My outsider take, there's a difference between hiring a football coach and hiring a football CEO. This is the CEO era of coaching and a lot of the game prep, recruiting, player development, etc. is delegated. Who has demonstrated they can manage a $100 million-a-year football organization and grow it in the modern era? That should be the decision.
@@Commentleaver-c6x well let’s look around , basketball is winning , great hire ! Girls is on top ! Great hire ! The baseball team has a lot of clout after mazey retired . We shall see about them . The soccer team both men and women are winning ! I think the football team will also win . rich rod is a winner . Michigan didn’t give him enough time to install his system but damn was Michigan not fun to watch with Robinson at qb? The next year after rod left they lost one game and went to the sugar bowl . Look what this man did with Jacksonville state out of Alabama . First 2 years in existence back to back bowl games a bowl win and a conf title . The man is a winner
All the keyboard warriors on here and Facebook are wanting a 12-0 coach on a budget. I'm pro rod and have forgave him for 2007 but there's to many people that only read headlines and don't actually read anything. I'm going to support whoever wren decided to hire but I'm holding out for ol rich rod. I think that's what we need and it may take a year or 2 to see it unfold but I don't think the fans are going to give him more than a week
You're the man Couz. Appreciate you addressing not only the "pros" but the "cons." Just to clarify, I don't hate Rich at all. I would support the program no matter what, I just feel Wren has been muscled. This isn't the only school that stuff happens at either. Winning cures all, but money now in college football has a HUGE part.
Not everyone of us is die hard Baker fans. He’s been treated like the second coming since he arrived on campus. Yes he made a few good hires, but he’s also made some mistakes like all of us. I can’t really lose confidence in someone. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the start with.
Good Hires. Let's see where Basketball is in February. I don't see anything about WVU going to the SHOW. Baseball good until the playoffs and beat.That is what WVU considers good, NOW. The BROWN and GEE effect that medicore is GREAT. When one goal is to be mediocre in any sport or life failure is not far away.
Patience Patience Patience. This is a BIG decision for WV. It’s also being made at a very demanding time of year. There’s NO need to make ignorant comments about Wren. He’s doing the best he can and that’s what he’s been hired to do. He’s navigated Two Basketball Coaching changes, and the insane negative fallout & consequences brought about by Huggins. Chill and be Patient!
Depends on the name. Since Kotelnicki is out I would be disappointed because I don’t think any of the other candidates are any better than rich and rich has an upper hand with boosters
We have only seen I think six names that have actually been admitted that they have been interviewed. It is highly likely that many of the ones interviewed didn't make the first cut which that would mean it includes Rich Rodriguez Believe it or not.
We are not electing a HC. Talk about making WB's job tough, is he supposed to take a fan poll before he hires a coach. If RR is hired and he wins like we know he can...the hard feelings will be forgotten. Of options we have heard about RR is by far the best selection. Most any fan would say that when they look at the list. If RR does not work out I don't think Wren would have a problem replacing him. The reason RR is popular with donors is because of what he accomplished here. His former players support him because they feel like he help make them successful . He led them to so many great moments and memories for both them and WVU. This is WB's decision and forgetting about the past , how could he not choose RR from the list we've seen? WB will surely be doomed if he panders to fans, who no matter who he chooses will find ways to criticize his choice. I wish the list had a few more choices, that would be what I would question, but still to me RR is our best choice.
First and foremost, this is purely my opinion. I had previously said my gut feeling was one of two options; Andy Kotelnicki or a name that NO ONE has mentioned. I believe either tonight or tomorrow, the mystery will be over. So before the big reveal, let me throw out a "NO ONE HAS MENTIONED NAME" for everyone to ponder on...Bobby Slowik. Let me know your thoughts.
Look at the teams RR took over tho.. He took over a 4-8 WVU and Arizona team. Arizona was a bottom feeder in the pac12 at the time and he ended up taking them to the fiesta bowl. Michigan was bad but I think they fired him too early because that next season the next coach took all his recruits/team to the sugar bowl. They didn’t even give him time to put together his squad.
As an Alum of Jax State, I say just leave things alone. Get a completely new start with a young, vibrant Coach who is just hoping for the right spot in life. There's nothing like a new beginning.
And I think you guys should be able to have your coach for the bowl game after getting that conference title. You guys earned that and no matter how upset West Virginia fans are we need to wait
Brian Hartline? Lets say he is successful as a new head coach, just how long do you think it would be before he gets courted by other major universities? You can hate Rodriguez all you want, but he is still West Virginia. Lots of people have moved on, but they still love West Virginia and would return in a heartbeat if they could.
I think the fan base being split 50/50 is an exaggeration. You're probably seeing a split in the most hardcore fans. Most of the fanbase just want to win.
Why are you in the pro Rich Rod camp? I'm not sure I've heard you specifically articulate it? I can't wrap my head around why we would want to bring him back. Short memories...what has he done since he left us in a lurch to go to Michigan that's been dynamic, interesting, successful at the Power 4 level? I hope Wren has the ability to make a decision with autonomy. He has been great in his short tenure, and I have faith in his process.
