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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Voorhees" data-source="post: 132893450" data-attributes="member: 1512498"><p>Yes, but we have never had a coach win 8-9 games a year here on a consistent basis.&nbsp; I would say the majority view Wvu as a steppingstone. A lot has changed in this job in the last 15 years. We are in the Big 12. We have only won more than 8 games twice since being here. That was in 2016 and 2023 and both those seasons were deemed as down years in the conference. We aren't playing games in areas where we are recruiting. This is a bigger problem than most realize. It's the real reason Utah is not happy about being in the Big 12. The majority of Utah's recruiting is California based, and they don't have a presence there anymore. Look what happened to Wvu's Florida recruiting once we left the big east. In our final season in the Big East, we signed 13 players from the state of Florida. We haven't come anywhere close to that since we have been in the big 12. We have had two coaches in a row that were considered up and comers fail here. According to Locked on West Virginia and some of the other podcasts covering Big 12 football, Wvu is in the lower half of the conference when it comes to NIL. It doesn't mean we can't get a good coach, and that people won't be interested but I think coaches looked at this job more favorable 15 years ago then they do today. Especially when most are looking to parlay it into a bigger gig.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jason Voorhees, post: 132893450, member: 1512498"] Yes, but we have never had a coach win 8-9 games a year here on a consistent basis. I would say the majority view Wvu as a steppingstone. A lot has changed in this job in the last 15 years. We are in the Big 12. We have only won more than 8 games twice since being here. That was in 2016 and 2023 and both those seasons were deemed as down years in the conference. We aren't playing games in areas where we are recruiting. This is a bigger problem than most realize. It's the real reason Utah is not happy about being in the Big 12. The majority of Utah's recruiting is California based, and they don't have a presence there anymore. Look what happened to Wvu's Florida recruiting once we left the big east. In our final season in the Big East, we signed 13 players from the state of Florida. We haven't come anywhere close to that since we have been in the big 12. We have had two coaches in a row that were considered up and comers fail here. According to Locked on West Virginia and some of the other podcasts covering Big 12 football, Wvu is in the lower half of the conference when it comes to NIL. It doesn't mean we can't get a good coach, and that people won't be interested but I think coaches looked at this job more favorable 15 years ago then they do today. Especially when most are looking to parlay it into a bigger gig. [/QUOTE]

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