210 thoughts on “Pitt vs North Carolina BB Game Thread”

  2. Thus far today 3 major ‘Blue’ Bloods have been upset (Duke, Kentucky, Kansas). Further, St John’s was 0-11 in conference play … 11 straight losses … before beating Duke.

    Having said that I’m probably not even going to watch the onslaught

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  3. What are you going to do if your nose is stuffy? What are you going to do if you don’t like your job? What are you going to do if PITT needs a touchdown? PICKETT! PICKETT! PICKETT!

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  4. You can’t spell Pickett without “ike”…

    Just occurs to me that you also can’t spell Pickett without Pitt!

    P-I-cke-T-T!

    Go Pitt! And Go Pickett!

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  16. I dont think the Tarholes have lost 4 straight since Matt Doherty was the HC. Will see how strong the love is between Huckleberry & Otis tonite.

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  20. Kid for St. Bonaventure just dropped 40 on Duquesne including a game winning 3 with like 5 seconds left.

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    2. The fouls are 8-5. UNC is at home and is the more offensively aggressive team. More than half of Pitt’s shots have been 3s.

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  30. The O/U of 11 has no fear of going over.

    No one cares anymore is the best part. That is what hiring a lifelong cancer does to a program.

    UNC isn’t even good this year.

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  31. Bravo refs haven’t given Pitt a break in last 2 games. Carr was fouled going to the hoop instead they call a charge and changes the whole first half

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  33. My Pitt hat is off to all you on this board watching this mess. Looks like Pitt has again come out hard but that’s all the gas in the tank. Still cant understand why KS plays up tempo w this team. Suicide.

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    1. Otis wants to pretend they have talent, when we don’t. UNC are slackers on defense, I think we beat them 2 years ago, when they played no D at all at the Pete.

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  34. #19 in the country. I know you’re smarter than people who get paid. You said the same thing about Duke. SOS with you

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    1. We did this the other night too. Pitt was outside jacking 3s while Miami was driving it and hitting the boards.

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  36. I’m smarter than a turd coach on Pitt’s Payroll who you said give him time. He is 4-26 in ACC. Only you would praise this scum coach. I could hire a NAIA a Coach for 90% less and he would win more than 4 freaking games. Bum!

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  37. Comedy Hour when you guys are talking about Refs.

    We get beat in every facet and you say the refs.

    When you are O- 2017 / 2018 you don’t get calls because you are busy league jokes.

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    1. I don’t doubt that for a second. That’s why I pointed out that UNC is at home. It’s now 9-6 and each team has 4 FT attempts.

      I just saw Chukwuka set a moving screen that wasn’t called. He does it all the time. Do you want me to do this all night?

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      1. I add that UNC has 44 FG attempts to Pitt’s 34. The problem is that Pitt shoots more 3s than 2s, they don’t rebound and they turn the ball over. It’s not the referees.

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  42. You want to know what’s funny? Upitt waiting for PITT to get down in the score before he starts mouthing off. << That’s a fact!

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  43. I just got home and pulled up the score. My life doesn’t revolve around a 4-26 ACC basketball team. We were up? Funny. Down 20 now I see on ESPN. Enjoy getting your teeth kicked in Stallings you Bum.

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  44. Sorry 25 points. Wait Heather’s printing HOF Awards on her HP Printer. Oh okay. Glad she is on the case. Compliance Puppet for asking 5-8 Pat.

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  47. UNC were told to play some D at halftime….by Huckleberry. I guess not losing 4 in a row took precedence

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  54. Pitt now with 43 FG attempts. 24 from 3. Now down to 37% from the arc.

    5 offensive rebounds for Pitt. 14 for UNC. Carolina up 14 overall.

    UNC with 66 FG attempts.

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  56. UNC Sucks this year and lost 5 starters and are up 30. 🤣

    Stallings wouldn’t win with the Dream Team.

