Since you want to go bigger picture, Narduzzi is 4-4 in his last 8 games against teams that are a combined 28-30.
You don’t have a choice but to fire Narduzzi
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Since you want to go bigger picture, Narduzzi is 4-4 in his last 8 games against teams that are a combined 28-30.
Actually he is 2 plays from trying the games in those losses, not from winning those games. One tie would have got Pitt to overtime, the other would have extended overtime.
If you want to play the what if game, then think about all the games over the last 6 years in which we almost lost because we got lax. The game at Duke comes to mind.
1980 Youngstown Mentality is what Yinzers masturbate over!
Personally I'd like a mad scientist like Mike Leach, playing some up tempo anti-Yinzer pass 1st offense.
Mad scientist got a whopping 2 points against Kentucky this weekend.
Who cares, I want to try that, and get away from Yinzer style offense, and if they still go 6-6 or 8-5, same thing. so what?
Mike Leach when he was younger and in his prime, then I’d agree with you. You need to find the next young, smart, aggressive coach who is innovative.
you had the anti-yinzer offense in 2011 and still went 6-6. Heck you were probably yelling in the Iowa game when the anti-yinzer offense was still in effect and not killing clock with a 21 point 3rd quarter lead.
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No, I agreed with staying with your principles. he left after one year so we never got to see it play out. As I remember that was very run oriented, I want insane pass happy, spread and hurry up for 60 minutes. I want something that makes Yinzers heads explode
I agree that we are two plays from 5 - 0 but that's been a problem recently we are always just a few plays from where we want to be but never quite there. The season can be salvaged but at this point the last two weeks are disappointing and a real black mark on Narduzzi's record.
Memo to Pitt fans (and Pitt administration).
1) Big $$ buyout, little revenue.
2) If you fire, who are you going to get?
3) With buyout, what can you afford? I am not talking just HC's but Coordinators and Assistants.
4) We have had too many impromptu coaching searches without a plan and look at the results.
5) What are your expectations (which should be #1) of the program?
1) Big $$ buyout, little revenue.
2) If you fire, who are you going to get?
3) With buyout, what can you afford? I am not talking just HC's but Coordinators and Assistants.
4) We have had too many impromptu coaching searches without a plan and look at the results.
5) What are your expectations (which should be #1) of the program?
5) At least 2 top 25 finishes in a 6 year span, with one of those being a "special" season (playing for Coastal championship and finally finishing a season with either 11 wins or less than 3 losses). Don't think that is an unreasonable ask. Note: Special season isn't making the Coastal championship but finishing with 7 losses and losing to your arch-rival by 44 points.
He's not getting fired this year. However, next year you need to either extend him or fire him. That's when the decision will be made.
I don't like saying what can we realistically expect.... we should always strive to be better, so I expect to be a little better than last year, and if you keep doing that you will end up somewhere good...
He’s also 2 more plays from being 1 - 4.
I kinda like the vision from your Cristobal (well played) and what you suggest is conceivable. Hometown boy, only making 900k right now at Oregon, so he's available. The way Moorhead went out at Miss St was a bit concerning though, but not enough to write him off. He was a Pittsburgh Yankee in King Redneck's court down there, a terrible cultural fit, and it may have just been doomed to fail from jump street. At Pitt, he would be in his hometown comfort zone, he might even stick around for the long haul if he's successful at lifting the program out of the doldrums.
This is not the worst thought I've seen on this board. The one disagreement I have with you is on timing. Somebody will likely hire him after the end of this year. If Pitt wanted to move on him, they'd better start putting it in motion now.
IMO, Lyke does not make a move unless she is fairly certain about locking up one of her top three choices. This being said I would be pretty sure some early phone calls have already been made.
The fact that this has to be repeated over and over on this board (because someone always wants to fire the HC) is one of the more disappointing aspects of our fan base.
Moorhead is far from a slam dunk. Many yankees have had success in the deep south, his immediate predecessor being one. I'm not all that convinced about his offense. The Generational one sure didn't put up big numbers it.
If it does happen and Lyke is still here involved with the hiring it will be Creighton from EMU. Checks a lot of boxes.
Agree he’s no slam dunk-neither was Narduzzi, who in year 6 hasn’t even been a missed layup. It would be a high risk, high reward move. Pitt isn’t gonna get any slam dunks.
Creighton would be the hire that causes me to write Pitt football off forever. But the good news is it isn’t gonna happen. Ever.
