Regin of Idiocy Ends

Last Friday night, Christmas came six months early for me, and some of Mountaineer nation.  Bill Stewart was forced to step down as the head coach of the WVU football team.   A couple of weeks ago it was found out that this past December, Stewart, called multiple media outlets and reporters to try and find "dirt" on newly hired offensive coordinator, Dana Holgorsen.  That did not sit well with athletic director, Oliver Luck, and Luck saw an opportunity to get his guy in, as the head coach, a year early.  And so on Friday night WVU had a press conference announcing Holgorsen as the new head coach of the football team and I was singing the hallelujah chorus all night long.

Gone is idiot play calling and lack of practice of fundamentals, in is smart play calling and and stricter practices.  While some people think it may of been the players fault for Bill Stew's teams not playing up to potential I always thought it was the coaching and during spring ball I found out I was right, in at least one players opinion.  During and interview with, LB, Naje Goode, Goode was asked if there's any difference between the new and old assistant coaches.  Goode replied "Yes, last year the coaches would let us do what we wanted to, while this year the coaches are more stricter."  That's all I needed to hear.  That quote, to me, explains the ECU, UConn, Syracuse, LSU, NC State and USF losses over the past three years.

While some fans of other teams always tell me I would love to see my team have three straight 9 win seasons. those fans do not know what talent this team has and how week the Big East is in football.  The obviously did not watch the ECU, UConn, Syracuse, LSU, NC State, USF and Marshall games over the past few years.  Stewart is a great guy, but he can not coach a division I football team and that was obvious the past three years.  Stewart's teams under achieved and WVU should be four time defending Big East champions, with the talent on this team and with how week the Big East is, but they did not achieve that goal because of Bill Stewart.  Stewart's team have looked unprepared on multiple occasions from Liberty, to Coastal Carolina to NC State to the Marshall game this year all of those games the team looked unprepared.  WVU has clearly taken a step back under Stewart, from the Rich Rod days, and hopefully Holgorsen will return WVU to a top 10 team and possibly beyond.

With Holgorsen in as coach new none of the stated above should happen now.  While Holgorsen, during spring ball, didn't seem like a rah rah fire 'em up guy, he has the respect of the players and the players will listen to him.  Holgorsen's offense was ranked third in the country last year and Oklahoma State was technically tied for the Big 12 south title.  The goal for WVU is now clear this year, win the Big East and get back to a BCS bowl no excuses with Holgorsen in as the head man now.