Bring Addazio to Pitt

[chirurgo]

As an offensive assistant. I look at all of the coaching needs on offense and he fulfills them. Fire Borbely and Salem. Hire Addazio to handle the O-line and Tight Ends and give him the co-Offensive Coordinator title. Let Whipple do his thing for another year and see how things go. If it doesn't pan out then Addazio becomes the play-caller.

Addazio was Urban Meyer's OC at Florida. He coached the O-line and tight ends. I would pay him and Partridge whatever they want. If I were Narduzzi, I would even give some of my salary to pay him at this point. I think it would help recruiting and generate some much needed balance in the offense. It's a no-brainer.

 

[gary2]

As an offensive assistant. I look at all of the coaching needs on offense and he fulfills them. Fire Borbely and Salem. Hire Addazio to handle the O-line and Tight Ends and give him the co-Offensive Coordinator title. Let Whipple do his thing for another year and see how things go. If it doesn't pan out then Addazio becomes the play-caller.

Addazio was Urban Meyer's OC at Florida. He coached the O-line and tight ends. I would pay him and Partridge whatever they want. If I were Narduzzi, I would even give some of my salary to pay him at this point. I think it would help recruiting and generate some much needed balance in the offense. It's a no-brainer.

I think he would bring an element of Physicality we lack.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

There would be a drastic difference in recruiting the RB position with Addazio on board. He prefers the big physical runner while PITT has been attempting to go away from it for the past few years.

 

[JokePa]

I think he would bring an element of Physicality we lack.

What??? We had the all time leading rushing team in Pitt history last year.

We were very physical.

 

[chirurgo]

I don't necessarily identify him as a run-oriented offensive coach. His roots are in Urban Meyer's offense. I think he is good at coaching to the offensive strengths of his players. All he had at BC was a running game and they did that well.

 

[gary2]

What??? We had the all time leading rushing team in Pitt history last year.

We were very physical.

AJ Davis had 126 carries
V. Carter had 62 (I am sure some were jet sweeps from WR)
Sibley had 50
V.Davis had 46

That comes to 284 in 12 games or somewhat less than 24 carries a game.

Pretty hard to be record setting with that number of carries (even for our highly recruited RBs)

 

[HailtoPitt]

Just one question. Why, realistically, would he come to Pitt as an offensive assistant for likely less money that a big time program will give him for either the same job or to be the OC?

Think of Pitt as Syracuse. Would Addazio go from OC at Florida, to HC at BC, to position coach at Syracuse? Putting it into perspective makes this question easy to answer.

Not to mention that Addazio brought Aaron Herrnandez to Florida. What would Pitt do with that tidbit?

 

[PharMorNightStocker]

I think being the head coach of Boston College is on the same level as being the head coach at Pitt, not the offensive coordinator. I don't know that he would want to settle for the downward move, unfortunately. I assume he'll either end up as a coordinator at a big-time program or try to work his way back up the head coaching ranks by accepting that role at a lesser program.

 

[Dr. von Yinzer]

As an offensive assistant. I look at all of the coaching needs on offense and he fulfills them. Fire Borbely and Salem. Hire Addazio to handle the O-line and Tight Ends and give him the co-Offensive Coordinator title. Let Whipple do his thing for another year and see how things go. If it doesn't pan out then Addazio becomes the play-caller.

Addazio was Urban Meyer's OC at Florida. He coached the O-line and tight ends. I would pay him and Partridge whatever they want. If I were Narduzzi, I would even give some of my salary to pay him at this point. I think it would help recruiting and generate some much needed balance in the offense. It's a no-brainer.

Addazio will probably have better options than that. However, I would definitely support such a move because he was also an ace recruiter at Florida.

 

[H2P-2007]

Addazio might not be interested, but we should at least offer

 

[str61166]

I suspect he might get interest from other programs too, no? Ones that can pay more than Pitt too perhaps.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Giving Whipple complete control of the offense was a mistake that needs fixed. I think he is good at working with qbs, I really do think KP improved as a qb with him but he’s not a play calling OC, not anymore.

need to figure out a way to transition that responsibility from him while keeping him on the staff as a AB coach. Not sure how to do this.

