Dana can't be happy with all this running
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As much as I do not think Holgorsen is the man for the job, I can't complain today. I've felt (so far) that this is his best called game of the year. Now, it's against Kansas, so any play you call will most likely be successful, but he's been good today. I have no complaints.
Throw out the air raid. It was neat vs Clemson & in a couple other games, but it's time to go back to our roots.
Keep the ground & pound ball control that eats up the clock with no turnovers & lets your defense rest. That's the recipe to win in any conference. Have said it before run heavy + 3-3-5 will do damage in the BXII. This style would've won one of those OCtober gauntlet games. And it doesn't need NFL QBs & receivers and three deep at every position.
I have always been all in for a heavy ground assault. If I can run and you can't I win.
Should have been the game plan from day one. A long history of terrific rushing at WVU.
Some of what we're seeing is the last three defenses have been pretty bad. But the other half of it is Wendell is a beast & Skyler & Shell can chip in as his complements.
Keep the ground & pound ball control that eats up the clock with no turnovers & lets your defense rest. That's the recipe to win in any conference. Have said it before run heavy + 3-3-5 will do damage in the BXII. This style would've won one of those OCtober gauntlet games. And it doesn't need NFL QBs & receivers and three deep at every position.
I have always been all in for a heavy ground assault. If I can run and you can't I win.
Should have been the game plan from day one. A long history of terrific rushing at WVU.
Some of what we're seeing is the last three defenses have been pretty bad. But the other half of it is Wendell is a beast & Skyler & Shell can chip in as his complements.
yep.
the air raid is a failure.
too much stress on the defense. way too dependent on the qb, which dana cant recruit. nothing to set us apart from the 6 other air raid offenses in the conference.
if dana would adapt next year and go heavy read option, he has a chance to win a lot of games.
Dana has already said, that we and the media labeled him as an "Air Raid" coach. A couple of weeks ago Dale Wolfley was talking about Stone's recruiting process during the halftime report and said this is the kind offense Dana wants to move to. Run first, throw when you need to. Dana has even spoke about getting Nehlan's approval of the developing the run game.
Point is, Dana and this staff are building a team that can be balanced and not viewed as gimmicky to garner more respect, hence our future OOC schedule, Dana's buyout.
Thank You very much Mr. Luck! Oliver had a vision for our beloved Mountaineers and wasn't going to let irate Wal-Mart fans disrupt it. And for that, I thank him!
Point is, Dana and this staff are building a team that can be balanced and not viewed as gimmicky to garner more respect, hence our future OOC schedule, Dana's buyout.
Thank You very much Mr. Luck! Oliver had a vision for our beloved Mountaineers and wasn't going to let irate Wal-Mart fans disrupt it. And for that, I thank him!
The booger eating pitt runaway is shoving a big hard one up Dickhead's arse right now.
For the life of me I can't understand the fascination with a coach PROVEN to be mediocre against tougher competition.
I'll start off with an apology... I don't get some of our sorry-assed fans who don't see what's in front of them.
Rich is no better of a coach than Dana. At least Holgorsen is willing to adapt change his offense and give more of a focus on the D.
Rod is stubborn as a mule and after 15+ seasons as a head coach STILL can't field a halfway decent defense.
Rod is stubborn as a mule and after 15+ seasons as a head coach STILL can't field a halfway decent defense.
Who really cares how WVU wins, as long as the Mountaineers triumph?
Throw for 300 yards. Run for 300 yards. If you win, who cares?
I give Dana credit for realizing that, even though he made his bones as a passing QB guru.
M ighty defense throttled Georgia Southern, 44-0
O utstanding defense obliterated Liberty, 41-17
U nilaterally decimated Maryland, 45-6, on defense and offense
N oxious offense & special teams against Oklahoma, 44-24
T urnovers lose to Oklahoma State, 33-26 in OT despite impressive comeback from 15-point deficit.
A wesome Baylor too much, 62-38.
I ncinerated by TCU, 40-10. Way too many mistakes, penalties, dropped passes.
N ifty rushing, defense take down Texas Tech, 31-26
E xcellent turnovers by defense against Texas, 38-20
E rectile dysfunctioned Kansas, 49-0
R oll past Iowa State
S lap down Kansas State
Throw for 300 yards. Run for 300 yards. If you win, who cares?
I give Dana credit for realizing that, even though he made his bones as a passing QB guru.
M ighty defense throttled Georgia Southern, 44-0
O utstanding defense obliterated Liberty, 41-17
U nilaterally decimated Maryland, 45-6, on defense and offense
N oxious offense & special teams against Oklahoma, 44-24
T urnovers lose to Oklahoma State, 33-26 in OT despite impressive comeback from 15-point deficit.
A wesome Baylor too much, 62-38.
I ncinerated by TCU, 40-10. Way too many mistakes, penalties, dropped passes.