NM...I commented before I heard you talking more specifically about it in this video. I would be in the divide the fanbase camp if Rich Rod comes back...I just don't see it going well. I haven't forgiven him, and don't think he's done enough since he left to warrant a "comeback" at WVU that ends in success. I hope I'm wrong if that's the direction they go.
I don't even understand why ppl are so mad at rich rod. 99% if coaches would have taken that Michigan job and he gave wvu a chance to retain him and they said no. It's been 17 years who cares anymore.
We get the dumbest fans . Rich Rodriguez will absolutely light it up and retire at WVU . If any real fan knew anything about wha happened with rich rod and the ugly divorce before , they would know it starts in the athletic department that wouldn’t upgrade the facilities and pay the assistants that he lost left and right who he made big time coaches . Like Dan Mullen . Welcome back Dan . See you out at Unlv
And you are right about the lose confidence thing in red look if you lose confidence and red if it's anybody but Rodriguez you never had confidence in Ren Baker to begin with so be honest with yourself but you never trust is the athletic director despite what he's done for other coaching hires.
The decision has been made now just ironing out the details of the deal. Contracts and lawyers take their time. I just can’t see it being anyone but Rich for my own personal reasons. Might be waiting for travel plans to get him in town before announcement,, hard to tell 😂
I like you am in the rich Rodriguez camp. But I will support and move into whatever camp of the head coaching decision is. I’m just excited for something new and I’m ready for another guy to give it a go for our beloved Mountaineers.
Welcome home RR been waiting for 18yrs for this spot the damn ball let's get the defense back on track an can't wait for u to get in there ass old school coach with modern ideas let's go meets an welcome home baby
@ ya well. to not have a sense of humor is just being a Karen. You’re the kind of guy that probably has a white dudes for Kamala T shirt . So byeeeeeeeee.
I don’t get the infatuation with RR….. he basically sucked at all power 4 & 5 jobs after leaving WVU. Yes he has had success at Jacksonville State, but Brown had success at Troy…. That’s a different level. This sounds like a political push versus what is in the best interest of WVU. Please no Jimbo either
I think your fans have this issue with it .... If you have a chance at a proven coach who won at WVU and Wren doesn't hire him just because Wren wants to hire his own man is a tad selfish on Wrens part in their opinion
@@scottmcbride2237 if they hire him I'm not getting over it I'm not no longer a fan of WVU and will be laughing when WVU loses to pitt next year. I'm not backing a guy that betrayed us. It's a spit in the Fan's faces.
Just feel the college sports model has and continues to change and WvU has to start looking at the model set after the NFL . Think getting a former NFL coach like Jon Gruden would help in so many ways . We would win key recruiting battles ... Could you imagine Gruden in a recruits living room ? Splash hire in my eyes But I Believe in Wren !
I honestly do not look at the past to determine if RR should be the next WVU coach, and money should not be the major determining factor as to which coach we choose. I am not sure if his offense would work as well today in the Big 12 as it once did when he was coaching WVU. I am also not thrilled if he is the best candidate available but that does not mean he is the right one. I would have preferred the coach from Penn State and we could have waited for him. I will support the team no matter who they hire but I believe he would have a shorter leash than most because of his head coaching experience and what would be expected in immediate win totals if he returns.
Rich rod was the best hire ! We are getting tons of money for the country roads fund and we are on national tv thanks to pay mcafeee who rich rod coaches now is on espn along with pac man who even wrestled at one time like p Mac . I got another secret for yall , the word on the street is Chris Henry son is debating on coming to WVU now that rich rod is back . He is only the best reciever in the country . That’s the talk and he still has time to transfer
@ I was just looking at the 2026 season and it reminded me of when rich rod came to WVU the first time . Our 2nd season under him we went and played a tough Wisconsin team on the road and some of the best Maryland teams including that 02 team that made the sugar bowl vs Florida . And it made us a better team and made us grow from the experience . Well next year we have a normal non conference schedule like his first year where we played 2 mac schools for 2 of our only 3 wins his first year . We go at Ohio , play Pitt at home and a 1aa school . Hopefully we can work some kinks out and gel with the transfer portal . Ok well in 2026 we open up with Alabama who will be like a Wisconsin we played that 2nd year and we also play in Charlotte vs uva which I’m thinking about getting tickets already to . That will be about like a Maryland game or so . Hopefully we can beat them . We also played a great cincy team that had a qb named Gino gadaully that we hung on to beat that year . Then after that as we all remember we only lost to Miami and went 9-3 . We won back to back games at Pitt and vt on the road to end the season . Some of the best WVU football of my life . we were nothing special but had a good hard running offense with our best rb of all time at WVU in yards Avon cobourne . Things start getting eerily similar when you look at them
Like you, given the coaching pool this cycle (which is severely underwhelming) I’m firmly in the RR camp. I was open to a host of candidates but now that it’s down to JM and AB…I don’t even see this as a close call. JM will bring a boring (NB esque type of offense, AB will bring who knows what because he has almost zero HC experience). WB is likely getting pressure but he shouldn’t be because of the disparity in candidates…this should be a no brainer. If WB hires JM or AB, I see this as being more spiteful than anything. Nothing he’s done so far as AD shows that he’d do that but what other conclusion can you come to. RR IS the best candidate left.