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  64. PITT is just not good this year but the boys do play hard. It;s not good for PITT or the kids.. so let’s

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    1. You can say it all you want but there is no evidence of it. So perhaps you’re beating the dead horse.

      They live and die by the 3. They don’t play good defense (half or full court) and they don’t rebound. They also turn it over a lot.

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      2. I’ve never denied a bit of your comment barvo.. never… keep saying it over and over. you sound like a small child.

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    2. Who exactly plays hard? you are paying a loser 2M plus a year and giving full rides. They are atrocious so they should give 200%. I see undisclipline sloppy no fundamental lazy players. Give them a participation trophy. This team stinks and will in 4 years.

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  69. I see we lost by 30 points. Guys, NC was 6-5 in the ACC going into this one, this is not a real good NC team yet. We are not competitive at all. If there are 1 or 2 Stallings supporters left not related to him, its time to give it up if you care about the university at all. And I agree with Upitt, I’m not sure why so many people keep repeating the “they play hard” mantra, I don’t see how this team is that different than any other one, besides Artis on last year’s team, who tended to get sleepy at times.

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  75. I like PITT BB. Followed it for 40 years.

    I’m also on record that Stallings should be replaced.

    I’m on record that none of this is Heather’s fault

    I’m on record saying that anyone who thinks Heather is at fault has an agenda.

    I’m on record that this PITT team doesn’t seem to play well as a team at his young moment in their lives.

    I’m on record that tearing down a student PITT athletic player or team is disrespectful.

    I’m on record that in my opinion, a PITT fan doesn’t pile on like I read!

    Yes Huff, that was imo.. ike

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  77. My friend Emel, are you the guy that complains about service all the time? I sure hope not. I know people who do, I don’t like them much. I try and give people a break as I don’t know a thing about them.. benefit of the doubt is not a bad thing. ike

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    1. I said bad service ike. And yes if I’m paying good money and the service is 3rd rate, and nothing is done by the owner/mgr to compensate, I will not be a happy camper.

      And if they serve me a pile of slop…….I’ll send that back too !

      Not complaining let’s them to continue with their 3rd rate trmt of customers and you are therefore enabling them by not……wait for it……….complaining.

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      1. Enables people like Gallagher and Barnes and Stallings and now Heather. Now of these dolts would make it in a company that actually has to hit goals. Education is where people go to hide from not performing. Gallagher is the worst one.

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  78. And they don’t go back to the restaurant. Currently our resaurant is losing 6M hard costs and I dare say another 8-10M in softcosts.

    Ike – This is Heather’s problem now and it is absolutley hwr fault every day she lets it continue. In the military if you replace a leader then everything falls on you now whether you created it. It is time for her to act or she will go down with this ship by not acting.

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    1. Exactly when General Patton took over the American Army 2nd Corps in North Africa after their rout at the Kasserine Pass in 1943. At that point he was responsible for any and everything that the 2nd Corps did from that point going forward. And he was more than happy to accept that responsibility.

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  79. And Pitt basketball and most sports is a Pile of Slop. Don’t complain and it won’t change.

    When does it ever. Without the Founding Fathers ‘complaining’ about the Crown and their injustices….
    America would have NEVER BEEN FOUNDED.

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  80. Why is firing Stallings not equivalent to throwing good money after bad?
    Who else wants to come here?
    Yes, a disaster…and yet no one held responsible.
    But firing Stallings- good in the eye of the public – does not float the ship from the bottom of the sea.

    Again, thanks Herman. Hope u rot.

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  81. I agree 100% Upitt. You don’t keep going back to the restaurant that you feel treated you bad. Give them a 1* and be done with them. << Slightly hidden advice in there for you buddy….

    Emel, don’t go to a cheap slop joint and expect gourmet food. It’s not the service fault. On the other hand I have had to hold back on tips a time or too but that was more on my wife picking up a 10 spot from my tip. I like to give the benefit of the doubt. (yes we eat at local slop shops)

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  82. Ike, why the hostility at me. I didn’t make a comment this entire thread until now.

