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Here's a pattern..

In 2019, we had Austin Kendall. After several games, we all wanted Doege.

Then we had Doege and after several games, most people wanted Greene.

Then we got JT Daniels, and by game 3 or 4, we all wanted Greene again.

Now we have Greene, and game 6 or 7 this year, most wanted Nicco.

Tonight, we had Nicco, and he proved we probably want Ryder Burton.


There is a common denominator in all this.

Neal Brown’s Mountaineers Fall Short in Tough Loss

Morgantown, WV – In a hard-fought battle that showcased the resilience of his team, West Virginia University head coach Neal Brown watched his Mountaineers fall to Kansas State by a tight score of 45-18 on Saturday afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium.

“Credit to Kansas State, they played a great game,” Brown might want to say in his post-game press conference. “Our players have to look at themselves and figure out how to execute better in critical moments, not much more I can do.”

Despite the loss, Brown could emphasize the importance of learning from setbacks. “We’re a young team and the cupboard was bare when I arrived, so every game is a chance to grow. They'll bounce back and continue to improve while I get paid either way,” he might be thinking in his head.

With the loss, WVU’s record now stands at 3-4. As the Mountaineers prepare for their next matchup against Arizona, the coaching staff will focus on shoring up weaknesses in all areas and instilling an understanding of the portal process in their players.

Fans are hoping for a firing as the season progresses, but for now, the Mountaineer fans will need to regroup and refocus on just having fun, which was stated as the objective by Brown last week.

I know this won't ever happen, but wouldn't it be awesome if it did!!!

Uncle Nick has pity on us and agrees to step in for a short-term (however long he'd agree to) deal.

Pat McAfee and a few other big donors fork up 20 million to pay for uncle Nick's staff the first year and help out with NIL.

I know it's a dream, but it's a plausible one. I bet Nick's already bored and Pat makes almost enough annually to cover that.

It could be glorious!

Let's plan Wren for a minute...

You know what you'd like to do...you'd like to say "You're fired!" and get a great coach in here to take us back to where we once were or even better.

The conundrum though is you need to come up with enough money to put down on Brown's buyout (we don't need it all upfront) AND hire a good coach with enough money for quality assistants.

Right now, we don't appear to have the money to do all of that.

So, do you can him now and gamble on the money coming in?

The thing is of course, we are not progressing and the empty stands and MAC donations will start to show that soon enough.

Wren knows this. He's a smart guy. I'm glad we have him.

I'm sure he's on the phone talking to every big donor he can trying to get the funds together to have options. Right now, I think his only financially feasible option is to wait until 2025 and take a gamble on a higher profile coordinator with enough money to get a good staff around him.

Hopefully, some deep pockets will step up to give him a better option and he can get rid of Brown sooner, but I am not going to fault him if he cannot. This crap sandwich wasn't his making.

Neal Brown 4-Stars

Not only is he a chit coach, but he’s a terrible recruiter -despite the fact that our rankings have been around what we’re used to..


2019

Dreshun Miller bust

Tykee Smith (Georgia)

2020

Chris Mayo bust

David Okoli bust

2021

Justin Johnson bust

Jaylen Anderson bust

Wyatt Milum stud (Neal didn’t really pick this guy either it was obvious we had to recruit him)

Kaden Prather (Maryland)

2022

Hershey Mclaurin bust

Nico Marchiol looks like bust

Lee Kpogba (so overrated)



2023

James Heard bust

Rodney Gallagher bust

Josiah Trotter looks like a stud
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