Pat Narduzzi Blamed His Roster After Embarrassing Loss to Notre Dame
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi attempted to explain his team's 58-7 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday and got himself in serious trouble with his own squad. After the game, Narduzzi claimed his team lost a lot of players from the year before and the guys he replaced them with weren't good enough. His players were not happy with that quote.
Here's what he said:
"As a football coach you lose a lot of good players from a year ago and you think as a coach you're going to replace them, and obviously we haven't. Again, it starts with me. I didn't do a good enough job coaching today. Put it on me, and we've got to make plays."
Oof. That ain't good.
Yikes — we got Pitt players quote tweeting this … https://t.co/MIryz6q3Ns
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 29, 2023
Pitt players are quote tweeting this and it’s not going over very well https://t.co/7fctzSzJpT
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 29, 2023
Pitt safety Javon McIntyre reposted Narduzzi's quote with the caption, "huh" and a thinking emoji. Running back Rodney Hammond Jr. posted a question mark and "crazy world."
Blaming the weakness of your roster for a loss is an awful thing to do as a college football coach. He essentially dumped on his own locker room. A really bad look and his players are right to be furious.