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<blockquote data-quote="HammerOfJustice1" data-source="post: 131815489" data-attributes="member: 2053961"><p>My assessment in a nutshell:</p><p></p><p>1. Bill Stewart will forever deserve our love and respect for salvaging the 2007 season after RR bolted for Michigan by maintaining a steady hand on the keel and delivering a pre-game speech for the ages before the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. But his performance as our head coach thereafter in an extremely depleted Big East was A) not great, and B) not in the least comparable to what DH and NB have had to face in the Big 12. Not by a long shot. Admitting that fact does not diminish his accomplishments or contributions to WVU's football legacy, but ignoring that reality does nothing to burnish his posthumous coaching reputation. Achieving a 28-12 record whilst largely competing in a garbage Big East that couldn't hold (or sniff) the current Big 12's jockstrap is nothing to celebrate and certainly doesn't constitute credible evidence that Coach Stewart would have done any better against Big 12 competition on a regular basis than either DH or NB have done.</p><p></p><p>2. Holgorsen sucked wombat balls when it came to recruiting, improving players, making positive mid-game adjustments, and fostering productive relationships with our wealthiest donors. Yeah, he was a creative play-caller and offensive schemer more often than not. But I agree with a previous poster who opined that his skillset was better aligned with being an OC-wanting-to-be-paid-as-HC than as an actual HC with responsibility (and accountability) for the performance on both sides of the ball. Personally, I ain't sad that he's in Houston now.</p><p></p><p>3. HCNB and his staff are knocking it out of the park right now recruiting-wise, but their offensive play-calling, time management, and personnel selections (at least on the offensive side of the ball) are falling far short of Mountaineer Nation's expectations. If they don't improve on those aspects of their performance <em><strong>post haste</strong></em>, they most likely will lose the majority of our fanbase, thereby making their own gameday experiences far less enjoyable (and nastier) than what they have seen over the past 2+ years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HammerOfJustice1, post: 131815489, member: 2053961"] My assessment in a nutshell: 1. Bill Stewart will forever deserve our love and respect for salvaging the 2007 season after RR bolted for Michigan by maintaining a steady hand on the keel and delivering a pre-game speech for the ages before the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. But his performance as our head coach thereafter in an extremely depleted Big East was A) not great, and B) not in the least comparable to what DH and NB have had to face in the Big 12. Not by a long shot. Admitting that fact does not diminish his accomplishments or contributions to WVU's football legacy, but ignoring that reality does nothing to burnish his posthumous coaching reputation. Achieving a 28-12 record whilst largely competing in a garbage Big East that couldn't hold (or sniff) the current Big 12's jockstrap is nothing to celebrate and certainly doesn't constitute credible evidence that Coach Stewart would have done any better against Big 12 competition on a regular basis than either DH or NB have done. 2. Holgorsen sucked wombat balls when it came to recruiting, improving players, making positive mid-game adjustments, and fostering productive relationships with our wealthiest donors. Yeah, he was a creative play-caller and offensive schemer more often than not. But I agree with a previous poster who opined that his skillset was better aligned with being an OC-wanting-to-be-paid-as-HC than as an actual HC with responsibility (and accountability) for the performance on both sides of the ball. Personally, I ain't sad that he's in Houston now. 3. HCNB and his staff are knocking it out of the park right now recruiting-wise, but their offensive play-calling, time management, and personnel selections (at least on the offensive side of the ball) are falling far short of Mountaineer Nation's expectations. If they don't improve on those aspects of their performance [I][B]post haste[/B][/I], they most likely will lose the majority of our fanbase, thereby making their own gameday experiences far less enjoyable (and nastier) than what they have seen over the past 2+ years. [/QUOTE]
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