What should the Cougars expect with Dana?

deedoubleyou · Jan 3, 2019

The Cougars will love Dana. They are getting ready for him as we speak

countryroads89_rivals · Jan 3, 2019

WB67hawk said:
If the Big 12 doesn’t expand to 12 within the next 5 years there will be NO Big 12 in 5 years.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

oceantide83 · Jan 3, 2019

You can also expect to hear him say "Welcome to big-time football" 8 years into his tenure, especially if you lose games you were supposed to win.

WB67hawk_rivals223403 · Jan 3, 2019

Wow, And people wonder why he left?!!

oceantide83 · Jan 3, 2019

WB67hawk said:
Wow, And people wonder why he left?!!

Who's wondering? Pretty much everybody knows the real reason he left.

EERs 3:16 · Jan 3, 2019

12375CAT said:
or ?

Flashes of brilliance followed by the infamous palm slap to the forehead. Dude is a gambler at heart...sometimes it pays off...other times you’re putting a for sale sign in front of his house.

TownesVanZandt_rivals · Jan 3, 2019

deedoubleyou said:
The Cougars will love Dana. They are getting ready for him as we speak

From what I heard the Debutante Ball at River Oaks CC is more his style

WB67hawk_rivals223403 · Jan 3, 2019

Jealous much!

WVpride304 · Jan 3, 2019

He left to avoid being fired at WVU. Everybody up here wanted him gone. He’s a terrible coach. He can’t recruit.

TarHeelEer · Jan 3, 2019

WB67hawk said:
Jealous much!

Over what/whom?

TexasTrill2018 · Jan 4, 2019

Everyone complained about the assistants but Dana did not have the money available to get the best coaches.

Story out of Houston is that Dana wanted more money into the program.
Don't know why WV didn't make an investment in him.

Maybe you didn't think he was the right coach.

I think ultimately it came down to Dana not wanting WV and WV not wanting him

Mutual split.
But Houston is thristy and has people who can throw away money.

Not everyone is like that.

Truthfully I think WV's AD needs to hit up the alumni and get the best facilities money can buy.

That is what happened at Clemson.

WVpride304 · Jan 4, 2019

Don’t fool yourself. If Dana would have won the Oklahoma game and coached and recruited better he would be at WVU another several years. He really didn’t want to leave power 5 but had no choice cause he was going to be fired and back to making $500,000 as a non power 5 offensive coordinator. Dana can’t coach or recruit. That’s why he had to leave to avoid being fired and exposed more.

Dana is not a good head coach at all. Period. Houston will find out fast.

hbeacheer · Jan 4, 2019

Jealous of what? Dana wasn’t getting extended, no raise and no match from wvu. He underperformed. It’s easier to get another, well paying job when you’re employed and he played it right. It was time for him to move on. Be happy you have him, because the majority of wvu fans are thrilled about it.

WB67hawk said:
Jealous much!

WVpride304 · Jan 4, 2019

Dana sucked that’s why he had to go. He will suck at Houston too. I would be crying if I were a Houston fan. You just hired a horrible head coach.

Shady TigEER · Jan 5, 2019

planebill said:
I think many fans will forever be disappointed with any WVU couch because of woefully unrealistic expectations. As painful as it is sometimes to admit truth, WVU will never match the recruiting power of OU or UT who restock year after year with hand picked 4 and 5 star recruits. I’m not saying that we can’t assemble and coach up great athletes to compete because we always have to do that and have done so. Holgs has gotten us to the top half of the conference. I would not categorize that as a disappointment as such except that Holgs has demonstrated little capacity to get the upset but too often his teams are on the other end of that. IMO he has taken this program as far as he can for many of the reasons others have noted and his departure is at a good time. It seems to me that Brown has demonstrated the kind of coaching that would be a great match for the program and it’s challenges. I am optimistic for the future.
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There are programs like ours that do rise up all the time - WVU in the mid 2000s, UCF last couple years, Cinci this year, etc. I respectfully disagree that we can't go higher than where Dana has us.

xWVU2010x · Jan 5, 2019

TexasTrill2018 said:
Everyone complained about the assistants but Dana did not have the money available to get the best coaches.

Story out of Houston is that Dana wanted more money into the program.
Don't know why WV didn't make an investment in him.

Maybe you didn't think he was the right coach.

I think ultimately it came down to Dana not wanting WV and WV not wanting him

Mutual split.
But Houston is thristy and has people who can throw away money.

Not everyone is like that.

Truthfully I think WV's AD needs to hit up the alumni and get the best facilities money can buy.

That is what happened at Clemson.

We have invested a lot in his demands. We were not investing more off of a mediocre season that had his precious NFL caliber senior QB and several other draftable upperclassmen. We were willing to give him another year and he likely thought the cupboard was bare so took a step down instead of getting fired.

BeatPitt · Jan 5, 2019

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WVUALLEN · Jan 5, 2019

If you need to find Dana during off season. Look in local casino's.

Vernon · Jan 5, 2019

WVpride304 said:
Dana has never been a good recruiter anywhere he’s been. No defense and no CEO ability as a head coach. Totally undisciplined coach and lacks leadership. You guys are in deep trouble. Worst hire ever. Guy can’t coach. 2 times worse than Applewhite. You’ll see. WVU fans couldn’t wait to fire him or see him leave for lesser job.

Could you post something that isn't negative and an attack on people?

WVpride304 · Jan 5, 2019

99% of people I’ve spoke to here in WV have said this same exact thing. It may be negative but it’s also reality. Dana wasn’t wanted and had to leave before getting fired.

WB67hawk_rivals223403 · Jan 5, 2019

Pride.. you need to talk to people other then your relatives,

WVex-pat in GA · Jan 5, 2019

TownesVanZandt said:
I thought he quit on the team before the game.

Probably why Grier didn't play in the bowl game. Not sure it has been discussed but he is a smart kid and could probably see the handwriting on the wall. Maybe Cajuste too.

MikeRafone · Jan 5, 2019

Cajuste I could see coming when he got hurt in the Oklahoma game. It's very easy to blow a knee at left tackle, the money spot on O-lines in the NFL. He's been plagued by leg injuries since he got here, why take a chance?

Will? WVU would have rolled over Syracuse in that bowl game with him playing, but I understood his reasoning. A QB picked in the 1st round gets enough money to set his family up for generations just for signing.

The problem with Will is the WVU fanbase has a long memory. Long after Dana's foibles are forgotten, people will be loathing Will for passing on the bowl game, yet opting for the Senior Bowl.

Mountain Man_rivals148431 · Jan 5, 2019

TexasTrill2018 said:
Everyone complained about the assistants but Dana did not have the money available to get the best coaches.

Story out of Houston is that Dana wanted more money into the program.
Don't know why WV didn't make an investment in him.

Maybe you didn't think he was the right coach.

I think ultimately it came down to Dana not wanting WV and WV not wanting him

Mutual split.
But Houston is thristy and has people who can throw away money.

Not everyone is like that.

Truthfully I think WV's AD needs to hit up the alumni and get the best facilities money can buy.

That is what happened at Clemson.

Oliver Luck was the best at organizing boosters for $. Lyons I'm not so sure about.

Nova Mountaineer · Jan 8, 2019

Pain - Cougar Nation should expect pain and will have an extreme case of buyers' remorse in two years.

What should the Cougars expect with Dana?

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