QB Miss State's Michael VAN Buren entering the tranfer portal- Perfect fit for RR. Baker needs to get the cob out and make a decision. There's no way to satisfy the fan base. Either way There's gonna be contraversy at 1st...Just win ! Fans will get over it
I don’t believe that at all. Let’s throw a shot at playing in a National Championship that would only up his resume and build a better argument to have more good teams want him.
That’s just silly. Pat white got hurt, Pat McAfee missed two chip shots and the rest of the team didn’t play well I highly doubt he had any control over those three things.
Rich Rod is hope , he was the leader in the greatest years in WV history. If they go the route of saving money no name coach Average will be the future in a time of uncertainty in cfb not a time to be average We need to be contender not a pretender.
Money talls BS walks. Reality of coaching in the portal era is you have to get that donor money to succeed. If the ran base is split but the money is behind Rich Rod you need to go that way. The fan base will come around if we win. Bottom line you need NIL money to do that.
Say this show right here is exactly why I told you guys to hold your horses. Complete and utter inpatients by some of you all I've been saying from the get-go how many candidates Ren Baker can have on his list it's at least going to be 2 weeks. You got to think every one of these coaches is at another Squad right now very few of them are there seasons over so even if you could do some initial ones over Zoom you might not be able to do more than two a day and then in the second cut if you're flying out to meet people then you've got time eating up Justin travel time play folks we've said from the get-go Ben Baker is a process guy he has a process he's going to stick to his process does it mean it's not rich Rodriguez no I think anybody who didn't make the First Cut Is property already looking for something else. Many of these coaches are either involved in teams with bowl games or they're involved with teams in the college football playoffs. If we want to be a Class Act we will wait on those coaches to complete their obligation. We don't want to be like some other universities have been in the past and try to poach a coach while he is still needed by the other school for this season. So anybody who knows this is going to know if it's a coach of the college football playoff we're talking in January before he even gets to do much here. I'm sorry that nobody likes that but y'all didn't want to fire Neil Brown at the Midway point at the bye week like I had been saying you should do so because we wouldn't pull that trigger early we now have to live through this process and if you can't handle it you don't need to be on Twitter every day I promise when we have an announcement somebody will tell you the news and then you can come back and watch the analysis here
Brian Hartline please. I can’t accept RR back in Morgantown. He left us behind, it doesn’t matter about the reasons why he left. Eventually he would have got what he wanted, “You never leave your wing man.” “It’s about Mountaineer Pride”. He crapped on us and now you guys want to make him the highest paid employee in the state, it physically disgusts me.
So I’m not thrilled about RR. The way he left and the off the field stuff is still leaving that bad taste in my mouth. But life goes on and what’s meant to be will be. Personally, I think this came down to what the pool of candidates dwindled down to and money. I think Wren had his list and the people on the top of that list didn’t work out. And if what everyone is saying is true, RR contract is probably going to end up at about $2.5 mil a year. Compare that to the $4 mil Brown was making and you save a lot of money. Probably will help pay off his buyout in the instance that the rumor of someone with lots of money volunteered to pay it isn’t true… lol I was on the side of something new and fresh but maybe that wasn’t out there to get right now. This is a business decision and I sure hope Wren made the right one. Regardless, let’s go Mountaineers!
If they don't hire him I'm gonna be pissed ngl. Rich rod knows he made a mistake when he left and has admitted as much. I believe he wants to cone back home for good now that he's older. He's proven already he can win here and find lots if talent in recruiting. Just do it, I don't want brisn hartline or anyone else really, it needs to be a wv guy and rich rod is better then jumbo imo, and saban ain't coming here. I'm crossing my fingers for rich rods return.
@@WoodyAllenManiac I hope you're right if not after so many years of being a West Virginia fan I guess I no longer one, because I'm not supporting that traitor.
Whomever it turns out to be , just get on with it already!!!! I know that its a big decision, but they're complicating things unnecessarily, in my view. Most of these guys have histories, we know what those histories are.....maybe their choices are dragging things out for more money? I'd like to see Saban as AD, Dick Rod ( if it has to be ) as HC and Schumann as DC , with the goal of grooming Schumann as the heir apparent HC in a couple of years......Saban is a stretch even as AD, I know he's 72, but old as the hills Dooley worked out well for Georgia as their AD after he left coaching. I don't care for Baker , tbh.
I'd rather see Becht get the job though everything I'm hearing is Baker is being pressured by the 13 to 9 ESPN money talker an other large donors. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind if rich rod don't fix the defense and change the offense he will be completely booed out of town in 2 years..Who knows. We will just have to see how everything plays out.
@@CouzsCornerSports Oh Boy! Every coach's dream job. UNLV is a traditional football power. Hard to understand how Rod would choose WVU over the Rebels.
