Problem is that portal crap feeds right into the me first generation and that undermines the authority of a coach and the need for loyalty to your school. The unintended consequence is...who gives a damn for any olayer. They are increasingly just a commodity.It's not just WVU. Many teams have suffered a lot of defections. I've said it for 2 years. Portalhas its consequences. Genie is out of the bottle.
Coaches are paid employees of the university. Student athletes are not.Sort of like--coach wants a new job somewhere else where they think they have a better opportunity so leave and can coach immediately.
Does that illustrate loyalty to your school and undermine the authority of the AD?
Similar to coaches, if a student athlete leaves without an acceptable reason, they should make them pay a “buyout fee” or pay back their tuition and costs to the university.
It is hard to judge what direction the program is headed after two seasons. We did see better play on the feild last year, so thst showed progress. I will wait another year or two before I get concerned.
Your last sentence describes what it means to be a Mountaineer fan.It is hard to judge what direction the program is headed after two seasons. We did see better play on the feild last year, so thst showed progress. I will wait another year or two before I get concerned.
Well we could be like Pitt and change coaches every few years and suck at everything. You are a glass half empty kind of guy and can only look at things thru that lense. I choose to see how this plays out as he gets more of his own recruits into the sysyem.Your last sentence describes what it means to be a Mountaineer fan.
Well keeping the "stars" around would help. If this is the new normal for college sports...who needs it?Fair. I‘ve gone back and forth a bit but Brown definitely deserves his chance to build the program into a Top 20-30 program IMO. He needs to bump the recruiting up one level if he wants to be a Top 4 Big 12 team. His recruiting classes need to be in that Top 20-28.
Once again your last sentence describes the collective historical position of Mountaineer football fans lol. We are a gullible group.Well we could be like Pitt and change coaches every few years and suck at everything. You are a glass half empty kind of guy and can only look at things thru that lense. I choose to see how this plays out as he gets more of his own recruits into the sysyem.
Well we could be like Pitt and change coaches every few years and suck at everything. You are a glass half empty kind of guy and can only look at things thru that lense. I choose to see how this plays out as he gets more of his own recruits into the sysyem.
Not insecurities but more learning from other's mistakes. Pitt ran off Wanny then their basketball coach and have never returned to the same levels. The 20 year comparision is way off base. WVU is head shoulders above Pitt football on the 20 year scale. Now looking at the last 5 years, I could buy that.Not the case. Narduzzi is in year 7. WVU has had 4 coaches in last 20 years. Pitt and WVU football are basically the same in my opinion. 25-40. But the bigger point is this is a discussion about WVU. Really outside of WVU fanbase insecurities Pitt should never come up. I agree with you regarding everything else.
Not insecurities but more learning from other's mistakes. Pitt ran off Wanny then their basketball coach and have never returned to the same levels. The 20 year comparision is way off base. WVU is head shoulders above Pitt football on the 20 year scale. Now looking at the last 5 years, I could buy that.
Time to get some answers before the wvu football team is left with fielding a team of castoffs from the marching band. 17 have left since the start of the 2020 season...with 10 coming since the covid season ended. Starters will be anybody who stays it looks like. The new movement to empower the player and neuter coaches has to be part of this. Maybe NBs approach means a transition to virtual ball.
Well then darthy say goodbye to sports lol....imo.