9 last year. That helps set the table. But I think it's interesting nonetheless.

OT - PENS ........

They are worse than a bad team. They are bad with no future, at least for the foreseeable future. It is the inevitable tradeoff for keeping the gang all together and trying to win today. Which it is now tomorrow and they didn't win anymore. So with the bloated contracts and no movement clauses, they are stuck. The only move of any significance is likely firing Sullivan because right now, night after night is the skating definition of insanity. Expecting things to change without changing anything.

So yeah. Here we are. I have proposed bringing in a defense minded coach, even to the point of it pisses off some of the veterans, so be it, maybe then they would be more amenable in waiving their no movement clauses. This year's draft is "okay", but no franchise player. Plus with the lottery there are no guarantees. Next year you have a superstar at the top of the draft in Gavin McKenna. So who knows.......but this has happened to Detroit from all of their years of contending, now have struggled to even get back to the playoffs, Chicago, the same and now the Kings appear to be on their way back. But the Pens haven't reached their bottom....yet.
Great post. Would
Be best to tank this year and next to start the rebuilding process. Piss of the vets and trade. Sid.
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