The Steve Pederson Era...
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You have no appreciation of Pitt Athletics history. Who, may I ask, has been the best AD in your opinion?
You are just as excited for a Pitt- ysu game as you are for a Pitt- psu game? If so, you are truly one of a kind.
yea, the teflon man who pulled every string on his puppet, Pedersen, and screwed Pitt FB royally. We kknow in retrospect why Nerdy hired Pedersen the second time...after Nebraska he was a beaten man who pledged to his boss's bidding, take all the flack and keep his mouth shut...that's what Nerdy wanted, not a competent AD.
Exactly. Great first tenure for Pederson bringing Pitt athletics back from the dead. Didn't really like the whole "Pittsburgh" thing but I can see why he thought it was a good idea at the time.
He almost destroyed a historic Nebraska program beyond repair though. How he was able to get another job after that is beyond me.
He almost destroyed a historic Nebraska program beyond repair though. How he was able to get another job after that is beyond me.
entry into the ACC, PSU back on schedule, McConnell hired for woman's b-ball. We can and have done worse in the AD position
all that pales in comparison to the damage done to the FB program the last 10 years with the coaching carousel and the damage resulting from the destruction of Pitt stadium and having to play in a forum that's much too large.. Pedersen had nothing to do with Pitt's entry into the ACC other than fill in the application. Yea, he hired McConnell after renewing her predecessor's contract which Pitt is still paying off-what a joke your even suggesting that's a positive. Pedersen and Nerdy together were a complete disaster and Pitt FB would have never gotten off the mat with those two BUMS in place.
yea and he hired Suzie after he extended Agnes just a year or two earlier costing Pitt more money.....the guy was a complete incompetent, arrogant dud.
as I said, we can and have done worse. Jeff Long is considered to be one of the better AD's but was a complete dud here. Wonder why? Maybe problems are beyond AD office.
Pitt fans love to pin the blame on the lone boogey man theory.
Common denominator for both ADs, Nerdy, who also played a key role in mucking up anything related to athletics. And you are correct, the problems went beyond the athletics dept. because the guy making all the important decisions was a buffoon.
The Nordy/Pederson team look like an administrative team from Alabama when compared to Posvar/Bozik, who should be the ones receiving all of the venom. Those two are the culprits for no on-campus stadium, no eastern conference and no commitment to winning. The only thing scarier is they were followed up by O'Conner/Jaynes.
So once again when everyone is railing against Nordy/Pederson, please review some history and realize things were alot worse.
You can be a fan boy , history is proving you very wrong. I think this administration gets it fully, hope they have the funds to pull it off. You could have gave Nordy and Pedey Alabama type money , and they would have still screwed it all up. See Pederson with Nebraska money , and Nordy hired him back at a harder situation. WOW!
Not even Bozik? Has Pitt football ever recovered from Bozik?
Don't forget about the 3 year contract extension for Agnus Berenato in 2008. If I remember correctly...her contract should be paid off this year.
anyone who thinks Pederson is worse than Bozik is not too bright. Oh, wait a minute, PIK said that, never mind.
Our best AD was is easily forgotten Marc "gathering all of the facts" Boehm. He hired Jaime after Skip Prosser bailed. He slashed season ticket prices to ensure the stadium was packed for Fitz2003. He was also very instrumental the beginning of the ACC raid. He's also spoken very highly of the place in spite of the fact that he was passed over for a job he did for a year as interim AD.
meh, got lucky with the Dixon hire. What was instrumental about what he did in ACC raid? Hold the door open for Miami to leave? He wasn't incompetent but I don't think any P5 has swooped him up since, have they?
Bad is bad and incompetent is incompetent.... All Pitt administrators since Posvar have contributed to producing the mess that has been Pitt athletics. Who created the most embarrassing coaching carousel in NCAA history? Who relied on another school"s AD to select a HC who then used Pitt to train his coach in waiting? Nerdy and Pedersen deserve as much blame as any group of Pitt administrators.
