Per the Pitt Sports Information Department:
Members of the Pitt football team will participate in the Dollar Energy Fund’s annual “Cool Down for Warmth” in Market Square on Friday from 12 to 1 p.m.
The Panthers will help build awareness for families in our region who are at risk of a utility service termination. The event features a 1,000 square-foot ice house, replicating the temperature that at-risk families and limited-income households are exposed to without utility assistance.
Anticipated player participants include: RB Israel Abanikanda, WR Jordan Addison, LS Cal Adomitis, OL Brian Burgess, LB/WR Solomon DeShields, PK Cameron Guess, LB Jack Hansberry, OL Bryce Hargrove, WR Aydin Henningham, DL Patrick Jones II, OL Jake Kradel, TE Lucas Krull, DB Buddy Mack, OC Jimmy Morrissey, TE Thomas Nealis, OL Dakota Peters, QB Kenny Pickett, LB AJ Roberts, LB Albert Tucker and QB Joey Yellen.
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Now on to the free basketball tickets
Per our informant Richard Tenzca:
The early read is that the tickets will be for the Georgia Tech Game (but that’s unconfirmed).
Hail to Pitt
Michaelangelo Monteleone
Nice to see so many very young Panthers participate in this “Cool Down For Warmth” event.—OT: PSN reporting Pitt to hire Michael Staochiotti Tampa Bay Assistant S & C Coach to head up the Pitt S & C Program. Sounds like Pitt is going “cheap” on this hire but who knows for sure.
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jrnpitt, You think a pro Asst S&C coach is a step below a college S&C coach?
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Annie, I’m just not too impressed with his resume and I don’t believe Pitt had to pay up to get him. But for all I know he may new the best hire Narduzzi has made at Pitt. Time will tell.
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Unfortunately Annie, yes, yes I do.
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Let’s just say he has never been the head person running his own S&C department, similar to Duzz never being a HC running his own team.
It’s taken Duzz five years to figure out how to be a HC. Many believe he has much more to figure out.
Can we afford five years for this assistant to figure out how to run his S&C program? This 2020 season could be a magical season – this hire was a misstep.
Plain and simple.
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Ugh! Not a good sign for the 2020 season.
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We shall see jrn? He has a decent resume.
The PITT Panthers are doing a great thing here. Interesting mix of players that will be involved, lots of young players with some mainstays. Good story.
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OT: The Lair reporting that Pitt is getting another PWO Jehvonn Lewis from Bethal Park HS a 5’10” 160 lb CB, RB, WR. Looks like he is also a track star at Bethal Park. Can’t go wrong when you get a PWO to look over before you decide to commit a scholarship. Pitt’s had a couple of winners of late via the PWO route.
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^^ Georgie and Jimmy opened the door for PWO’s into the future although they have been around for years. It’s risk free.
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Good to see some new guys pitching in already.
Great to see Fran and Wolfe last night. Appreciate Fran reaching out and walking over to my section.
Wolfe asked me a thought provoking question about knee replacement.
If you are under 50 or just not interested stop reading now.
This is completely off topic and only mildly sports related.
I have given Wolfe’s question a lot of thought. When do you know that you should go through knee replacement? As he said as we get older most of us have some level of knee pain.
In my case it was a difficult decision that took quite a while to make.
First off a qualified surgeon, make sure you have a good one, must agree that you are a candidate and that insurance will cover it. Usually they will make sure you have exhausted all other alternatives, shots etc.
But unless your knee is completely screwed to the point you can’t function, it is still a tough decision.
I looked at risk reward, would I be better off after the surgery than I was before? Since I want to be as active as possible in my Golden years, I decided to do it. I didn’t want to wait to long till recovery would be tougher, and I prepared physically beforehand.
I will advise that the rehab is very tough and you must do it to get the best possible outcome. I would not advise anyone to do it until they are 90% sure they need to. I don’t think you will be 100% sure unless you have no choice. There is a lot of pain and due to abuse and the fact that rehab starts immediately, they give you far less meds than in the past.
The good news is that the brain doesn’t remember pain, perhaps that is why most people I asked who had the surgery said, piece of cake. Liars! As with most surgeries it will take 9 to 12 months to feel totally normal.
