Very fair comment and I found it a disappointment much like the Miami Game.
Navy is 11-2, Iowa 12-1, UNC, 10-2, Miami 8-5, and ND 10-2! All with Stable Coaching Staffs that have been there for 5 years or more!
1. There was a Detroit Free Press article quoting Duzzi as saying Dantonio called him to pick his brain about Iowa. We're talking about a couple of phone calls, not Duzzi flying to EL to sit and watch film with the MSU staff. Such info sharing in the coaching brotherhood happens at every program all the time and it had absolutely ZERO impact on Duzzi's prep of his own team for any game. To suggest otherwise is idiotic.
He's just getting his feet wet dude.The best is yet to come-but give the man a minute.
I know, and I think we're in a much better place than a year ago but today was not pretty, and not the first time we didn't answer the bell until after halftime. Hope he can stock the cupboard in February because we need help quick at a number of positions.
Minor correction, Air Force and Army also run that $#!+, Navy isn't the only team other than GT to run it.
Not a excuse but possible thought, Pitt had 11 seniors on the team and Navy had 36.
Good posts! Interesting, does anyone think Coach Pat will talk to Coach Dantonio onb some of his thoughts on beating Penn State next year????? Gee, Coaches talk to each other, been going on a long long time, Knute Rockne and Jock Sutherland regularly had discussion in their day!
He did help Dantonio prior to MSU vs Iowa that was well publized. We played Iowa tough and he offered so consultation to his former boss.
I think getting us 8 wins for the first time since The Stache left is a reasonable result for year 1, especially with Conner out all year. I don't think it was some minor miracle like the usual slappies tend to portray it, but I do think Duzzi did a good job in year 1. We weren't great this year, but we were improved, we took a step forward. I expect it to keep moving in that direction as long as Dooz sticks around, but there will be hiccups. This program has been marginal for a long time. Chryst left it in better shape than he found it, but it certainly wasn't like Dooz was handed the keys to some kind of Ferrari here. More like a F-150.
I disagree. Navy was ready for Pitt like this was the national championship game - stellar game plan, and they were the better team, not for lack of Pitt effort but because of their offensive game plan.
I could not disagree more. They threw WAY more than Pitt anticipated, Pitt guys were even saying that after the game.