They will next year if he doesn't come home. He will be great at Jax st again and get it. He is definitely an above average coach, no one wins consistently like that at wvu ever not even nehlen really did it except 2 years of major. The 93 team did over achieve but it was one year and they never won bowl games under nehlen even tho I still live him too.
I sure. Hope they hire another no name, coach.Or offensive coordinator So they don't hurt anyone's little feelings over rich rod.Then I hope that coach fails and bankrupts wvu and they have to shut the football program down😂
@@stevenmorgan3849 well I'm not giving any money unless it's Jimbo Fisher so I guess one of us is not giving money WVU will have to make it up somewhere else.
If the major donors want RR and Wren hires someone else and that someone doesn't work out..... then it is going to be tough for Wren to keep his job. His safest pick is RR.
I have to put trust in Wren. He went and got Devries, when he wasnt initially looked at. Now, Tucker not playing will definitely hurt the win loss this year. I ha e to just trust Wren. He will take his own responsibility
I don’t agree with you. Took wren a full season to terminate Neal. Should’ve fired 2 seasons back. Good hires in other college sports doesn’t equal football. Football makes the most money. At the end of the day you hire another offensive cord, or a group of 5 coach that’s hasn’t proven nothing other than win at a lower level deserves that criticism. Sorry but if Wren makes a bad choice and they lose immediately, he doesn’t deserve his spot at wvu. Rich rod is the best candidate, hire him already
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My outsider take, there's a difference between hiring a football coach and hiring a football CEO. This is the CEO era of coaching and a lot of the game prep, recruiting, player development, etc. is delegated. Who has demonstrated they can manage a $100 million-a-year football organization and grow it in the modern era? That should be the decision.
I wouldn't be surprised if it would be someone we are not expecting
Rodriguez kinda seems like a desperation move. I hope it works out, but I could also see this being wrens last big hire at WVU.
It’s definitely possible it could go sideways.
@ yeah, hopefully not but most guys who have gone back a second time haven’t had phenomenal success the second time around.
@@Commentleaver-c6x well let’s look around , basketball is winning , great hire ! Girls is on top ! Great hire ! The baseball team has a lot of clout after mazey retired . We shall see about them . The soccer team both men and women are winning !
I think the football team will also win . rich rod is a winner . Michigan didn’t give him enough time to install his system but damn was Michigan not fun to watch with Robinson at qb? The next year after rod left they lost one game and went to the sugar bowl .
Look what this man did with Jacksonville state out of Alabama . First 2 years in existence back to back bowl games a bowl win and a conf title . The man is a winner
All the keyboard warriors on here and Facebook are wanting a 12-0 coach on a budget. I'm pro rod and have forgave him for 2007 but there's to many people that only read headlines and don't actually read anything. I'm going to support whoever wren decided to hire but I'm holding out for ol rich rod. I think that's what we need and it may take a year or 2 to see it unfold but I don't think the fans are going to give him more than a week
You're the man Couz. Appreciate you addressing not only the "pros" but the "cons." Just to clarify, I don't hate Rich at all. I would support the program no matter what, I just feel Wren has been muscled. This isn't the only school that stuff happens at either. Winning cures all, but money now in college football has a HUGE part.
Killer show as always! You’re on the way up Couz
Not everyone of us is die hard Baker fans. He’s been treated like the second coming since he arrived on campus. Yes he made a few good hires, but he’s also made some mistakes like all of us. I can’t really lose confidence in someone. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the start with.
Good Hires. Let's see where Basketball is in February. I don't see anything about WVU going to the SHOW. Baseball good until the playoffs and beat.That is what WVU considers good, NOW. The BROWN and GEE effect that medicore is GREAT. When one goal is to be mediocre in any sport or life failure is not far away.
I like Wren but he said football isn't his specialty
cotton candy, rainbows, and skittles here 😂😂😂 Nice! I like it.
Glad you enjoyed
Patience Patience Patience. This is a BIG decision for WV. It’s also being made at a very demanding time of year.
There’s NO need to make ignorant comments about Wren. He’s doing the best he can and that’s what he’s been hired to do. He’s navigated Two Basketball Coaching changes, and the insane negative fallout & consequences brought about by Huggins.
Chill and be Patient!
I don't think half your fan base would be alienated... Maybe 25%
I agree. Lets hear about it from all the fans who don't want Rich Rod.
It’s probably closer to 40, but once we start winning it’ll be almost 100%.
@@CouzsCornerSports it's a splash hire. The program needs this splash
Depends on the name. Since Kotelnicki is out I would be disappointed because I don’t think any of the other candidates are any better than rich and rich has an upper hand with boosters
We have only seen I think six names that have actually been admitted that they have been interviewed. It is highly likely that many of the ones interviewed didn't make the first cut which that would mean it includes Rich Rodriguez Believe it or not.
