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Posted by DCMountaineer on 2/5/2008, 9:28 am, in reply to "Re: More RR leaving"
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I think that if Coach Rod were a more reflective man, one who values self-awareness and self-examination, that he would have fairly quickly determined that he was cast into a depressive, self-absorbed and utterly crazy period after losing to Pitt. (A time when a lot of us have gone through, and learned NOT to make any major decisions while we are working through those feelings).
Since he is not that type of man, and Rita keeps showing up in all the news as his partner (she probably acts as his soul, as the man is obviously so out of touch with his own spirituality), he very easily and bombastically burnt the bridges to WVU, and ran off to Ann Arbor.
On the other hand, Bill Stewart seems to have used his life's lessons to strengthen his soul, and to learn how to deal with life when bad things occur that are bigger than one's little ego.
I say that we are better off now. Sure, Coach Stew may lose a game or two next year that we don't feel we should, but he is putting in a whole new system, with basically an 80% new coaching staff. Didn't we give Coach Rod some rope (ironic metaphor) when he went 3-8 his first year?
I think we are better off, rid of Rod's ego, which has been supplanted by Stew's spirit.
GOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!
--Previous Message--
: Well said.
: He was leaving no matter what. He was
: angry and bitter. Hence the shredding
: and behind the scenes deal Mich.
: Definitely a sad situation.
:
: --Previous Message--
: MORGANTOWN -- It's said that fame can
: be
: fleeting.
:
: So can gratitude and, yes, even
: friendship.
:
: It is with these thoughts that I firmly
: believe Rich Rodriguez, in his angry
: and abrupt departure for Michigan, had
: forgotten who were chiefly responsible
: for handing him the opportunity to
: serve as West Virginia University's
: head football coach.
:
: That sad day in 2000 that Don Nehlen
: announced he was retiring, after a
: tough loss to Syracuse, Athletic
: Director Ed Pastilong and his longtime
: friend Gov. Joe Manchin III -- then
: West Virginia secretary of state --
: knew Rodriguez would be Nehlen's
: successor.
:
: Yes, there probably were others who had
: some input on the selection, but those
: two were chiefly responsible for it.
:
: It was a matter that had been at least
: discussed previously, if not knowingly
: promised. And WVU officials lost no
: time in getting the word to Rodriguez,
: then an assistant to Tommy Bowden at
: Clemson.
:
: At about 10:30 p.m. that same day, I
: received a telephone call from a
: well-known coach who happened to be
: interested in the job himself. He said,
: "I understand it's a done deal. I
: heard that Rich Rodriguez told wife
: Rita, 'We're going home.'"
:
: In retrospect, that gentleman's
: information obviously was accurate. It
: wasn't long thereafter that the
: official announcement was made.
:
: But all reports indicate that Rodriguez
: turned on Pastilong and Manchin like a
: bent pin in ignoring their urgings that
: he remain at his alma mater. Having a
: graduate assistant deliver his letter
: of resignation to Pastilong and not
: returning Manchin's phone call
: certainly don't speak well for one's
: behavior.
:
: Those two -- and others -- deserved
: better treatment as he headed to take
: over the Wolverines' football reins, a
: position he obviously was bent on
: adding to his resume if not to satisfy
: his growing ego.
:
: This apparently wasn't a
: spur-of-the-moment move. Bill Miller,
: Michigan's athletic director, was
: quoted in a Detroit newspaper a month
: or so ago that Rodriguez was contacting
: the Big Ten school while Miller was
: talking to other candidates.
:
: Make no mistake, Rodriguez did a great
: job in taking the Mountaineer program
: to another level after his team went
: 3-8 in his first season here. But I
: keep wondering how he could have had
: his mind on the regular-season finale
: against old rival Pitt, a 28-point
: underdog.
:
: Considering what was riding on the
: game's outcome, that 13-9 shocker has
: to be the worst defeat in West
: Virginia's football history.
:
: Unfortunately, many Mountaineer fans
: might remember Rodriguez more for that
: debacle than for the tremendous 38-35
: triumph over No. 8 Georgia in the Sugar
: Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006 in Atlanta or his
: other achievements.
:
: Perhaps there is justification for some
: of Rodriguez's complaints, though the
: $4 million buyout was in his signed
: contract (as it reportedly is in his
: Michigan pact). But I believe WVU
: administrators bent over backward in
: meeting his demands for improved
: facilities. I can't remember any coach
: who ever got more than he did.
:
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