One would think wins and losses would be one of the “boxes” that the next coach would need to check. His high water mark is a pair of 7-6 seasons and a 2nd place MAC divisional finish. ANd I don’t need the explanation of what am impossible place to win EMU is. I’m well aware of how difficult that job is, but he has a .350 winning percentage. If Lyke hires this guy she’s be run out of town with pitchforks,justifiably.
I know, all our slam dunks have been like rejections by Anthony Davis
. Two biggest slam dunks ever that fizzled were Suzie McConnell and Wannstedt.I like aggressive defenses too. Moreso when you have the athletes needed to run them. For six years, we've watched him try to force his corners to "play on an island" when he hasn't had one who is big and fast enough to do it. Yet, he keeps trying. Refuses to adjust his scheme to what he has to work with.
I've been a Narduzzi defender all along, but, I'm really sick of watching receivers run wild through our secondary week after week, month after month, year after year.
I actually understand your frustration but that’s part of this def...it does give up big plays at times in return for lots of pressure. The offense has to do it’s part and doesn’t. Also sadly he didn’t have the def line talent to start now he doesn’t have the cb talent sucks it couldn’t line up. As bad as we have been Mathis probably puts us at 5-0. The 2 back ups are not talented enough and the freshman who are talented don’t know the system. It took Paris a while but that sure turned out good. Honestly given our recruiting ability (not top 20) I’d say the def is not my worry. The offensive style and coaching is the biggest concern even more so then offensive talent. Shocky, Mack, Wayne , Shibley and aj Davis would all get playing time at nc state, Louisville, bc, and Syracuse. As for the bad oline I don’t think they are as bad as we make them. They were brought here for one system and play fin a completely different one. Narduzzi needs a mentor to help him straighten out the offensive philosophy and execution IMO.
No to Moorhead. Ten years ago people were pining for Tom Bradley. Now it's Moorhead. He's been tainted by State Penn, hard pass. Stick with Narduzzi, we'll go 6-6 maybe 8-4 and possibly beat a top 10 opponent every year. That's about the ceiling for this program, truth be told.
yeah, if you want to play the we were close game, Pitt could have EASILY been 4-8 last year. They had to pull out wins vs Duke, UCF, AND Delaware.
We also may benefit more often from not being the local stepping stone. As in we can offer play now to a transfer qb. That could change a season
Dumb take. The guy is either a good coach or he isn’t. He is a cutting edge offensive mind, the only issue is whether he can be a successful HC. But the fact that he did a stint at post-Paterno PSU doesn’t taint a damn thing.
Bradley was a whole different story, starting with the fact that he was a dinosaur. I never understood why some posters wanted him at Pitt.
Nobody that's a Pitt fan wanted Bradley. Just the trolls.
Then you will see the Covid excuses, and that we need stability.
Frankly, Narduzzi should have been gone after last year. The way the season ended was unacceptable. Going 4-4 against a horrificACC schedule was terrible, and they barely beat a pathetic bowl team.
HOnestly, even with the way 2018 ended he should have been on a very hot seat. He has gotten far too much leash IMO.
he's a mediocre guy. that's always hard to replace. and it's probably impossible this year. we have a nice class and to be nice, let's focus on the positive that he can keep the class together. that's all we have.
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Heard these arguments before from Pitt fans on the Basketball Board who wanted to get rid of Jamie Dixon and was subsequently replaced with Kevin Stallings.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
comparing jamie dixon's resume to narduzzi's is absolutely ridiculous.
Bradley to Pitt almost happened until a few donors with some common sense put a stop to it.
I don't dispute that. I stand by my contention that the fans were not interested in him from the start.
The fact that we keep repeating 6 or 7 win seasons is what's disappointing. When PN won 8 games his first two years, the fan base was reasonably happy. 6 years in and hovering around 500 against P5 programs is going to piss off the few fans that remain. The fault lies in our performance, not in our fan base.
He's had 3 8 win seasons, 1 7 win, and 1 5 win. If anything we are repeating 8 win seasons for the most part.
That said, I'm more disappointed in that he hasn't fixed the penalty issues and the team lays eggs against opponents too often when we are large favorites and that is an issue.
I'm fine with him being around next year. But his seat should be extremely hot. Especially if the same issues keep occurring.
I mean, an 8 win average isn't going to trigger a buy-out and that was the point of the comment. Our fanbase wants to exchange coaches every time something goes wrong and rarely appreciates what is right. Things certainly aren't great but from the school's perspective, they could be a lot worse.
Year 6 isn't when something goes wrong , I was with Duzz until after year 5, he has to go!
So where have you been the last six years? Did you make an account just to rag on Narduzzi?
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