    This is partly our AD’s fault. When you are two years at the helm of a team as is Stallings, and there are no indications that the team is improving, it is time to give the coach the axe. She needs to step up and do this. No questions. Or she needs to say “i believe in Stallings and I will put my job on the line in support of his program. If she can’t do that, she is the problem and needs to go.

    If she doesn’t believe he is the guy, she needs to cut him loose. This is not difficult. Losing by 20 and 30 points towards the end of a season is difficult. It shows no improvement. I tried to stay off the board tonight, but it was too hard not to comment at the end.

    Change the culture BoT and Gallagher. The natives are speaking to you with their lack of participation in buying tickets. Make a freaking financial decision that actually supports Pitts dwindling fanbase in bball.

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  84. Some of you, don’t have to live down here with all these Tarhole-ites.

    Easy to sit in Latrobe or wherever and not have to deal with these aholes from UNC or Duke, 24/7/365

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  85. Huff, that was a tongue and cheaker about your language police repertoire, no offense intended. Starting after this BB season, I’ll agree, Heather has to be forthright and let the PITT donors know what’s in that head of hers. Hopefully something positive.

    Emel I said don’t go to slop shops and I do. Yes if I paid $200 for a meal of two and it had a hair in it I would say something. Why? because I had money invested. How much do you send to PITT BB?

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  86. I’m on the frontlines daily down here, smack dab in the middle of ACC Country. I don’t like having to explain why we suck so bad.

    The Pitt hat is going in the closet, it’s almost time for another losing team….the Pirates Hat !
    (wear it before they’re 15 games out of 1st place by end of May)

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  87. Not fair to donors/fans to ley Stallings twist in the wind.
    But, aside from volleyball, we have taken a turn for the worse in basically every sport since Gallagher took helm.

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  88. None of your business iek. If the complaint ratio based on your contribution level. Then I can complain till infinity.

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  89. LOL Emel, easy to sit in Latrobe? That’s a hoot. Why do you think I’m on the POV night and day. No one here to talk PITT football with. Family keeps me here and that’s it. It use to be PITT and the sports but with pay per view I’m ready to fly. Forgive me but it’s just I love PITT. Been a big part of my life for a very long time, have the PITT gear to prove it. That’s all I get for presents for a very long time. (they can’t take a hint) ike

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  90. It isnt the financial investment, Ike, but the emotional one.
    Every game, your heart ripped outta your chest.
    And then comes the epiphany: If the administration doesn’t care, then why should I?

    And yes, I sat through Johnny 2, I-can’t-Hackett, Ralph Willard, etc, with hope-filled eyes and an open wallet.

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  92. Ike I am there with you on the passion for Pitt athletics. We all know what a bell curve is….. Ike being one end & Upitt on the other. On most topics I am with Ike but I have to admit, grudgingly, a few times I am with Upitt.

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  95. My two alma maters are having record years.

    PURDUE just won 19th consecutive game (School record and longest win streak in nation.)

    PITT just lost 11th straight game (School record. Chicago State currently has the longest losing streak in D1 at 20.)

    Needless to say, I am feeling a bit schizophrenic.
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  96. Damn, this is pathetic. I hate living in ACC country right now. Just embarrassing. I mean, come on, if you were somewhat competent as a coach, there’d be at least one game won and maybe not so damn many blowouts. It’s obvious that there must be a change at the end of the season (won’t happen before that).

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  97. Maybe Narduzzi can recruit somebody by telling them the NFL Defensive player of the year is Aaron Donald, the latest great Pitt Alumni. Also from my other Alma Mater, Penn Hills.

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  98. Get a coach in place first, without using a manipulative search firm, and then let an existing coach go.

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  100. Thanks Bernie…think KS tweets to the zoo? Buys them pizza? Contributes in any way to a positive atmosphere at the Pete? Pitt fan28…My hope is there are some behind the scenes talk with potential coaches but I’m not very confident right now.

