Shuffling the Duties on Defense
Interesting. The move to hire Troy Douglas as Defensive Backs Coach was made official. But with it, a little bit of adjusting to the coaching duties. Chryst also streamlined positional assignments for...
View ArticleNew Position Coaches In Place
Okay, I’m trying to be back. It’s been a rough few weeks in the offline world, and a lot of the crap has been coming to a head this week. That’s why I’ve been largely silent this entire week....
View ArticleWill They Stay or Go
It seems assistant basketball coach Barry Rohrssen has been the rumored target to replace Orlando Antigua on John Calipari’s Kentucky bench. Granted it has been a slow week-long rumble, but everyone is...
View ArticleHaughton In, Rohrssen Out
It’s not the same, I know. Tyrone Haughton signed his letter of intent today, to become a member of the Pitt’s 2014 recruiting class. Haughton is a 6-9 C-F who came from the JUCO ranks. Originally he...
View ArticleBasketball Notes, 5/15
Not a lot left from the ACC meetings. Coaches have already been departing. The news now shifts to bigger picture things like NCAA changes. The five major conferences agitating for more control of their...
View ArticleDixon Squeezing In Interviews
The offseason for coaches isn’t simply about recruiting and going to AAU events and camps. It’s about getting out in the community and speaking. Whether it is something very worthy like a school that...
View ArticlePitt Appears to Have a New Basketball Asst Coach
It’s been something of an open secret for at least a week or so. One of the lead candidates to join Jamie Dixon’s coaching staff has been Marlon “Smoke” Williamson. An assistant coach on the UMass...
View ArticlePitt’s New Assistant and Maverick Rowan
Marlon “Smoke” Williamson was introduced as a new Pitt assistant coach yesterday. “We are excited about Marlon becoming a member of the University of Pittsburgh community and I know he is ecstatic to...
View ArticleNo Defense
The numbers are damning over the last 3 games. — 1552 total yards surrendered. — 140 points given up by the defense (We won’t count the 7 given up by special teams). — 1 takeaway by the defense. As the...
View ArticleBuilding The Latest Football Staff
The names have been floating out there for a couple days. I’m sure many have been getting antsy about Head Coach Pat Narduzzi naming a staff. Especially since during the Armed Forces Bowl, he indicated...
View ArticleStrong Move on OC
I’ll be throwing up an open thread for the college football playoff championship game tonight. If for no other reason, everyone can wax rhapsodic over the analysis, insight and way Pat Narduzzi sells...
View ArticleEmphasis on Recruiting Continues in Coaching Hires
Before the trying to pretend he didn’t know anything about his players exchanging gear for tattoos and other services, Jim Tressel was consistently getting outstanding recruiting classes to Columbus....
View ArticleNo Shortage On Experience
It is easy, oh so easy to pile on every negative from a former coaching staff. It’s a natural tendency. Still our team. Our school. The change brings a renewed sense of optimism. That these guys get...
View ArticleLosing Pro-Am and Other Basketball Notes
I knew Pitt had a lot of players getting some off-season surgery, but I didn’t know it was this many. [Pitt Coach Jamie] Dixon, who has three players out with surgeries and at least five others...
View ArticleOffensive Thoughts
There’s one glaring thing the offense is missing. I’m going to highlight some offensive stats and I want to see if you can find the one area this offense is missing as well. The thing that UNC had and...
View ArticleAnnexing Canada
I had no choice. I tried to type something simple, like, “Matt Canada Hired as New OC.” But it went through the Mandatory Wordplay Headline Generator and came out as “Pitt Fans Prepping to Blame...
View ArticleStallings Staff Forming
Some movement on Kevin Stallings coaching staff. The only sure things were that Stallings was bringing his longtime assistant Tom Richardson with him. And that none of the old Pitt assistants would be...
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Stallings Staff Complete
In case you missed it, Donald Trump endorsed necromancy, Lynn Swann is the AD of USC, and Tubby Smith is going to Memphis after Pastner went to GT. All boggle the mind in different ways. In the realm...
View ArticleUpcoming Gauntlet
With the win over Virginia, Pitt sits at 5-2 and gets the much needed bye week. Star defensive end Ejuan Price missed most of the second half after leaving the game with an undisclosed injury. He was...
View ArticleIt’s Hate Apathy A Week
The line on this game started at Pit -23.5. It has since risen to -24.5. I wonder how much of it is confidence in Pitt versus a lack of confidence in Syracuse. Normally the Syracuse-Pitt “rivalry” game...
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