It has been 9 weeks and I have little to no difficulty with normal daily functions. The pain is slowly subsiding although rehab still hurts Like they say, no pain, no gain.
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Great to see you last evening as well, GC. And thanks for sharing your advice. I hadn’t thought about the longer recovery time associated with delaying the procedure. Just one more variable in the equation.
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gc.. work on your putting and chipping 1st….
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gc, happy to hear you’re doing better! 20 years now with a new knee. Badly need the other knee done along with a new hip, possibly a brain transplant as well, I’ll let you know. 🙂
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So not a Dr but Pitt Mechanical Engineer … who broke and ankle “real good” ( 2 yrs ago, 3 plates 9 screws).
Any moving part made by man has a life cycle associated with it. Look into that term… a quick google says knees last ~ 20 yrs… average male life expectancy 78.7 years So if you are 60+ a replacement is likely a one and done. If you are 45, not so much.
Also if the surgeon suggest this brand new model, I would likely decline. Never buy the first model of something…
The longer you can tolerate your original parts the better your outcome will be. The rationale is two fold .., a lower bar to meet because it hurts REAL bad, and two we learned a bit over the last time period.
I wish my mother had listened to this advice … two knees later I hear a lot of complaints, but that could just be mom 😉
BTW considered bio-med, but as an air-junkie end up in jet engines.
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I was 44 when I had mine put in, had to sign a waiver around 25 pages long. I hear the surgeries are not as tough today and also, they do partial knee replacements now. It is bad to have a knee replacement replaced as you run out of bone to work with. So far so good, it’s my other knee.
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For the Market Square event tomorrow, not only are the players young, many have been in the Burgh for just a little over 2 weeks. Seems like a good way to familiarize them with community and the downtown
In ESPN’s way too early pre-season all-American team, Twyman is picked as 1st team DT
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Nice!
Hail to Pitt!
(Only thing surprising to me is — where’s Tre Tipton?)
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by coincidence, Stacchiotti began his strength coaching career at Ursuline HS in Youngstown. And he worked under Pgh native Anthony Piroli, who was a GA under Buddy Morris at Pitt.
While looking at Tampa Bay’s assistants on the Buccaneers web site, I came across ….
Roger Kingdom, Speed & Conditioning Coach
Cody Grimm, Defensive Asst (Russ’s son)
Nick Rapone, Safeties Coach (DC at Pitt 89-92, and GA under Sherill; New Castle native)
and former Steelers Larry Foote and Antawn Randle El
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The Jeff Capel Radio Show is killin’ it with former players as guests:
Two week ago — Sam Clancy
Last week — DeJuan Blair
Tonight — Levance Fields!
Levance is on the phone — not in studio. Can tell Coach Capel is a big fan. After they talked about all the assists Levance had, Coach said he needed a PG like Levance…
Jeff Hathorne does a nice job. Told Levance he heard how Levance would get on his teammates after the game if he had set them up and the player had missed the shot – and cost Levance an assist. Levance confessed…
Go Pitt.
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Gordon – thanks for the insight. Hope I don’t have to. Make that decision.
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Transfer Horton was on Capel’s show too. Coach went out of his way to say how helpful Horton has been to Pitt in preparing for opponents.
Coach said Horton has been even better than he thought.
Horton said he came here because he always wanted to play for Duke! The Capel Connection.
Coach said he was astonished when he watched film that Horton was a Delaware. Said he has “pop.” Coach clearly indicated he thinks Horton will be immediate help next season. (This is encouraging news — Horton was an excellent 3-point shooter as a Freshman at Delaware…).
Also, Mr. Horton is really well spoken.
Go Pitt.
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The new S&C guy looks good…so far…. it will be important as to how he interacts with the players. Sounds like he started even before his hiring was announced.
As to knee replacements, I had both of mine done (5 months apart) about 8 years ago. Best things ever did (don’t tell my wife I said that!). Pain? What pain? (Yep, GC, don’t remember much about the pain at all.) I made the decision when I couldn’t walk my dog 2 blocks without severe pain. I think
I was playing golf about 3 months after the replacement. (Unfortunately they did nothing to improve my duffer status.). The new knees are the only two parts of my body that work really well anymore.
