Everybody on this board should know who he is. He coached here not long ago.That's right. NORVELL and he was not really on most radar few years back. He is doing good
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Everybody on this board should know who he is. He coached here not long ago.That's right. NORVELL and he was not really on most radar few years back. He is doing good
He should be on everyone's radar. He coached at Pitt.That's right. NORVELL and he was not really on most radar few years back. He is doing good
That isn't a good example. Neither is. Those are both coaches who took over good situations where the winning was the best it has been in a long time. They are continuing the success, not initiating it.MA is at Houston , another good example anyhow
I don't necessarily agree that a lot of teams play so many young guys especially if they want to be good. Yes the blue blood programs who get their pick of kids certainly do but programs like Pitt need to get kids they can develop over a 2-3 year period to have them be good contributors on the back end.
Lots of posters getting on PN because there is so little talent on the roster but PN has only had two full classes unless you want to judge him based on the one 6 week class.
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The defensive side of the ball was supposed to be PN's strong suit. I don't think anybody is impressed. I'm not going to buy the CEO crap and allow the blame to filter down to the defensive staff. PN didn't roll up his sleeves and fix it last season when the defense cost the team wins. In my opinion, a lot of that is on him.
I guess it all depends upon what the administration wants. PN has the look (right now) of a coach who will win 7 or so games most years and get a low-level bowl berth. He's going to have to step his game up quite a bit for Pitt to become an ACC contender with any regularity.
Ok. This is HCPNs 3rd year. Who are the 2nd and 3rd year players who look very good?
But they do. What separates the blue bloods from the rest of college football isn't really the experience. It's the talent level of the experience. An upper tier team plays a lot of players, and maybe it costs them when they go against another upper tier team. But their young guys are so good that they beat everybody else, and you don't see large dips in the record from year to year. The rest of college football plays young guys and you see a dip in the record. Which is why a few teams are always near the top, and the rest wait for a window.
Gotcha. I think we agree that if "player development" is one of their calling cards, we better start seeing a lot more players developing at a lot higher level. So far, I've seen the offensive players Chryst left (save Nathan Peterman) carry the load for the 1st 2 seasons and nothing else really develop. That is very worrisome.I am mostly agreeing with you. So either you are not reading what I am writing or you are simply looking to argue to argue.
I said the issues around this team right now are a combination of things including Coaching, Lack of Development, Mediocre Recruiting etc... Lack of Development and Mediocre recruiting is stating there are too few young players that look to be future stars.
I am just making the overall point that Programs such as Pitt that need to rely on so many Freshmen and Sophmores are going to take some lumps. We are not getting 5 star after 5 star that can come in and play at a high level from the start.
Development of players in this program is so huge and so important. Will that be done at a high enough level for them to take the next step? I don't know but questions if they will are certainly realistic. It's time for the program, the defense to start showing more signs of an upward trajectory. I expected a step back this season with the loss of so much talent. But next year is year 4 for Narduzzi so that is a year they need to show they are making much better strides in my opinion.
Gotcha. I think we agree that if "player development" is one of their calling cards, we better start seeing a lot more players developing at a lot higher level. So far, I've seen the offensive players Chryst left (save Nathan Peterman) carry the load for the 1st 2 seasons and nothing else really develop. That is very worrisome.