@ rich rod actually stated the opposite
We are not electing a HC. Talk about making WB's job tough, is he supposed to take a fan poll before he hires a coach. If RR is hired and he wins like we know he can...the hard feelings will be forgotten. Of options we have heard about RR is by far the best selection. Most any fan would say that when they look at the list. If RR does not work out I don't think Wren would have a problem replacing him. The reason RR is popular with donors is because of what he accomplished here. His former players support him because they feel like he help make them successful . He led them to so many great moments and memories for both them and WVU. This is WB's decision and forgetting about the past , how could he not choose RR from the list we've seen? WB will surely be doomed if he panders to fans, who no matter who he chooses will find ways to criticize his choice. I wish the list had a few more choices, that would be what I would question, but still to me RR is our best choice.
I’ll take a double shot of something strong my friend. No matter what, I’m trusting this process. Baker knows what he’s doing.
No way
WAY TOO MUCH BAGGAGE. He has been fired and not been maintead by others.
It’s not about another chance. RR isn’t in my thoughts and nobody else’s looking for a HC.
First and foremost, this is purely my opinion. I had previously said my gut feeling was one of two options; Andy Kotelnicki or a name that NO ONE has mentioned. I believe either tonight or tomorrow, the mystery will be over. So before the big reveal, let me throw out a "NO ONE HAS MENTIONED NAME" for everyone to ponder on...Bobby Slowik. Let me know your thoughts.
Lifetime winning percentages
Rich Rodriguez 68%
Neal Brown 71%
Dana Holgorsen 75%
There’s context to all of these that you aren’t considering
Look at the teams RR took over tho.. He took over a 4-8 WVU and Arizona team. Arizona was a bottom feeder in the pac12 at the time and he ended up taking them to the fiesta bowl. Michigan was bad but I think they fired him too early because that next season the next coach took all his recruits/team to the sugar bowl. They didn’t even give him time to put together his squad.
@Doug-e8y - DH inherited the most heralded recruiting class ever with Geno Smith, Tavon Austin etc.
@BJtheMountaineerguy - Agreed and would like to add Jackson State was rebuilt by RR moving up from FCS to FBS
Brown’s winning percentage at WVU was barely above 50% and who cares what he did at Troy. These percentages aren’t correct.
As an Alum of Jax State, I say just leave things alone. Get a completely new start with a young, vibrant Coach who is just hoping for the right spot in life. There's nothing like a new beginning.
Of course you would lol yall want to keep rich for Jax state lol
As an alum of west Virginia I say the exact same to you
Nah… we’ll just take your coach
And I think you guys should be able to have your coach for the bowl game after getting that conference title. You guys earned that and no matter how upset West Virginia fans are we need to wait
Brian Hartline? Lets say he is successful as a new head coach, just how long do you think it would be before he gets courted by other major universities? You can hate Rodriguez all you want, but he is still West Virginia. Lots of people have moved on, but they still love West Virginia and would return in a heartbeat if they could.
I think the fan base being split 50/50 is an exaggeration. You're probably seeing a split in the most hardcore fans. Most of the fanbase just want to win.
Maybe 15% of the fanbase is the number.
Hey 👋 CUZ -- who was the guy with the blue Wvu cap sitting next to PAT MC AFEE today . At the WVU Coliseum ???????
@@paulgee8113 one of his co-hosts.
Why are you in the pro Rich Rod camp? I'm not sure I've heard you specifically articulate it? I can't wrap my head around why we would want to bring him back. Short memories...what has he done since he left us in a lurch to go to Michigan that's been dynamic, interesting, successful at the Power 4 level? I hope Wren has the ability to make a decision with autonomy. He has been great in his short tenure, and I have faith in his process.
NM...I commented before I heard you talking more specifically about it in this video. I would be in the divide the fanbase camp if Rich Rod comes back...I just don't see it going well. I haven't forgiven him, and don't think he's done enough since he left to warrant a "comeback" at WVU that ends in success. I hope I'm wrong if that's the direction they go.
By the way you only need to remember one thing during the rest of this search. Hashtag let Baker cook
How does N Marchiol possibly fit in a Rich Rod system?
Because he’s athletic enough to be a dual threat.
Spot the ball guys
If he hires Monken you can’t tell me monken is a better hire than rich rod I just will refuse to believe that
Anybody would be a better hire than lying Rich!
I don't even understand why ppl are so mad at rich rod. 99% if coaches would have taken that Michigan job and he gave wvu a chance to retain him and they said no. It's been 17 years who cares anymore.
We get the dumbest fans . Rich Rodriguez will absolutely light it up and retire at WVU . If any real fan knew anything about wha happened with rich rod and the ugly divorce before , they would know it starts in the athletic department that wouldn’t upgrade the facilities and pay the assistants that he lost left and right who he made big time coaches . Like Dan Mullen . Welcome back Dan . See you out at Unlv
I’m thrilled with who we got vs who we could’ve got rich is home let’s light it up!
Wren spent 4.5 hours in Alabama yesterday then came home. Hopefully that a good news
wasn't part of the time there because of a weather delay?
I am excited waiting
for Wren Baker's next pick
and our new WVU football coach.
