Great Article and proves that Coach Pat & Staff has done something special and is a very Special Coach as he Rebuilds the Pitt Program. It is fun to watch Pitt again as far as i am concern, and I am glad I witness it twice in 1972 and in 2015 again. It has been confirmed not by any Post or Posters, but by the Players own words, performances, and dedication seen below and read at the Link? This is a very special time for Pitt Students, Alumni and Fans and way more bigger and better times to come, watch, believe and see.
2015 Coach Pat First Year Change Attitudes To Never Quit Pitt! (8-5)!
2016 Coach Pat Advances Focus And Tougher Signature Wins!! (9-4)?
2017 Coach Pat Continue To Rebuild With Pitt's Big Surprise!!! (10+)?
2018 Coach Pat Full Year Recruits To Players And Pitt Will Thrive High!!!! (11+)?
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The previous coaching staff largely ignored Caprara, a redshirt sophomore at the time.“It was kind of like beating a dead horse,” he said. “I wasn't going anywhere. I couldn't get reps on the field.” Through faith, self-examination, prayer, repeated talks with former Pitt linebacker Scott McKillop and, finally, former coach Paul Chryst's departure to Wisconsin, Caprara decided to stay. If Chryst had stayed, Caprara said, he would have been gone. “No question,” he said. But Caprara wanted to finish what he started, including his first of four mission trips he took to Haiti. “I found myself into Haiti,” he said. “We built our own program. That's something special. It kept me here. And, sure enough, here we are.” When coach Pat Narduzzi arrived after the '14 season, he found a place for Caprara, who played all 13 games, with eight starts, and recorded 101⁄2 tackles for a loss. He has started seven games this season, although he has missed three with an injury. He said the difference in the program from his freshman year — Chryst's first — is “night and day.” But he credits Chryst for changing the culture. “One of the good things Coach Chryst's staff did is they really knew who they wanted on this team, who were liabilities on this team, who was going to make a bad image on this team,” he said. “They did a good job of rooting those people out. He kind of set the bar.”.........................“All that stuff that happened to me, I feel like that was God's way of humbling me, letting me know everything is going to happen on His time and on His terms and for me to work as hard as I can and just be ready for His plan to play out the way it's going to play out,” he said. Price, who has 221⁄2 sacks the past two seasons, credits Narduzzi. “I'm not going to give him all the credit, but he definitely got a lot of it,” he said. “He just believed in me and allowed me to play to my personality on the field. I needed somebody beside myself to give me an ego boost.”Senior offensive tackle Adam Bisnowaty said he's living in a “different world” than the one he entered as a freshman in 2012. He wasn't among the players cursing their misfortune because of the coaching changes. “We wanted to be great,” he said. “That's the reason we came to Pitt, not for a coach.”
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11521357-74/caprara-pitt-chryst
2015 Coach Pat First Year Change Attitudes To Never Quit Pitt! (8-5)!
2016 Coach Pat Advances Focus And Tougher Signature Wins!! (9-4)?
2017 Coach Pat Continue To Rebuild With Pitt's Big Surprise!!! (10+)?
2018 Coach Pat Full Year Recruits To Players And Pitt Will Thrive High!!!! (11+)?
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The previous coaching staff largely ignored Caprara, a redshirt sophomore at the time.“It was kind of like beating a dead horse,” he said. “I wasn't going anywhere. I couldn't get reps on the field.” Through faith, self-examination, prayer, repeated talks with former Pitt linebacker Scott McKillop and, finally, former coach Paul Chryst's departure to Wisconsin, Caprara decided to stay. If Chryst had stayed, Caprara said, he would have been gone. “No question,” he said. But Caprara wanted to finish what he started, including his first of four mission trips he took to Haiti. “I found myself into Haiti,” he said. “We built our own program. That's something special. It kept me here. And, sure enough, here we are.” When coach Pat Narduzzi arrived after the '14 season, he found a place for Caprara, who played all 13 games, with eight starts, and recorded 101⁄2 tackles for a loss. He has started seven games this season, although he has missed three with an injury. He said the difference in the program from his freshman year — Chryst's first — is “night and day.” But he credits Chryst for changing the culture. “One of the good things Coach Chryst's staff did is they really knew who they wanted on this team, who were liabilities on this team, who was going to make a bad image on this team,” he said. “They did a good job of rooting those people out. He kind of set the bar.”.........................“All that stuff that happened to me, I feel like that was God's way of humbling me, letting me know everything is going to happen on His time and on His terms and for me to work as hard as I can and just be ready for His plan to play out the way it's going to play out,” he said. Price, who has 221⁄2 sacks the past two seasons, credits Narduzzi. “I'm not going to give him all the credit, but he definitely got a lot of it,” he said. “He just believed in me and allowed me to play to my personality on the field. I needed somebody beside myself to give me an ego boost.”Senior offensive tackle Adam Bisnowaty said he's living in a “different world” than the one he entered as a freshman in 2012. He wasn't among the players cursing their misfortune because of the coaching changes. “We wanted to be great,” he said. “That's the reason we came to Pitt, not for a coach.”
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11521357-74/caprara-pitt-chryst
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