Pitt football fans have been frustrated this season because the Panthers will probably be 5-5 after this weekend, and the losses all seemed winnable, even against Miami for most of the game. But the truth is, this is the kind of season that usually happens when a new head coach starts out at a new program.
The first season for a new head coach usually has enough veterans to eek out a decent, or even good season. In the second and third season, however, those veterans start to depart, along with any other veterans that aren't in the plans, and who have to be replaced by the players that the new head coach brings in.