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    1. pizzas are bought when they are waiting in line a few hours to get the best seats. KS doesn’t have to worry about that

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  102. per above discussion from last night … if I get bad food or service, I usually just don’t go back to the restaurant; there are always plenty of alternatives. But I will complain if I’m at restaurant where I go frequently and am well known.

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  105. couple things:

    Aaron Donald is some sort of freak without the freaky body. PITT not only puts players into the NFL, they put out the best players. Just like the water in Brooklyn makes the best bagels maybe it’s the three rivers in Pittsburgh help making the best football players?

    I do have a problem with Stallings coaching. It’s inconsistent at best and nonexistent at worst. I do think PITT has the nucleus of a good team down the road. Definitely needs maturing and a few more pieces brought in.

    Interesting picture above at TCU and Jamie’s cardboard cutout, the young player shooting the free throw should be playing for PITT. Konate from right up the road Hermitage, PA.

    Still concerned about a replacement for Stallings if and when it happens.

    Anyone else miss Reed’s Sunday morning podcasts?

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  106. Reed has mention many times that the podcasts are much easier than writing an article. Maybe towards the end of summer closer to the football season.

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  107. I’m in the minority that think Stallings did recruit some good kids that can develop into ACC level players.

    But like Dan72 says why aren’t they running a slow down game like Pitt used to and VA still does.

    Playing run and gun with UNC is just stupid. No value on offensive rebounding? We need a new coach.

    I like the individual talents of these guys, they have some skills, but they are outclassed every night by bigger stronger guys. They turn the ball over too often playing this run and gun style.

    Hate to say it, but a deliberate style with a focus on rebounding and taking better and fewer shots with more emphasis on defense, would give them a better chance to learn and grow and maybe even win.

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    1. That is not how offensive gurus roll.
      I am just holding my breath for all the 4 and 5 stars that this up-tempo style attracts.

      Ok, I won’t hold my breath because, if I were the best in the world, I’d be dead 1000 times over,

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  108. We are going to find out how much Gallagher cares about the front porch at the end of the season.

    I love how the ACC announcers mention Stallings 300 plus wins and two sweet sixteens, but fail to mention his overall losing conference record, and his poor behavior towards players.

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  109. Oh, how far and fast Pitt’s football and basketball teams have fallen in national prominance. Given all the vitriol spewed at Christ and Dixon, most Pittites wish both men were still coaching at Pitt. It looks like Pitt will never be relavant in football and basketball again. Sad. Very sad.

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    1. Egg on my face but little did I know how atrocious our AD’s were. Knowing they are bums yes I never would want either gone. Chryst and Dixon over these bums. But most schools that care could easily upgrade over both if they actually spent money.

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  110. Remember when Pitt would be on TV and ESPN would actually have commercials about upcoming games. Now it is Press Virginia 2 times a week in major time slot and TCU, etc.

    Sometimes a wife or husband gets sick of the beatings and “talk” and leaves. We went from relevent to complete and utter laughing stock in 2 seasons. Best part is the TCU tickets are on fire and rhe skunk is all over BillBoards here and it is exciting. So TCU actually sells the brand and the team. Meanwhile Fanta Farrah is giving away box tops and friend pickles to the first 34 at the Pete. Only way to bring this to a rightful solution is to not attend games. Say what you want. If you go to games you are telling Heather it is okay and I’m a sheep. Unless you have a kid under 10 years old and he/she want to see this. Although I think cleaning out a gutshot Hog in 3 feet of mud would be less damaging to a kid than watching Grand Larcen Lex Stallings steal 78K a game and look like a vaccum salesman just fired by Brissel on Xmas Eve.

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  111. Gotta hit Ohio, Florida, California and Nevada over 5 days. If I don’t get Flu it will be a miracle. Like Stallings winning a game ornot looking like a kid dressed as Howdy Doody.

