[Husker] Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt was given a three-year contract extension...

[Lynette Tillner]

I think that since Callahan is now available, SP wanted to make sure
he didn't make the SAME mistake twice! :-))


--- Duane Feldman <dlfeldman at ameritech.net> wrote:

> Pat, I agree that Pitt didn't "earn" the win but rather WV "earned"
> the loss.
> 
> But what went through my mind all night was "Why would Steve
> Pedersen give Wannstadt an extension?"  Maybe better phrased, why
> would SP come to Nebraska and fire a 75% career winning coach (I
> concede some shortcomings), but then return to Pitt and retain a
> career under-.500 coach -- and give him an extension?  I could see
> SP firing the guy and looking for a replacement, or I could see
> giving Wannie another year to improve, but I can see no logical
> reasoning behind an extension?  Does anyone have anything close to
> a decent rationale for this action?
> 
> SP made some bad decisions at NU and this seems to be in keeping
> with that trend.  (At least he is not at NU anymore).
> 
> Duane
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Pat Gaule pgaule at cox.net
> 
> 
> West Virginia lost this game moreso than Pitt winning it.  I am
> willing 
> to bet money that Wannstedt will not turn things around.  He is not
> a 
> good coach, and one game doesn't change the fact that he's had 5 
> consecutive losing seasons.  This move will still look stupid in
> the 
> long-term, and I am sure of that.
> 
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Lynette Tillner
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