Dumber than hell. Soft as a tissue.
Just reality .
You want to make a ban bet.
I say West Virginia doesn't have a Top 30 class this year
What say you?
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Dumber than hell. Soft as a tissue.
Just reality .
You want to make a ban bet.
I say West Virginia doesn't have a Top 30 class this year
What say you?
I say, "By what measurement?" Certainly not one that is objective or results based. You are talking about subjective opinions that are easily influenced by the schools a player is offered by. A much more accurate measurement of a player's value is after his final year. What was his actual P5 skill level and what was his value to the team? Sometimes they coincide, but oftentimes not.
This is not a slam against you, let's look at the measurements of your value to this board with your posts. As measured they are very misleading because with only 257 likes out of 2,065 messages posted you would appear to have no value at all. Those are your numbers, not mine. But similar to a head coach or recruiter those aren't the important numbers to the value of this board. The numbers that matter would be the number of responses your messages have generated.
We are not privy to that information but it is really the one that matters to the website owners. I would be curious to know them as compared to my own. By the measurement of likes compared to posts I'm a 4 star and you aren't even a 2. But by number of responses generated you could very well be beating me. Do you see the point of my analogy?
Dayyyyyuuummm reminds me of Earl Campbell...someMaybe...
But WV needs players like this.
The #2 RB in Texas. Already an OU commit.
All likelihood Texas will be getting #1 who is the #1 player in the country according to the composite.
This is against high level competition.
Most of these schools have a few college level players
Dayyyyyuuummm reminds me of Earl Campbell...some
Just reality .
You want to make a ban bet.
I say West Virginia doesn't have a Top 30 class this year
What say you?
We rarely do, not exactly a hot take clown.
I think West Virginia could sign a huge class this year.
I know no one has left the program.
But you could see some attrition after the spring camp.
To make room for Neal Brown's players.
What I like about Neal Brown is he may not be that type of coach.
But still you may see some spare parts leave that opens up scholarships
You see what I did there, don't you? You are not the bogeyman. As a former writer and copy editor for several websites including Bleacher Report, I suspect you are not who you appear to be at all. I see no bias against WVU in your messages, only a little Devil's advocate. Your detailed knowledge and articulation make me suspicious.
By the way, I think Neal Brown has a handle on what it takes to be very successful at WVU. Our definitions of success may vary, mine is excellence as in the top 10 program experienced during the White/Slaton years.
Just reality .
You want to make a ban bet.
I say West Virginia doesn't have a Top 30 class this year
What say you?
JFC, this site sucks. It's like a car wreck.......hate to look, but can't help it.
You never miss an opportunity to hype yourself...and youre always over-generous with your resume.
You see what I did there, don't you? You are not the bogeyman. As a former writer and copy editor for several websites including Bleacher Report, I suspect you are not who you appear to be at all. I see no bias against WVU in your messages, only a little Devil's advocate. Your detailed knowledge and articulation make me suspicious.
By the way, I think Neal Brown has a handle on what it takes to be very successful at WVU. Our definitions of success may vary, mine is excellence as in the top 10 program experienced during the White/Slaton years.
Dayyyyyuuummm reminds me of Earl Campbell...some
LOL! Now I know who you are, I thought you only posted on MetroNews. My resume' is easily traced but I see no reason to post it here. I am long retired from writing and the rest is frankly none of your business. Site management insisted I keep the br at the end of my name.
By the way Aaron, I would be promoting rather than 'hyping' and 'youre' should not have the e on the end. Also, 'overgenerous' has no hyphen. Maybe your likes are fairly accurate as a measurement of your value to the board and website. 9,182 messages with 682 likes? Sorry, I just had to copy edit one last time. You are usually more articulate than that.
I'll end with "Go Mountaineers!" and I become more and more convinced that Neal Brown is a blessing we will soon see the fruits of. Keeping him may end up being our biggest challenge but WVU now has the resources to do so if it proves warranted.
You're = you are
...and "you are" always over-generuous with your resume.
I used it correctly.
Btw, not some guy named Aaron.
My final response to you. You've never seen my actual resume' but it is accurate. If you were going to use youre instead of you are it is a contraction and requires an apostrophe between the the u and the r. Link
There is no hyphen in the word overgenerous. Link Why are you being a jerk when you don't even know me? Just because you can hide behind a keyboard?
I apologize to all others participating in this post for going off topic to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed troll. I'll use the ignore button to end it.
Is Brown good enough to take a program like WVU, and be able to compete with an Oklahoma and stay above the lesser surging Texas?
Not going to attack Neal Brown's ability to coach...
But we are almost one month into the heart of recruiting season.
Most of the recruits make their mind up before the start of the school year.
Here is a look at the 2019-2020 Recruiting classes combined.
247 composite
The Bottom
10. Kansas 19 commits 172.70
9. Kansas State 21 commits 176.01
8. Texas Tech 19 commits 188.73
7. West Virginia 20 commits 190.37
The average
6 TCU 26 commits 210.62
5 Baylor 26 commits 218.55
4 Iowa State 25 commits 236.55
3 Oklahoma State 24 commits 249.69
Elite
2. Texas 29 commits 403.20
1. Oklahoma 30 commits 408.96
Yeah I think he is overall good for the program. He will motivate this team to be a winner in the near future. This coming season could be anywhere from 4-8 to 7-5.