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    1. And here are a few more,,,,coming over to the dark side,,,,willingly almost.
      F Scott Barnes! and anyone responsible for his being here and doings here

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  113. Not sure that replacing Stallings, at an exorbitant cost, with someone better, is even doable.
    Still, the acrimony from the hire will never go away.
    Easy to blame Herman (is he rotting, yet?), but Gallagher let him get away with it.
    The financial losses for basketball need to be addressed by the BOT, for no competent business would allow that without a prudent investigation.

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    1. It is not only doable, it is absolutely necessary. Pitt is an absolute joke if they don’t make a change. Stallings can’t be having any fun. I would thino he would agree to stretching out his buyout to walk away from this. Just have to hope Heather will put more effort into hiring his replacement than Barnes did. And I do believe she will.

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  114. I have surely lost confidence in Pitt sports especially BB. The image is terrible and I think it will take years to regain respectability. HCPN is trying but … The school better look in the mirror at our national image. Hail AD in NFL for helping.

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  115. I think the program is run by a secret soceity of aliens or PSU Alumni. Honest to God if you bought a book how to ruin everything you touch Pederson, Barnes, Gallagher, Fanta Farrah and Nerdberg and Penn Dot Gallagher haven’t skipped a step.

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  116. You bail out your kitchen yet there Mark? It took PITT a long time to ruin football and it’s going to take a few more years to come all the way back and further than you have ever known. Basketball is a train wreck and owes a lot of money to KS. Probably not going to change anytime soon. If Stallings does leave after this season, are you willing to give out any credit?

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    1. Absolutely. It will tell me Heather can sell and that she demands excellence. I would become an instant fan. If she does this it has to happen the day after the last game.

      He is older and misses his family. I say Kevin. We have a check for 4.5M for you to walk away today. Go back to Brentwood and raise your horses and watch little Otis catch for the Hickory Crawdads with Emel.

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  117. It seems that one 5-win FB season is being magnified by some of the comments above, That’s just one less win that we have averaged for most of this decade. Of course, if the losing seasons continue, then there is a problem.

    On the other hand, if you’re comparing the program to what it was in late 70s. .. then that ship has sailed a long time ago. This program has been nothing but mediocre for the better part of the last 27 years

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  118. The hiring process for KS sure seemed rigged, but does anyone know if there was any other interest in the job? Chasing out JD may have put Pitt in a no coach zone…

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    1. Larry – When you go to Giant Eagle with $14 dollars but want 2 steaks and a 12 pack it isn’t possible.

      If Pitt went to the Giant Eagle with $50 then could of got filets and a 12 pack of Pironi.

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    2. More Garbage Enabling by local media with kids who play at the school. Board Members with 2 kids in coaching. It is sad honestly.

      This hiring family burns me up.

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  119. Wwb – Chryst inherited a 1996 Ford F-150 with rust and 178k miles. The engine needed work. The vehicle also was in an accident and missed a front end.

    Narduzzi got a Toyota Camry 26k miles with new tires and tinted windows and just detailed. It was owned by an old lady and kept in the garage. Winning 6 in the F-150 was an accomplishment. Of course I rode him and was unimpressed but I really think with the money they pay narduzzi for assistants and a few years of consistency he wins about the same games. I bet you would agree.

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    1. Chryst had a senior QB in each of his first two seasons, not to mention Aaron Donald. His D-line coach couldn’t recruit JuCo D-linemen to save his life to help Aaron out. The coaches had to revert to moving a former fullback at Ohio State to end. Thank God those days are over.

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      1. Narduzzi played bum after bum because he can’t see talent in front of his eyes. Sadly he is still coaching and evaluating talent.

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          1. UPitt, Chryst left a great OL, RB but no QB … and certainly very little on defense.

            On the other hand he was given a handful of pretty good defenders (Donald, Mosley-Smith, Todd Thomas, Gordon, Price, Grigzby, Kwuan Williams, Jolley … plus a few good offensive players .. Graham, Street, Shanhan, Turnley, Rotheram , Jacobsen, Rowell, Clemmings

            so ENOUGH with the fallacy that that Narduzzi was given so much more

            and of course, anytime you want to talk schedules …

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            1. How in the world did Chryst find his way back into the conversation again?

