I think it was smart to keep Holstein in.

[gary2]

We were never going to have a great season.

The kid had zero experience. Best to let him play through it.

 

[BreakingPitt]

Thats a fair point.
I still think we have a better chance with Yarnell.

 

[Hailpitt]

If Duzz took him out it is no permanent.

 

[jaebree422]

He has to take his lumps!

 

[JD1976]

Holstein has some of the best raw talent I have seen at Pitt. Certainly more tools than Pickett. Hopefully he stays at Pitt long enough to see experience match his talent

 

[Burgh15]

As I put in the game thread, Yarnell is Pitt's version of Mason Rudolph. He can win games like today, but won't take the team anywhere special. Holstein has quite a bit of upside and will have growing pains as a young QB. You can just see he can be very good with more seasoning. I can see both sides, but I lean toward sticking with Holstein because of his upside.

 

[Pitt666]

I believe in Eli. I believe.

 

[Bojangles88]

We were never going to have a great season.

The kid had zero experience. Best to let him play through it.

Smart man, Gary.

 

[pittbb80]

Thats a fair point.
I still think we have a better chance with Yarnell.

Not a chance. Yarnell is not near as composed in the pocket

 

[pittbb80]

As I put in the game thread, Yarnell is Pitt's version of Mason Rudolph. He can win games like today, but won't take the team anywhere special. Holstein has quite a bit of upside and will have growing pains as a young QB. You can just see he can be very good with more seasoning. I can see both sides, but I lean toward sticking with Holstein because of his upside.

Holstein has incredible moxie. He steps up in the pocket much better and continues to look down field to make plays. He was out fo sync in the first half. It’s impressive for a player that young to find his composure and get it together to pull out the game when things were not going well for him

 

[JD1976]

Holstein has already eclipsed Tino Sunseri on the list of most 4th quarter comebacks in Pitt history

 

[pittbb80]

Holstein has already eclipsed Tino Sunseri on the list of most 4th quarter comebacks in Pitt history

Low bar. ha ha

 

[Millerton]

302yds 3 td 1 int pretty good stuff
Without 1 completion to our supposed best receiver

 

[DT_PITT]

We were never going to have a great season.

The kid had zero experience. Best to let him play through it.

Great call Gary - I wanted to pull him I confess.

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

302yds 3 td 1 int pretty good stuff
Without 1 completion to our supposed best receiver

Kenny Johnson to the portal 😁

 

[pittbb80]

Great call Gary - I wanted to pull him I confess.

He for sure wasn’t playing well. After the pick he became indecisive which is a killer for qbs. My thought was stick with him until the game is truly out of hand. The kid appears to have many of the intangibles needed to be a good one so you have to let him work through these growing pains so that he’s not looking over his shoulder.

I think both Bell and Duzz think he’s going to be really good as wel Nothing against Nate. He’s a derivable Qb and they can win some games with him but this kid has a much higher ceiling

 

[DT_PITT]

He for sure wasn’t playing well. After the pick he became indecisive which is a killer for qbs. My thought was stick with him until the game is truly out of hand. The kid appears to have many of the intangibles needed to be a good one so you have to let him work through these growing pains so that he’s not looking over his shoulder.

I think both Bell and Duzz think he’s going to be really good as wel Nothing against Nate. He’s a derivable Qb and they can win some games with him but this kid has a much higher ceiling

I thought the game was out of hand at 27-6 for sure. Unreal turnaround performance.

 

[pittbb80]

I thought the game was out of hand at 27-6 for sure. Unreal turnaround performance.

I hear ya but there was about 5 minutes and a whole quarter to go. Under cig it would have been out of hand. With Bells offense 21 points and a quarter plus is not insurmountable But again based on Pitt history for sure I understand the feeling

 

[DT_PITT]

I hear ya but there was about 5 minutes and a whole quarter to go. Under cig it would have been out of hand. With Bells offense 21 points and a quarter plus is not insurmountable But again based on Pitt history for sure I understand the feeling

I’m just trying to proclaim how wrong I was.

 

[TD_6082]

Holstein has incredible moxie. He steps up in the pocket much better and continues to look down field to make plays. He was out fo sync in the first half. It’s impressive for a player that young to find his composure and get it together to pull out the game when things were not going well for him

Long way to go, but he has a lot of potential.

He's not going to be the QB a lot of our fans want or expect in year one though. This is going to be a rollercoaster all year long.