 

[PA_Panther]

He will end up at Alabama, enter Nick’s coaching rehab program and in three years, will be the head coach at like NC State.

 

[Mikefln]

Big boy schools receive a lot more $upport from their boosters.

Big boy schools give boosters reasons to support. Throughout the history of Pitt football the administration told the boosters to F off, so the boosters did just that. I am sick of people defending this schools administration in regards to the football program. The administration caused this, not the fans.

There would be more fans/boosters if Pitt didn't screw Jock S. in the 1930's. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Woody Hayes in the 50's. There would be more fans/boosters if they paid to keep Jackie S. in the 80's. There would be more fans/boosters if they gave Gottfried more time as the talent he brought in was insane. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Berry Alverz instead of Paul Hackette. All those horrible decisions along with the general lack of support are on the administration not the fans/boosters.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Giving Whipple complete control of the offense was a mistake that needs fixed. I think he is good at working with qbs, I really do think KP improved as a qb with him but he’s not a play calling OC, not anymore.

need to figure out a way to transition that responsibility from him while keeping him on the staff as a AB coach. Not sure how to do this.

Whipple: QB Coach/Assistant HC
Addazio: OC Coordinator/OL coach

 

[lilspainishflea]

Giving Whipple complete control of the offense was a mistake that needs fixed. I think he is good at working with qbs, I really do think KP improved as a qb with him but he’s not a play calling OC, not anymore.

need to figure out a way to transition that responsibility from him while keeping him on the staff as a AB coach. Not sure how to do this.

Yep. It's so weird because many of Whipple's plays are great. People are open. They're exciting and should lead to big plays. But that's in a vacuum. When you don't have the talent to find the open WR, for the WR to catch it, or for the WR to hold onto the ball, you get negative plays. And then we end up in down and long distance or we cough it up. And then we can't score.

It's so crazy. He knows what to call but not when to call it. I really think we would have won 1-2 more games this year with a more conservative offense running the ball...even running it ineffectively as we did. Even if we scored the same amount of points, we would have been better off by forcing opponents to go full-field against our defense.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Big boy schools give boosters reasons to support. Throughout the history of Pitt football the administration told the boosters to F off, so the boosters did just that. I am sick of people defending this schools administration in regards to the football program. The administration caused this, not the fans.

There would be more fans/boosters if Pitt didn't screw Jock S. in the 1930's. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Woody Hayes in the 50's. There would be more fans/boosters if they paid to keep Jackie S. in the 80's. There would be more fans/boosters if they gave Gottfried more time as the talent he brought in was insane. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Berry Alverz instead of Paul Hackette. All those horrible decisions along with the general lack of support are on the administration not the fans/boosters.

I have been attending games for the last 35 years. Pitt has a small, apathetic fan base. It is what it is. There’s no reason to blame anyone else.

 

[PittFamily2]

I have been attending games for the last 35 years. Pitt has a small, apathetic fan base. It is what it is. There’s no reason to blame anyone else.

35 years attending PITT games and you have 175 posts?

 

[Las Panteras]

Big boy schools give boosters reasons to support. Throughout the history of Pitt football the administration told the boosters to F off, so the boosters did just that. I am sick of people defending this schools administration in regards to the football program. The administration caused this, not the fans.

There would be more fans/boosters if Pitt didn't screw Jock S. in the 1930's. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Woody Hayes in the 50's. There would be more fans/boosters if they paid to keep Jackie S. in the 80's. There would be more fans/boosters if they gave Gottfried more time as the talent he brought in was insane. There would be more fans/boosters if they hired Berry Alverz instead of Paul Hackette. All those horrible decisions along with the general lack of support are on the administration not the fans/boosters.

Paco meldown in 5....4....3.....2....

 

[Las Panteras]

He will end up at Alabama, enter Nick’s coaching rehab program and in three years, will be the head coach at Pitt.

Fixed

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

35 years attending PITT games and you have 175 posts?

I was DiehardPanther. I go all the way back to Crazy Paco’s board on dial up connection. There were issues with the Rivals Board recently, and could not get back in.

 

[Mikefln]

I have been attending games for the last 35 years. Pitt has a small, apathetic fan base. It is what it is. There’s no reason to blame anyone else.

YES there is a reason to blame the people who caused this small apathetic fan base. The administration did this. The fans just followed suit.

