Does this actually surprise anyone? Really?
ESPN has a short interview with Paul Chryst today where he states that Tino Sunseri will be the starting QB for the Panthers going into the 2012 season.
We here at the Blather have been trying to get you guys to prepare yourselves for this announcement for sometime. It wasn’t a hard call for Chryst to make.
It also makes sense as much as we may not want it to. Here is a rather telling point and one that some fans just have refused to believe:
He clearly was the best this spring that we had. You’re aware of the history but it doesn’t really matter for us.
Then here is this zinger.
“He’s got room to grow. If he chooses to grow, and I know it’s easier for us to say last year or two years before that doesn’t matter. It matters in the sense that you should learn from all of it, positive or negative. But it doesn’t matter going forward.
Look, let’s be brutally honest here and stop bullshitting around. It really doesn’t matter going forward because he is all Chryst has. He has no choice but to play Sunseri because of incompetence after him. However that “If he chooses to grow” comment leaves one wondering. What if he doesn’t choose to grow? Riddle me that Batman.
We just have no decent QB on the roster but Tino Sunseri and he’s suspect as hell. If anyone harbors any hope for any of the other four QBs, lets add Gonzalez just for more psychic pain, just let go of it now while you still have some sanity left…
“Chryst said nobody grabbed the backup quarterback job. As for what he anticipates for Chad Voytik once the four-star prospect arrives this summer, Chryst said, “First he’s got to get here. Then we’ve got to see how he picks up things. I anticipate him getting work. Legitimately getting work and then we’ll see.”
Got that? No – Body – Grabbed – the – Backup – Job. Not third year QB Mark Myers, not Shorty Anderson and not Smoke Gonzales. “It is a ship of fools we have here on the Southside docks, step right up and take the cruise.”
So what we have left is a long shot miracle that may or may not be happenning in training camp with Chad Voytik. But here’s a bit of advice. Don’t back the wrong horse…
“Coming around the clubhouse turn! It’s “Tino Time” with the big lead and… hold on! Here comes the Tennessee stud closing fast!!! It’s a horse race again folks, anything can happen….!”
… in our dreams.
Another aspect of this is that Chryst wants to get the offense personnel set as soon as possible and start instituting his playbook that first week of training camp. He needs a starting QB to do that. The fact that he said Voytik will get a legit look is nice but he’ll go into training camp with Sunseri and stick with him IMO.
But Chryst feels that he can coach Sunseri well enough to succeed in his offense and that may be the case. We’ll see. I tend to think Sunseri will not be the same QB we had last season and that he’ll be better due to his new comfort zone. I do not think we’ll look at Sunseri at any time this and think that he’s turned the corner or that his troubles are behind him though.
No, every snap will be an adventure again this season. Perhaps that 70%/30% run/pass split doesn’t sound to bad right about now, huh?
Hail to Pitt!
Birmingham here we come!!!!!
I usualy expect the worst from Pitt but I’m going to say that they will finish in the top 2 in the Big Least.
Funny, as far as I could count without going into detail, looks like about, over 20 posts with nothing on Tino, or comments about him. (oh you may find one or two making a joke about it)
Haven’t seen these alcohol fueled posts either. Haven’t seen anything like that for the same amount of time at least.
Oh, maybe someone did mention having a beer at the hockey game or something, with their nachos.
You know what this blog is about, of course,
nothing but alcohol and Tino, 24/7.
***for those don’t get my sarcasm, once in awhile a couple people come on here and say thats all we talk about, Tino and getting drunk*** LOL
Being a rational person, and a big fan of Coach Chryst (don’t read into that, I was a fan of Fraud too), he really doesn’t have much to pick from.
If this guy from Wisconsin, with all of the offenses he has had, says it’s Tino, what the hell can we do.
Maybe if Voytik comes in, that’s a real long shot fellas, for a high school kid to come in and get the offense.
Maybe Voytik comes in, learns things, and if Tino looks the same, he gets a chance a couple games in???
