Comments on: Can’t Muster the Sarcasm http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/ The rantings and commentary on Pitt football and basketball ... and anything else from a distracted mind Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:19:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: cdmoore25 http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107494 cdmoore25 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:23:14 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107494 Why cant we just cheer for pitt? We always want to fire a coach or demote a player from the stands. Dont you realize these knee jerk reaction ruin team morale. Hey.. I upset that we arent on a 40 game win streak but I am not going to trash DW, Cavs, any coach or player. This team is better than any of walt's team and will only improve as the season progress. REMEMBER.. THIS TEAM NEVER QUITS EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG ON SATURDAY. Watch the FIRE you see from our young men this saturday against ND. I will says that Phil Bennett need to have his and defensive line and LBs ready for the screen and flats to rbs that Charlie likes to call. The Also, ND will take their share of of shots down the field. Berry needs to have short term memory. Learn from your mistakes and grow. DW will put us in positon to win. The players wont quit. We have to hope to get the magic bounce that we did not get against Rutgers. Kudos to Teel.. you had a career day against us but this wont stop the pitt train from moving forward HAIL TO PITT PITT 34- ND 31 PS- We need to support Bostick becasue he is a very veyr good player that will only get better Why cant we just cheer for pitt? We always want to fire a coach or demote a player from the stands. Dont you realize these knee jerk reaction ruin team morale. Hey.. I upset that we arent on a 40 game win streak but I am not going to trash DW, Cavs, any coach or player. This team is better than any of walt’s team and will only improve as the season progress. REMEMBER.. THIS TEAM NEVER QUITS EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG ON SATURDAY.

Watch the FIRE you see from our young men this saturday against ND.
I will says that Phil Bennett need to have his and defensive line and LBs ready for the screen and flats to rbs that Charlie likes to call. The Also, ND will take their share of of shots down the field.

Berry needs to have short term memory. Learn from your mistakes and grow.

DW will put us in positon to win. The players wont quit. We have to hope to get the magic bounce that we did not get against Rutgers.

Kudos to Teel.. you had a career day against us but this wont stop the pitt train from moving forward

HAIL TO PITT

PITT 34- ND 31
PS- We need to support Bostick becasue he is a very veyr good player that will only get better

]]> By: Jimbo Covert's my Dad http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107492 Jimbo Covert's my Dad Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:50:11 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107492 Good post Lou. You speak the truth, Dave's a great guy who loves the school, the team, and the city, but he's just not a good coach. My only worry is, if he leaves how do we keep pulling in the great recruits? Good post Lou.

You speak the truth, Dave’s a great guy who loves the school, the team, and the city, but he’s just not a good coach.

My only worry is, if he leaves how do we keep pulling in the great recruits?

]]> By: Lou http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107482 Lou Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:37 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107482 Look im a recent grad of Pitt and a High School football coach. Let me tell you that with the type of players in the past 3 years that been recurted to play at Pitt we should be competing at least for january bowl games, and the Big East. Personally I think DW is a great man, a hard workewr, and a true Pittsburgher. However its obvoius that he doesnt work on the fundamentals that a football team needs to work on to get better. Also it seems as if DW never gets his teams ready for lower teams and their competition. First it was Ohio U, then Nebraska, UConn, and etc. From an anomous player's brother on the team, from my understandings DW's practices are spent too much on special teams, and scrmaging rather than working on fundamentals and reps,and reconition. Im a first year high school coach who is a JV D corrdinator and I can see that. This is horrible that DW (who has been a coach for years and has won a super bowl) is not doing what he needs to do to get us where we belong. Im telling you people, if we dont get 8 wins this year we should demand that he is out of here. I already have a replacement if it doesnt workout. Its nothing personal to DW but I love college football and I love Pitt and Im tired of seeing us be coached the way we are! We should be better than this. But then again we are 5-2 but we have better win at least 8! Look im a recent grad of Pitt and a High School football coach. Let me tell you that with the type of players in the past 3 years that been recurted to play at Pitt we should be competing at least for january bowl games, and the Big East. Personally I think DW is a great man, a hard workewr, and a true Pittsburgher. However its obvoius that he doesnt work on the fundamentals that a football team needs to work on to get better. Also it seems as if DW never gets his teams ready for lower teams and their competition. First it was Ohio U, then Nebraska, UConn, and etc.

