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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132608607" data-attributes="member: 1812660">You are right that I cannot fault him for winning the games put in front of him.&nbsp; However it is a fair to critique him for barely winning against average to bad teams in Pitt, Texas Tech and TCU.&nbsp; It is fair to critique him for losing to a really bad Houston team.&nbsp; It is fair to critique him for being beaten like a drum by both PSU and OU in his fifth season at WVU.&nbsp; It is fair to critique him for blowing the OSU game at home in his 5th season.Again, the last 4 years of futility have made this year look far better than it actually is.&nbsp; Yes it is an improvement, but an improvement from a level far below anything WVU has experienced in the last 40 years.&nbsp; Brown has failed in all 5 of his seasons, including this one, to eclipse any of Holgorsen's 8 seasons at WVU with the exception of one (2014).&nbsp; It is ironically fitting that this point was driven home by Brown actually losing to Holgorsen on the field this year.After 5 years at the helm, this is what WVU should be in a down year and not the pinnacle of a coach's success at WVU.&nbsp; And while it is movement in the right direction, it isn't so big a movement that cools his seat so much as keeps it from getting hotter.&nbsp; This needs to be just a step toward bigger and better seasons to come and not a new &quot;standard&quot;, or worse yet, an aberration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132608607, member: 1812660"] You are right that I cannot fault him for winning the games put in front of him. However it is a fair to critique him for barely winning against average to bad teams in Pitt, Texas Tech and TCU. It is fair to critique him for losing to a really bad Houston team. It is fair to critique him for being beaten like a drum by both PSU and OU in his fifth season at WVU. It is fair to critique him for blowing the OSU game at home in his 5th season. Again, the last 4 years of futility have made this year look far better than it actually is. Yes it is an improvement, but an improvement from a level far below anything WVU has experienced in the last 40 years. Brown has failed in all 5 of his seasons, including this one, to eclipse any of Holgorsen's 8 seasons at WVU with the exception of one (2014). It is ironically fitting that this point was driven home by Brown actually losing to Holgorsen on the field this year. After 5 years at the helm, this is what WVU should be in a down year and not the pinnacle of a coach's success at WVU. And while it is movement in the right direction, it isn't so big a movement that cools his seat so much as keeps it from getting hotter. This needs to be just a step toward bigger and better seasons to come and not a new "standard", or worse yet, an aberration. [/QUOTE]

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