To my original point, if Chryst says this is it, well, he knows better than any of us.
If the play is bad, hopefully Chryst will not be against at least trying someone else.
Maybe he’ll coach Tino up, and give him plays that he knows he can handle.
I can’t believe it’s the middle of may already!!
Let’s hope that Chryst & Co. can recruit a talented prospect to add to Voytik and possibly Savage. Teeny weeny Anderson, Mystery Man Myers and Gonzo Gonzales will never be able to carry the load in the ACC. In fact, they probably can’t handle the BE.
QB recruiting is an absolute must for a strong future.
“Watch this” said Tino who proceeded to run smack into a telephone pole and knock it completely over.
“Wow,” said Wanny. “I’m impressed. Can you run?”
“Of course I can run,” said Tino. He was off like a shot and in just over 9 seconds ran a 100 yd dash.
“Great!” enthused Wanny. “But can you pass a football?”
“Well sir,” says Tino, “if I can swallow it I can probably pass it.”
tino time were is the booze EMel get the drinks going it will be the only way we get thru next season tino sucks we all know it but the coach.
CHUCK MORRIS WHAT YOU SAY IS THE WAY TO GO BUT THEY WONT DO IT
On the bright side, in approximately 220 days, Tino will have no eligibility left and will not be our starting QB.
Unless of course he gets hurt during fall camp and redshirts.
The heart of the matter is that Sunseri sucks less than Myers, Anderson and Gonzalez.
Sunseri has to calm down and progress. If he can do that and if this staff can develop gameplans that don’t misuse Sunseri then our QB can be effective this season.
Not Great, maybe not even that good but he needs to be consistent and effective. If he can do that we’ll win games.
If Tino just can just improve a little – take one less sack, make 2 or 3 better passes, including a long ball here and there – and the receivers can live up to their end of the bargain, that should be enough to have a pretty decent season.
As much as I don’t relish seeing Tino under center ever again, at this point I’m willing to suspend the memories of Tino’s past performances and hope for the best.
On a side note, is there a thought to organizing a Pitt Blather collection for the Greentree league? I’d definitely be willing to contribute. Would love to see a little Pitt Blather banner hanging in the Greentree gym…
That’s no trivial thing after the “Haywood/Graham Year Of Discontent”. Football aside, everyone probably knows I value character as much as winning in a college football head coach and that makes me feel pretty good, still, about our choice.
Damn your eyes! That would have been a good issue for me to have addressed in that article and I completely missed it. Oh well, there goes Chas’s shot at a Pulitzer, at least with my articles.
Which brings this to light – less distinction between Journalism and Blogs these days… Two ‘Blogs’ won Pulitzers this year.
But seriously, as I’ve said before, with the coaching and the talented rbs, Pitt is going to have 10 wins and got to a BCS game this year regardless of who is starting at QB.
It is the O line!
A) We can decide to look at the positive…Chryst knows what he is doing and is playing the cards he has to the best of his ability.
B) Whine, bitc*, moan, drink, partake of some herb, find new cure words to scream and saturate our flat screen TVs with spittle and pieces of perogies.
C)Give up and watch unemotionally.
D) Be like anonymous blog poster Joe D who is miserable constantly because he has so many 4 and 5 star recruits up his rectum he bleeds BS from his mouth.
Lets see….for me and my house the only logical, non-depressing choice we’ll be clinging too is Chryst and all of the other position players. I chose option A. I’m not going through another season of screaming at someone who is not very good. I choose peace of mind because there is light in PC’s vision.
By game 6, I may have moved to option C). Hopefully, at that point Chad comes to the rescue and I’l back at option A) And have hope for the future.
“Watch this” said Tino who proceeded to run smack into a telephone pole and knock it completely over.
“Wow,” said Wanny. “I’m impressed. Can you run?”
“Of course I can run,” said Tino. He was off like a shot and in just over 9 seconds ran a 100 yd dash.
“Great!” enthused Wanny. “But can you pass a football?”