From an anomous player’s brother on the team, from my understandings DW’s practices are spent too much on special teams, and scrmaging rather than working on fundamentals and reps,and reconition. Im a first year high school coach who is a JV D corrdinator and I can see that. This is horrible that DW (who has been a coach for years and has won a super bowl) is not doing what he needs to do to get us where we belong.

Im telling you people, if we dont get 8 wins this year we should demand that he is out of here. I already have a replacement if it doesnt workout. Its nothing personal to DW but I love college football and I love Pitt and Im tired of seeing us be coached the way we are! We should be better than this. But then again we are 5-2 but we have better win at least 8!

]]> By: Matt http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107477 Matt Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:43:10 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107477 Agree to game assessment that Pitt might have come back to win, if not for fumbled punt....but, why wasn't Pitt ahead by 20 at that point? We handle USF all day long in their stadium but play like a jv squad at home v Rutgers -- that pisses people off. I could have lived with a 10 point win, but no excuse to lose at home v. Rutgers -- really, ever. Imagine what Dan Marino, Hugh Green, and Tony D. thought? Only silver lining I see is that Pitt plays well as the U-dog under Wannstedt, so he seems to be a good motivator at least...and risk taker when pressed. Some guys are just not good front runners...strange. Agree to game assessment that Pitt might have come back to win, if not for fumbled punt….but, why wasn’t Pitt ahead by 20 at that point? We handle USF all day long in their stadium but play like a jv squad at home v Rutgers — that pisses people off. I could have lived with a 10 point win, but no excuse to lose at home v. Rutgers — really, ever. Imagine what Dan Marino, Hugh Green, and Tony D. thought? Only silver lining I see is that Pitt plays well as the U-dog under Wannstedt, so he seems to be a good motivator at least…and risk taker when pressed. Some guys are just not good front runners…strange.

]]> By: TJ http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107476 TJ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:23:39 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107476 @Bobby, Not a golfer, I suck at golf, but did play ball professionally. One play, i.e. the muffed punt, can dramatically change momentum and the direction that the game is going to take. So yes, I think if Berry doesn't muff the punt, Pitt probably drives down the field to take the lead. At the very least, the field position would have been dramatically different. Couple the muff with giving up a TD on the very next play and the game was over. @Bobby,
Not a golfer, I suck at golf, but did play ball professionally. One play, i.e. the muffed punt, can dramatically change momentum and the direction that the game is going to take. So yes, I think if Berry doesn’t muff the punt, Pitt probably drives down the field to take the lead. At the very least, the field position would have been dramatically different. Couple the muff with giving up a TD on the very next play and the game was over.

]]> By: cdmoore25 http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107468 cdmoore25 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:39:24 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107468 Tony In Houston, we are all pitt backers. Coaching carosel never work. Wanny has put together a nice program and finally we see some excitement on the field with our athletes. No need to change.. let this play out b/c I have a funny feeling something wonderful will come out of Wanny tour. Come on Tony... you can see what Wanny is building. It is there and that is why people are frustrated. BTW- this team is better than any team we had in the past 15 years. HAil to Pitt and thnaks for spending money to support the program. Tony In Houston, we are all pitt backers. Coaching carosel never work. Wanny has put together a nice program and finally we see some excitement on the field with our athletes. No need to change.. let this play out b/c I have a funny feeling something wonderful will come out of Wanny tour.

Come on Tony… you can see what Wanny is building. It is there and that is why people are frustrated.
BTW- this team is better than any team we had in the past 15 years.

HAil to Pitt

and thnaks for spending money to support the program.

