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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129443051" data-attributes="member: 1428007">What people have said is that WVU football has gone through numerous changes over the past few years.&nbsp; Coaching and staff changes, the need to significantly add to the player roster, and of course the change from a defunct conference to an elite conference in football that has brought new travel situations, and the need to face new coaching staffs, players and venues--few if any WVU has any advantages over in recruiting, facilities and fanbases.Some recognize its not an easy process that will see overnight or even &quot;overyear&quot; success.&nbsp; WVU is not an elite program that just reloads and now must face excellent programs most of the season as good as or better than WVU.&nbsp; These people by and large also understand there is no magic bullet of a coach coming to Morgantown that is going to immediately change anything, and in fact could be quite a setback.Others think-oh, in a different time in a different conference this person accomplished this or that, so if you ignore all the changes WVU has had to go through then the successes should be exactly the same.These people actually believe if you bring back someone from the past miraculously everything will be different--even though those from the past haven't had the same success elsewhere they had at WVU in a different conference--and they aren't very likely to be coming back anyway as they have a job where the fanbase isn't so fickle and expectations aren't unrealistic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129443051, member: 1428007"] What people have said is that WVU football has gone through numerous changes over the past few years. Coaching and staff changes, the need to significantly add to the player roster, and of course the change from a defunct conference to an elite conference in football that has brought new travel situations, and the need to face new coaching staffs, players and venues--few if any WVU has any advantages over in recruiting, facilities and fanbases. Some recognize its not an easy process that will see overnight or even "overyear" success. WVU is not an elite program that just reloads and now must face excellent programs most of the season as good as or better than WVU. These people by and large also understand there is no magic bullet of a coach coming to Morgantown that is going to immediately change anything, and in fact could be quite a setback. Others think-oh, in a different time in a different conference this person accomplished this or that, so if you ignore all the changes WVU has had to go through then the successes should be exactly the same. These people actually believe if you bring back someone from the past miraculously everything will be different--even though those from the past haven't had the same success elsewhere they had at WVU in a different conference--and they aren't very likely to be coming back anyway as they have a job where the fanbase isn't so fickle and expectations aren't unrealistic. [/QUOTE]

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