And you are right about the lose confidence thing in red look if you lose confidence and red if it's anybody but Rodriguez you never had confidence in Ren Baker to begin with so be honest with yourself but you never trust is the athletic director despite what he's done for other coaching hires.
The decision has been made now just ironing out the details of the deal. Contracts and lawyers take their time. I just can’t see it being anyone but Rich for my own personal reasons. Might be waiting for travel plans to get him in town before announcement,, hard to tell 😂
I like you am in the rich Rodriguez camp. But I will support and move into whatever camp of the head coaching decision is. I’m just excited for something new and I’m ready for another guy to give it a go for our beloved Mountaineers.
Welcome home RR been waiting for 18yrs for this spot the damn ball let's get the defense back on track an can't wait for u to get in there ass old school coach with modern ideas let's go meets an welcome home baby
In wren we trust. do I hope we get RR absolutely. I even have a meme ready with rich standing at the podium saying daddy’s home 😂
Lol. Can’t wait to see that meme.
@ Or I can send you a private message on messenger. I don’t have ig or anything else
To call Dick Rod ' Daddy ' is just shameful
@ ya well. to not have a sense of humor is just being a Karen. You’re the kind of guy that probably has a white dudes for Kamala T shirt . So byeeeeeeeee.
@@Engineer1897yeah and to not have a sense of humor is just well. Hmm karenish. Take off your white dudes for Kamala Tshirt and try to relax. 😘
I don’t get the infatuation with RR….. he basically sucked at all power 4 & 5 jobs after leaving WVU. Yes he has had success at Jacksonville State, but Brown had success at Troy…. That’s a different level. This sounds like a political push versus what is in the best interest of WVU. Please no Jimbo either
And he hung WVU out to dry in his departure, why would we remarry a bad partner
There is a ton of pressure on this pick so I understand the time it takes will be whatever it takes.
Not really because BAKER not making the decision. Just the message boy!
I think your fans have this issue with it .... If you have a chance at a proven coach who won at WVU and Wren doesn't hire him just because Wren wants to hire his own man is a tad selfish on Wrens part in their opinion
Look at this point I don't care who they hire for the simple fact that we are missing out on the portal for one!, keep up the good work bud!.
Then you all will have to get over it just like the people that don't want him has to do if they hire him.
@@scottmcbride2237 if they hire him I'm not getting over it I'm not no longer a fan of WVU and will be laughing when WVU loses to pitt next year. I'm not backing a guy that betrayed us. It's a spit in the Fan's faces.
Just feel the college sports model has and continues to change and WvU has to start looking at the model set after the NFL .
Think getting a former NFL coach like Jon Gruden would help in so many ways .
We would win key recruiting battles ... Could you imagine Gruden in a recruits living room ?
Splash hire in my eyes
But I Believe in Wren !
I don't know how good Gruden is at actually picking players though that's the problem and then he might have to manage the nil stuff
I honestly do not look at the past to determine if RR should be the next WVU coach, and money should not be the major determining factor as to which coach we choose. I am not sure if his offense would work as well today in the Big 12 as it once did when he was coaching WVU. I am also not thrilled if he is the best candidate available but that does not mean he is the right one. I would have preferred the coach from Penn State and we could have waited for him. I will support the team no matter who they hire but I believe he would have a shorter leash than most because of his head coaching experience and what would be expected in immediate win totals if he returns.
Those are fair points.
I look at the morale values that rich rod doesn’t have and you want someone who has none. You had better think about it before they hire him again
Just in from ESPN. WVU is targeting Rich Rodriguez as the schools next head coach.
Awesome.
Rich rod was the best hire ! We are getting tons of money for the country roads fund and we are on national tv thanks to pay mcafeee who rich rod coaches now is on espn along with pac man who even wrestled at one time like p Mac .
I got another secret for yall , the word on the street is Chris Henry son is debating on coming to WVU now that rich rod is back . He is only the best reciever in the country . That’s the talk and he still has time to transfer
He’s in the 2026 class. So if they can flip him from OSU, it would be awesome!
@ I was just looking at the 2026 season and it reminded me of when rich rod came to WVU the first time . Our 2nd season under him we went and played a tough Wisconsin team on the road and some of the best Maryland teams including that 02 team that made the sugar bowl vs Florida . And it made us a better team and made us grow from the experience . Well next year we have a normal non conference schedule like his first year where we played 2 mac schools for 2 of our only 3 wins his first year . We go at Ohio , play Pitt at home and a 1aa school . Hopefully we can work some kinks out and gel with the transfer portal .
Ok well in 2026 we open up with Alabama who will be like a Wisconsin we played that 2nd year and we also play in Charlotte vs uva which I’m thinking about getting tickets already to . That will be about like a Maryland game or so . Hopefully we can beat them . We also played a great cincy team that had a qb named Gino gadaully that we hung on to beat that year . Then after that as we all remember we only lost to Miami and went 9-3 . We won back to back games at Pitt and vt on the road to end the season . Some of the best WVU football of my life . we were nothing special but had a good hard running offense with our best rb of all time at WVU in yards Avon cobourne .