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Well, I’ve been on the S&C program for awhile. Can’t tell you how important it is to get this hire right. And you know what, can’t go by what players think because they all love the S&C coach. Proof will be on the field.
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Fields was a favorite of mine. Best ball handler in close quarters I’ve ever seen.
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As expected, the women’s BB team got hammered tonight by No. 8 NC State.
Same script of poor shooting and lots of turnovers. The freshmen learning the hard way…
I’m afraid they get a big fat “F” tonight.
Hang in there Coach White!
Go Pitt.
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Similar to the S&C head guy hire – big fat “F”.
Duzz was taken by surprise that Andrews was leaving. Iowa State got a head S&C coach to go along with their HC hire from a few years ago who was a HC at a MAC school. Both have systems already developed and proven to be successful.
Pitt’s former lifetime assistance coach, now HC Duzz hires an assistant to be Pitt’s S&C head. Neither bring proven, complete systems to Pitt.
SOP
And we wonder why Pitt hasn’t competed for top 25 relevance over the past 40 years.
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Did Andrews really have a “proven system?”
Go Pitt.
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OT – looks like Pryts passed on the free BB tickets –
https://mobile.twitter.com/CFTalk/status/1220397149034307593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1220397149034307593&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpittsburghsportsnow.com%2F2020%2F01%2F23%2Fpsn-daily-notebook-january-23%2F
Any chance the S&C hire scared him away? Nah
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🤣🤣🤣
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Those contrarians regarding the portal must be thrilled in the last couple days that Pryts and the BC receiver, White, are both staying at their respective schools now.
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We could have used Pryts but IMO getting the OT transfer from Stanford is even more important.
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Pryts used the transfer portal for what it’s good for. He was a free agent and didn’t like what he saw and pulled out. Who knows why? Don’t know why he would stay at Stanford though? Seems like half the team has bailed out already.
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my guess is that he wanted to see if he could attract any interest from a team which had a god chance for the CFP playoffs
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Isnt the S&C coach at Wisconsin the young assistant S&C coach that got so much grief when HCPC hired him at Pitt?
Plus I heard the dude was impressive at the interview…
That said I would have preferred a proven commodity so I get the criticism.
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You’re correct about the guy at Wisconsin. No one knows anything about S&C coaches, so the sky is falling posts are just unnecessary. We will know come the season and even then sometimes people don’t know what they’re talking. After an L it is easy to say that the team looks soft.
I fully expect after a loss in 2020 the departure of Andrews will be brought up.
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There is so much gloom and doom on this site that there are times it is hard to read. The S/C coach (really). They could have hired the head guy at Clemson and some on this site would say they looked out of shape in the natural championship game. This guy might be a great hire. Only time will tell.
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JP, not gloom and doom-just varying opinions..I know many of the posters and former posters…all good guys..I’m with you and take a wait and see approach but the S&C guy is the one who will chnge these boys into men (especially the O-lineman. and like some of the disenters- I would have like to have seen a big-name hire but so be it…that’s not my job. Good to hear from you..jump in more often.
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FWIW, this past season Iowa St was 5-4 in B12 and finished 7-6, losing 33-9 to ND in bowl game. They have an OCS, Jack Trice Stadium, which holds 61,500 and sold-out 3 times, and the smallest crowd was 57,442 vs LA-Monroe.
Yes, they made a very good hire with Matt Campbell who took over a 3-9 team (coached by Paul Rhoads), and then after a 3-9 first year, won 8 games in years 2 and 3. So now that the win total decreased by 1, I wonder if the ISU cynics are starting to complain, I would hope not and I don’t believe they have a trophy case of 9 national titles.
But maybe Iowa State’s ceiling is 9 or 10 games at the very most …. kind of like some other team we know
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I can’t get all that excited about a new S&C coach either way, unless he is recruiting players.
The guy has been an assistant in the pros, you don’t think he can run a program? There really isn’t that much room for creativity in lifting weights or getting in shape. It is all about hard work, discipline and motivation.
It is also about safety and preventing injury.
How much difference do you think there is between training programs from school to school? From pro team to pro team?
