Jimbo getting fired today

[WESTBGVA]

.you know, some fans have wanted to fire every coach since 1970 except Rodrequez..Bowden was hung in effigy and had a for sale sign put in his yard.

We're honoring Don Nehlen today and on two occasions he watched a plane fly overhead that read "Fire Nehlen!" before his team went into battle on our home turf
Well you can't fly a plane within three nautical miles of the stadium these days or it probably would have been done again...maybe the detractors need to form a union...it's the WV thing to do

 

[deedoubleyou]

.you know, some fans have wanted to fire every coach since 1970 except Rodrequez..Bowden was hung in effigy and had a for sale sign put in his yard.

We're honoring Don Nehlen today and on two occasions he watched a plane fly overhead that read "Fire Nehlen!" before his team went into battle on our home turf
Well you can't fly a plane within three nautical miles of the stadium these days or it probably would have been done again...maybe the detractors need to form a union...it's the WV thing to do

This happens at every school, and professional sports too. When fans dont like coaches, they let the world know. This has been consistent in most sports on most levels. When people invest time and money supporting a team, they want the coaches/owners of that team to do good, and when they dont, the will not feel like they are getting their moneys worth, so they will ask for upgrades. You must have like a union/socialist mindset and its probably one of your biggest problems in this world. The way it works though is without the money from the fans, there aint no sports. Fans and the money they put in make it all happen. The advertisers. Who are those ads for? Fans. Who are these young athlets who would normally be working a regular average job making millions from? Well its the money generated from fans. So believe it or not, fans should have a big say, when they donate so much money and time into supporting teams.

And my guess why fans didnt turn on Rich Rod until after he left is because he was the best coach WVU ever had. Its not even close.

 

[spartansstink]

simply amazing...wanting to hire someone who was just fired before the end of the season for being incompetent in his job performance...well, not actually amazing for the mentality displayed on this particular forum.

So, according to this logic, any coach who was fired for being incompetent is automatically ineligible for WVU's head coaching position.

WVU was ranked last academically of all the P5 schools. It has recently had to embarrassingly cut programs. All because when it comes to failure they have refused to change course -for years on end now. THAT mentality permeates the entire culture of WVU yet some refuse to see that taking some bold steps would be necessary to improve things instead of just sticking with the status quo.

Doing what you've always done and failing at it, while expecting different results; that's the mentality of too many. It's the WVU way!

WVU logic at its finest... no wonder it's last.

 

[WESTBGVA]

I was taking a shot at unions numbnuts

 

[deedoubleyou]

I was taking a shot at unions numbnuts

Yeah I know, but unions hate change, so it wasnt a good one lol.

 

[deedoubleyou]

So, according to this logic, any coach who was fired for being incompetent is automatically ineligible for WVU's head coaching position.

WVU was ranked last academically of all the P5 schools. It has recently had to embarrassingly cut programs. All because when it comes to failure they have refused to change course -for years on end now. THAT mentality permeates the entire culture of WVU yet some refuse to see that taking some bold steps would be necessary to improve things instead of just sticking with the status quo.

Doing what you've always done and failing at it, while expecting different results; that's the mentality of too many. It's the WVU way!

WVU logic at its finest... no wonder it's last.

I grew up in WV and love it a lot and always will, but of all the places I've lived and traveled to, WVians in general have the most "fear of change" mindset that I've ever encountered. I do believe its one of the things that holds the state back. A lot of fans bring that same mentality into sports, and that is where the Neal Brown supporters come from. They really dont care that he is making WVU football irrelevant, and is the worst football coach WVU has ever had. He's a nice guy and fits their desired personality so they are fine with WVU underacheiving because of it. The change is scary and hard or something....

 

[WESTBGVA]

Why don't you just come out and say it..you want the Meercats to win today

 

[ThePunish-EER]

.you know, some fans have wanted to fire every coach since 1970 except Rodrequez..Bowden was hung in effigy and had a for sale sign put in his yard.

We're honoring Don Nehlen today and on two occasions he watched a plane fly overhead that read "Fire Nehlen!" before his team went into battle on our home turf
Well you can't fly a plane within three nautical miles of the stadium these days or it probably would have been done again...maybe the detractors need to form a union...it's the WV thing to do

That is true. WVU fans have done that to all of them. However, in all their cases, those coaches had proven success. The difference this time, Neal Brown has shown no success. Name a significant win here under Neal Brown. Not trying to bash, just asking a legit question.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

Unfortunately none of us get to make that decision.

Don Nehlen had us at the higher level as well. Bill Stewart won 9 games a year but that wasn't good enough for people.

