Just never had a good defensive coordinator/scheme/play caller. And did not do well with defensive recruiting at Pitt. If he could have had even an above average D.C. at Pitt he would have been pretty good. But he was just renting Pitt out until Wisconsin was open.
Chryst has now entered the Wannstedt zone. This place was apoplectic about the guy when he was here. And apoplectic is probably not a strong enough word.
I know because I defended him and got an earful. 
Don't forget Walt Harris. People hated him towards the end of his time here. Now he is looked back on as if he were Vince Lombardi. It will never change, so will just have to laugh at it. The golden days of beating Clemson and winning the Coastal will be funny to read about in 10 years.Chryst has now entered the Wannstedt zone. This place was apoplectic about the guy when he was here. And apoplectic is probably not a strong enough word.
And frankly, his results weren't all that great. But at that time and since then, we needed stability. Alvarez called in some markers and got him hired. When Bielema surprisingly pulled up roots and took the Arkansas offer, Alvarez turned back to the hometown boy.
I feel very comfortable in saying that if Narduzzi left and had success elsewhere, this place would also opine about his "good old days here at Pitt." It happens every. single. time.
Chryst has now entered the Wannstedt zone. This place was apoplectic about the guy when he was here. And apoplectic is probably not a strong enough word.
And frankly, his results weren't all that great. But at that time and since then, we needed stability. Alvarez called in some markers and got him hired. When Bielema surprisingly pulled up roots and took the Arkansas offer, Alvarez turned back to the hometown boy.
I feel very comfortable in saying that if Narduzzi left and had success elsewhere, this place would also opine about his "good old days here at Pitt." It happens every. single. time.
So I understand correctly, you think the issue with Wannstedt was the SI article in relation to recruiting?
Don’t forget how weak the PAC-12 has been too. 1-6 in bowls last year and 0-2 so far this year.
Maybe you're right but the sharpest nails were reserved for his inexplicable coaching results.
Chryst has now entered the Wannstedt zone. This place was apoplectic about the guy when he was here. And apoplectic is probably not a strong enough word.
And frankly, his results weren't all that great. But at that time and since then, we needed stability. Alvarez called in some markers and got him hired. When Bielema surprisingly pulled up roots and took the Arkansas offer, Alvarez turned back to the hometown boy.
I feel very comfortable in saying that if Narduzzi left and had success elsewhere, this place would also opine about his "good old days here at Pitt." It happens every. single. time.
Perhaps. But you're right that context is very important. And that's my point.
I was sad from the stand point of more turn over and I thought Chryst was a good man. I too would have liked to see where it would all turn out. But there were flaws, as there are now.
The first 3 years was the key problem- with year 6 looking like regression to the mean.
Because the replacement will not be an improvement, almost with certainty, based on precedent. And everyone can cite Heather and Capel and unimportant soccer or wrestling or whatever they want, but the university is the common denominator, and it's football coaching hires range from disaster to meh.
Indeed. All the antics from the first couple years seem to horrify the effete who inexplicably congregate here; but he was showing a pulse. It SHOULD have resulted in more of a windfall in recruiting. It didn't. And we know why. Taking recruiting to a higher level requires ... more nefarious antics. That's not tolerated at West Princeton. He knows it, and that's a big thing that has changed about him... recruiting and largely the game plans and schemes are basic and vanilla (not even the good Madagascar vanilla either; the Aldi-brand artificial goop) now. And it's getting basic and vanilla results.
Yep
Wannstadt was not the answer and quite frankly his recruiting prowess is the stuff of folklore