N ifty rushing, defense take down Texas Tech, 31-26
E xcellent turnovers by defense against Texas, 38-20
E rectile dysfunctioned Kansas, 49-0
R oll past Iowa State
S lap down Kansas State
Great W and also good to see our qb play get better. It seems we have a better feel for the read option and showing more accuracy with short routes. Granted it was Kansas, the team a few years ago would have folded like a cheap tent after the October we had. This team is showing Mountaineer pride and a toughness that has been lacking during Danas tenure. A team that warms up without shirts on in freezing temperatures beats the ballroom practice squad any day in toughness. Last, but not least, the defense play is day and night when the offense and special teams is playing ball control and not putting them in bad situations.
I've been hard on the qb position, but if we see a year 1 to year 2 improvement comparable to Trickett and the receivers of the last two years, we may be heading in the right direction as a program. Finally.
I've been hard on the qb position, but if we see a year 1 to year 2 improvement comparable to Trickett and the receivers of the last two years, we may be heading in the right direction as a program. Finally.
DH and his Air Raid background is playing to the team's strengths, which is to run. In other words, he's finding ways to win. This is what good coaches do. Not saying he is a great coach, just saying he is a good coach. Maybe someday, he will be a great coach.
I'd been wondering if Dana talked to Don perhaps. He would be an excellent resource.
do what your personnel can do well & keep it simple. this type of system fits our recruiting abilities & wins.
I credit Dana for his willingness to adapt to what this team does well. hopefully it'll continue & some situational passing can be worked in off the run when teams load up to stop it.
do what your personnel can do well & keep it simple. this type of system fits our recruiting abilities & wins.
I credit Dana for his willingness to adapt to what this team does well. hopefully it'll continue & some situational passing can be worked in off the run when teams load up to stop it.
lmao why would Dana talk to Don? He's already averaging Don's 7 wins a year against better competition. Plus, Don is in his 80's and out of the game and coaching for the last 15 years.
I thought you would have liked Rich he schooled Mark Richt who you think is great
I think you are mistaken on both points. Richt is a good coach and would do well here if 10-2 or 9-3 is your objective. He has proven to have done less with more year after year at UGA.
RR has now proven he is just average and also a douchebag.
Richt coaches at Georgia a program with good facilities and allot of tradition and a good recruiting base except for a few occasions he has consistently failed to win big games. His team is not competing for a national championship every year which it should be in a weak sec east. The majority of Richts success was at the beginning of his tenure before Sabens extended tenure at Alabama and Meyers arrival at Florida. He would do no better than Holgorson and would not come any where close to winning 9-10 games at wvu. He was totally out coached by Rich Rod in that Sugar Bowl. You said that RR is nothing more than Mediocre in big games well that's Richt in a nutshell
Yep, I agree. At least we are now on the same page.
I would argue that WVU probably has better facilities right now than UGA. They are in the process of major upgrades to practice facilities including an indoor practice facility, something they did not have until now.
Sadly they will spend the money chasing an SEC/NC and get the same result as long as Richt is there.
I would argue that WVU probably has better facilities right now than UGA. They are in the process of major upgrades to practice facilities including an indoor practice facility, something they did not have until now.
Sadly they will spend the money chasing an SEC/NC and get the same result as long as Richt is there.
Your real agenda is to throw down on Holgs and the program in general. I see thru the veil.
I almost put a caveat in my post that it was not an invitation to again troll Don Nehlen. I figured people might let it be this time. I was wrong.
Go back & compare Don's first five seasons vs Dana's first five seasons. I've posted it here before & won't again because I don't really care what you think to be perfectly honest. I know what the numbers and results are. They don't lie. Don played and beat quality, ranked competition. You should be proud of that & I'm sorry he disappointed you. His first 5-year record (equal sample size) is superior. Regular season and bowl results are superior. As posted before, comparing Don's complete, Hall of Fame resume vs Dana's is not even remotely fair to Dana, who you'll notice I did give credit in my above post even though I'm not on the Dana train.
Trolling Don Nehlen proves nothing in your defense of Dana's results to date. What I wrote was I wondered if Dana had talked to Don in light of this team going with a more run-focused offense. There is another post above from someone else speaking to the exact same notion.
It's a shame fans love to troll their own teams and own history. I know you would love to get in a back & forth argument as you so often do here & take jabs at Don Nehlen some more, but you're on your own on that one. You're not going to get my attention hereafter.
you couldn't be more incorrect in your assumptions. Fact is Nehlen averaged 7 wins, same as Holgorson. The rare seasons Nehlen played a tough schedule he lost to the good to great teams. His 1988 undefeated regular season played literally one team with more than 6 wins. He feasted on the bottom echelon consisting of MAC schools, bad Louisville, East Carolina, and the big east versions of Kansas with Temple and Rutgers. During the decade of the 1990's temple, rutgers, and Pitt averaged 3 wins or less. The ONLY decent team he could beat was Boston College. And there's his 7 wins as averaged over 21 years of overrated seasons.