Things start getting eerily similar when you look at them
Like you, given the coaching pool this cycle (which is severely underwhelming) I’m firmly in the RR camp. I was open to a host of candidates but now that it’s down to JM and AB…I don’t even see this as a close call. JM will bring a boring (NB esque type of offense, AB will bring who knows what because he has almost zero HC experience). WB is likely getting pressure but he shouldn’t be because of the disparity in candidates…this should be a no brainer. If WB hires JM or AB, I see this as being more spiteful than anything. Nothing he’s done so far as AD shows that he’d do that but what other conclusion can you come to. RR IS the best candidate left.
If wren passes rod and gets another brown and he s a dud it’s wrens job the Wolfpack will come
QB Miss State's Michael VAN Buren entering the tranfer portal- Perfect fit for RR. Baker needs to get the cob out and make a decision. There's no way to satisfy the fan base. Either way There's gonna be contraversy at 1st...Just win ! Fans will get over it
Fair point.
I still to this day believe Rich threw that game because of the Michigan job
I don’t believe that at all. Let’s throw a shot at playing in a National Championship that would only up his resume and build a better argument to have more good teams want him.
That’s just silly. Pat white got hurt, Pat McAfee missed two chip shots and the rest of the team didn’t play well I highly doubt he had any control over those three things.
Where's the announcement this is getting pretty strange
Rich Rod is hope , he was the leader in the greatest years in WV history. If they go the route of saving money no name coach
Average will be the future in a time of uncertainty in cfb not a time to be average We need to be contender not a pretender.
Over 50% of the fan base hates dickrod. It would be a massive error in judgement to bring that bum back to WVU.
If he started winning big games they would forget about the past
Some would forget, some won’t.
Thank you. Absolute disaster to even interview
Well look at all the small minded people that rich rod hurt their little feelings and they still can't handle it 17 years later lmfao
@davidframe1613 how dare him take a better job and hurt your little feelings
Money talls BS walks. Reality of coaching in the portal era is you have to get that donor money to succeed. If the ran base is split but the money is behind Rich Rod you need to go that way. The fan base will come around if we win. Bottom line you need NIL money to do that.
Say this show right here is exactly why I told you guys to hold your horses. Complete and utter inpatients by some of you all I've been saying from the get-go how many candidates Ren Baker can have on his list it's at least going to be 2 weeks. You got to think every one of these coaches is at another Squad right now very few of them are there seasons over so even if you could do some initial ones over Zoom you might not be able to do more than two a day and then in the second cut if you're flying out to meet people then you've got time eating up Justin travel time play folks we've said from the get-go Ben Baker is a process guy he has a process he's going to stick to his process does it mean it's not rich Rodriguez no I think anybody who didn't make the First Cut Is property already looking for something else. Many of these coaches are either involved in teams with bowl games or they're involved with teams in the college football playoffs. If we want to be a Class Act we will wait on those coaches to complete their obligation. We don't want to be like some other universities have been in the past and try to poach a coach while he is still needed by the other school for this season. So anybody who knows this is going to know if it's a coach of the college football playoff we're talking in January before he even gets to do much here. I'm sorry that nobody likes that but y'all didn't want to fire Neil Brown at the Midway point at the bye week like I had been saying you should do so because we wouldn't pull that trigger early we now have to live through this process and if you can't handle it you don't need to be on Twitter every day I promise when we have an announcement somebody will tell you the news and then you can come back and watch the analysis here
Wren hired the soccer coach too I believe.
And women’s volleyball
Brian Hartline please. I can’t accept RR back in Morgantown. He left us behind, it doesn’t matter about the reasons why he left. Eventually he would have got what he wanted,
“You never leave your wing man.” “It’s about Mountaineer Pride”. He crapped on us and now you guys want to make him the highest paid employee in the state, it physically disgusts me.
If it’s not then wren didn’t hire the guy with the best resume 😢
So I’m not thrilled about RR. The way he left and the off the field stuff is still leaving that bad taste in my mouth. But life goes on and what’s meant to be will be.
Personally, I think this came down to what the pool of candidates dwindled down to and money. I think Wren had his list and the people on the top of that list didn’t work out. And if what everyone is saying is true, RR contract is probably going to end up at about $2.5 mil a year. Compare that to the $4 mil Brown was making and you save a lot of money. Probably will help pay off his buyout in the instance that the rumor of someone with lots of money volunteered to pay it isn’t true… lol
I was on the side of something new and fresh but maybe that wasn’t out there to get right now. This is a business decision and I sure hope Wren made the right one.
Regardless, let’s go Mountaineers!
Great comment. Thanks.
Couz's...if RR has multi bad years...what makes you think major players won't want him gone?
Some will, but some of his buddies who are donors may not.
Couz where were those donors in 2007 why didn't they give money to keep Rich Rod and let him leave for Michigan????????????????????????
What if he waits until after the CFP to hire a coach????
@@internationalhunter2839 what if they never hire one and WVU has become so irrelevant it doesn't even matter. 😁
I don’t care who we hire as long as we win
Almost too late, Baker is taking way to f'in log.
