[Editor note: drafted this in the morning after. Thought I might still be a bit too annoyed and maybe unfair on the read through. Sat on it for the day and evening to see if I mellowed a bit. Nope.]
This performance after what happened in Syracuse was not dispiriting. It was the kind that pisses me off.
After spending the first 15 games establishing a pattern of racing out to big leads and then holding on in the second half, Pitt has changed its approach the last two games. They get buried and then spend the second half trying to dig out of that hole. Hasn’t worked yet, but I’m sure they will get there eventually.
No one has epitomized that more then Mike Young. All through the non-con and first couple games of conference play, Young was a first half force. Scoring big in the first half to pace the team and open things up for everyone else. He would drop off in the second half, as Pitt’s leads diminished. But, that could be chalked up to doing so much in the first half, and being a bit worn down.
