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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1236633, member: 27"] I am going to try and get this thread back on track. Narduzzi looks like a solid choice, but the early word from Pitt was that they were going to 'go big' on this hire and bring in someone with head coaching experience at the BCS level. Pat is well respected but has never been a head coach and has been passed over repeatedly for HC jobs during his career. I am pretty surprised they failed to land the big name hire they were going after. From my perspective, it is another conservative, old school hire, a defensive oriented coach who is not likely to bring innovation or excitement to the Pitt offense. It is a lot easier to find qualified candidates with a defensive background, especially when looking at candidates with an Eastern background. Pitt had a chance to do something that could have really broken up the status quo in Eastern football. Looks like they passed on it... [/QUOTE]