in the stands. say what you will but having an explosive offense-sort of spot the ball and let's run the next play. really what it's all about. you sell tickets with excitement and explosive plays.
can we hire someone who creates excitement
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We had that. The head coach said he hated it. It was boom or bust, and even once it became boom most of the time, it still had his (key word, his) defense on the field too much for his taste. I think when his defense gave up 61 points to a mediocre Syracuse offense, even though we won, was the last straw. So we've seen the plodding clock grinding ball control scheme since.
We also had this: An offense good and exciting enough to beat the #2 team in the nation on the road (eventual National Champs, Clemson, in 2016). And the Panthers came home to a pathetic crowd the next week. So it seems an exciting and effective Offense still ain't enough to engender support from Pitt's woeful fanbase
Well of course it will. You don't change the "culture" of a program in one week, no matter how good that week was. And anyone who expected it to happen was completely fooling themselves.
The Clemson win came too late. Fans care more about championships, real ones too (not arbitrary "division" championships that won't lead to a playoff). Pitt blew its wad with the bad early season losses and by the time of the Clemson game, the season was meaningless for practical purposes. The win was fun to see for hardcore fans but it didn't move the needle with the majority. In their mind the season was already over.
Hey, I don't make the rules, but those are the rules with Pittsburgh fans. They care more about a path to the top. Not the "top" of the nondescript Coastal division either.
There was more interest in an 7-7-1 Steeler team or whatever it was, in its final game this year, because no matter how bad the team was at times, a win still ight have gotten them in to the playoffs and a chance for the Super Bowl ... the championship of the sport. If that chance was gone already, that New England win the week before would have led to roughly the same enthusiasm for the Bengals game as our Clemson win for that Duke game that all the Pitt employees still whine about ... next to no interest at all. Diehards would show, and few else.
Hey, I don't make the rules, but those are the rules with Pittsburgh fans. They care more about a path to the top. Not the "top" of the nondescript Coastal division either.
There was more interest in an 7-7-1 Steeler team or whatever it was, in its final game this year, because no matter how bad the team was at times, a win still ight have gotten them in to the playoffs and a chance for the Super Bowl ... the championship of the sport. If that chance was gone already, that New England win the week before would have led to roughly the same enthusiasm for the Bengals game as our Clemson win for that Duke game that all the Pitt employees still whine about ... next to no interest at all. Diehards would show, and few else.
Nice try Administrative Lacky: As I recall the next week was typical crappy Pittsburgh weather, cold and rainy against a bad Syracuse team. Pitt should have built an on-campus domed stadium that seats 45,000 and their attendance would be great. Actually, I'll say Pitt has better fans than it deserves.
I was at the ACC Championship game and Pitt had easily 15,000 fans there in full force on a crappy rainy day to see Pitt crap the bed on the first play from scrimmage. So be quiet and go away.
