I wake up every first Saturday of January in Birmingham at 9am

No Andie McDowell beside me and no Pitt Head Coach.

I live 1,000 miles away and even I’ll pledge to make it home for 2 games per year if he stays.

While i believe PC will stay this is scary as the first thing that gets done when someone leaves is deactivate their email.

“Didn’t we do this yesterday?” “Don’t mess with me, Porkchop!”

Yes TX, drinking time.

When do you guys think we should expect PC to make a statement or if he stays quiet is that bad news bears?

The main advantage of hiring DW is his unlimited source of coaching contacts.

Which would have to be a prerequisite with any future AD at PITT. 🙂

Wisconsin could commence a national search to find the right coach that would mesh with the school’s traditional style and system. Kent State head coach Darrell Hazell, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, Western Kentucky head coach Willie Taggart and Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton are coaches that would bring a smashmouth offense with an emphasis on the defensive side of the ball.

The Curse of Wannstache lives

I’d go if I was him. He’s from there. He’s an alum. His best friend would be his boss. And most importantly, he would be dealing with a better fan base.

It’s the yinzers who frequent this site that are causing Pitt football to die. You all constantly complaining about whomever the coach is, rather than supporting him. Well many of you didn’t support him this year, so this is what you end up with.

“Senior quarterback Sunseri thinks Pitt football’s future bright”

Read more: link to triblive.com

This is known as the Sunseri Whammy

“Joke ’em if they can’t take a fuck.”
—Robin Williams.

Anybody got some good jokes?

Chryst even talked about it at his opening pressor. He wanted an HC so bad, he told them in interviews to write it into the contract… that was his way of beating out Cristobal or others in the interview process.

It may cost Wisky $5million to buyout Chyrst… and if they were not willing to pay Bielema to stay… they are not going to cough up those bucks.

Wisconsin is never going to go to 3 straight Rose Bowl games again.

Brooks Bollinger,,,,NO

We just went thru, “On the job training” with PC.

But it bears repeating.

Apparently when you play in the Compass Bowl,
it says that your program is in one of these 3 states:

Either in a Directionless State
Was in a Directionless State
Or will be in a Directionless State

Ie. As in Need of a Compass

Figured you wanted to know 😉

— Dré (@Andy_Fenelon) December 4, 2012

LOLZ

Any more than it wasn’t Jeff Long’s fault that Ben Howland took the UCLA job, saying at the time it was the only job he’dda left Pitt for?

Yes it would be nice for PC to hang around for awhile. But let’s be HONEST honest: it’s not like dude went 11-1 and just missed the NCG. At least two of our six losses lay right at his feet due to his OJT (bonehead QB or not): Syracuse and UConn. And maybe Notre Dame too (that run up the middle instead of setting up for the missed FG was boneheaded too).

Pitt +3.5 against Ole Miss.

I’d be shocked, what with him being an alum of UW and having played QB there and basically built their offense the last 6 to 7 years and less than 12 months removed from Madison, that he would stay.

On the other hand he doesn’t seem like the type that wouldn’t honor his contract. We shall see if there is any sanity left in college football.

The Chancellor will step in and do something fincially to secure PC staying.

If I’m up in Madison, I’m looking for an experienced coach with accomplishments. People like Al Golden (UM is gonna get massive sanctions and he knows it) or a variety of NFL coaches would probably all be a better choice.

This is just more bad luck for Pitt football. The one job that we know for sure Chryst would desire and unexpectedly it opens up after his first season. Somewhere in hell JoePa and Bill Stewart are having a good chuckle over this one.

Which means UW might not name a replacement till AFTER the Rose Bowl.

And here, I thought it was 30 years of lousy to mediocre at best football, a constant coaching carousel, and AD that quits, then gets rehired after being run out of Lincoln before he ruined one of the most storied football programs in the country, countless mis-hires etc. etc.

And here, I find out, the demise of Pitt football is because of 30-40 guys b.s.’ing on a sports blog about Pitt??

I mean, I’m sure Chas has hundreds if not thousands of people looking in, but, there’s a core of 30-40 regulars who post.

Hot damn, I didn’t know I was so powerful.

Another thing, as a Chryst supporter, I can honestly say, I haven’t seen anyone calling for his firing. I’ve seen some question some calls and things like that during the year, afterall, that would be the norm and expected on a sports blog.

And, almost everyone on here, has season tickets. There’s some older fellas, and some with some illness’ that can’t get to the games. That’s understood. Some that live in Ga., SC., Ca., Tx. etc. etc that can’t get to the games, understood.

But, a majority of us go to the games.

Hell, some would call us the die hards and thank God that we even exist for this university and football team.

Others say, we’re the problem. mmmm, huh.

Learn something new everyday.

Frank Spaziani,

IKR haha

The Curse of Wannstache

(ongoing since Tuesday, 12/7/2010)

Pitt football did get Pearl Harbored that day.
A day that will live in infamy !

Paul Chryst preaches integrity, building trust and developing these young men as football players. We all know he’s interviewed for HC positions in the past and Pitt is the U who gave him his first chance.

1. Do you think he’s happy with his job performance? I think he did his best but he grew as a HC and I think he knows he will keep growing here.
2. I think he has far more intestinal fortitude than Fraud and he’ll walk the talk he preaches, commitment.
3. After this ridiculous musical coaching carousel don’t you believe he everyone across the country would belittle him worse than Fraud for jumping ship? Well, perhaps the early hominids from Mountain queer U might be laughing but his character would take a very serious hit.
4. Everything I’ve heard about PC is he’s happy here at Pitt. Sure, we all know he wants to coach at back at UW someday but is he really ready right now?

We all graduated from a great university rich in tradition. I never made it to UW but I bet Pitt has a great deal more to offer. I’m from the other side of the state and was completely surprised with Pittsburgh the first time I visited and decided this was the U for me.

Have faith!

I bet PC does the right thing.

The reality is, Wisconsin will have a HC opening again, probably in 3-6 years. They have lost all their minor league talent development to other positions, so there’s no easy internal solution, for hiring. And, considering whomever is hired will lose 2-3 times a year in conference, strong coaches who don’t need the leg up shouldn’t consider the role- unless they need money and/or a position fast. It’s a short term pay out now, to be fired in a few seasons, if you can’t figure out how to beat Michigan, Ohio State and/or Penn State consistently, starting in 2014. It’s tripping up the ladder otherwise.

I would advise Chryst to use the time he committed to Pitt, to strengthen his coaching skills, so he develops his own abilities to get hired in his dream job, so he can excel in the role, in 3-6 seasons, after this hire fails. He’s young enough where he can wait out this coaching cycle & take the position with more experience under his belt, for more money over the long run.

And then, he looks like a good guy now, staying at Pitt.
And Chryst gets to be a returning alumni hero a few years down the road, in a better position to negotiate for more money, for the same job. With more experience to actually do a good job for Wisconsin- and they won’t have to pay out his Pitt contract at that time.

H2P