Generally throughout faculty soccer preseason, a head coach will drop a narrative a couple of participant that feels prefer it raises extra questions than solutions. On Monday, longtime Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi gifted us with one such lore drop.
When speaking in regards to the Panthers’ coaching camp in a press convention on Monday, Narduzzi took a second to shout out huge receiver Tyreek Robinson’s coaching camp. However he additionally cracked jokes in regards to the redshirt sophomore’s tendency to do odd issues.
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“The man (we) in all probability by no means speak about is, Tyreek Robinson’s beginning to flip a nook. You understand, he nonetheless provides me chest pains at occasions, as an previous coach, however Tyreek has been actually good,” Narduzzi mentioned. “We cleaned up some issues off the sector, simply little issues he drives me nuts with, like consuming fish out of the river. That is not a superb, factor, ‘kay? Do not try this, Tyreek.
“He does some stuff Louisiana-style,” Narduzzi added.
Robinson, who’s from Shreveport, Louisiana, is a redshirt sophomore who noticed a bit of little bit of motion in his first season. He didn’t play final 12 months.
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It is unclear precisely how Robinson’s impromptu fishing expertise went down, however Pitt’s coaching facility, the UPMC Rooney Sports activities Advanced, is situated on the banks of the Monongahela River — a river that’s secure however typically not thought of the cleanest.
Even with the bizarre anecdote, Narduzzi burdened that he is “impressed” with Robinson’s progress, and later added that he needs to include him extra into the sport to see what he can do.
“I wanna see if he can play persistently — like quick, I wanna see him play quick on a regular basis. I do not need this typically up-and-down stuff, that is not good,” Narduzzi mentioned. “He is an important participant, does an important job blocking, he provides nice effort, I wanna see it on a regular basis.”
