Heather Lyke, the new athletic director at Pitt strykes me as smart, tough, decisive, committed, enthusiastic, honest, articulate and telegenic. She ran a squeaky clean program at Eastern Michigan before leaving for Pitt. She did not flinch in firing men's basketball coach Kevin Stallings nor women's basketball coach Susie McConnell-Serio. She made a universally applauded "late save" hire of Jeff Capel after failing on Dan Hurley. Usually at Pitt and elsewhere panic sets in when Plan A falls through. There is no Plan B. Ms Lyke did not panic, had a Plan B, and Capel was a good catch. This chick is going to succeed.