              You forgot Tino!

              Probably not fair to list Price as he was injured for his first 3 seasons.

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  120. I will post it again. 10 million is simply to big a hit to fire Stallings this year. After next year, 4 million is doable and quite frankly, 3 years removed from Dixon will open up more coaches to at least look. O’Brien followed Joe PA and never heard the end of how he wasn’t Joe Pa. And left as any competent head coach would. Franklin doesn’t hear he isn’t Joe PA as time passed and coached once removed is accepted as he is.

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    1. You talk and negoiate!!! You think he wants to be here away from his family? You say here is 4.5M. Take it or I will make your time here miserable. Any of you guys work in business??? Buyouts happen daily. He will retire. He is old and blah

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      1. Buyouts happen in business regularly? Maybe in BAD businesses, well, I guess that equivalency to Pitt is totally legit.

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    2. Agree. No way will Stallings quit and give up less than what is owed to him.

      Gallagher created this mess and surely has no answers to rectify the situation. Bastard.

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      1. He will absolutley quit. If you paint his future as unpleasant and he misses his family and 64 people show up to games.

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        1. I guess Stallings can be convinced that this isn’t working and to please just resign. The problem is if he is regarded as an A-hole for how he yells at his players, what A-hole would quit and give up every penny owed him? This is the perfect situation for the Tea Sipper to show he is competent and get Stallings out for cause.

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  121. Why anyone would think that the incompetents that gave an over the hill never has been a contract with a 10mil buyout after two years of a total trainwreck would be able to fix it is beyond me. Time after time Pitt screws the pooch. Over reacts to Sports Illustrated, fires a winning coach, hires a nobody who beats his girlfriend, hires a con man. Hires a west coast basketball expert to help push Jamie, a top twenty if not top ten coach, out the door. Then hires a new AD, that is possibly an up and comer, but with a relatively weak resume who is most likely way over her head.

    So your telling me you have faith that Pitt Basketball will be competitive any time in the next five years, 10 years.

    By the way were there no performance clauses in the contract? The lawyers that drew up the contract and all who signed it should be fired.

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    1. Bingo. To get 4.5M buyout for going 4-35 in ACC is a gift. He should be fired for sucking and mother f ing kids and not cuttin that sad hair ring around his head. Tighten up Kevin.

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    2. El correcto!
      How could anyone with a modicum of sanity believe the administration could possibly right the ship they tried so diligently to sink?

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  123. Finally Pitt gets a 4 star
    I’d be more impressed if a memo was leaked by the athletics department that shows KS was hired improperly hence giving cover for Heather to fire him

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  124. New coach already makes his presence felt in Texas with the new commit. Kid had offers from Columbia and Dartmouth, so he fulfills the student athlete side that some Pitt fans worry about. Brents heading to Loui$ville is seems.

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  125. 3 Star with his best offer UNT, Washington State (De committed) and Tulane. This is who we are supposed to be excited about? 5’11 so really 5’10. 3rd tier Texas schools after him like UTEP. Tell me this is not the 4 star you are talking about please.

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  127. Two years.
    I say we have a new football coach in two years.
    Same as a new hoops coach.
    And a new baseball coach.
    And anew women’s basketball coach.

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  129. Pitt AD would be killing the program by playing hard ball and threats to a head coach. She will make the appropriate decision both timing and financially after next year. Firing Stallings and taking that hit is simply not recoverable unless some big time backers pick up the lions share of the buyout. Give him another year to improve and maybe more fannies come to see a better team next year. He is not the LT solution and never was. But it also buys time for the AD to be better acquainted with the BB landscape and who to get to the short list. Dixon got beat yesterday at home to Texas Tech. Not exactly killing it here at 4-6. But no question Pitt has to get the next hire right. Pitt is a cash cow in BB if they can win and be a top 15 team. . .