Ackshully...Nordy hired Jamie (not Jaime). Boehm was OK.....probably would have done OK, as he wasn't offensive. Long was job-hopping, but bringing back SP was a major flaw...his huge buyout made it look even worse.
Just glad he is gone and if anybody wants Pederson back then go to Cleveland and hire him for your own company! I am glad he is gone and stays gone. The University of Pederson, Of Pederson Ego, By Pederson Mismanagement and For Pederson's Pockets is 19 Years of Foolships!
I can describe only one way.....Dumb & Dumber! Pederson proved it at Two Schools three time however and is why he is Dumber!
Pederson failures at his (Adopted Mother) Alma Mater Nebraska when he had all the assets, income, fan base, and still failed, made Boosters mad, changed traditions, and brought down All American Pictures lining the Walls of AD Department and put up current Players that accomplished nothing was an example of a stupid Athletic Director! Not Changing it was seven more stupid after getting mistakes on it. Same with Pitt Script Logo and changing Pitt to Pittsburgh, what a Dunce and paid Consultant's to come up with bone head ideas.
Cleveland will reject him too, he may try and change names again, but he should consider to change only his own name to get a job!
By the way, he is and was no longer welcomed at Pitt, but he is hated at Nebraska his Adopted Mother, and Unemployed, so he is a Orphan now roaming wondering how he got it so wrong.
And who hired him twice ? Is the guy that hired him twice and allowed him to mess most things up, get any of the blame ?
You read some of these defenses of Pederson in this thread and you have to wonder---why hasn't any other university hired him to be its athletic director?
If he did so well (I think one described him as our best athletic director??), why can't he get another AD job?
If he did so well (I think one described him as our best athletic director??), why can't he get another AD job?
Yeah why would any team want to play Top 25 teams OOC? Bring on New Hampshire and Youngstown State.
Don't mind the home and home with OSU. Giving Marshall a home game was pure stupidity.
If Pearlman hired SP at Nebarska and gave SP a Buyout too, I won't attack Nordenberg that did the same thing. The failure is on SP Ego putting himself ahead of the university with horrible misjudgements not them.
Nordenberg did so many things right than wrong at Pitt, and gets the credit for rebuilding Pitt Sports, surviving Pitt during ACC raid on BEC, and then working to get Pitt into the ACC. If Nordy felt he needed Pederson advice twice to do all of that I won't second guess Nordy. Nordy got it done in spite of Pederson's mistakes.
Pederson let Nordenberg & Pearlman down that killed off Booster Support, misspent Pitt money on consultants on Re-Branding that was an absolute failure and gone today as proof, and SP stubbornness not to change cost his dismissal at 2 Universities. Pederson firing and hiring of Coaches was terrible too.
Pederson & Howland used Pitt, and left it when it was at peril, and that is on them, then failed at NU & UCLA, while Nordenberg saved Pitt without them, and added better Coaches in Dixon and Wannstedt.
Pederson has no respect today at Pitt or Nebraska because how he acted so badly to others yesterday. Nordenberg has immense respect forevermore.
Nordenberg worked on many accomplishments that needed advice from many places and Alumna too. What Nordy did at Pitt in Athletics and Academics, Endowments, Research Funding and Rankings was remarkable and without Athletic or Academic Scandals like what happen at PSU & WVU!
Nordenberg like at Miami, BC, and VT, Cuse, and ULou did get Pitt into the ACC, just like Nebraska and Rutgers got into the Big Ten. WVU & TCU into Big-12 too.
Pederson was great promoter of Pederson before Pitt and Nebraska and is in Cleveland today as an Unemployed Consultant because he has no place at Pitt or Nebraska nor any other place in Athletics?
Nordenberg made Pitt thrive and survive and is still honored and respected from yesterday and today. Pederson can't say that, so don't blame Pederson's mistakes on Nordy in my view. Pederson was small part of it of Nordy's success, by no means all of it and survived SP mistakes.
Nordy did it his way and deserves respect in every way and if Pederson did his own job better he would still be at Nebraska, that was his target all the time, not staying at Pitt!
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