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<blockquote data-quote="COOL MAN" data-source="post: 129320413" data-attributes="member: 1080466">Let's be honest about one thing regarding Cignetti;&nbsp; while the Program admittedly was coming off a &quot;high&quot; of sorts in Bowden's last season, the fact of the matter is that WVU simply wasn't a very attractive program in those days. It obviously had no conference on which to fall back.....a ****-hole for a stadium....only middling historic success.....key competitors (Pitt and Penn State) with far more to sell and right in the heart of the National Championship discussion.....and barriers to growth that many younger fans and followers of this Program today can't even imagine.I had absolutely NO problem at all with making the change to Nehlen.....the absolute right guy at the absolute right time.....but I also have no problem with saying I was a Cignetti supporter.&nbsp; I don't know too many would have done a whole lot better than FC under the circumstances;&nbsp; and Lord knows, DN wouldn't have even returned Dick Martin's call.....let alone interviewed for the job....had new MF not been in the works.&nbsp; I recall feeling quite sad that Cignetti wasn't going to get a chance to enjoy the benefits of the new stadium;&nbsp; and was therefore equally pleased at his eventual success at IUP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="COOL MAN, post: 129320413, member: 1080466"] Let's be honest about one thing regarding Cignetti; while the Program admittedly was coming off a "high" of sorts in Bowden's last season, the fact of the matter is that WVU simply wasn't a very attractive program in those days. It obviously had no conference on which to fall back.....a ****-hole for a stadium....only middling historic success.....key competitors (Pitt and Penn State) with far more to sell and right in the heart of the National Championship discussion.....and barriers to growth that many younger fans and followers of this Program today can't even imagine. I had absolutely NO problem at all with making the change to Nehlen.....the absolute right guy at the absolute right time.....but I also have no problem with saying I was a Cignetti supporter. I don't know too many would have done a [B]whole[/B] lot better than FC under the circumstances; and Lord knows, DN wouldn't have even returned Dick Martin's call.....let alone interviewed for the job....had new MF not been in the works. I recall feeling quite sad that Cignetti wasn't going to get a chance to enjoy the benefits of the new stadium; and was therefore equally pleased at his eventual success at IUP. [/QUOTE]

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