 

[gary2]

Giving Whipple complete control of the offense was a mistake that needs fixed. I think he is good at working with qbs, I really do think KP improved as a qb with him but he’s not a play calling OC, not anymore.

need to figure out a way to transition that responsibility from him while keeping him on the staff as a AB coach. Not sure how to do this.

I think Whipple is also good at "designing" plays that get people open.

He does have 2 big problems. He can't "call" plays and you can't (at Pitt any way) completely dismiss the running game.

 

[cpc247]

Giving Whipple complete control of the offense was a mistake that needs fixed. I think he is good at working with qbs, I really do think KP improved as a qb with him but he’s not a play calling OC, not anymore.

need to figure out a way to transition that responsibility from him while keeping him on the staff as a AB coach. Not sure how to do this.

Complete control was a mistake because it was Powell and Borbs who have shown they are good at their jobs RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. We basically have went from a 3 man system that had a running game and needed to improve the pass to a 1 man system that doesn't work with our current run first recruits.

 

[TempleBAPittMPA]

I don't necessarily identify him as a run-oriented offensive coach. His roots are in Urban Meyer's offense. I think he is good at coaching to the offensive strengths of his players. All he had at BC was a running game and they did that well.

The run game was also his MO as HC at Temple (he was Matt Rhule's predecessor). I have vivid memories of one game in which the Owls threw exactly three passes.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

YES there is a reason to blame the people who caused this small apathetic fan base. The administration did this. The fans just followed suit.

We had the same size crowds in an on-campus stadium in the mid-80’s. That was coming off a great stretch from 74-83.

Pitt basketball had a couple down years, and people stopped attending those games as well.

 

[gary2]

We had the same size crowds in an on-campus stadium in the mid-80’s. That was coming off a great stretch from 74-83.

Pitt basketball had a couple down years, and people stopped attending those games as well.

No mater results, Pitt will never have a huge, enthusiastic fan base.

 

[Mikefln]

No mater results, Pitt will never have a huge, enthusiastic fan base.

No they will not. Any chance at that was killed in the 1930s-60s when the blue bloods were building their fan base, Pitt was hindering theirs.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

No they will not. Any chance at that was killed in the 1930s-60s when the blue bloods were building their fan base, Pitt was hindering theirs.

Just a bunch of excuses. Any bit of adversity and the bandwagon alums flee.

 

[Las Panteras]

and you can't (at Pitt any way) completely dismiss the running game.

Maybe Whipple is smart enough to recognize crap when he smells it?

 

[gary2]

Maybe Whipple is smart enough to recognize crap when he smells it?

If Whipple smells anything, it is the crap in his own pants.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Narduzzi needs to sit down with Whipple and flat out tell him that running the ball needs to be a bigger priority. again, easier said than done.. crazy how we went from one end of the spectrum to running and never throwing it to what we saw this year.. and both years, we stock piled yardage and stats, just couldn't score..

being dominant at one (that's a stretch i know) and poor at another is not a good formula. Balance is key.

 

[Las Panteras]

Narduzzi needs to sit down with Whipple and flat out tell him that running the ball needs to be a bigger priority. again, easier said than done.. crazy how we went from one end of the spectrum to running and never throwing it to what we saw this year.. and both years, we stock piled yardage and stats, just couldn't score..

being dominant at one (that's a stretch i know) and poor at another is not a good formula. Balance is key.

Zelda,

Man you are one of the best (and funniest) posters here. But this sounds as if Whipple doesnt recognize how bad the running game is?

Of course he does. If imbeciles like is see it of course Whipple has known from day 1.

The offense this year was designed to play to our strengths, no matter how week they may be.

Had our receivers held on to the ball, and had Pickett not thrown so many passes behind the target we are all singing a different tune.

And Whipple would still be aware our run game is crap.

 

[PittFamily2]

PITT doesn't need two stubborn set in their ways, poor listener, Italian coaches on the same football program staff.

Before long we'll find Bocce Ball courts in the practice field area.
Coaches will be playing.
The players will start playing Bocce Ball and there goes the football program.

There they are now.

Plus it might give Lyke the idea of adding the sport and going for an NC.

Its a PITT kinda of sport, cheap.