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WOW, things are getting a little testy at WVU
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:28 pmby Pony^
Rodriguez playing hardball with WVU
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Joe
West Virginia officials have to be reeling this morning over the reaction by their own alumni to Rodriguez bolting to Michigan. Bob Reynolds, the former chief operating officer at Fidelity Investments (and one of the straightest shooters you could ever meet) was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this morning, WVU officials blamed for coach leaving, saying:
“I tell you what, I’ve never seen anything mishandled as much as this was,â€
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:33 pmby StallionsModelT
Damn. That's not going to be pretty.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:35 pmby Billy Joe
If they keep making poor decisions they will end up like SMU with nobody in the stands on game day.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:37 pmby The XtC
Losing the coach and all that money could be the death knell of West Virginia football. I think Oscar needs to be sent in to investigate.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:38 pmby RGV Pony
You think things are bad at WVU there's this one school who is already paying half a million to a bball coach no longer there, has a broke athletic department, and fired its coach about two months ago so that it could make a 'splash' hire and get someone to turnaround its program. The school has a warchest of 100% donated funds (since there's no money in the operating account to pay their splash hire), had a jump on every other school in america as far as finding a coach, and still hasn't hired anyone. Two schools in its same state and three schools in its conference already lost, sought, and hired new coaches all while this school's search pressed onward...
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:42 pmby The XtC
Damn, those poor shmucks may never recover. Sure would suck to be those guys........................
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:43 pmby PonySnob
RGV Pony wrote:You think things are bad at WVU there's this one school who is already paying half a million to a bball coach no longer there, has a broke athletic department, and fired its coach about two months ago so that it could make a 'splash' hire and get someone to turnaround its program. The school has a warchest of 100% donated funds (since there's no money in the operating account to pay their splash hire), had a jump on every other school in america as far as finding a coach, and still hasn't hired anyone. Two schools in its same state and three schools in its conference already lost, sought, and hired new coaches all while this school's search pressed onward...
A+
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:44 pmby SmooBoy
The XtC wrote:Losing the coach and all that money could be the death knell of West Virginia football. I think Oscar needs to be sent in to investigate.
I've read the term "death knell" twice on the board today. Strange.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:45 pmby Billy Joe
What moron school fires the coach with around two months left in the season and still does not have a coach? Oh wait a second....
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:48 pmby SMU Football Blog
RGV Pony wrote:You think things are bad at WVU there's this one school who is already paying half a million to a bball coach no longer there, has a broke athletic department, and fired its coach about two months ago so that it could make a 'splash' hire and get someone to turnaround its program. The school has a warchest of 100% donated funds (since there's no money in the operating account to pay their splash hire), had a jump on every other school in america as far as finding a coach, and still hasn't hired anyone. Two schools in its same state and three schools in its conference already lost, sought, and hired new coaches all while this school's search pressed onward...
One quibble: SMU isn't "paying half a million to a bball coach no longer there." Tubbs wasn't paid that much and his contract only went through the 2006-07 season.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:51 pmby mrydel
SmooBoy wrote:The XtC wrote:Losing the coach and all that money could be the death knell of West Virginia football. I think Oscar needs to be sent in to investigate.
I've read the term "death knell" twice on the board today. Strange.
I never worry until the 4th "debacle" in a 24 hour period. That happened 11 times on Saturday/Sunday time periods during the FB season.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:53 pmby The XtC
Really? I thought the payout was over 600,000, and he had a 4 year contract. Coached 2 years, gone now for 1 1/2. So we would still be paying it.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:56 pmby SMU Football Blog
The XtC wrote:Really? I thought the payout was over 600,000, and he had a 4 year contract. Coached 2 years, gone now for 1 1/2. So we would still be paying it.
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:58 pmby SmooBoy
mrydel wrote:SmooBoy wrote:The XtC wrote:Losing the coach and all that money could be the death knell of West Virginia football. I think Oscar needs to be sent in to investigate.
I've read the term "death knell" twice on the board today. Strange.
I never worry until the 4th "debacle" in a 24 hour period. That happened 11 times on Saturday/Sunday time periods during the FB season.
Quibble, Debacle, and Death Knell now all in the same thread. Surely someone can't write one sentence incorporating each properly?
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:01 pmby J.T.supporta
SmooBoy wrote:mrydel wrote:SmooBoy wrote:The XtC wrote:Losing the coach and all that money could be the death knell of West Virginia football. I think Oscar needs to be sent in to investigate.
I've read the term "death knell" twice on the board today. Strange.
I never worry until the 4th "debacle" in a 24 hour period. That happened 11 times on Saturday/Sunday time periods during the FB season.
Quibble, Debacle, and Death Knell now all in the same thread. Surely someone can't write one sentence incorporating each properly?
its just a huge debacle when people throw out quibbles about our next coach, making it one big death knell...
is that good?