Highly sought after QB coach hired
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Your ball playing skills reek so badly the stench comes out in the words you type.
Lot of people where suppose to be WVU starting QB at some point but failed to do so. What does that have to do with a coaching hire? You jealous?
I think Pat White would have been a more intriguing prospect as QB coach for Rich Rods offense. Plus I think he could really sell the program to recruits. But as proven, I don’t get to make decisions for the athletic department lol
I doubt Campbell University is offering a bigger pay day. But I could see Pat weighing the presence of RR's shadow with regards to advantages and disadvantages of his ambitions to move up the coaching ranks. Without a doubt it makes sense for WVU to at least offer Pat White though if you are going to make a nepotism hire like Rhett.
there's this..when RR told the team he was leaving..."you lied to my brother!"
Do we really know who potion coaches are. It's a title, doesn't mean he will be coaching it. This gives him the ability to be 1 of the 10 to recruit.
What is bad about this hire? Having young coaches mentored by experienced coaches is a good thing.
Pat was a great player. Maybe Rhett is a better coach. Surprising nobody considers that. Who knows. I certainly don’t.
Sometimes a great player is not a great coach, and it works in the inverse. Sometimes and average player becomes a great coach. We will just need to see what happens I guess.
Dabo Swinney as an Alabama WR for 3 years had 7 catches for 81 yards and 0 TD's.
Saban’s career at Kent State ended without much notice.
After an exhaustive, tireless search and dozens of interviews, one name rose to the top. Thank goodness Rhett spurned his other offers from Auburn, Georgia, USC and Texas. It is truly our lucky day.
I mean let’s be fair here, a ton of money spent on the DC. I think in all, the staff looks decent. I would have liked to retain the oline coach and get Pat White on the staff for the recruiting element but the staff overall may do well
Wow! Therefore, that's proof positive that he will be a legendary coach! Wooo-hoo!
Let's see the resume:
- Played D-I football as a QB
- Son of a head coach with 30+ year experience
- grew up in West Virginia
So, what's the problem?
Yes, completely agree. There is no problem. This is exactly what you look for when hiring a QB coach.
But wait, why the "grew up in WV?" That's not important at all. There's nothing special about West Virgiinia.
Oh, that's not my opinion, that's RR's.
"...there is great value in coaching at your alma mater, at your home university and in your home state." Rodriguez "didn't think the place was necessarily any more special than anyplace else," Garrison testified, "and I was angry about that."
__WVU President Mike Garrison's deposition testimony in the $4 million lawsuit the university filed over a buyout clause in RR's contract
That WAS his opinion. He’s changed that viewpoint after coaching the last 17 years outside of WV at various state and universities. You need to let go and move on. I certainly do not think the same ways I did 17 years ago either. People change. People evolve. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worst. He’s apologized. He’s expressed regret. He’s also said now, he gets to coach at the greatest place in the country and live in the greatest state in the Union. I believe him. I have shared his opinions as a younger man and an older man. I once thought WV wasn’t special either as a very young man. I was wrong. And so was Rod.