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Pass defense is a four-letter word to the Mountaineers

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The saying goes "a win is a win is a win." Can't disagree. This was about as ugly of a win as I can recall in my 64 years of following Mountaineer football.
There were two Arizona touchdown passes where there was not a Mountaineer defender within 5-10 yards of the receiver. (Those don't include the
Arizona TD pass into the end zone where our defender fell). On one of the two TD mentioned earlier - we had two defenders who were not on any Arizona play
while the pass went to a guy wide open in the middle of the field.
AND don't forget the guy who was wide open near the side line late in the game who dropped a certain TD pass.
Indeed a win is a win is a win. But the gross errors noted above have happened in every game this year. And no adjustments have been made to the pass coverages. There I feel better now.
 
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It's amazing that Joe DeForest is no longer the worst defensive coordinator we've ever had. I can't wrap my mind around how we found someone worse.

And then you have Shadon "wtf" Brown teaching our secondary how to end their careers forever. Where do they find these terrible coaches? Kings of poop. You won't find worse coaching on this level....
 
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Pass defense has been an issue for 95% of WVU's history. Remember Casteel's bend and break defenses? Nehlen had 3rd and Perlo. It is rare for WVU to have good pass defenses.
 
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It is rare because contrary to most Brown haters who are not objective in anything at all, it is very hard for WVU to recruit the talent in the defensive backfield. The past 20 years, the HS recruits have been listed as Athletes and coaches have tried to teach the position for major college level. Doesn't often work. Brown relies on transfers. We've gotten some good ones but you need depth at that position.
 
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