Bottom Line: If he produces a winning record this season, he can coach. If he doesn't, he'll be given "time" to bring in his players. IMHO there is enough talent there to get 6 or 7 wins. If he shows 3 or 4 wins, you all will know you are in serious trouble - it will be business as usual = beating losing teams.
Regardless of what recruiting rankings say i don't think wvu has done all that bad in the last 5-10 years. We have had quite a few nfl draft picks in that time. I think the success of Neal Brown will depend on if he can bring the It factor to wvu. He certainly displayed this quality at Troy when he went to LSU and came away with the W. I think the biggest weakness of DH was his inability to make in game adjustments. We had numerous games in his tenure that we were on the cusp of victory but fell short in the end. I think Neal Brown showed at Troy that he could come up with the right play at the right time. If he brings this to wvu better days may be on the horizon. Regardless of what recruiting rankings say the success of any wvu football coach will be his ability to get 3 star recruits to play like 4 and 5 star recruits.Alabama had wins over 5 teams with losing records in 2018. Two more wins were against cupcakes so I guess 7 of Saban's wins were meaningless.
Oklahoma also had wins over 5 teams with losing records. One of those teams was their cupcake.
Ohio State had 6 wins against teams with losing records plus a loss to another losing team. So they played 7 teams with losing records.
I could go on but there seems to be a pattern here. It's the wins that count because even the losers can bite you on the ass sometimes.
Neal Brown's success at WVU is still an empty page but he seems to be doing things right so far. He doesn't have any commitments yet for 2020 but he definitely raised the level of targets and they are giving him and his staff rave reviews.
If high quality recruits make a visit and give high praise to the coaches and facilities but don't sign I have no no idea what else you can legally do to change that. WVU does not pay players or their families to sign with the Mountaineers. What we do give them is an actual education, a chance to win and a shot at the NFL.
Regardless of what recruiting rankings say i don't think wvu has done all that bad in the last 5-10 years. We have had quite a few nfl draft picks in that time. I think the success of Neal Brown will depend on if he can bring the It factor to wvu. He certainly displayed this quality at Troy when he went to LSU and came away with the W. I think the biggest weakness of DH was his inability to make in game adjustments. We had numerous games in his tenure that we were on the cusp of victory but fell short in the end. I think Neal Brown showed at Troy that he could come up with the right play at the right time. If he brings this to wvu better days may be on the horizon. Regardless of what recruiting rankings say the success of any wvu football coach will be his ability to get 3 star recruits to play like 4 and 5 star recruits.
I am unsure as to what Alabama, Oklahoma or Ohio State has to do with anything in this thread, but I'll bite. Using your own numbers and opinions, Alabama was 7-1 vs. non-cupcake teams with winning records, Oklahoma was 7-2 vs. teams with winning records, and Ohio State was 6-0 vs. teams with winning records. My guess is that WVU fans would be giddy, if Neal Brown posted any of these numbers.Alabama had wins over 5 teams with losing records in 2018. Two more wins were against cupcakes so I guess 7 of Saban's wins were meaningless.
Oklahoma also had wins over 5 teams with losing records. One of those teams was their cupcake.
Ohio State had 6 wins against teams with losing records plus a loss to another losing team. So they played 7 teams with losing records.
I could go on but there seems to be a pattern here. It's the wins that count because even the losers can bite you on the ass sometimes.
Neal Brown's success at WVU is still an empty page but he seems to be doing things right so far. He doesn't have any commitments yet for 2020 but he definitely raised the level of targets and they are giving him and his staff rave reviews.
If high quality recruits make a visit and give high praise to the coaches and facilities but don't sign I have no no idea what else you can legally do to change that. WVU does not pay players or their families to sign with the Mountaineers. What we do give them is an actual education, a chance to win and a shot at the NFL.
I am unsure as to what Alabama, Oklahoma or Ohio State has to do with anything in this thread, but I'll bite. Using your own numbers and opinions, Alabama was 7-1 vs. non-cupcake teams with winning records, Oklahoma was 7-2 vs. teams with winning records, and Ohio State was 6-0 vs. teams with winning records. My guess is that WVU fans would be giddy, if Neal Brown posted any of these numbers.
Neal Brown is a good coach but the two games that people know him for could have been done by numerous Group of 5 teams because of the circumstances.
LSU----
Coming off a loss against Miss State.
Their OLine was a mess and there was a power struggle between The Shrimp Boat Captain and Matt Canada.
But Canada still called the plays. LSU didn't have the OLine to use spacing and to create holes at all different levels.
So Troy's DLine dominated and was in the backfield the entire game.
Against Nebraska....
Nebraska started a walk on at QB.
This QB couldn't throw the ball more than 15 yards.
Troy's D would take advantage of weak OLines.
Nebraska included.