We PITT fans have heard and read an awful lot about cultural changes going on inside the PITT football program and what types of motivational tactics Todd Graham may use to accomplish that. Let’s take a minute to look at this more closely and see if what we fans think is needed is going to actually happen.
PITT fans like to compare our team and football program to other BCS schools, but that only goes so far. We are not a football-factory university situated in the middle of a state and which dominates a small town by its presence. We are a huge part of the fabric of the city of Pittsburgh as one of its largest employers and land owners. As such PITT has a real responsibility to maintain both good local relations and a positive reputation. We didn’t do that on many fronts last year.
Everyone agrees 2010 was basically horrendous, from the Elijah Fields Twitter “Play for Pay” incident in February to the hiring and firing of Mike Haywood in January 2011. It was a hell of a year and left everyone who follows the program closely pretty drained. If we fans think it was tough, just imagine what the players and the administration must have gone through.
