Was referring to when he left for OU. Did not know what position they had him at PITT
Woah. Randy Bates to Pitt as D Coordinator.
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Most QCs would jump at a full-time opportunity, though Patton can probably be a bit more selective.
Unfortunately for you, we already have an OL coach.
No, but we do have a guy that stays at a Holiday Inn Express regularly and is tight with Fitz. Since he had nowhere else to stick, PF made him OL coach cuz no one would notice.
Or Larry Fitzgerald or Darrelle Revis or LeSean McCoy or Aaron Donald or James Conner or Dion Lewis.........
No need for anybody on either side to get parochial and defensive about things. I don't know anything about Bates but hope for the best. Good luck going forward.
Wait, is the main goal of college football programs to function as a minor league affiliate for NFL teams? Now I get it, all this time i thought the goal was to generate outstanding student athletes who compete to win on and off the field. Silly me.
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So let's get this straight:
- NU beats Pitt in a bowl game where Pitt was favored, ranked and had a whole gaggle of fans who felt they were "disrespected" by having to play lowly NU and talked trash.
- A year later, Pitt hires NU's linebackers' coach to be its DC.
- Pitt fans specifically come to a thread on the NU board about this occurrence and talk trash.
- NU fans are in the wrong?
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Parochial? Maybe you need to look up the definition of the word. I am not the one claiming superiority in college football based on how many of my university’s players have matriculated to the NFL. Talk about a narrow and myopic view of what constitutes a successful college football program.
When it's all they have and they're in denial, people play what they have. Makes them feel better in a very strange sort of way ... even as they are making ignorant fools of themselves. I wish Randy all the best. But seriously, the best days of Pitt football are decades behind us. And there is nothing going forward that looks promising for the Panthers.
Gotta give them this much. Their list of individual all time greats is really, really good. Very competitive with those from any other school I can think of.
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I wonder how many graduated with a BA or BS degree from Pitt. When I was at Pitt, grad rates were among the worst in D1 college football. Really bad! Hopefully, things have improved in the past 20 years.
He started at Pitt 40 years ago. He graduated 20 years ago.
Didn't he get an early parole?
Good for Bates - he deserves it.
A good sign if position coaches and co-ordinators have the opportunity to move on and get a promotion.
While some stability on a coaching staff is good thing, too much can lead to stagnation (also is a sign of coaches not being in demand) and is somewhat overrated in importance.
Case in point, Wisky changed head coaches 3 times in a pretty short amount of time and they just keep on winning (meanwhile, 2 of their former head coaches haven't been able to maintain the same level of success).
But even more so than the head coaching position, Wisky has churned thru numerous DCs (most moving on to head coaching jobs or to programs that are willing to pay them a lot more than UW is willing to do).
With Jim Leonhard apparently already getting offers after just 2 years in coaching (1 as a DB coach for the Badgers before getting promoted to DC).
A good sign if position coaches and co-ordinators have the opportunity to move on and get a promotion.
While some stability on a coaching staff is good thing, too much can lead to stagnation (also is a sign of coaches not being in demand) and is somewhat overrated in importance.
Case in point, Wisky changed head coaches 3 times in a pretty short amount of time and they just keep on winning (meanwhile, 2 of their former head coaches haven't been able to maintain the same level of success).
But even more so than the head coaching position, Wisky has churned thru numerous DCs (most moving on to head coaching jobs or to programs that are willing to pay them a lot more than UW is willing to do).
With Jim Leonhard apparently already getting offers after just 2 years in coaching (1 as a DB coach for the Badgers before getting promoted to DC).
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Many Pitt fans are deluded and are still living in the past (the long ago past).
About a decade ago, Pitt fans were totally confident that they would land Jordan Mabin and were completely dumbfounded when Mabin ended up choosing the 'Cats (after all, how could NU FB that had won 3 B1G titles when Mabin was kid ever compare to the ONE Big East Championship for Pitt?).
Of course they went on the usual spiel about how NU can't ever compare to Pitt due to all those national championships before many of our own grandparents were born with many taking shots at NU.
Seems like they're still living in the past.
Revis, Fitzgerald, Arron Donald, Shady McCoy , Tyler Boyd, all within the past 10 years.......just sayin
