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