WOW, things are getting a little testy at WVU

by **Pony^** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:28 pm

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:

Ã¢â‚¬Å“I tell you what, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve never seen anything mishandled as much as this was,Ã¢â‚¬

by **StallionsModelT** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:33 pm

Damn. That's not going to be pretty.

by **Billy Joe** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:35 pm

If they keep making poor decisions they will end up like SMU with nobody in the stands on game day.

by **The XtC** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:37 pm

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.

by **RGV Pony** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:38 pm

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...

by **The XtC** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:42 pm

Damn, those poor shmucks may never recover. Sure would suck to be those guys........................

by **PonySnob** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:43 pm

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+

by **SmooBoy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:44 pm

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.

by **Billy Joe** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:45 pm

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....

by **SMU Football Blog** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:48 pm

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.

by **mrydel** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:51 pm

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.

by **The XtC** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:53 pm

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.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:56 pm

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.

by **SmooBoy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:58 pm

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?

by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:01 pm

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?

WOW, things are getting a little testy at WVU

WOW, things are getting a little testy at WVU

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