Look - not meant to excuse last night’s performance. Just not good enough and not acceptable. The penalties, general offensive performance, giving up 3rd and 15, etc… just good enough. Criticize away.
And… starting out 7-0 and feeling like we had something to play for also made it a lot more disappointing than if our schedule was different and we were like 4-3 at this point.
But… there’s been so many “Fire Narduzzi” or “not okay with mediocrity” posts and I swear some of you guys just do not live in reality.
Let’s look at our schedule and compare NIL budgets
Kent State - Pitt
Cincy - Cincy (Karlo confirmed)
WVU - WVU
YSU - Pitt
UNC - unsure ?
Cal - Pitt ? Could be wrong
Syracuse - Pitt? Although maybe comparable with new staff there and investment
SMU - SMU
UVA - Pitt
Clemson - Clemson
Lville - Lville
BC - Pitt
So… yeah. If you look at that, you would reasonably expect 6-8 wins… and that’s the exact range we’ll fall into.
I’m not saying it defends every coaching decision or will determine every outcome. Obviously you should be trying to maximize the program. Nobody should be STRIVING solely for 7-8 wins.
But you just cannot take your ball and go home because Pitt won 7-8 games…. When that is exactly how our program/collective is funded.
You know why Indiana is good this year? It seems like Cignetti is a really good coach… but they supposedly had $12-14M for him for NIL. He’s quoted as saying he was pleasantly surprised, more than he was promised.
So yeah. Last night sucked and we should all be miserable.
But the whole “accepting mediocrity” argument is so damn childish and not grounded in reality.
And… starting out 7-0 and feeling like we had something to play for also made it a lot more disappointing than if our schedule was different and we were like 4-3 at this point.
But… there’s been so many “Fire Narduzzi” or “not okay with mediocrity” posts and I swear some of you guys just do not live in reality.
Let’s look at our schedule and compare NIL budgets
Kent State - Pitt
Cincy - Cincy (Karlo confirmed)
WVU - WVU
YSU - Pitt
UNC - unsure ?
Cal - Pitt ? Could be wrong
Syracuse - Pitt? Although maybe comparable with new staff there and investment
SMU - SMU
UVA - Pitt
Clemson - Clemson
Lville - Lville
BC - Pitt
So… yeah. If you look at that, you would reasonably expect 6-8 wins… and that’s the exact range we’ll fall into.
I’m not saying it defends every coaching decision or will determine every outcome. Obviously you should be trying to maximize the program. Nobody should be STRIVING solely for 7-8 wins.
But you just cannot take your ball and go home because Pitt won 7-8 games…. When that is exactly how our program/collective is funded.
You know why Indiana is good this year? It seems like Cignetti is a really good coach… but they supposedly had $12-14M for him for NIL. He’s quoted as saying he was pleasantly surprised, more than he was promised.
So yeah. Last night sucked and we should all be miserable.
But the whole “accepting mediocrity” argument is so damn childish and not grounded in reality.