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    1. OMG, now Dixon is here again too.

      Dixon lost his starting PG. He lost to a team that currently sits atop the Big 12 and that may prove to be the only serious challenger to KU for the Big 12. He’s won ten Big 12 games in two seasons. That’s two more games than TCU had won in the previous 4 seasons. He’s also won an NIT tournament. That was TCU’s first non-CBI tournament in like 10 years. I’d say he’s doing fairly well and their fans are probably happy.

      Can we now stick to Pitt and stop talking about Dixon? He’s been gone nearly 2 years.

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    2. Disagree with everything you said. That’s okay but this enables. Why give him a 6 year deal then?????????? If he is temporary.

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    3. You must be a very patient man Chet. No way can Pitt let this BBALL team continue for another year like this . You remind me of Kevin Bacon in Animal House as a guard at the Homecoming Parade saying all is well as he’s getting run over by the stampeding crowd. In this case the crowd is the fans fleeing from the Peterson!

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  130. Still early in the second half, but 17-5 Seton Hall is giving #1 Villanova a strong game in Philly.

    Perhaps Pitt should explore replacing one Kevin with another. Perhaps reopen NYC and NJ.

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  131. Agree with Tvax1 on Barnes and more importantly those that hired him…It was Scott Barnes who completely destroyed Pitt basketball. Those that made the decision to hire one and done Barnes and allowed him to completely destroy our basketball program own this mess and must do whatever is necessary to fix this.

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  132. I hope Barnes is as thorough in his hiring at Oregon Stare as he was at Pitt. He has surpassed Cyanide Steve in my mind as worst PITT AD ever!

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  133. Hey PittPT, I’m not sure it’s about patience? More like adjusting oneself to the reality of the situation. Expecting an AD to come into an unknown situation like Heather has done and start firing people willy nilly is unreasonable. Chet makes a good point. There is a time and place for everything. The basketball program is hanging by a thread and could turn into the football nonsense we all have to live through if you start the firing and hiring doomsday process. Continuity my good buddy… ike ….. even though I do want a change in hoops… $$ may prevent that?

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  134. Ike, to me patience is allowing KS to play out the string. Anything past that signals that the powers that be are accepting of the current situation. So if we win 3 games in the ACC next year, we are getting better and allow this to continue ? I can’t see how another year benefits anyone, including KS. He should take a negotiated buyout and pursue his musical career.

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  135. PITT may just work something out with KS. You think PITT is bush league? Firing him tomorrow would be bush league by any standard and a very bad idea. Let’s not assume what we really don’t know. Weren’t you the one Mark that commented on Heather’s lack of endorsement for KS?

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  136. I don’t think we should fire KS at this point, and if he can’t take 2 of 4 from Fla St, WF, BC, and ND, he probably saves his job. If we lose them all and go 0-18 in conference, there will only be one choice for our AD. Futility on that level cannot be blamed entirely on the players.

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      1. You’re right ! With all of Pitt’s sports teams doing lousy sans Girl’s volleyball and the football team, you have to wonder if Pitt is just going to be satisfied having money to fund all their teams from ACC money and going to 3rd rate bowl games.

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  140. Cal ends nine-game skid, beats Oregon State 74-70 ( this game appeared when I clicked on a Pitt/UNC link and at that time it was 17-6 Oregon State in the lead)

    Herman the Great gets to hire another BBall coach after this year. Maybe Heather can bring Wayne Tinkle to Pitt, that would be something Pitt would do.

    Herman’s Hermits were 1-17 in the Pac 12 last year, 5-27 overall. This year they are 3-7 in conference
    having lost 7 of the last 9 games.

    Otis>Heather<Herman

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  142. ACC is pretty weak this year, so Pitt being at the bottom of Conference is even more pathetic.

    St. John’s, 0-11 in the Big East, steps out of conference play and snaps an 11-game skid vs. Duke

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