An Iowa State fan here. Hang in there. A couple years ago, ISU won 3 games. Was it the coach, he needed to make changes? Campbell fired 3/4 of his staff. Made a difference. Could that help WV situation?
I think it could help but he seems unwilling to make any changes with his staff. I think the athletic department would have to force his hand at this point. Much respect to your university, programs, and fans. Classy bunch
First up, I love playing you guys. It's always a good, classy game. Loved seeing the sportsmanship from both our squads after just about every play Saturday, you don't see much of that these days. That was great to witness. As to Neal firing those that are not carrying their weight, I don't think so. I'm not sure he has the b@lls to do that. Jordan Lesley's defense is hot garbage and has been since he took the DC reins. I don't see it changing either. Neal won't fire him though or any other coach for that matter. I fully understand cohesiveness and it's importance to any program but if people are not performing to an acceptable standard then, what's the point? The other part of it is that I just don't know if it would make a bit of difference anyway. I do not hate Neal in any way and I truly would love to see him be successful but I don't like the lack of a killer instinct and playing simply not to lose. Unfortunately, that's what you get with Brown regardless of who his assistant coaches are; it's the way he runs the program.
@@Greenface35 Campbell fired his best friend the offensive coordinator. I give him credit for doing what had to be done. So far, it looks like it has worked.
bro if you're telling me there's only a 35% chance of NB being fired if he goes 5-7...... Wren Baker is gonna end up chased out of Morgantown Bobby Bowden style
@@ShannonMiller-kc7hbFirst, it is his job to recruit a couple good ones. Second, he did have JT Daniels and Austin Kendall. Both were high end recruits coming out of high school. Not a valid excuse. for not ever being ranked. YOu can ot go six seasons without being ranked in the Top 25, and expect to kep your job. NOT AT WVU!!!!!
WVU was ranked #25 in the final Coaches' Poll after winning its bowl game against UNC. However, that does not excuse the overall lack of success since QB Will Grier graduated.
Chris,Mike. If your really tired of the " Brown era" . Quit enabling the university. Quit telling fans to buy the lie your told to write every season. The university isnt going to do anything, at all about the football program until it starts loosing money. 100% truth. Either keep the agony, or put a stop to it. Your choice.
If the eers don’t make a bowl game there is absolutely 0 justification to bring back Neal, and I’ve been a staunch supporter of him. When is enough enough?
What Neal is saying to Sparrow in the photo is “It’s all about the tailgating Finch. I mean look around in the lot….hotdogs, hamburgers, beverages, various genres of music, people vomiting. Winning isn’t everything; it’s about participation. Ya feeling me Oriole?”
It's going to take an act of God if Neal and company win more than 6 games this year. We know that GG won't be benched in favor of Nicco. We know that Yates is the supposed best we have and we know that there's little to no accountability on guys like Lesley. It just kind of is what it is for now. Grin and bear it I guess.
But in the off season the defensive coach much be fired no matter what pay him his buy out all the coaches are not responsible for one guy to bring down the whole team period.
Wren has said over and over that he does not evaluate on record but on direction and projectory of the program. Right now the football program's outlook is flat.
Jamie Chadwell would be a good hire. NB can’t win against in Quality opponents. The only reason he went 9-4 last year was the big12 was down across the hole conf.
Saying that defense hasn’t been THE problem doesn’t mean it still isn’t a major problem. It’s the fact that we have a coach who puts bandaids on broken legs instead of putting a cast on…
Hate to say it, but your right about firing NB. He will be here for 3 more years. Wren really messed up with that contract extension. I still don't know why he did it.
Neil hasnt had a QB to this point. We have beaten an FCS, a team that doesnt know who they are and a team without a defense. Check our QB play against the losses. Dont give me Pitt! He had the damn ball at the end. Last year's losses, same thing. Dont give me Houston either. Dont take your damn helmet off!! We are still in the drivers seat of our season. The defense will play well enough this weekend. Watch to see, in another tight game if our QB runs and/or passes us to a win.
The good news is next year the schedule likely lightens up a bit at least in the non conference. Hopefully the league doesn’t schedule a gauntlet like they did this year.
Brown being fired at this point goes beyond his record this year. it even goes beyond his overall record. he just isnt a good coach at this level. PERIOD. oh, and his record isnt good either.
If a player is hurt you take him out. Since the head coach didn't move him around to another place on the line and put the backup in. Then coach needs fired because he is going only with his seniors only.
If we are going to keep the same staff then why even go in, just not do the buy in. If your program is going to look like this for years to come then why even try and stay where you are? You’re going to have a hard time finding someone to come in with the way the program is going. There is no fixing what is going on in Morgantown with the same coaching staff that hasn't fixed anything for years. You go out and drop more games which everything points to, season tickets are going to decline, single game ticket sales will decline and TV viewership will decline. Then even with a coaching change when his contract is up isn't going to put butts back in seats given on how the administration is handling this situation.
I could add 1.5M annually back to there cash flow/working capital annually at No out of pocket cost but typical C level bureaucracy won’t listen.. can’t fix stupid!!..🤦♂️🤦♂️
At least he thinks it's worth it, as long as we're having fun in the parking lot before the game. $9mil buyout at the end of the season. $12mil to finish out his contract.. will they let him finish out his contract? Idk why I type this shit out. It ain't like y'all read these.
And WV people wonder why they are looked at a being behind everything. Decisions made at all levels like keeping NB no matter what he does is the main reason WV never progressed beyond the hillbilly stage.
Mike, do you really believe that a coach wouldn’t have been in place for Jan 1 ? I guarantee through back channels their man would be in place to appoint January 2nd after Browns firing on the 1st.
browns recruiting doesn’t matter.. every player regressed under brown other than a couple OL and beanie… brown could have a bama roster and he’d turn them into 2 stars in under 1 year
