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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WVUALLEN" data-source="post: 130961650" data-attributes="member: 1112294">Once again false.Allan Taylor of The Dominion Post and WVMetroNews reported Robinson’s reasoning is related to an academic situation involving the <a href="https://studentconduct.wvu.edu/files/d/f0ae69b9-1461-45cb-81ee-40e48e2d978b/main-campus-revised-final-student-conduct-code-8-21-15c.pdf">university’s code of student conduct</a>. Since December, there are a total of thirteen scholarship players that have either come to, or left from, West Virginia via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Of those thirteen, nine of them have been on their way out, while only four are coming in. But that doesn't tell the whole story.Of those nine departures, two were gone before <a href="https://247sports.com/Coach/Neal-Brown-450">Neal Brown</a> ever arrived - offensive linemen Matt Jones and <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Dontae-Angus-27024">Dontae Angus</a>. The former was a starter last year, but the lowest-graded starter of anyone on the offense, per PFF, and he was leaving the program regardless of who the head coach was. The latter has not played a down for the Mountaineers, and had left the team months before, despite not showing up in the portal until January.So we're down to seven, which may seem like it's still a large number, but it's not. First off, did we all forget the previous years? There were a total of fifteen - FIFTEEN - scholarship players that <a href="https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/Article/WVU-Attrition-Tracker-How-the-2018-team-is-shaping-up-111322746/">left the team during the 2018 calendar year</a>. There was no coaching change. There was no turmoil. There was no "academic misconduct." Fifteen - sixteen if you count Jordan Adams, who left and then came back (before leaving again this offseason) - scholarship players just up and left the team, including multiple players who were expected to not only start but make a big impact in 2018. That included defensive linemen <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Lamonte-McDougle-87977">Lamonte McDougle</a> and <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Adam-Shuler-77185">Adam Shuler</a>, and wide receiver <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Reggie-Roberson-38686">Reggie Roberson</a>.To say this offseason's attrition has been abnormal or the sign of problems within the program or on the coaching staff is disingenuous. Actually, I take that back. It is abnormal, because to have *only* seven departures after a complete staff overhaul is remarkable.And take a closer look at those seven. That includes four players who were not going to be in the two-deep come the fall. So now we're focused on <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Marcus-Simms-79861">Marcus Simms</a>, Kenny Robinson, and <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Derrek-Pitts-79918">Derrek Pitts</a>. All three of those guys would not only have made a contribution, but were starters. Key starters. Anyone telling you differently is also being disingenuous. However, the first two of those departures had nothing to do with the new coaching staff, and everything to do with the "academic misconduct" that's been discussed incessantly.Next stupid response from bucky will be....</blockquote>

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