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Cory Woodroof

Pitt players didn’t seem happy Pat Narduzzi partially blamed them after Notre Dame blowout loss

Pittsburgh football coach Pat Narduzzi might be in a bit of trouble with his locker room after comments in a postgame press conference seemed to indict his current roster.

After the team’s 58-7 disaster against Notre Dame, Narduzzi tried to talk about why his team isn’t in the best situation right now with a 2-6 record and a bowl game completely out of focus.

To Narduzzi, the team hasn’t necessarily replenished the talent it lost from the players who left the program.

“As a football coach, you lose a lot of good players a year ago, you think, as a coach, you’re going to replace them,” Narduzzi told reporters. “We obviously haven’t… Again, it starts with me. … I didn’t do a good enough job coaching today, and put it on me. … We’ve got to make plays.”

The part about not being able to replace the talent that left the program a year ago started to go viral after it was shared by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Noah Hiles.

Well, a number of Pittsburgh’s football players saw the post above and expressed their displeasure in their coach seemingly throwing them under the bus. You can see their responses below.

Narduzzi tried to play damage control with a Twitter post that put the loss on him completely.

However, he will likely have to do more to walk back his comments as a number of his players have now publicly responded to them.

Tight end Malcolm Epps

Defensive back Ryland Gandy

Wide receiver Bub Means

Wide receiver Kenny Johnson

Offensive lineman Jason Collier Jr.

Running back Montravius Lloyd

Safety Javon McIntyre

Tight end Gavin Bartholomew

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