Back in September Pitt received a commit from undersized tailback Jerimiah Bryson out of Tennessee. Why? Apparently because you can never have too many of these type of players. Well, the 2-  to 3-star tailback has issued his ultimatum on the coaching change at Pitt.

“If [Bernard Clark] doesn’t have a job, I’ll likely decommit,” Bryson said.

If he means it I think we can say, buh-bye to Bryson. Good luck at Cinci, UNC or MTSU.

So who wants to claim that this is part of the post-hiring recruiting disaster?

I think back to the summer. To puff pieces about how Dave Wannstedt cared about the players beyond football. That was not a lie. It was clear throughout Wannstedt’s tenure that the academics and the development of the players as well-rounded individuals were more than mere lip-service.

The issue of players off-the-field activities has come into play following Mike Haywood’s hire, because of a press conference that was long on character, discipline, accountability and leadership buzzwords. And short on the on-the-field issue of winning games. As I said at the time, I thought the lack of talk of winning was by design.

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