Wren better sign someone fast before it's too late
If they don't hire him I'm gonna be pissed ngl. Rich rod knows he made a mistake when he left and has admitted as much. I believe he wants to cone back home for good now that he's older. He's proven already he can win here and find lots if talent in recruiting. Just do it, I don't want brisn hartline or anyone else really, it needs to be a wv guy and rich rod is better then jumbo imo, and saban ain't coming here. I'm crossing my fingers for rich rods return.
Why aren’t we going after Bobby Bowden?
Maybe because he’s dead. 🤷♂️
I would love it if they did not hire him
I’ll rally behind the program and coach - whoever Wren picks- I’m in the Rich Rod camp
What if its not? Ok then im a mountaineer to the bone and ill pull anyways
Is it Brian Hartline?
I would bet money it won’t be Rich Rodriguez.
@@WoodyAllenManiac I hope you're right if not after so many years of being a West Virginia fan I guess I no longer one, because I'm not supporting that traitor.
@ I agree with you.
Whomever it turns out to be , just get on with it already!!!! I know that its a big decision, but they're complicating things unnecessarily, in my view. Most of these guys have histories, we know what those histories are.....maybe their choices are dragging things out for more money? I'd like to see Saban as AD, Dick Rod ( if it has to be ) as HC and Schumann as DC , with the goal of grooming Schumann as the heir apparent HC in a couple of years......Saban is a stretch even as AD, I know he's 72, but old as the hills Dooley worked out well for Georgia as their AD after he left coaching. I don't care for Baker , tbh.
They could bevjustvworkimg outbtje contract
You think he did a good job with Neal brown I don’t and brown showed that he cost the athletic department a lot of money
If RR is hired, WVU lost a 45 year loyal fan, and ALL of my family!
I'd rather see Becht get the job though everything I'm hearing is Baker is being pressured by the 13 to 9 ESPN money talker an other large donors. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind if rich rod don't fix the defense and change the offense he will be completely booed out of town in 2 years..Who knows. We will just have to see how everything plays out.
He will likely hire a DC that runs the 3-3-5 stack.
we will be pissed!!! Bad!
Why are no other schools interested in Rich Rod ?
Word is that UNLV is interested.
@@CouzsCornerSports Oh Boy! Every coach's dream job. UNLV is a traditional football power. Hard to understand how Rod would choose WVU over the Rebels.
If it's not Rod it better be Hartline from Ohio State
Im a Rich Rod fan 💯 but
What a disappointment it will be if it's not Rich.
He’s average at best. If so great assuming many other schools would hire him too
They will next year if he doesn't come home. He will be great at Jax st again and get it. He is definitely an above average coach, no one wins consistently like that at wvu ever not even nehlen really did it except 2 years of major. The 93 team did over achieve but it was one year and they never won bowl games under nehlen even tho I still live him too.
Brian Hartline
ComOn!!
IS WREN IN HOUSTON TODAY?!?!?!
I want monken
They are working out the contract and waiting for the Pat Mcafee show to announce it… my guess
They had better never hire fraudriguez
If it’s not RR……i will be devastated and probably wont go to games next year. I just think hes the best financial and motivational move.
IMO we would be settling if we hire RR. There is a reason he is at Jax St. if the big donors are behind him then I guess. Just not a great option.
@@NUFCinWV exactly no other team is even looking at him.
I sure.
Hope they hire another no name, coach.Or offensive coordinator So they don't hurt anyone's little feelings over rich rod.Then I hope that coach fails and bankrupts wvu and they have to shut the football program down😂
Better be him
Something doesn't feel right. This is dragging out too long.
I agree. I can’t help but to remember RR family and children receiving death threats when he left.
If it’s not Rich Rod then his supporters and donors with the most money will be SEVERELY dissatisfied and disappointed!
Oh well.
I will not give money if it's not rr 💯
Wvu won’t care.
@@stevenmorgan3849 well I'm not giving any money unless it's Jimbo Fisher so I guess one of us is not giving money WVU will have to make it up somewhere else.
West Virginia will hire Rich Rodriguez.
If the major donors want RR and Wren hires someone else and that someone doesn't work out..... then it is going to be tough for Wren to keep his job. His safest pick is RR.
If it's not Rich Rod then a no name assistant with no head coaching experience might be a downer
Agreed.
I have to put trust in Wren. He went and got Devries, when he wasnt initially looked at. Now, Tucker not playing will definitely hurt the win loss this year. I ha e to just trust Wren. He will take his own responsibility
Man making excuses already for the BAKER hire? SAD!
I don’t agree with you. Took wren a full season to terminate Neal. Should’ve fired 2 seasons back. Good hires in other college sports doesn’t equal football. Football makes the most money. At the end of the day you hire another offensive cord, or a group of 5 coach that’s hasn’t proven nothing other than win at a lower level deserves that criticism. Sorry but if Wren makes a bad choice and they lose immediately, he doesn’t deserve his spot at wvu. Rich rod is the best candidate, hire him already