The want to has to come from the individual, just ask Donald or Twyman. Twyman transformed his body last year, while it looked like many of our O-linemen did not. Same S&C coaches, different results.
Every great head coach was first an assistant somewhere.
The big difference is in recognizing talent and getting them to come to your school.
Pitt’s Football talent has been trending upward.
Pitt’s Basketball talent has been trending upward on a steeper plane.
Always need more and better, but you also need them to stay healthy and improve and mature, that is where coaching and S&C make a difference. It is a lot easier when the player starts with talent.
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Speaking of recognizing and coaching talent, Pitt has now won as many ACC games as it has in the last four seasons, yes Stallings only won four with Young, Artis and Co. In Jamie’s last year he won 9, so that is in range.
It does help that this is an off year for the ACC, but still, more than acceptable in Capel’s second year. A very big game at Syracuse tomorrow, but they will all be that way from here on.
Again speaking of talent, Champ has obviously been the biggest difference maker, especially his rebounding, where he is a natural, with great instincts, agility and strong hands. His inside game around the basket is something we have not had for a while and his three point shooting, streaky as it is has been a real plus.
Hamilton and Murphy have also been major upgrades and filled much needed roles. From year to year, Toney has shown the biggest improvement. Overall defense is much improved, especially inside, and offense is much more balanced, with more guys contributing.
The team doesn’t look capable of blowing anyone away, but it does look like they can hang in there with anyone. Winning and losing close games.
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Time will tell with the new S&C coach. Pitt should get stronger in the 4th and not fade. I think they also probably need a new nutritionist especially for the O-line
But most of all they need to become mentally tougher. All those penalties and falling asleep come halftime are signs of a team that is mentally soft. I point to how they practice and prepare.
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As for the nutritionist, they can only recommend what the player should be eating. Can’t force a guy to eat properly. A lot of it has to come from the individual and how motivated he is to change his body. In my daughter’s case, certain teams are religious about following her recommendations, others, not so much. It really has to start with the coaches stressing the importance of properly fueling the body pre and post workout.
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Annie, is she the nutritionist for the entire Wake athletic department?
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BigB, been swinging a weighted driver in the front yard, feels fine. Putting and chipping is for sissies.
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Dave Pelz may not agree with you on that one GC. Putting and chipping is for winning.
pmdH2P
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Drive for show putt for dough, I’m just kidding the Big Guy.
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I am actually reading Pelz’s Bible. Pretty thick but some good stuff to try. Too old to have much desire to practice though, which is obviously the key to getting better.
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Its like a science text. I’ve gone and back and forth to it over the years.
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My wife and I went to one of his short game schools. Three days. Was great. I don’t buy his chipping stance. But, the putting, sand work and short wedges all work great. You don’t have to practice that much. The concept is to know what each club can do and what swing to use.
Btw, I am a lousy golfer. But, my short game is pretty decent. Saves me from lots of doubles or worse.
pmdH2P
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Plus I don’t care about winning anymore, just enjoy making good shots.
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You are a man !!! Glad your rehab is going well…I have been rehabbing TKR’s since they started putting them in “commercially” and I guess I have rehabbed more patients than anyother therapist working in the USA-not too many crazy enough to go at it as long as me(starting #46th year) I am heading in that direction and don’t know if I will have the guts to do it when the time comes…as I encourage JeanieB to get her 2nd knee replaced….did I tell you folks she cooks some fine vittles…gotta keep my girl on her feet….
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I didn’t struggle with my knee replacement so much. Operated on Monday and walked unattended to the kitchen in a straight line on the following Sunday, 6 days later. (Not a far walk as Bernie and Fran can attest to) Of course that was my 5th knee surgery so I was pretty much a surgical veteran. It helps to know what you will be going through beforehand. It’s great people like Bernie and Mark that gets us all through it.
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Any feedback on yesterday’s focus groups from the fan committee?
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PITT has 3 commits for next year and one is a 4* and guess what, he’s a local kid.
Nahki Johnson ..DE Homestead, PA 6’3″ 210
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I am far from an expert on S&C. But, isn’t there also some relevance to the focus of the S&C program? Bulk and muscles do you no good if you can’t move quickly. And, is it possible that some of our weak second halfs were due to running out of steam. Maybe Duzz decided that we need a new S&C guy who will emphasize agility, speed, etc.
pmdH2P
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Can you really teach agility and speed? You either got it coming to Pitt or you don’t got it IMO.
