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August 8, 2013

Todd Thomas Is Back

Filed under: Football — Chas @ 11:05 am

We interrupt the collective angst for this:

Added bonus, we appear to have gone 24+ hours without anyone quitting or being suspended in Pitt football. Unicorns and rainbows for everyone!

UPDATE: It’s never simple. It’s never easy.

Here’s a little more.

Todd Thomas will soon be back with the Pitt football team, according to his high school basketball coach.

Thomas, former football-basketball standout at Beaver Falls High School, quit the Pitt football team Wednesday, unhappy about playing second-team linebacker. But Beaver Falls basketball coach Doug Biega said today things have been worked out with coach Paul Chryst and Thomas will be rejoining the team.

Biega has been talking with Thomas the past few days about the situation.

But when Coach Chryst was asked about Thomas after practice…

Stop messing with us. We are in a delicate state right now.

Here’s the video. At the very end. I’m going to go with Chryst doing his best to not answer until all things are fully settled.





I’m thinking Jodie was a quitter back when he played pee wee and that’s why he identifies with those who leave the program. He probably blamed the pee wee coach.

Comment by marcus of schaumburg 08.08.13 @ 5:48 pm

Chryst will meet with Thomas tomorrow to decide his fate….

link to triblive.com

Comment by tedsptman 08.08.13 @ 5:59 pm

Kush, who is still living (84), is from the Somerset area.

He was accused of abuse by one of his players at ASU, and was fired for interfering in the investigation. Ironically, he was found not to be liable in the abuse suit

Comment by wbb 08.08.13 @ 6:00 pm

Frank Kush is from Windber, PA.

Comment by MariettaMike 08.08.13 @ 6:10 pm

Totally agree with Caw Miller, Rev. George and Iron Mike on welcoming back Todd Thomas. I’m so glad that he got some good advice quickly on his impulsive poor decision to leave the team. Both he and Pitt’s football team will benefit from his about face.

Thomas’ situation was not comparable to Shell’s at all. This was out of character for TT to whimp out over this minor adversity. He was poised for a great season coming back from his knee injury now at 100%. What happened perhaps is that he was unprepared for the coach challenging him to aspire to his full potential and I bet Coach threw into that mix that he wanted Thomas, as a starting upperclassman, to provide some leadership to the younger players off the field as well. He might just kind of felt overwelmed at the time, only he knows for sure.

In any case, I would be extremely surprised if Coach Chryst didn’t welcome him back with open arms, however, with the full understanding that his requirements still remain on the docket to be fulfilled by TT.

As I said yesterday, the loss of TT would have negatively affected the team more than Shell’s defection, so I’m overjoyed that TT has had a change of heart. This is a very good player at a key position that we’re thin at to start with. Hopefully this entire issue will provide him with the motivation needed to play inspired football for us this season. Aspire to be great an watch the magic happen.

Hail to Pitt. Now lets get down to business.

Comment by Dr. Tom 08.08.13 @ 6:17 pm

BTW, if you want to discuss the Coach calling out a player in front of the rest of the team, how about putting the pressure on Chris Blewitt our true Freshman kicker who was required to hit a FG from 40+ yards to avoid having the rest of the team doing a set of up-downs or the like. Now thats pressure! Blewitt rose to the occasion though, thank goodness.

Comment by Dr. Tom 08.08.13 @ 6:24 pm

Old Pitt Grad and Pitt Dad, Don’t forget about UPMC.

Although it is a love/hate relationship for many, it has a major impact on the University. Bigger than any athletic program could ever have. Students come to Pitt because it excels in the health professions.

Not to mention that they built the practice facilities which Pitt Football shares with the Steelers, which is an unbelievably positive thing in this city.

Old Pitt Grad, if you have not been to Oakland since the 60’s, you would not recognize the place.

Comment by gc 08.08.13 @ 6:32 pm

How many old Pitt students had a class in the back room of Frankie Gustein’s bar on Forbes Avenue? Our prof, I won’t mention his name, bought the first pitcher of beer. Those were the good ole days… 😉

Comment by MariettaMike 08.08.13 @ 6:52 pm

How many folks remember when the Steelers played their home games at Pitt Stadium and the Panthers consistently out drew the Steelers in attendance?

Comment by MariettaMike 08.08.13 @ 6:58 pm

Regarding Pitt academics:

I graduated in 2008. From the time I started at Pitt to the time I left, student quality increased dramatically. I would’ve been laughed at by admissions counselors.

Comment by Justin 08.08.13 @ 6:59 pm

Looking at Joe D’s list of players, at least 2 things are easily apparent.

1) All of those players either committed to previous coaching staffs or, in the case of about 4 of them) were primarily recruited by Graham’s staff but eventually committed to Pitt under Chryst.

2) Secondly, with the exception of Thomas (?), Shell and E. Williams, I don’t believe any of those players were expected to be in the 2 deep roster this year.

I would never argue that any coach or person is perfect and I see a lot of areas in which PC & staff can improve. But to me this attrition of players seems a lot more like of a combination of cancers, lazy players, other system players, non-contributing players, etc.

And just to annoy the select negative nellies, I really expect Pitt to lose to FSU by at least 14 but that will in no way change my view of the upcoming season or Chryst. I’ll wait at least 8-10 games before that.

And I welcome back Thomas as well and hope he works to prove he is a 1st teamer.

Hail to Pitt!

Comment by Bowling Green Panther 08.08.13 @ 7:01 pm

Dion Lewis (Browns) having a good game against the Rams tonight…Brown’s announcer says “I love this guy…Dion Lewis”.

Reed, the Rev. George asked me to advise you that God does not appreciate it when people swear to Him!

Comment by HbgFrank 08.08.13 @ 7:45 pm

Pitt Dad, Thank you so much for the additional information. I kinda knew the University’s finances were good.

Nordenberg is not aproblem. To run just a top medical school is a major feat. The Chancellor of Rutgers is just finding this out as they take over the NJ schools of Med and Dentistry.

Nordenberg has done very well. Remember Pittsburgh is in the rust belt and has lost, what?, half its population.

I love Pitt too. It is my school. It gave me an education, opened my eyes to many new things, and provided financial aid when we really needed it.

I like things perfect, and that is all I’m asking of Pitt.

Comment by Old Pitt Grad 08.08.13 @ 8:51 pm

@ dan 08

… yeah I hear you! it’s tough sometimes…

I can’t believe I actually read a supposed “Pitt fan” on this blog stating he wants Pitt to lose to FSU… to teach optimistic fans a lesson…

L My F#$%n AO…..

Go to Steelers training camp and start giving people s$%^ for being “koolaid” drinkers and unreasonably optimistic… and see what happens to your a$$…

HAHAHAHA….

Comment by Pittscript 08.08.13 @ 10:11 pm

I have a headache…

Comment by Digdug 08.10.13 @ 2:19 am

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