I’ll repeat what I often say, that Narduzzi is very good for our program in a vacuum. If we were in some stepford wives world of college sports where it was fine to just mosey along with 6-6, 7-5, seasons every year, the 8 win surprise here and there, never any 2-10, 3-9 craters that awaken ire in somnambulant fans , and as long as there are no situations embarrassing the delicate psyches of the Pitt brass … and the ACC is happy to keep sending the big checks for this… it could go on forever. The guy is likable in a yinzer type way, seems to genuinely like and support his players, he won a conf championship no other coach has for us, and bottom line, WE WOULDN’T BRING IN ANYONE BETTER.
But that idyllic (for Pitt admin, anyway) world isn’t going to be the case for much longer. Last offseason gave off more rumblings of the 10.0 richter quake soon to come.
“Why worry about that now, live in the moment!?” Well, since all that Pitt fans usually have are dreams about the future (because the present is typically nothing to cheer about!), we DO have to look ahead more than most. And in particular looking ahead at what NOT is likely to be there by next decade…namely this program.