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Pretty much all aspects of an athlete can be improved but the starting point determines the ceiling.
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Maybe you can’t teach agility and speed. But, you certainly can get in its way by getting too bulked up.
pmdH2P
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Here’s a link on Johnson I hope that works. btw he’s listed at 6’3″ 220 lbs but looks a lot bigger and a young monster.
https://www.hudl.com/profile/9788525
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I kinda hate these early commitments, that you have to sweat out till the end. He appears to be the real deal though.
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gc I look at it this way, it’s better than him not committing. Although it appears he’s moved around to a few high schools and I think he’s along the line of Paris Ford. Fiercely all about 412
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Either way, the “pundits” will opine.
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Yep JoeL that’s for sure and it amazes me how much this new S&C hire has so many wringing their hands in anguish. I learned a long time ago that if you look hard enough for trouble you will surely find it. Kind of like statistics, you can make them lie for you if you try hard enough.
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Its a slow news day…
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ike, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the 2022 front 4 will be …
Nahki Johnson, West Mifflin 4*
Dayon Hayes, Westinghouse 4*
Dorien Hayes, Baldwin 3* (5.7)
Eliot Donald, Central Catholic 4*
Neither Ford or Donald have yet committed (both are HS juniors) but the so-called experts have them as strong Pitt leans
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correction Dorien Ford (Baldwin)
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If that happens wwb, some POV posters heads will explode. 🙂
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Only if they play like their stars Ike. We have seen a few 5 stars pass through Pittsburgh that played like 2 stars or less.
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True jrn but they are usually not Pittsburgh kids. The high star local kids that are sitting on the bench or transferring went somewhere else.
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would’t that be great-a real Burgh flavor on our team…love it
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Critical game tomorrow against the Cuse. Hope our 3 point shooters have been exercising their shooting arms. Driving into the Cuse zone is like driving into a blizzard.
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Dumped the confusing ACC network through HULU . Saved a lot of money but Disney+ worth it to watch cartoons.
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lot of BS on the ACC network excluding the games…ACC network has their obvious favorites
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You can improve agility and speed, but only to a point.
Compare Champ to Brown’s rebounding skills.
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Anyway, everyone that can, should get to the Pete to see this team play. Much better than TV. Plenty of seats available. Plus they really do deserve your support. That and it is a great time. Super entertainment value.
It will be harder to get really good seats starting next year.
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GC, I was thinking the same thing about comparing Champ’s rebounding with Brown. What does Champ have that Brown doesn’t? Is there more “want-to” with Champ?
As far as the S&C coach, this strikes me as one area where occasional change can be good. The players may have figured Andrews out and perhaps were cutting corners on their work outs. If so, getting someone new in there who can take a fresh look at each player could be good.
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Sort of like getting a new girl friend in high school. Learn some new stuff.
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Champ is a natural athlete with quick twitch muscles. He doesn’t have to think before he acts. He goes to the ball. Brown has to think before he reacts, it doesn’t come naturally. If the ball doesn’t come to him he won’t get it. That is why he is such a poor rebounder. His blocking skill set is his best asset. He also has a decent mid range shot when given time and space. He doesn’t appear to like contact and gets pushed around. His hands are very weak so he gets stripped often and rarely wins the battle for contested balls. A second big problem for rebounding. He has to think before he goes to the basket unlike a DeJuan Blair who had the quickest move to the basket I have ever seen.
He has gotten marginally better especially defensively. I said before, I would love to see him spend a summer playing one on one with Blair and Troutman to toughen him up and improve his quickness.
He is what he is and we are lucky to have him right now. He makes valuable contributions to our wins and he and Hamilton are a decent combination and better than we have had for a while, especially with the support of Champ and Toney.
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there is more desire and he has a higher basketball IQ
Brown just stands there waiting for the ball to come to him
I’ve never seen him crash the boards and out hustling another for a rebound
He is a waste of space.
