OT: coaching dominos

WVinUSAF

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Dana's 9-2 record so far this season has been against weak competition. He was exposed against the only half decent competition he played. One good season in 5 years doesn't justify a lengthy contract extension with guaranteed money. The big 12 will be much better next season. Wvu will have travel to Oklahoma and TCU both will have much better teams next season. They have to go to k state and with Tom Hermann now at Texas things could get really ugly. Don't be surprised if the days of 7-5 return. The blue bloods have already snubbed Dana because they know he can't win a big game.
Exposed? Pretty sure his play calls were moving the ball pretty well. If the players would have held on to the ball those games are different stories.
 

Darth_VadEER

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Shane will either build some goodwill or cause pitchforks and torches to be raised in the next month or so.

Does Shame ever leave his office?

He was the Fall 2016 hide-n-go-seek Champion.

He sure had a lot to say during Dana's extension "negotiation"......but has been totally silent during a great football season...

...That's odd, right?

Right?
 

CAJUNEER_rivals

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Does Shame ever leave his office?

He was the Fall 2016 hide-n-go-seek Champion.

He sure had a lot to say during Dana's extension "negotiation"......but has been totally silent during a great football season...

...That's odd, right?

Right?
Seems normal. Oliver Luck had the most exposure of any AD I can think of. At schools not in search of a major sport coach you never see the AD.
 

Darth_VadEER

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Seems normal. Oliver Luck had the most exposure of any AD I can think of. At schools not in search of a major sport coach you never see the AD.

But he WAS seen...telling the press that he wasn't extending Dana.

That's the point...he went out of his way to undermine Dana when it wasn't necessary.
 

CAJUNEER_rivals

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But he WAS seen...telling the press that he wasn't extending Dana.

That's the point...he went out of his way to undermine Dana when it wasn't necessary.
I'm not sure to what you're referring. In August he said this...

“My philosophy and my point of that is I’m not going to discuss coaches’ contracts during the season,” Lyons said. “Coach Holgorsen and I decided last spring, with his contract, that he is going to focus on winning. My job is helping him focus on the winning and giving him the resources necessary to win.

“We’ve put that behind us; we’ve moved on. Now we’re going to focus on winning games.”

“I feel very good about this football team,” he said. “I’ve been out to practice and I like the energy that’s out there.”

That all sounds reasonable and positive.
 

coalcountry52

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Shane Lyons is a scourge on our program. All he has done is to oversee things already in motion and he is not even competent at that. If he f*&k's up this opportunity... which I'm afraid he will... I'm in favor of pitchforks and torches to rid the evil vampire from our community.
He's no Mike Garrison, but he's also done nothing of note but, to my knowledge, hire a volleyball and tennis coach.
 

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I'm not sure to what you're referring. In August he said this...

“My philosophy and my point of that is I’m not going to discuss coaches’ contracts during the season,” Lyons said. “Coach Holgorsen and I decided last spring, with his contract, that he is going to focus on winning. My job is helping him focus on the winning and giving him the resources necessary to win.

“We’ve put that behind us; we’ve moved on. Now we’re going to focus on winning games.”

“I feel very good about this football team,” he said. “I’ve been out to practice and I like the energy that’s out there.”

That all sounds reasonable and positive.

I'm talking about his initial comments, maybe in Feb, when he went to the media about how they were no lone really negotiating his extension.