Wisconsin's Chryst to Pitt

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Ok, I should amend what I've said. I'm not "happy" that he's leaving. He was a great asset to the program but at times, especially in big games it seemed like he overthought things and tried to change up the formula too much. Last year's Rose Bowl was a painful reminder of that for me and I wanted to see him leave at the end of that game when there were rumors he was going to bail for other offers. That said, now that he's gone one has to be a little concerned about our offense because he did engineer some great teams.

But then again we lost a great DC last year to NIU and turned out alright so maybe we make a solid hire and come through just fine...its not like our offense is mind-bogingly difficult to coordinate...run pass run run run run pass run run run run play-action dump off pass to RB run TD.

The thing is, I don't know who we go out and get...who's available OC wise? People from every school throw Stoops' name out for any DC job but as far as OC's go I haven't heard much....

Anyhow, at least now we have yet another excuse for what will, more than likely, be a relatively flat year on offense, a flat year that thanks to the NCAA will still probably lead to at least a 50-50 shot to get to Indy between us and Penn State. Thank you Mr. Pryor!

 
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Badgerfan said:
Ok, I should amend what I've said. I'm not "happy" that he's leaving. He was a great asset to the program but at times, especially in big games it seemed like he overthought things and tried to change up the formula too much. Last year's Rose Bowl was a painful reminder of that for me and I wanted to see him leave at the end of that game when there were rumors he was going to bail for other offers. That said, now that he's gone one has to be a little concerned about our offense because he did engineer some great teams.

But then again we lost a great DC last year to NIU and turned out alright so maybe we make a solid hire and come through just fine...its not like our offense is mind-bogingly difficult to coordinate...run pass run run run run pass run run run run play-action dump off pass to RB run TD.

The thing is, I don't know who we go out and get...who's available OC wise? People from every school throw Stoops' name out for any DC job but as far as OC's go I haven't heard much....

Anyhow, at least now we have yet another excuse for what will, more than likely, be a relatively flat year on offense, a flat year that thanks to the NCAA will still probably lead to at least a 50-50 shot to get to Indy between us and Penn State. Thank you Mr. Pryor!
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Promote from within, man...it's all the rage!! :D

 
Landomatic said:
Badgerfan said:
Ok, I should amend what I've said. I'm not "happy" that he's leaving. He was a great asset to the program but at times, especially in big games it seemed like he overthought things and tried to change up the formula too much. Last year's Rose Bowl was a painful reminder of that for me and I wanted to see him leave at the end of that game when there were rumors he was going to bail for other offers. That said, now that he's gone one has to be a little concerned about our offense because he did engineer some great teams.

But then again we lost a great DC last year to NIU and turned out alright so maybe we make a solid hire and come through just fine...its not like our offense is mind-bogingly difficult to coordinate...run pass run run run run pass run run run run play-action dump off pass to RB run TD.

The thing is, I don't know who we go out and get...who's available OC wise? People from every school throw Stoops' name out for any DC job but as far as OC's go I haven't heard much....

Anyhow, at least now we have yet another excuse for what will, more than likely, be a relatively flat year on offense, a flat year that thanks to the NCAA will still probably lead to at least a 50-50 shot to get to Indy between us and Penn State. Thank you Mr. Pryor!
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Promote from within, man...it's all the rage!! :D
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That or hire Shawn Watson

 
RexIsMyDogg said:
Wonder if this hire saved Pedey's a$$ or if he's still good as gone? Me thinks the latter.
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Apparently most boosters wanted Mario Cristobal, but got Chryst instead. Not sure of the details behind the whole thing as I didn't follow it closely, but for whatever reason, Pitt didn't get their first or second choice, with Paul Rhoads being their first choice and Cristobal their second. How that impacts Pederson's handling of the hiring process is yet to be determined. However I can't imagine Pitt being too happy with Pederson, dating back to when he fired Wanny last year.

 
You know if it was ANYBODY else, I'd be tempted to feel a little empathy for Pedey.............................but it's not,....................... so I DON'T..............

 
RexIsMyDogg said:
Wonder if this hire saved Pedey's a$$ or if he's still good as gone? Me thinks the latter.
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I'd say his fate is tethered to that of the Big East more than anything else--has anyone heard *anything* about Pedey beating the drums for Pitt to be picked up by another conference? Anything?

Sure, the Big East is around for now in its Frankenstein state, but when (not if, IMO) it collapses, and Pitt doesn't have a suitable home, they will promptly forget about all of the basketball gains he made for that school and kick him out post-haste.

 
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I heard that last year Texas offered Cryst $1million to be their OC. I'm not saying he held out for more cash and a HC job, I'm saying he would have rather been paid squat than coach at Texas.

 
Badgerfan said:
Landomatic said:
Badgerfan said:
Ok, I should amend what I've said. I'm not "happy" that he's leaving. He was a great asset to the program but at times, especially in big games it seemed like he overthought things and tried to change up the formula too much. Last year's Rose Bowl was a painful reminder of that for me and I wanted to see him leave at the end of that game when there were rumors he was going to bail for other offers. That said, now that he's gone one has to be a little concerned about our offense because he did engineer some great teams.

But then again we lost a great DC last year to NIU and turned out alright so maybe we make a solid hire and come through just fine...its not like our offense is mind-bogingly difficult to coordinate...run pass run run run run pass run run run run play-action dump off pass to RB run TD.

The thing is, I don't know who we go out and get...who's available OC wise? People from every school throw Stoops' name out for any DC job but as far as OC's go I haven't heard much....

Anyhow, at least now we have yet another excuse for what will, more than likely, be a relatively flat year on offense, a flat year that thanks to the NCAA will still probably lead to at least a 50-50 shot to get to Indy between us and Penn State. Thank you Mr. Pryor!
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Promote from within, man...it's all the rage!! :D
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That or hire Shawn Watson
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You have no idea how epic that would be!

 
Pedey seems to be a stepping stone AD. How many first time HCs has he hired? Who then moved on. (By choice or otherwise.)

 
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