…In the world of coachspeak, there is no denial.
Take it for what it is worth, but Todd Graham was asked about the Pitt job by his media in Tulsa.
“I’ve got three kids who attend the University of Tulsa. I’ve pretty-much bought in and sold out,” he said Monday. “You know, my wife informed me that if I go anywhere I’ll be going by myself. So, that’s a little hard for me right now being 46. I don’t really want to do that.”
Darn good reasons to stay. Says his wife is happy and the kids are in college. I mean, who takes another job when their kid is actually in school (*cough* Ben Howland *cough*)?
This is why coaching carousel stuff sucks. You have to parse this stuff and look at the non-denials. And while he’s saying things like this, he doesn’t actually say he’s not interested in another job or won’t leave.
Is it gamesmanship to simply force more money from Tulsa or have Pitt make a better offer? Is he just sending a message to other schools in the near-future that if you want him, make sure it’s a good offer?
Don’t know. We’ll see, I guess.
I’ll trade Rich Rod’s baggage for Bradley’s.
His choice of top recruits?? He went to an area he had absolutely no business in and never recruited at. His current recruiting class is garbage because he had no sway over any other Big 10 team that he followed into those kids front doors. He took a score first mentality to a conference that doesn’t practice that… He was set up for failure. I have little doubts that he would be able to work with the Pitt program much easier.
Also- If he did leave after he turned the program around, who cares??? who do you think will take this job, try to turn the program around and stick around to enjoy the mediocre paychecks?? Oh, wait…
This seems to be the selling point for Bradley “he did a great job at PSU and any of the bad stuff at PSU is due to JoePa.” You can’t have it both ways.
Why did Bradley all of the sudden become the best guy out there? There are tons and tons of other young coaches in the country with tons of upside. You just got to go out and find them.
Get HC Experience? NOT
Bring in a flashy offense? NOT
Get a coach with national recruiting reach? NOT
Make a choice with “Buzz”? NOT
Bradley is the man.
I’m not really opposed to Bradley. I guess I don’t really care anymore. Just need a laugh to keep from crying.
It just doesn’t pay to antagonize the most powerful and popular organization in town. Pederson is unwise to have done so, and I’m glad that Nordenberg is trying to undo the damage.
Say you are talking to a hot woman at the bar and it’s going well. The woman steps away to go to the bathroom. Your loser neighbor who struggles even to talk to women comes up to you and says “Wow, that woman was ALL over me last night and wanted to hook up, but I turned her down and went home with someone else.”
How do you feel then?
The Steelers may be the most popular organization in the town. But the most powerful is Pitt/UPMC, which actually has thousands of full-time employees unlike the Steelers who I don’t even think have a full-time marketing staff.
And then you take her home, she shits in your bed, eats all your food and burns down your house? Are we talking about heywood?
What I am saying is that he had an opportunity to step up his presence there and didn’t. Not a bar analogy but let’s compare Bradley / JoepA to FSU and Jimbo Fisher. FSU did not handle the Bowden situation well but Jimbo Fisher had an opportunity, stepped it up over time, and made himself the obvious choice to replace Bowden to the fans and the university. FSU did not want that guy leaving the program and they acted on the belief that he was the future. Good for Jimbo. Think that guy waited for that to happen? no way, he created that oppty for himself. Bradley hasn’t done s… to create his oppty. In fact, joePA offers him up to Pitt vs. saying “this guy should replace me when I retire, he bleeds blue….”
Last, dan rooney doesn’t know s… about college football so let’s stop analyzing that situation. If tom bradley so good, why is he not the heir apparent to Dick Lebeau 🙂
Because Wanny is the heir apparent to LeBeau? 🙂
Do not expect Rich Rod to Pitt. Good names: SSunseri, TGraham, TBradley, TAustin, PChryst
So my question would be, if Sal Sunseri is hired then does DeVanzo just completely lose it?
Would anyone be surprised if the Rooney’s aren’t tapped, and come through, every time Pitt has a campaign?
Even if there were no financial or professional relationship, blowing off a highly respected local is probably the rudest, and stupidest thing done in this comedy of errors. And THAT my friends is why SP will be gone by the Blue and Gold game.
