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August 14, 2007

Bostick To Be At Camp

Filed under: Football,Players — Chas @ 9:27 am

According to the press release statement from his dad, Pat Bostick will be at training camp today.

“We’re driving out [in the morning], speaking for Pat, he’s really excited to get back with his teammates and the coaching staff. He’s looking forward to it. I know he’s going to be there [for the afternoon practice], I don’t know if he’ll be in pads or not, but he’ll be there. I don’t think he’ll be thrown out there tomorrow, but I think he’ll be competing relatively quickly. The situation will depend on how things play out.”

Barring injuries or just a complete grasp of the playbook and physical dominance, the odds of Bostick not redshirting this year are looking very slim.  In the longterm, that is probably a good thing.





While it would be best for him to redshirt, what happens if Stull goes down? Would K Smith be able to do the Job with not any snaps in college let alone the limited time at the position in HS? Besides Stull, and Smith, who could Pitt turn to? Certainly not Mo Williams because there are reasons why he was recruited as an Athlete and not QB.

No, I think there is at the least a 50-50 chance that Pat will get snaps this season. The weakness at the position would seem to dictate it, unless of course S Murray has to move back to QB.

Comment by Kenny 08.14.07 @ 12:04 pm

Bostick knows the key to getting on the field this year is going to the equipment guy, trading up his shoulder pads, and getting reps at OLB…

Comment by Greg in Columbia 08.14.07 @ 12:25 pm

Bostick gave up his chance to play this year when he missed a week of training camp. He isn’t Vince Young or Michael Vick. Athletic quarterbacks can get away with not understanding the offense completely. Bostick is anything but athletic. He needs to be well prepared and that isn’t going to happen after missing the first week of practice. I would rather play Darrell Strong at quarterback. The kid needs to redshirt. It will serve him well for the future, in football and life. I still can’t believe he went home with panic attacks. Unbelievable!

Comment by Omar 08.14.07 @ 2:21 pm

Omar,
It really is unfair of you to continue to downplay the medical realities of panic attacks… It’s unfair. As many people have said here before, it has absolutely nothing to do with heart, motivation, determination, guts…. It’s a medical condition and let’s just hope he has it taken care of and he can get back to playing ball and learning the offense. But let’s not knock the kid for something out of his hands.

Comment by JohnFromDC 08.14.07 @ 2:33 pm

I still can’t believe Omar is taking a rumor that started on the Mark Madden show as gospel.

Unbelievable!

Comment by C.J. 08.14.07 @ 3:51 pm

Why is it unfair, exactly? That post did not mention his heart, motivation, determination or guts. I simply can’t believe that the kid had to go home for one week to treat an illness that afflicts 6.2 million people and can be treated with a pill. Furthermore, I can guarantee that the medical treatment he can receive at Western Psychiatric in Oakland is a million times better then anything he can hope for in Lancaster, PA.

If he doesn’t suffer from panic attacks, then I sincerely apologize. However, I haven’t heard another hypothesis.

Comment by Omar 08.14.07 @ 5:04 pm

It something I can identify with and completely understand. I went through the same thing as a freshman at Pitt in the mid 80’s. First time away from home (which was a small town) it was overwhelming and I had the same panic attacks. I ended up leaving after a semester and transferred to a smaller school and it turned out great. Always missed Pitt though, strange as it sounds and I’ve been a fan since the late 70’s. I knew several others who left within the first month or two including a friend (Chris Gatlin, remember him?). You can say all you want about these kids being athletes, blah, blah, blah but at the end of the day they are still just kids and that fact fact is indisputable.

Comment by Rich 08.14.07 @ 6:30 pm

I continue to think it’s irresponsible of the media to have reported that possibility with absolutely no verification from the school or family. I continue to stress that they would never, EVER have risked angering the Steelers. The Santonio Holmes situation was a prime example. He missed a week of camp with some mysterious ailment … not a peep about what it might have been. He makes millions per year, and has been arrested a couple times. Yet, all you heard was “we gotta protect his privacy.” Yet they bleated out any inane half-assed theory they wanted about Bostick. Why? No fear of pissing off Pitt.

Sadly, Pitt must think it needs publicity more than it’s integrity. Pitt’s SID should have been recording everyone who violated this standard and vowed to cut off their access. The next time that fat worthless piece of hog excrement Madden would waddle toward the Pitt lockerroom, I think Pitt should hire a crane to haul him out. Same for Starkey (and I usually like his work), and Tim Benz and anyone else who acted so irresponsibly. It’s not about positive or negative press, either … Smizik, Cook, et al can write all the bad stuff they want, that’s fair game, if not always correct. Guessing wildly about a kid, who is still an amateur, is not.

That said … those who never had a panic attack really don’t know what they do to a person, physically and mentally. It really shouldn’t be diminished. For someone who never experienced it, it’s extremely frightening, first physically and then mentally. You actually can think you are dying. And then afterward, you feel shame because rationally you know you WEREN’T dying, yet you’re completely freaked out that it happened, and worried about when it will happen again.

And if you’re off on your own in a large city completely away from family, trying to impress someone like a high-profile former NFL coach … the whole thing can really get out of control quickly. I had ’em in my Freshman year (mine actually surfaced during the stress of finals), and I certainly felt like fleeing the situation.

Comment by geeman2001 08.14.07 @ 10:44 pm

Geeman2001 did you flee? I agree, panic attacks are serious and should be treated by a physician. I still don’t see the need to go home for a week right before training camp. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. Sorry, but that is my opinion. I mean no disrespect to anyone who has suffered, or suffers, from panic attacks and similar ailments. I hope Mr. Bostick received the treatment he needs and is ready to move forward.

Comment by Omar 08.14.07 @ 11:00 pm

I feel concerned for Pat Bostick, the 18 year old kid. So, maybe he is not as tough as we think a football star should be…or maybe it will force a redshirt that could be beneficial maturity-wise.

Living away from home for the first time is a big deal. Some kids handle it better than others. I’ve sent three kids to college with a fourth starting Pitt (the three others went elsewhere)next week. Their initial experiences varied widely.

In the long run, this incident will not matter. Either he’ll be a good player or not. But let’s just let a kid be a kid…one that may be scared or a little insecure in a stressful time in his life.

Here’s wishing success to Pat Bostick the student and Pat Bostick the kid at Pitt! I have a feeling that Pat Bostick the football player will be just fine.

Comment by Al from Harrisburg 08.14.07 @ 11:28 pm

I agree with you Al. After all it is only football. Sometimes as posters we demand more of these kids then we do of others, and even ourselves.

What each and every one of the KIDS on the Pitt teams goes through is part/parcel of life’s learning process.

If Pat did or did not have a panic attack, who are we to judge him. Take Mackenzie Matthews, he left Pitt, went home, and ultimately left the program. He was raked over the coals for it, BUT IT WAS HIS CHOICE BECAUSE IT IS HIS LIFE.

Let’s just accept what happens on and off of the field with these kids. We at the least owe that to them, just as we would want others to owe it likewise to us.

Comment by Kenny 08.15.07 @ 9:18 am

What happened to Dexter Davidson?

Comment by jec 08.15.07 @ 9:40 am

Davidson did not get medical clearance to play because of chronic knee problems.

Comment by Al from Harrisburg 08.15.07 @ 10:16 am

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