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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 129632280" data-attributes="member: 1759980">Hated makes the hater the victim, not the target.I would welcome Rich back in a heartbeat, even though I thought he was an SOB for what he did and said about WVU after he left Morgantown for Ann Arbor, where he did poorly but was only give 3 years when many here say Dana needs more time to get his mojo going for WVU, even after 5 years. Double standard?Why would I welcome Rich back?Rich won the Pac-12 division at Arizona, the only such title in Arizona history. Dana hasn't even finished as high as 3rd in the Big 12, averaging 4-5 in the conference for his 4 years.Rich came within one game of having WVU play for the national title, but blew the Pitt game against a 4-7 team. On the last WVU play of the game, if Pat White hits his receiver in the end zone (northwest corner), the Mountaineers win the game, despite Rich's stubbornness.Rich and Bill Stewart won 69.8% and 70.0% of their games at WVU. Dana is at 55.6%.I agree that Dana has played a tougher schedule at WVU than Rich and Bill. But the Pac-12 and Big 12 both are Power 5 conferences, so how each did against that competition is a fair comparison.As noted, Dana never did better than 4th in the Big 12 and averaged a 4-5 conference record.At the same time Rich won 2 of 3 bowl games for Arizona, was 10-3 and 10-4 after two 8-5 (4-5 in two Pac-12 seasons). He coached the only conference division title team in Arizona history and has the only two 10-victory seasons in Arizona history.If his name weren't Rich Rodriguez, the haters would say that's impressive. If Dana did, WVU fans would say it was impressive, and it would be, whether it's Rich or Dana.Rich is 36-17 at Arizona. That is 67.9%, pretty close to his WVU average. Compared to Dana's 55.6% against comparable competition, there's no question which is more impressive.Cut off your nose to spite your face all you want, but Rich is a better coach by far than Dana, according to the records. Like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters, you don't want to hear facts that don't match your hate meter.But to date, Rich was better at WVU than Dana, and better in a Power 5 conference than Dana.I don't care who is coaching WVU if they win and don't violate NCAA rules.That goes for Dana and Rich and the next guy Lyons finds to coach my alma mater.M assacre MissouriO bliterate YoungstownU nnerve BYUN euter Kansas StateT rample Texas TechA nnihilate TCUI mpale Oklahoma StateN ail KansasE radicate TexasE rectile dysfunction OklahomaR oll over Iowa StateS uffocate Baylor</blockquote>

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