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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131867577" data-attributes="member: 1812660">WVU from 2018-2021 is not a unique case of down in the dumps despair within the college football world.&nbsp; I'm fairly sure there have been worse cases than ours.&nbsp; Hence the general rule that coaches starting out 3 seasons of .500 generally do not go on to consistently get above average results for that same program applies here.&nbsp; There are exceptions to every rule and a first time for everything.&nbsp; But it seems that you more so have a hope or faith in Brown for the future and are trying rationally justify it as a logical conclusion based upon objective measures.The guy has really improved WVU in the areas Holgorsen was weak.&nbsp; Better ambassador, better with donors, better with recruiting, and definitely better at coaching focusing on more than just the offense.&nbsp; However he is not better and maybe worse at implementing the players we do have.&nbsp; I guarantee Holgorsen could've taken Austin Kendall and gotten a Skylar Howard performance out of him.&nbsp; If he improves recruiting but requires an exact roster of players, he will still fail as only the blue bloods will ever be able to pick and choose players to their needs.&nbsp; A successful WVU coach will always have to adapt to some degree of roster/depth deficiency and I've not seen much of that from this staff.&nbsp; Brown is better at building a foundation for a successful program than Holgorsen was.&nbsp; However so far he is showing other weaknesses that are concerning that he will not do much with that foundation.&nbsp; WVU has been used as a stepping stone by coaches before, but maybe this time WVU will use Brown as a stepping stone to find another coach that can hit the ground running with the foundation of recruiting Brown has built.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131867577, member: 1812660"] WVU from 2018-2021 is not a unique case of down in the dumps despair within the college football world. I'm fairly sure there have been worse cases than ours. Hence the general rule that coaches starting out 3 seasons of .500 generally do not go on to consistently get above average results for that same program applies here. There are exceptions to every rule and a first time for everything. But it seems that you more so have a hope or faith in Brown for the future and are trying rationally justify it as a logical conclusion based upon objective measures. The guy has really improved WVU in the areas Holgorsen was weak. Better ambassador, better with donors, better with recruiting, and definitely better at coaching focusing on more than just the offense. However he is not better and maybe worse at implementing the players we do have. I guarantee Holgorsen could've taken Austin Kendall and gotten a Skylar Howard performance out of him. If he improves recruiting but requires an exact roster of players, he will still fail as only the blue bloods will ever be able to pick and choose players to their needs. A successful WVU coach will always have to adapt to some degree of roster/depth deficiency and I've not seen much of that from this staff. Brown is better at building a foundation for a successful program than Holgorsen was. However so far he is showing other weaknesses that are concerning that he will not do much with that foundation. WVU has been used as a stepping stone by coaches before, but maybe this time WVU will use Brown as a stepping stone to find another coach that can hit the ground running with the foundation of recruiting Brown has built. [/QUOTE]

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