Another thread about Narduzzi turned into a bashing of Chryst again. I'm glad Narduzzi is our new HC. I'm glad PC moved on, but just like the Pitt players, I don't fault him for taking the Wisky job. Zeise says he planned to stay at Pitt along time and would have only taken the Wisky job.
But I highly value what he did while he was here. The cupboard WAS mostly bare when he got here, and what was here included a lot of bad apples.This is sometimes disputed, so consider what Zeise stated in his blog interview two weeks ago, as reported by PittBlather:
When he was fired: "Wannstedt personally called every recruit and told them not to go to PITT, and literally told them to de-commit. He followed that by asking his remaining staff to call the players they recruited again and tell them the same thing."
Following that recruiting class disaster, we had the really bad class the next year when Graham left.
Zeise again from the Blather: Paul Chryst inherited two lame recruiting classes and a roster full of DW recruits who were now disillusioned and angry about the changes the coaching staffs went through with DW's firing and Graham's quitting. Faced with that, and the need to straighten things out by overhauling the program, Chryst 'ran off' 34 "bad apples and malcontents", mostly upper classmen, over his first two years as HC.
Zeise noted that Chryst's purge actually left PITT with less scholarship players on the roster than PSU had at the same time while they were in the midst of NCAA sanctioned recruiting limits. That is why a year later, in 2013, we had the youngest roster in D1 football.
So you are disappointed in 6-6 seasons under PC? Yeah, me too, but given the circumstances, it would've been ridiculous to expect anything more.
Zeise then goes on to explain that PC was a good recruiter, with personal knowledge due to his own son's recruitment. PC built and left Narduzzi a young, talented offense. Not nearly as much talent on D, but perhaps more than we suspect, since the defensive coaching staff was so inexperienced and weak, its hard to know what kind of raw talent they have.
In any event, so many are 'tired of they young team excuse', but while you might not like any excuse for not being successful, the overall and rebuilding of the team needed to happen, and most of it is now behind us, thanks to PC. He did what was needed and moved on, and we are better for his having been here. I also think we are better for his having now left, but for god's sake, let give him his due.
This post was edited on 2/20 4:11 PM by raleighpanther
But I highly value what he did while he was here. The cupboard WAS mostly bare when he got here, and what was here included a lot of bad apples.This is sometimes disputed, so consider what Zeise stated in his blog interview two weeks ago, as reported by PittBlather:
When he was fired: "Wannstedt personally called every recruit and told them not to go to PITT, and literally told them to de-commit. He followed that by asking his remaining staff to call the players they recruited again and tell them the same thing."
Following that recruiting class disaster, we had the really bad class the next year when Graham left.
Zeise again from the Blather: Paul Chryst inherited two lame recruiting classes and a roster full of DW recruits who were now disillusioned and angry about the changes the coaching staffs went through with DW's firing and Graham's quitting. Faced with that, and the need to straighten things out by overhauling the program, Chryst 'ran off' 34 "bad apples and malcontents", mostly upper classmen, over his first two years as HC.
Zeise noted that Chryst's purge actually left PITT with less scholarship players on the roster than PSU had at the same time while they were in the midst of NCAA sanctioned recruiting limits. That is why a year later, in 2013, we had the youngest roster in D1 football.
So you are disappointed in 6-6 seasons under PC? Yeah, me too, but given the circumstances, it would've been ridiculous to expect anything more.
Zeise then goes on to explain that PC was a good recruiter, with personal knowledge due to his own son's recruitment. PC built and left Narduzzi a young, talented offense. Not nearly as much talent on D, but perhaps more than we suspect, since the defensive coaching staff was so inexperienced and weak, its hard to know what kind of raw talent they have.
In any event, so many are 'tired of they young team excuse', but while you might not like any excuse for not being successful, the overall and rebuilding of the team needed to happen, and most of it is now behind us, thanks to PC. He did what was needed and moved on, and we are better for his having been here. I also think we are better for his having now left, but for god's sake, let give him his due.
This post was edited on 2/20 4:11 PM by raleighpanther
