Narduzzi comment on fans

[Panther Parrothead]

Why can’t people understand that even if Pitt drew a solid 50,000 to each game, they’d still have about 20,000 ugly, unfilled, bright yellow seats.

 

[PittMiamiRivalry]

This. Pitt isn't going to get a crowd over 50,000 at the end of the season unless they're competing for an ACC title.

Bowl wins would have landed Pitt in top 25 in '15 and' 16. Yes that is a big freakin deal.

 

[gary2]

I remember. But stop with the” if this happens then we win”. You could use the “if excuse” for any close game. It diminishes Pitt’s win verse Clemson because realistically if they played 10 times Clemson wins 9. A Clemson fan could say “if Watson doesn’t throw that interception we win”. But it did happen and Pitt won. NW won leave it at that.

JC was not carrying the ball. JC was not blocking. JC was standing off to the side, with the play over. One of those choirboys from NW violently head butted him and took him out of the game.

You think that is the normal close game "what if" excuse?

There was nothing normal about that play in any way, shape or form. It was a disgrace.

 

[cupkafan]

SMF you are reading way too much into those comments. the crowd was not bad and boy was in animated.Not surprisingly the best atmosphere of the year. If we win the fans will show.

 

[pittdan77]

He slipped into his postgame speech that he wished more fans would have showed up but then said with a holiday weekend, they "understand."

Here's the deal. Narduzzi is very aware and very concerned about our attendance issues. In fact, I'm pretty sure we've never had another coach that cares about attendance as much as he does.

This is a big reason why I think Narduzzi would seriously consider a lateral move (he's not getting a "top job"). He feels the fans and atmosphere are the reasons he is struggling to recruit

Even when nobody is saying Narduzzi is a candidate for another job, the fan base makes him one.

 

[CorsosRevenge]

Students were on break.

Weren’t dorms closed too? And even if they reopened Friday who is traveling back for a 4-7 team?

 

[CorsosRevenge]

One other thing, in 2013 West Virginia closed out a 4-8 season in front of 33,000 fans against Iowa State. It’s not just us who don’t show when the team is underperforming.

 

[TD_istheman]

One other thing, in 2013 West Virginia closed out a 4-8 season in front of 33,000 fans against Iowa State. It’s not just us who don’t show when the team is underperforming.

Plus we are going on 30 plus years of this as well.

 

[Somerset Panther]

If every home game was not on local TV would significantly more fans show up? When I was 10 in 1968 if an NFL game was not sold out 72 hours in advance the game was blacked out locally. Pirate home games were not on TV at all. Might mean a few more fans, but not anything that would affect anything.