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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131209600" data-attributes="member: 1812660">On both counts there is a difference.&nbsp; There is a difference between the two coaches/teams you are trying to compare in past years AND the current year.&nbsp; Regarding this year, one has truly had the occasional hiccup where they were upset and the other has had several losses they shouldn't have including a losing conference record.&nbsp; Hence its not an equitable comparison.&nbsp; The following is true:1. Even good teams will have hiccups and upsets here and there and jumping ship at an upset is premature.2. WVU is not having hiccups and upsets here and there this year.&nbsp; WVU has 9 losses and 6 of them were to teams that WVU is capable of beating and 5 of them that WVU SHOULD have beaten based upon ranking (SJU, KSU, Texas, TCU, OU).&nbsp; WVU also doesn't have an elite win&nbsp; 3. Past performance matters not just in sports but in all things.&nbsp; If you have a track record of excellence, then an occasional unexpected set back is more easily forgiven because you've proven capable in the past and thus its easier to view the occasions as aberrations.&nbsp; If your track record is average to above average, but you have frequent unexpected set backs it is more difficult to blow off the most recent setback.&nbsp; That's because it looks more like a pattern and the negative of that pattern will be weighed against the highs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131209600, member: 1812660"] On both counts there is a difference. There is a difference between the two coaches/teams you are trying to compare in past years AND the current year. Regarding this year, one has truly had the occasional hiccup where they were upset and the other has had several losses they shouldn't have including a losing conference record. Hence its not an equitable comparison. The following is true: 1. Even good teams will have hiccups and upsets here and there and jumping ship at an upset is premature. 2. WVU is not having hiccups and upsets here and there this year. WVU has 9 losses and 6 of them were to teams that WVU is capable of beating and 5 of them that WVU SHOULD have beaten based upon ranking (SJU, KSU, Texas, TCU, OU). WVU also doesn't have an elite win 3. Past performance matters not just in sports but in all things. If you have a track record of excellence, then an occasional unexpected set back is more easily forgiven because you've proven capable in the past and thus its easier to view the occasions as aberrations. If your track record is average to above average, but you have frequent unexpected set backs it is more difficult to blow off the most recent setback. That's because it looks more like a pattern and the negative of that pattern will be weighed against the highs. [/QUOTE]

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