Stupid column from Bob Smizik wondering why people got so bent out of shape over the possibility of associate head coach and top recruiter Barry Rohrssen leaving the program for St. John’s last week.

Maybe I was too vague for someone like Smizik, last week. Let me spell it out.

In the last year plus for Pitt athletics:

— Lost the AD that helped rebuild the two major college sports, hired the coaches, moved the football team into sharing a pro level stadium, and helped to push the construction of the Pete and the new South Side training facilities.

— Lost the head basketball coach who rebuilt the basketball program from bottom feeder to Big East Champions and back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances.

— Had one of the most pathetic, embarrassing and sloppy pursuit of hiring a new basketball coach.

— Saw the school go over 6 months without naming a new AD, losing the interim one as well.

— Had the ACC raid the Big East for the top two football programs, then come back for BC as the cherry on top.

— Had the BCS status of the Big East up in the air for the last 6 months, and even now, it doesn’t feel safe.

— Had a football season with BCS potential fall apart when the defense couldn’t stop anything on the ground.

— Lost a top assistant on the football coaching staff to a new job, leaving Harris in total control of the offense without any dissenting voice.

So you could see why keeping some, any, continuity in the basketball program for a little longer might be considered a relief. Just for a while to keep some of the same people running the show might be good for the stability and long term psyche of Pitt athletics.