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On Champ versus Brown, try Googling “fast twitch” muscles. Some info:
“People have two general types of skeletal muscle fibers: slow-twitch (type I) and fast-twitch (type II). Slow-twitch muscles help enable long-endurance feats such as distance running, while fast-twitch muscles fatigue faster but are used in powerful bursts of movements like sprinting.”
Here’s how it works: During aerobic exercises such as running or swimming, slow-twitch fibers are the first to contract. When the slow-twitch fibers become tired, fast-twitch fibers begin to take over.
There are significant benefits to working to the point of temporary fatigue—and therefore making sure fast-twitch fibers have been recruited. For instance, if you’re looking to increase muscle mass, and improve strength, using fast-twitch fibers is the only way to do it. On the other hand, aerobic exercises, those that mainly use slow-twitch fibers, can increase stamina and the oxygen capacity of your muscles, allowing the body to burn energy for longer periods of time.”
And I’m no S&C Coach…😊. Which is why it seems to me the most important things about a S&C Coach are his personality, fire and energy level, and ability to relate to the players…
Go Pitt.
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We are a mix of 3 types of fiber adding to that list “intermediate muscle fiber”…and they occur in various proportions in different peoples…you can’t take make a person with a larger percentage of slow or intermediate twitch fibers and make him a speedster…Russians and East Germans were onto this in the 60’s and actually paired male and female athletes to produce super athletes…at least that’s what one of my PT professors taught us…underneath we have a lot in common with the Chicken- White meat and dark meat” in mammels it all looks red !!! Enough anatomy and physiology..just turn the O-lineman into men…maybe they need to spend a few weeks in a coal mine to make’m mean……
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Back in the old days, this reference would have gotten a post of a nice rendition of “Workin’ in a Coal Mine” from ike…
Go Pitt.
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Those good ole days….damn, no theme songs for us… what are we to do…
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Do any of you guys remember seeing David Thompson from NCSU jump for the 1st time…definitely like WOW-OMG!!!…never ever saw anybody get up in the air like him…looked like he could touch the top of the backboard…also saw him land on the back of his head on one of those jumps with Billy Knight and the Panthers leading and the Pack came back to beat us in the eastern regionals -I think.
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I watched and thought Pitt had a chance after Thompson got hurt, then he returns and it was game over.
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Yeah B, I watched that game, Thompson came back to play with some sort of gauze wrapped around his head. I doubt they would let a player back in the game today. Was that the sweet 16?
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That was a a bona fida 100% concussion if I ever saw one…KAPOWWIE
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I would have to look it up…was thinking eastern final…
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BigB, it was the Eastern Final. Back then, there were 32 teams and 5 rounds. Pitt won its 4 two (one of them was vs St Joe’s) and then lost to eventual champ NC State. I remember after Thompson’s injury, 5’8 Monte Towe and 7’4 Tom Burleson took over until Thompson returned.
That year, NCS won the ACC Tourney (final was a 2 OT win vs Maryland), and then won 5 games in the NCAA …. all of them in the state of North Carolina
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… Pitt won its ‘first’ two ..
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PSN reporting 4 star Erie McDowell wing William Jeffress 6′ 7″ 200 lbs and a top 40 recruit is likely to reclassify for the 2020 class. The kid carries a 4.0 average with multiple “Big Name” offers as well as “Ivy” offers. Capel has been recruiting him hard for the past two years and it could end being a home run for Pitt if he and Hugley both arrived at Pitt for next season.
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Regarding tomorrow’s hoops game, our guards are not very good against the zone. And even though Syracuse is not having a great year, they still play zone better than most. I’m not thinking that Cuse is the best matchup for us. I hope I’m wrong.
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Eric — I agree.
This “Battle of the Skippies” is going to be really ugly, I’m thinkin…
Go Pitt.
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Pirates new unis ….. script Pitt-sburgh
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OT – just heard from Nick Ciaglia in the Pitt Ticket Office. Was able to get locked into Red 5A for next season and he went down the list of some of our regulars. Even heard a rumor that our friend in Latrobe has re-upped. So, very excited the school is playing it smart by working to keep groups of people together. If not for this effort, my pregame logistics are more complicated.
I mention this because Nick is a great ambassador for Pitt and provides outstanding customer service (I hope EJ is reading this). I have been dealing with him for a number of years and he has been consistently excellent. Would bet my next paycheck that Ike will echo this.
