Lafayette Pitts = the Tino Sunseri of Defense

[pittpitt]

1) Both were 3* recruits ranked around 25th-30th at their positions, and were offered by numerous other major conference schools.
2) Both chose Pitt to lots of fanfare.
3) Both were highly unaware players who never seemed to grasp what was happening around them or its context within the game.
4) Both melted down over and over in key situations, rarely--if ever--making a clutch or important play.
5) Both still managed to be multi-year starters under multiple coaches.
5b) Due to the inexplicable amount of playing time each got, both were arguably the worst player for Pitt on their respective side of the ball in years because they had the opportunities to rack up a very high number of harmful plays (essentially they generated more of a net negative impact than their supposedly worse backups ever could).

I propose nicknaming LPitts "Tino D" for being the Tino of Defense, but I'm sure in the long-run fans will resort to overusing the pun "he was the pitts."

 

[thebadby2]

1) Both were 3* recruits ranked around 25th-30th at their positions, and were offered by numerous other major conference schools.
2) Both chose Pitt to lots of fanfare.
3) Both were highly unaware players who never seemed to grasp what was happening around them or its context within the game.
4) Both melted down over and over in key situations, rarely--if ever--making a clutch or important play.
5) Both still managed to be multi-year starters under multiple coaches.
5b) Due to the inexplicable amount of playing time each got, both were arguably the worst player for Pitt on their respective side of the ball in years because they had the opportunities to rack up a very high number of harmful plays (essentially they generated more of a net negative impact than their supposedly worse backups ever could).

I propose nicknaming LPitts "Tino D" for being the Tino of Defense, but I'm sure in the long-run fans will resort to overusing the pun "he was the pitts."

Make no mistake, they all struggled in the secondary yesterday, including Maddox, who seems to be in a bit of a slump the past couple of games. Whitehead played well in run support but we had him up in the box as a run stopper most of the game, where he couldn't;t help on the deep routes. That has worked pretty well against everyone we've played until last night. Just a much better offense than we've seen to this point, and yes, that includes Iowa. Pitts just had some of the most glaring failures as he could not stay with those outside vertical routes.

 

[JD1976]

UNC's DBs put on a clinic on how to turn and find the ball in coverage. This has been a problem with Pitt DBs going back to the days when Hafley was coaching. Pitt DBs notoriously don't have great instincts or ball skills. This is in general of course, but UNC was stellar last night in that regard.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

I will never badmouth a player in college. But the only thing I will say is that you keep hoping the light will go on with Pitts and it never does. Seems to have the tools but can't put it all together.

 

[thebadby2]

UNC's DBs put on a clinic on how to turn and find the ball in coverage. This has been a problem with Pitt DBs going back to the days when Hafley was coaching. Pitt DBs notoriously don't have great instincts or ball skills. This is in general of course, but UNC was stellar last night in that regard.

That's a lot easier to do when most of the pass routes are intermediate outs, the receiver has no separation from the DB, and most of the passes were late or slightly under-thrown. I will say this 100 times, you can't play the ball if you don't have close coverage on the man. Ball skills are not the problem when the WR has some separation on the DB. That was the biggest problem for our DBs last night.

 

[Pittx9]

I usually don't knock on college kids either, so I'll just say this. This is really putting Tino down too much. Did he crumble under pressure every single time? Yes. Was he unable to make a play every single snap? No. Tino had his few flash in the pan bright moments. Pitts I thought was looking to have a promising career his freshman year. Unfortunately he's regressed every single year.

Semi-related question. If Mitchell were to miss the entire season, are they going to look to medical redshirt him? Could help in the long-term, but even if he's only able to return for the Miami game, I still throw him out there. He or Whitehead needs to move to cornerback, ASAP.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

I usually don't knock on college kids either, so I'll just say this. This is really putting Tino down too much. Did he crumble under pressure every single time? Yes. Was he unable to make a play every single snap? No. Tino had his few flash in the pan bright moments. Pitts I thought was looking to have a promising career his freshman year. Unfortunately he's regressed every single year.

Semi-related question. If Mitchell were to miss the entire season, are they going to look to medical redshirt him? Could help in the long-term, but even if he's only able to return for the Miami game, I still throw him out there. He or Whitehead needs to move to cornerback, ASAP.

Hopefully there is help on the way with Coleman and possibly Hamlin.

 

[pbrad]

1) Both were 3* recruits ranked around 25th-30th at their positions, and were offered by numerous other major conference schools.
2) Both chose Pitt to lots of fanfare.
3) Both were highly unaware players who never seemed to grasp what was happening around them or its context within the game.
4) Both melted down over and over in key situations, rarely--if ever--making a clutch or important play.
5) Both still managed to be multi-year starters under multiple coaches.
5b) Due to the inexplicable amount of playing time each got, both were arguably the worst player for Pitt on their respective side of the ball in years because they had the opportunities to rack up a very high number of harmful plays (essentially they generated more of a net negative impact than their supposedly worse backups ever could).

I propose nicknaming LPitts "Tino D" for being the Tino of Defense, but I'm sure in the long-run fans will resort to overusing the pun "he was the pitts."

He is obviously the best we have at that position or he wouldn't be in there. Maddox has had 2 bad games in a row which doesn't help. No pressure on the QB didn't help.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Actually Pitts did get benched last night. First of all they took him out the series after he got beat for the TD pass in the second quarter. Then they put him back in in the third quarter but after he got beat again later in the game (I believe it was late third, early fourth) he was taken out and I'm not sure he came back in after that one. He was replaced by Ryan Lewis.

 

[Pitt-Chains]

1) Both were 3* recruits ranked around 25th-30th at their positions, and were offered by numerous other major conference schools.
2) Both chose Pitt to lots of fanfare.
3) Both were highly unaware players who never seemed to grasp what was happening around them or its context within the game.
4) Both melted down over and over in key situations, rarely--if ever--making a clutch or important play.
5) Both still managed to be multi-year starters under multiple coaches.
5b) Due to the inexplicable amount of playing time each got, both were arguably the worst player for Pitt on their respective side of the ball in years because they had the opportunities to rack up a very high number of harmful plays (essentially they generated more of a net negative impact than their supposedly worse backups ever could).

I propose nicknaming LPitts "Tino D" for being the Tino of Defense, but I'm sure in the long-run fans will resort to overusing the pun "he was the pitts."

UNC has talented WR's

The midget Switzer is a mouthy little punk... I never thought a midget could talk such trash.. Officially a punk crybaby.