At the time, we were all very sorry about Narduzzi's medical condition, but the idea that Malmisur treated him unfairly is simply ridiculous. First, Narduzzi did not build the D2 program from scratch. Rey Dempsey replaced Dike Beede in 1973. He stayed only two seasons but led us to the D2 playoffs in 1974. Narduzzi came in 1975 and failed for three seasons. His biggest flaw was imposing that veer offense on a future professional quarterback who was ill-equipped to run it. Narduzzi did then lead YSU to the playoffs in 1978 and reached the championship game in 1979. But he could not sustain that success. Even with the new stadium in 1982, his teams were mediocre. In six seasons after 1979 he never reached the IAA playoffs (we reclassified shortly after 1979.)
Frankly, Pat Narduzzi and Fred Thomas need to grow up. Every single person who played a role in the decision to release his father is either dead or long since retired.