If you are looking to purchase tickets for any event, Nick is your guy.
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And on and on it seems to go in Dairyland…..
“Penn State fraternity chapter suspended after report of sexual assault”
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Yep and Yep JoeL. Nick is the man. They are not moving anyone out of Red-5A. BTW, A new resident is moving in as well, the tailgate will be even Bigger than ever. Pun intended.
I did re-up, Mrs ike a little upset as we didn’t make it to one game last year. I guess I’ll have to BE THERE!!
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Saw a photo from the gathering of football Panthers downtown today. You can tell the new guys ‘cause they’re dressed like they’re going to the North Pole… 😊
Go Pitt.
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Pittdad2 – I wooda thought the psux would have switched to dairy animals by now, if for no other reason than to avoid having chapters closed down 🐑🐄🐖😉
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Yep nothing like milking the ‘Ol pig but at PSU they just might
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I’ve spent some time in coal mines — as an engineer though, not as a coal miner.
Admired the heck out of the job those men and women did — even with all the mechanization, tough place to work…
Go Pitt.
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Get ready, I think I may have fixed my problem.
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This is what happen when “adults” get involved. Like on a blog 🙂
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Glad to see your posting problem solved. What did you do? I still can’t post links to articles.
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Richard, I’m not sure what I did. I found a different search on Mozilla and bingo. Not the easiest to navigate but I kept sifting down and finally figure it out. Hard to explain. Believe me, I’m not a computer scientist by any means. << Actually I’m the worst.
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Ike is back with the best vids
pmdH2P
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This may be a reach for a positive but I like the fact that our new S&C lead comes from a pro team. Their equipment should be as good as, if not better than, our equipment and he should know how to use it effectively. I’ll take that over someone who was the head S&C guy at Toledo and only had a set of free weights and a jump rope. ( I know, an exaggeration.)
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I agree Farmers that was a reach.
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Pitt in big trouble vs Cuse tomorrow. Cuse playing much improved BBall last 10 games. Pitt will have to play their best and Cuse have an off game for this to be close.
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Gee Dan, I hear you’re a pretty good golfer, how do you approach your next round? Upbeat or I’m gonna suck. I gotta turn that frown upside down. 🙂
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If my knee is good I’m trying to break 80…if not…I’m trying to scramble. I made the comment for those who may be trying to express their Pitt hope tomorrow with their “ short term investment broker”!
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OK last one for today but I send this to Dan
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TY Ike….one of my favorite all time songs and bands. Seen em thrice in concert. I do worry about all of you having sexual moments over the new S&C Coach ….but I’ll keep on smiling!
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Dan, I’m not as positive as you all think. I’ll wait and see if this new guy makes the PITT team into the next Sampson’s on the field. I’m a steady rolling man, Eric Clapton from 461 Ocean Blvd. I won’t bore you all with another video……………. for tonight. haha.
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Joey Yellen applying for a waiver to be eligible this year…
Heard he loves the new s&c coach and can’t wait. 😎
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And he hates jumping rope…
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Joey must have confidence in our OL. Or, he knows something we don’t!!!
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Does that mean that Yellen would be giving up a year after Pickett where he could possibly start?
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VoR, Yellen’s clock is ticking either way. He has already used his red-shirt so he has 4 years left period. If he sits out, it’s still a year used, so why not plea for a waiver and at least be eligible?
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Bernie, where are your seats for next year? Section 240 I hope 🤞
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^ Mark, As far the West and East clubs, you have access to both sides, so you can move freely between the two. On games when the stadium isn’t packed full (notre dame game) you can pretty much sit where you want. Two years ago I only sat in my assigned seat once (psu) So we will be free to meet up party and sit together a good bit of the time. Bernie’s seats are in sec 211, right next to me.
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Ike, I didn’t know that, thanks. I look forward to taking in games with everyone and knowing we will have the ability to all sit together. H2P!
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To be clear Mark, it’s not something that is promoted to do but it’s just a known practice. BTW, there are two different prices in the clubs. The two sections on either ends on both sides are just a tiny bit less expensive. A tiny bit.
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Do you mean like in the open end zone?
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