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<blockquote data-quote="Buster68_rivals" data-source="post: 131906636" data-attributes="member: 1832666"><p>Every great coach has a time and place.&nbsp; Don was exactly what we needed when we needed him.&nbsp; He made our program&nbsp; a respected, highly&nbsp; competitive underdog and even had us in a the National Championship game against ND.&nbsp; He may have had a few down years but that was in the days when we got mostly 2 and 3 star players who had to redshirt and use their freshman and sophomore years to develop so they could make major contributions as junior and seniors.&nbsp; He was loyal to WVU.&nbsp; We all Knew the one job he would leave for but we were fortunate that they hired someone else and Don stayed here.&nbsp; During the last years, the game may have started to pass him by but he did not overstay his welcome.&nbsp; We owe Don, a lot more than an additional not up to par year or two for what he did for WVU football.&nbsp; IMHO, he set the stage for his successor who inherited a program significantly more respected and talented than the one Don inherited.&nbsp; I'll leave it at that.&nbsp; We all know how that story ended.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Buster68_rivals, post: 131906636, member: 1832666"] Every great coach has a time and place. Don was exactly what we needed when we needed him. He made our program a respected, highly competitive underdog and even had us in a the National Championship game against ND. He may have had a few down years but that was in the days when we got mostly 2 and 3 star players who had to redshirt and use their freshman and sophomore years to develop so they could make major contributions as junior and seniors. He was loyal to WVU. We all Knew the one job he would leave for but we were fortunate that they hired someone else and Don stayed here. During the last years, the game may have started to pass him by but he did not overstay his welcome. We owe Don, a lot more than an additional not up to par year or two for what he did for WVU football. IMHO, he set the stage for his successor who inherited a program significantly more respected and talented than the one Don inherited. I'll leave it at that. We all know how that story ended. [/QUOTE]

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