“Well sir,” says Tino, “if I can swallow it I can probably pass it.”
Comment by steve1 05.15.12 @ 9:14 pm
LMAO
First time he screws up (about the 8 minute mark of the 1rst quarter of 1rst game), the team will say to itself. Same old Terrible Tino.
At the very least, let Voytik came in, keep the job open, and MAKE SIR TINO EARN IT. (yea right)
tino time were is the booze EMel get the drinks going it will be the only way we get thru next season tino sucks we all know it but the coach.
Comment by Frankcan 05.15.12 @ 9:27 pm
Hey Frank, there isn’t enough booze to watch TErrible Tino play. I think I might just punt….
until 2013 !
Comment by dish 05.15.12 @ 9:49 pm
Excellent points all dish. And ones PC needs to consider for the sanity of the alumni.
First time EVER last year, I skipped watching several PITT games that were televised down here and the FIRST TIME EVER THAT I DIDN’T WATCH PITT play in A BOWL GAME (granted it hardly qualified as a bowl game)
Sheesh I would even go to bars to watch PITT games in the Johnny Majors Two era(knowing they were terrible) and had to defend PITT to some Ohio State fucks when we were losing like 45-0 at halftime in 1996 and afterwards when the final was 76-0.
Granted they are’t as bad as those teams, however knowing how this has been contrived to let Sir Tino play, makes me get a severe rash as well.
Goes against what I believe in !
Veritas et Virtus (wish the fvcking university would start practicing it)
Comment by Coach Ditka 05.16.12 @ 7:07 am
You guys are good today. Very very funny Coach !
Now the next question is, would the Beef O’ Turd Bowl be considered an upgrade over the BBVA GPS Directional Compass Nobody Comes To Bowl ??
Terrible Tino got sacked on his ass.
All the Chryst’s horses and all the Chryst’s men
Couldn’t make Tino a better quarterback in the end.
Chryst took note, and said
You’ll start in my hood
Tino exclaimed I’ll lead this Pitt herd
Unfortunately his first start
Still smelled like a fart
And looked like a turd
From a purely marketing aspect, this is just gonna be a disaster for season ticket sales. If PC would have been smart he would have waited to just before kickoff of 1rst game to announce the starting QB.
That way all ticket holders would be in their seats and season tickets would be non-refundable.
Just sayin.
I really view Tino as an “it is what it is” issue. He is who we have – I don’t like him, I don’t think he is any good, but he is what we have to play with. If Chryst follows through with his statements, he will play to the teams abilities and strengths. This means run over pass and pass to keep the D honest. In this, the TEAM and PLAYERS need to step up and display their strengths play after play. The O line needs to block and block well. Finish every play. The backs need to hit the holes fast and hard, shed the first tackler, etc. AND Tino MUST hit a deep route when asked to.
What I like that Chryst is doing is putting success back in the players hands. Practice and call plays that the players can execute. The rest is up to them. I also like him getting back to what works – mamouth sized blue collar linemen. That’s where it all starts and gives the O a chance to succeed on every play.
If you don’t by tickets because Tino was named starter, what kind of fan are you? I mean seriously new coach with better schemes for Tino to carry out and people are acting like the season is over.
has to be a better strategy than doing what comes natural, right?
I have definitely been one of those “Give Meyers a shot” people…I’ve said before that I’d rather lose and find out that Meyers sucks in a game than lose with Tino because we already know he sucks in a game.
That being said, I’ll give the Coach the benefit of the doubt because he knows more than I do.
I still bought my season tickets, I’ll still go to the games, I’ll still support the team, I’ll still hope the best for Sunseri and I’ll still be pissed off for subpar play from Tino.
Please prove me wrong on my last prediction Tino. Have a GREAT season and make me eat my words, I’d love that.
I will be glad to eat crow for PiTT to win 9 or 10 games and go to a decent bowl. Problem is the BIgEast has only 1 decent bowl, the BCS Bowl. 🙂
Can somebody please shoot me now and put me out of my misery?
