We feel it, hear it and say it all the time; “Why can’t Pitt get good QBs?” It is a damn fine question and one that strikes to the heart of the matter when looking at our mediocrity as a football program over the last 16 years. And yes folks, we have been of “moderate ability or value” on the whole over that time period. Some good years but overall…
We can point to the coaching changes we have gone through in that time period – as I count on my fingers I list Harris, Wannstedt, Haywood, Graham, Chryst and Narduzzi… and that isn’t counting the interim HCs we had in that period either.
We can point to the administrations we have had also – Nordenberg and now Gallagher or the Pederson-Long-Pederson hires, that surely didn’t help. But in my mind the root cause of our tepid play on the field, and the associated overall record of 115-99 (53%), is the lack of being able to recruit, retain and get quality play out of good quarterbacks.
Sure the other positions are important, but I don’t think we’ll find a college football fan who will disagree that it starts and ends with a strong QB at the helm. It is from there every offensive play begins and where strong leadership and sharp execution is expected.
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