]]> By: Forbes http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107467 Forbes Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:36:48 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107467 If you honestly think nothing is changing than your delusional. Pitt isn't a top 5 team, and he wasn't going to build that in 4 years. If you thought that you are setting yourself up for failure. The team is definately moving forward. The players on the field are much better skilled and play much harder than when Wanny arrived. There are still holes but that is improving. We have finally built an o-line that actually can produce a semblance of a running game and have an elite tailback to take advantage of it. The D-line has some actual talent to make plays, something it never had in the Harris days, and something Wannstedt has focused on. The team has had its downfalls, but like everyone on this post has said, it is clearly improvement. An 8 win season before the year would have been what most fans would be happy with and that is still clearly within reach. Of course you strive to win every game, but that clearly would not be realistic expectations. The fact that fans are now expecting Pitt to win this amount of games is a clear testament to improvement. Nobody in the last 2 seasons would think Pitt would have a shot at that. So hate him if you want, I don't think the guys going anywhere right now. He's a great recruiter and it's in the programs best interest that he succeeds b/c he is one of a few people in the country that could bring elite talent to Pittsburgh. If you honestly think nothing is changing than your delusional. Pitt isn’t a top 5 team, and he wasn’t going to build that in 4 years. If you thought that you are setting yourself up for failure. The team is definately moving forward. The players on the field are much better skilled and play much harder than when Wanny arrived. There are still holes but that is improving. We have finally built an o-line that actually can produce a semblance of a running game and have an elite tailback to take advantage of it. The D-line has some actual talent to make plays, something it never had in the Harris days, and something Wannstedt has focused on. The team has had its downfalls, but like everyone on this post has said, it is clearly improvement. An 8 win season before the year would have been what most fans would be happy with and that is still clearly within reach. Of course you strive to win every game, but that clearly would not be realistic expectations. The fact that fans are now expecting Pitt to win this amount of games is a clear testament to improvement. Nobody in the last 2 seasons would think Pitt would have a shot at that. So hate him if you want, I don’t think the guys going anywhere right now. He’s a great recruiter and it’s in the programs best interest that he succeeds b/c he is one of a few people in the country that could bring elite talent to Pittsburgh.

]]> By: steve http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107466 steve Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:07:07 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107466 It's a good thing we have sports to block out what's going on everywhere else. It’s a good thing we have sports to block out what’s going on everywhere else.

]]> By: Scott http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107465 Scott Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:57:46 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107465 matt, the level of anger and frustration is where it is b/c this is year 4 of the wanny regime and NOTHING is changing. same bad game management decisions, no ability to adjust to what the other team is doing, etc. pitt still loses games we should win. wanny's honeymoon is over. either win 9 games and go to a decent bowl or start over with someone else. enough is enough. matt, the level of anger and frustration is where it is b/c this is year 4 of the wanny regime and NOTHING is changing. same bad game management decisions, no ability to adjust to what the other team is doing, etc. pitt still loses games we should win. wanny’s honeymoon is over. either win 9 games and go to a decent bowl or start over with someone else. enough is enough.

]]> By: TonyinHouston http://www.pittblather.com/2008/10/27/cant-muster-the-sarcasm/comment-page-1/#comment-107464 TonyinHouston Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:23:11 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5750#comment-107464 You Wannstedt backers need to give it up. You are deluded. Pick up Landry's college football preview mag and the first thing you read about Rutgers potentially having a terrific passing game this year. Wanny states "we didn't prepare for the pass." What kind of coaching is that? His record as a coach revolves around mediocrity and making everyone like him. He may win a little more, lose a little more, but he is no champion. And you Wannstedt backers need to stop the name-calling and finger-pointing. I have spent $1400 flying off to Pitt football games this year and I have been a fan since 1965. Maybe it is just time for him to retire and enjoy life while he is still healthy. He seems half to the glass a lot of the time. You Wannstedt backers need to give it up. You are deluded. Pick up Landry’s college football preview mag and the first thing you read about Rutgers potentially having a terrific passing game this year. Wanny states “we didn’t prepare for the pass.” What kind of coaching is that?
His record as a coach revolves around mediocrity and making everyone like him. He may win a little more, lose a little more, but he is no champion.
And you Wannstedt backers need to stop the name-calling and finger-pointing. I have spent $1400 flying off to Pitt football games this year and I have been a fan since 1965. Maybe it is just time for him to retire and enjoy life while he is still healthy. He seems half to the glass a lot of the time.

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