Former UMass coach Mark Whipple was hired as Pitt’s offensive coordinator on Monday, and on Tuesday, Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that former Panthers offensive coordinator Matt Canada “wanted the job very badly.” He then added, “Pat Narduzzi should have given [the job] to [Canada].”
While Starkey may be right about Canada’s interest in Pitt, the suggestion that Narduzzi should have welcomed him back after he used the school as a stepping stone for a lateral move to LSU is entirely wrong — at least when viewing Pitt as a team in need of continuity.