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Copy and paste from the Pitt Rivals board....I can't link that forum here for some reason.
I was literally just told this by a coach. The school just cut 7 sports and apparently is going all in on football and basketball.
They're anticipating an eventual split between the haves and have-nots and want a seat at the big boy table while they still have the chance. They're even maneuvering to build a stadium, as discussed earlier, which I find shocking and maybe a little overly ambitious considering the strained relations between the school and the longtime locals in the neighborhood.
A little too late if you ask me. They didn't pony up to keep either of their last two successful coaches, and now they're panicking, cutting successful sports, and throwing money at a problem they actually could've avoided had they reached this obvious conclusion in a more timely manner.
I was literally just told this by a coach. The school just cut 7 sports and apparently is going all in on football and basketball.
They're anticipating an eventual split between the haves and have-nots and want a seat at the big boy table while they still have the chance. They're even maneuvering to build a stadium, as discussed earlier, which I find shocking and maybe a little overly ambitious considering the strained relations between the school and the longtime locals in the neighborhood.
A little too late if you ask me. They didn't pony up to keep either of their last two successful coaches, and now they're panicking, cutting successful sports, and throwing money at a problem they actually could've avoided had they reached this obvious conclusion in a more timely manner.