On Monday I expected this to be a slow week.
Men’s basketball got a little love in Mark Packer’s ACC Basketball power rankings. He listed Pitt as sixth.
Grade: B. Pitt is knocking on the door of the top 1/3 of the conference just two years after going winless in the ACC. That’s progress my friends.
…And Pitt football landed a commit. It was later revealed that this commit was a 6’3″, four-star cornerback from Georgia.
Here is a thought-provoking piece by POV reader and commenter “6&34”. Â
I have written three articles for the POV all concerned with the question: Does Narduzzi know what he is doing? I am once again asking that question and it may be the last time I ever ask it. So, does he?
Case in point, a week or so ago I heard a podcast that said since Watson has been replaced as OC the offense is on Pat Narduzzi.  Well, with all due respect to the podcaster, the Watson hire is on Narduzzi so to say that this year’s offense is really on Narduzzi seems like a rather weak point.
If the offense is weak this year, will the offense really, really be on Narduzzi next year? No, the weak 2018 offense falls squarely on Narduzzi because regardless of the reason. And there are a lot of potential reasons: Watson was doing his friend a solid, Narduzzi though Watson actually knew what he was doing, Narduzzi was incapable of fixing Watson’s observable inadequacy mid-season, Narduzzi believed that Pitt’s smash mouth running offense was incapable of being stopped, or whatever.
Offense aside, we’ve had four full seasons of Pat Narduzzi and arguably four full seasons of his recruiting though this present recruiting class is not yet over (we could get some additional good players or we could lose some as we did last year). POVers stand divided on the question and its no wonder: Pitt has been mediocre during Narduzzi’s reign which has been characterized by amazing highs and lows. Seriously, the lows have been humiliating (the defensive backs getting repeatedly torched) and the highs, what can you say about the Clemson and Miami wins (please Negativos, don’t mention that in 2017 Miami lost its next two games because I’ll just mention that in 2016 Clemson went on to win the National Championship). Continue reading “Does Narduzzi Know What He’s Doing? Part IV”
Disclaimer – This article will make some people very happy. It will also likely piss some people off. That is fine. If you are part of the small population of Pitt fans that are pissed off, well that’s too bad. It is not meant as a personal slight, and I am simply harnessing your energy to further prove my point. Despite my opposition to your views, I continue value your perspective.
My first year at Pitt was 1997. When I stepped onto campus, Pitt football was on the brink of extinction. The team had averaged three wins over the previous five seasons under Paul Hackett and Johnny Majors II. Steve Pederson had just dropped the Script in favor of the Dinocat. New head coach Walt Harris had won just 11 games over three years at his previous head coaching job (University of the Pacific from 1989 to 1991). Indeed these were dark days for Pitt football.
And yet the team slogan was “We believe”. Perhaps that it was minted partway through the season, because after wining just three games the year before, Harris’ Panthers were starting to give the fans something to believe in.
In the first game, Pitt beat the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 45-13. Pitt then lost to #1 Penn State in Happy Valley, but not nearly as badly as everyone expected (17 – 34). In game three, Pitt downed Houston on the road, scoring 35 points in the process. Lo and behold Pitt was 2 – 1 heading into a nationally televised Thursday night matchup with Miami. Continue reading “Time to Believe”
Been on vacation this week on beautiful Seabrook Island, South Carolina, and so you’d think I’d have written more. But with a two year old and a four month old on hand, well if you have kids you understand.
Fortunately everyone is napping at the moment so I’ve snuck away to sit by the ocean and catch up on the really important things…
Continue reading “Bits and Pieces, and another Big Recruiting Weekend”
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