So Bell is interviewing at Oklahoma?
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Our best coach on defense is the LB coach, and I don't think it's even that close. The same guy many of us weren't happy with when he was hired.
If they have to promote anyone, promote him. I don't want loyalty promotions.
Honestly, I can see him hanging out one more year then retiring.
It's so difficult to determine what is attributable to an assistant coach vs the talent when guys are this early in their tenures. Do the OL and WR coaches suck, or is it the players? Manalac looked awful at first, because all we had to go by was what we saw on the field.
If you resign does the 6 million he gets go away?
I just can't see someone who won't get anywhere near that amount again walking away.
They'd have to pull my body out of my office if I was make 6 bills to be a football coach
it was happening with Eli as well. Play fast now means run up to line of scrimmage quickly and then stare at sideline for 10 seconds before snapping.
Holstein really struggled against SMU. Defensively, I thought Pitt took some bad angles and just gave up way too many explosive plays. I think a big reason for that is that we just haven't seen speed like that. That's something that you can't simulate. However, there were times the tackling was just shit.
The first possession compounded by Holstein's injury killed morale. Human nature is what it is and that tends to take wind out of the sails. ...then after a really nice goal line stand, we turn the ball right back over deep in our own territory. Really, you can only fight through shit like that so much.
The UVA game is the worst. Pitt had zero business losing that game.
in the first few games yes, but even the start of Louisville with Eli and they were still getting to the line quick and then not snapping
Zero chance he resigns unless they come to an agreement on a settlement, which is going to be pretty high. Because as you say, who is just going to walk away from $30m?
They moved much faster at the start of the Ville game than they were with Yarnell. Nate takes the clock under 10 every single time.
I think so. Narduzzi has been oft quoted that he dislikes the whole aspect of recruiting in the day and age where the final decisions by the top/ most talented recruits are made by how much money they'll get to play in college. I am pretty sure that Duzz was more OK when the $ was given "under the table", but now it is so obvious that the 4 and 5 star players are going to the schools that have the cash/donors
It was night and day difference.
Bell stated in one of his early pressers that Eli had played so a lot more & had so much more game experience in HS that it really showed in how they operate the offense. I'm paraphrasing there & Kade had a more diplomatic way of saying it, but you get the point.
I wish. At least Bennett won a National Championship. If Pat had won a NC, I would give him a lot more rope to turn this thing around. However, he hasn’t even been close.
Narduzzi said that Nate did not take any snaps in practice all week. That may have had something to do with it. In fact, how can you have your backup qb not take any snaps all week, given that the starter was coming off an injury and had missed the previous game?
I think Nate was pretty banged up after the Clemson loss. He got sacked, what, 8 times? As Pitt (Narduzzi) never lets on with complete transparency the extent or any detail of his player's injuries, we fans have just got to guess. Which is what my first sentence is ... a guess
It’s a 1-2 combo between NIL and the Transfer Portal that is a free for all with no guard rails. Coaching isn’t the same as it used to be when Narduzzi started a long time ago.
Yeah, Jackson Brown almost singlehandedly got him killed. How many sacks did that dude give up? And I was told on the board that he played well after that game, lol.
You know, it's kind of funny as I think back to the Youngstown State game - when Duzz wore a short sleeved white shirt and royal blue tie in honor of his dad. He may have coached the best game of the year that afternoon. Granted, it was against the Penguins, but he looked more the part of a HC and seemed even more involved in the play-by-play of the game. Maybe he should dress like his dad more often?
PN is from the old generation of coaches. He may be one of the youngest of that old generation, but in fit and finish he's a guy from yesteryear. He has more in common with the Sherill/Paterno generation than the Sark/Riley/Day guys. Those old-school kind of guys not only aren't going to thrive in the new world of college football, but they are going to actively detest it. Hell, I actively detest it. That said, they owe him a ton of money, and as dumb as I think he is sometimes he's not walking away from that. I would imagine that at some point they will negotiate a settlement and he'll retire. And he and everyone else will breathe a sigh of relief.
The problem is, once he goes, Pitt just becomes a stopping point for guys that are hopefully on the way up. That is inevitable.
The problem is, once he goes, Pitt just becomes a stopping point for guys that are hopefully on the way up. That is inevitable.
Pitt has always been a stopping point. Remember Majors and Sherill? And what's interesting is that both of them would comment later that they wished they had stayed at Pitt.
$ is the proverbial root of all evil. At least Duzz has guaranteed that unless he resigns, he will have a pretty nice nest egg for retirement
I don’t think money is the root of all evil, but the love of it is the root of all kinds of evil.
And you are right, Duzz can walk away today and live a wonderful life. Well, unless he has some hidden gambling problem.
And where is Matt Canada coaching ?
He had 1 good seasons at Pitt with a loaded team , and has continued to suck elsewhere
It's amazing how all these coaches do all these wonderful things when they have great talent, but suck when they don't have it. It's almost like talent is the most important thing.
Well he had plenty of talent at LSU and got canned after a season .
He’s just a guy that shouldn’t be an OC at a bigger program .
He’s a small school oc at best and a position coach .
Hate to interrupt this troll attempt but has anyone confirmed he’s “interviewing” for the OU OC job?
There were reports on message boards in October that he was on “hot” lists for coordinators but there’s nothing that I can find now that he’s even under consideration for an OC job
There were reports on message boards in October that he was on “hot” lists for coordinators but there’s nothing that I can find now that he’s even under consideration for an OC job
Buddy, the fact that you can't find something doesn't make it a troll job. My expectations for you are always low (like, you have no idea how low), but you didn't exactly have to go to the dark web for this one.
https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2024/11/25/pitt-kade-bell-in-contact-with-sec-program/
Venables is a dead man walking. That Bama win against another dead man walking—DeBoer— might have bought him another minute, but not much more than that.
If OU was smart they’d bring Lincoln back and pay him a truckload.
He’d be a disaster in the studio. His mouth is big, but not to be confused with well spoken. a lot of gibberish and nonsense comes out of it when he gets going.
I don't think there are too many dead men walking this year. General consensus seems to be that schools are waiting to figure out the details on how much they'll be on the hook for when it comes to this settlement + what the new pay for play salary cap model might look like. There will always be exceptions, but I don't think schools are as eager to eat these massive buyouts right now.
PN isn't going to be anywhere near a studio. He does himself no favors when he speaks publicly.
Yeah but his compensation isn’t the same as it was when he started coaching a long time ago either. At age 58 he’s not walking away from a cushy job that pays 7 mill a year because he’s frustrated with NIL and recruiting. That’s laughable. incredible to me that anyone could think that could even happen. He won’t leave until he’s pushed out or kicked out, and unless his full buyout is honored he’ll file suit the next day if that happens.
To borrow from a Pittsburgh legend, Dooz may be dumb, but he ain’t stupid.
Lincoln isn't going to win in the SEC. He's done nothing but suck at USC.
If those guys are dead men walking, what about Kelly, Napier, Freeze, Heupel, Pittman, and Elko?
Those fan bases are all pissed.
