This is going to be in favor of considering keeping HCNB around, which will annoy some people, but hear me out.
Overall he is 36-33 (0.521). Okay, not so good, but I'd say the further back you go the less relevant it is because we're living in the present.
WVU went 9-4 last year and is 5-4 now. That's 14-8, (0.636). That ain't bad.
You could say that's better than it looks because the luck of the draw made the conference schedule easy in 2023 and plus a bunch of UNC players, including their star QB, skipped the 2023 bowl game. But OTOH, the 2023 loss to Houston was basically a fluke and 2 of the 22 games of this year and last year were against Penn State, and games against teams that quality are going away. And plus the harder games in 2024 were earlier in the season. So with all that, 14-8 ain't bad at all.
If WVU wins out that's 18-8 (0.692). No way you can fire someone after that.
3-1 for the rest of the year is 17-9 (0.654). Can WVU fire a coach after two years of that? What are we, Texas A&M?
Even 2-2 for the rest of the year is 16-10 (0.615). That ain't great, especially considering the worse (7-6) year will have come most recently, but it ain't bad either. For comparison, Don Nehlen was 149-93-4 (0.614), or if you eliminate his first season (6-6) he's 143-87-4 (0.620).
I understand that some of the losses have been by large margins or else by small margins but really annoying (2024 Pitt to be specific) but at the end of the day, the point is to win (and to conduct the program in a respectable manner, which by all accounts is happening).
I think people have completely psyched themselves out on this issue. WVU won this weekend and people are still po'ed. We need a reality check. WVU had a good team last year and may end up with a good record this year if the wins keep coming, and the upcoming games do seem winnable. And it looks like WVU has a decent QB in place for the next two years and potentially more than just decent if Nicco keeps developing.
Okay, that's all. Have at me.
