CBS Sports grades first year coaches...

[WVUFanForever]

A few that are of interest to WVU fans....

Dana Holgerson (Houston) F The record coupled with the midseason redshirt controversy of quarterback D'Eriq Kings makes this first year a total failure.

Jake Spavital (Texas State) D- The Bobcats didn't show any signs of improvement despite returning virtually every starter from a year ago.

Matt Wells (Texas Tech) D+ Wells came to town with a proven track record but posted a worse record than Kliff Kingsbury did last year. That won't cut it.

Neal Brown (WVU) C- Brown didn't have a lot to work with, but the program took a pretty significant step back. This team should be able to stumble its way to a bowl.

Les Miles (Kansas) C Three wins at Kansas including a dismantling of Boston College is nice. But Miles hasn't proven that he can dig the Jayhawks out of the hole they were in.

Chris Klieman (Kansas State) A- It's hard to replace a legend, but Klieman picked up right where Bill Snyder left off.

 

[Pitt4Life34]

Seems about right. What I’ve been thinking since a couple of the blowouts. C- is about right. Last I saw that was below average. Unlike Huggy Brown doesn’t seem to recruiting the players that can change much on the field.

 

[Op2]

WVU was picked 9th in the Big 12 preseason media poll and they finished tied for 7th. I suspect the CBS writer didn't know that. If there is someone that covers the Big 12 giving grades to new coaches, they'll give Brown a grade better than C-.

 

[muraca777]

So the coach we smoked on the road, with his seniors and captains at qb, rb, wr,.te, with a completely depleted illiterate holgorsen leftover roster is an A, the coach with a ton of holes and key backups and lack of experience that rolled into town and handed out a spanking, failed. What this reporter said about a depleted roster and stumbling to a bowl game is insulting to the conference. It isnt the big 10, where a grade school flag football team could win 8 games

 

[.Bodhi.]

So the coach we smoked on the road, with his seniors and captains at qb, rb, wr,.te, with a completely depleted illiterate holgorsen leftover roster is an A, the coach with a ton of holes and key backups and lack of experience that rolled into town and handed out a spanking, failed. What this reporter said about a depleted roster and stumbling to a bowl game is insulting to the conference. It isnt the big 10, where a grade school flag football team could win 8 games

I'd give Coach Brown a B+ (mainly due to the horrendous Texas Tech game and bewildering demolishing to Mizzou) but to say KSU was smoked is a total misrepresentation of the game.

 

[TRU2WVU]

The writer is only reporting on what was televised. IMO Brown is above a C grade. Implemented his program while weeding out the dead weight, demonstrated improvement and built a solid plan for the future. Only time will tell how successful his program will be.

 

[BSAEWVU84]

So Holgorsen left cupboard bare with nearly ALL the playmakers graduated; WVU only predicted to win 2 of 12 games, and WVU replacing its ENTIRE coaching staff (save a few) along with crucial player portal defectors because of that complete staffing change, and Neal Brown gets a C minus??? Really? He wins 3 more games than predicted (1 against ranked team ( who’s coach got an “A” in this evaluation), is 4 points shy of upsetting a top 10 team, over a dozen freshman/sophomores without experience forced to play... including a walk-on!... AND in over 5 games up until the final quarter. That’s BS!!!!! Would like to see ANY new coach dealt Neal Browns hand do any better! He deserves B at the very least. PERIOD