Stewart had 9 wins against a quality of schedule below what WVU is currently playing, which is the weakest in WVU's Big 12 history. WVU played maybe one team on Oklahoma or PSU's level each of Stewart's seasons, not 2. The rest of the schedule was like this current one sans OU, PSU, and maybe OSU. I know I've said it before, but Stewart could've kept his job if he had fired Mullen. Losing the weak Big East with a defense giving up less than 13 ppg and not acknowledging the lack of offensive production as a problem put the nail in his coffin. It was obvious then that despite his positives, he was going to be just like Holgorsen in that his teams were not frequently bad, but also never going to be very good to excellent. Holgorsen then took this same offense and made it pretty effective before having the opposite problem of Stewart and fielding vastly underperforming defenses.

 

[ThePunish-EER]

Stewart had 9 wins against a quality of schedule below what WVU is currently playing, which is the weakest in WVU's Big 12 history. WVU played maybe one team on Oklahoma or PSU's level each of Stewart's seasons, not 2. The rest of the schedule was like this current one sans OU, PSU, and maybe OSU. I know I've said it before, but Stewart could've kept his job if he had fired Mullen. Losing the weak Big East with a defense giving up less than 13 ppg and not acknowledging the lack of offensive production as a problem put the nail in his coffin. It was obvious then that despite his positives, he was going to be just like Holgorsen in that his teams were not frequently bad, but also never going to be very good to excellent. Holgorsen then took this same offense and made it pretty effective before having the opposite problem of Stewart and fielding vastly underperforming defenses.

And I think that’s because those guys were more like coordinators than a HC. A HC has to think and manage the entire team and both sides of the ball. Holgorsen only cared about the offense.

 

[WVUALLEN]

Stewart had 9 wins against a quality of schedule below what WVU is currently playing, which is the weakest in WVU's Big 12 history. WVU played maybe one team on Oklahoma or PSU's level each of Stewart's seasons, not 2. The rest of the schedule was like this current one sans OU, PSU, and maybe OSU. I know I've said it before, but Stewart could've kept his job if he had fired Mullen. Losing the weak Big East with a defense giving up less than 13 ppg and not acknowledging the lack of offensive production as a problem put the nail in his coffin. It was obvious then that despite his positives, he was going to be just like Holgorsen in that his teams were not frequently bad, but also never going to be very good to excellent. Holgorsen then took this same offense and made it pretty effective before having the opposite problem of Stewart and fielding vastly underperforming defenses.

WVU had such high hopes coming into Big 12 and a good start in 2012. Picked to finish #2 behind OU. But true to form Holgs couldn't recruit a defense and it cost them going 7-6 (4-5) in the Big 12. But 2012 defense was loaded with super talented freshman. Biggest problem was 3-3-5 was no match for high powered offenses of Big 12. Holgs defenses throughout Big 12 seasons had serious troubles tackling. When Gibson was DC the defense did improve against Big 12 teams but not good enough to stop the contenders in the conference.

Now majority of Big 12 runs a 3-3-5 but they use it the way ISU has where 1 safety is a spy and will attack the run as well as blitz.

Brown started off bad and is still bad. his biggest problem is loyalty to players and coaches even if the job isn't getting done. So much like Bill Stewart minus the 9 wins.

 

[ThePunish-EER]

WVU had such high hopes coming into Big 12 and a good start in 2012. Picked to finish #2 behind OU. But true to form Holgs couldn't recruit a defense and it cost them going 7-6 (4-5) in the Big 12. But 2012 defense was loaded with super talented freshman. Biggest problem was 3-3-5 was no match for high powered offenses of Big 12. Holgs defenses throughout Big 12 seasons had serious troubles tackling. When Gibson was DC the defense did improve against Big 12 teams but not good enough to stop the contenders in the conference.

Now majority of Big 12 runs a 3-3-5 but they use it the way ISU has where 1 safety is a spy and will attack the run as well as blitz.

Brown started off bad and is still bad. his biggest problem is loyalty to players and coaches even if the job isn't getting done. So much like Bill Stewart minus the 9 wins.

Like Stewart was, I think Brown is a great ambassador of the program. It would be great if we could keep him around the program in a much lesser role. Obviously, that’s not an option, but it would be nice.

 

[deedoubleyou]

WVU had such high hopes coming into Big 12 and a good start in 2012. Picked to finish #2 behind OU. But true to form Holgs couldn't recruit a defense and it cost them going 7-6 (4-5) in the Big 12. But 2012 defense was loaded with super talented freshman. Biggest problem was 3-3-5 was no match for high powered offenses of Big 12. Holgs defenses throughout Big 12 seasons had serious troubles tackling. When Gibson was DC the defense did improve against Big 12 teams but not good enough to stop the contenders in the conference.

Now majority of Big 12 runs a 3-3-5 but they use it the way ISU has where 1 safety is a spy and will attack the run as well as blitz.

Brown started off bad and is still bad. his biggest problem is loyalty to players and coaches even if the job isn't getting done. So much like Bill Stewart minus the 9 wins.

He definitely isn't the passionate motivator that Stewart was but otherwise I think you hit the nail on the head with this post about a lot of things.