The 2009 Depth Chart has been finalized so we decided to make it a little easier to read and look at.

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Coach Stew and crew announced the official recruiting class today. According to Scout.com WVU is ranked #23 overall in recruiting followed closely in the Big East by South Florida at#25 and PITT at #28.

MSNSportsnet has a great breakdown of everyone that signed. Below you’ll find a listing of all the new kids via Scout.com.

…for a couple of great wins this weekend. Yes, it hurts to say that since you beat my ‘eers but unlike a lot of teams fans in the NCAA, Mountaineers have Pride.. win or lose. Now it’s time to make sure we handle USF (by the way that game has a 8pm kickoff!… nice)

That being said, I think that the Mountaineer Football program has some serious issues it needs to work out on the sideline and in the booth. Coach Stewart needs to realize he’s just not head coach material and step down. AD Pastilong needs to retire immediatly (and forget is last year) and we need to go on another Head Coach hunt. We really need to look at Jeff Mullen and see if can handle play calling.

Maybe we have someone in the organization that is ready to take control of this team, but it needs to happen fast. 

Terry Bowden is still available… and I’m sure Rich Rodriguez wouldn’t mind hearing Country Roads again.

Richy Boy is making enemies way faster in Meechigan than he did in WV. Read this article.. it’s great. Rodriguez says some college football fans need to get a perspective on life.

You things are bad for a coach when they start saying shit like this…

“It’s amazing some of the things that people would say [on a message board] or yell at you of a personal nature. You almost want to tell them, ‘Get a life.’”

“There’s a whole lot bigger problems. Look at the economy.”

It’s finally over. Maybe now Syracuse can get back to it’s roots and work it’s way back to being a force in the Big East. Lord knows the Big East needs it to step things up in the next year or two. Maybe Fraudriguez will take the job after Michigan cans his ass.

Robinson will coach out the remainder for the season. Probably a bad idea but they aren’t going bowling so who cares I guess. Let the guy leave with some dignity. Read more about it on ESPN here.

SIDENOTE Opinion: I went out to CoachesHotSeat.com to check out what they were saying about this and found out it it is now a pay site. FUCKING LAME! Don’t waste your money folks. It was already riddled with adds and now you have to pay $20/month to read it… Maybe it’s time for a new Coaches Hot Seat site to emerge.???? 

This is such an easy win I didn’t want to waste too much time analyzing a home game against one of the “Bottom 10“… Syracuse. The Orange(men) are 2-20 in Big East games under Greg Robinson. We are going to destroy them and I can’t wait, we need the confidence going into the AU game. Am I being cocky? YES! But  Coach Stew can’t even fuck this one up!

Robinson is #3 on the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings. See ya chump, and good riddance. Going to the ‘Cuse game back in the 90’s was one of the highlights of the season. I want those days back. The Big East needs ‘Cuse to be a better team, WVU needs ‘Cuse to be more competitive and ranked. Get rid of this sap and get back to Orange Football dammit!

Prediction:

WVU – 58
SYRACUSE – 10

Well I don’t think there can be any argument that we’ve really looked awful on the field on both ends of the ball so far this season. I had made up my mind after my last post that I was going to give it four games before I uttered a word about this years Mountaineer team, but after watching them I just cannot keep my mouth closed (or in this case fingers down). I’ve heard people complain that Coach Stew is showing his terrible characteristics as a head coach, we’re doomed to be like VMI, we’re on the path to national laughing stocks and the list goes on and on. WELL….I’m here to tell you before you write us off you might want to re-think things.

Yes we’re having a bad start at 1-2, considering that two games is all we lost in the span of a year and a half. There are a few HUGE things you all need to think about and really consider.

First, we have an ALL NEW coaching staff with only two positions that weren’t left and are held by true Mountaineers in Coach Kerlav and Coach Casteel. That means, as you know, a new system and new plays and new ideas for the Mountaineers. We have veterans out there right now trying to play the old system in a new age of Mountaineer football. That transition is tough for players that are set in the ways they were taught and brought into.

Secondly, due to that fact there is a HUGE amount of focus lost with this transition, we are also playing with little to no confidence. Take Pat White just for example. The man has never looked that bad on the field trying to run his offense in the passing game EVER, even when he took over the team back in 2005. He plays with a lot of skepticism and really not having the confidence that the Pat White we all know and came to love played. If I’m Coach Stew, I’m not pounding the plays in practice as much as I am you have got to take confidence in your God given abilities and go out there and attack at every position. The defense looked more perked Thursday night, but that lack of confidence and belief are still missing.

Our new coaching staff needs to take a lot of time (when it’s available) to nurture these young men and give them the confidence and trust they need back from them. The only way this will ever happen is when the coaching staff itself gels and starts to roll the cogs in this new engine of ideas and the fundamentals they need to set forth. I know it’s TONS harder to say it than it is to do it for our staff, but they have to realize their success is what they can get from these players on the field. There are no losers on our team or in the coaching department despite what the West Virginia faithful may think. We have absolutely got to focus on our players focus that’s PRIORITY.

Third, we have a lot of pressure on us to be what we have been the last three seasons and we’re feeling it way too quickly. Screw what the college football world thinks. We’re here to do what we have always done and that’s play football Mountaineer style. Look at Notre Dame and Michigan before Lloyd Carr’s departure. Two highly heralded programs that went to pot seemingly from no where. It’s the same for the pro’s. There are years for ALL teams in any sport to have downtime and never knowingly see it coming. We have a reason and it’s time we all realize it and put it in it’s proper perspective, and that is we are rebuilding from the inside out instead of the usual outside in.

We as fans and writers of WVU sports need to take down the already thrown up walls of fear and disgust. Sure, we all hate watching what we’re going through right now on the gridiron. We’ve always been the twelfth man on the field for our football team, and if we aren’t supporting them then they have no one. I can say and it’s unfortunate, we’re also seeing the true fans from the bandwagoners with all the things we hear everyday at work, or at home, or in our schools. It’s time to quit bitching and either be supportive or get out. You think what you do with your opinions and remarks is something extreme or something that makes you intelligent? Lace up our entire football teams shoes.

Enough said.

EARLY MORNING IRRATIONAL GUT CALL: HEADS MUST ROLL!

WVU just went from a top tier team, a place we’ve been for years now, back to a mid-minor team. We used to expect to win and in just 2 lousy games, we’re back in the 90’s where winning isn’t the norm it’s the exception. What a pity.

Bill Stewart must do what is best for the team, the school, the state, the fans and himself and step down as head coach of the Mountaineers. He promised he would in his “acceptance” speech 9 months ago.

Your thoughts…

Editor Note: We would like to welcome guest contributor Jeremy Rice from LetsGoMountaineers.net. He, like all of us, have a lot of questions about what happened in the ECU game meltdown. If anyone out there has other questions and commentary about the state of WVU football please send me an email at mountaineerbob@gmail.com. Thanks.

After watching the game against East Carolina I have to ask Coach Stew and Coach Mullins why Pat isn’t rolling out? I was waiting for Pat’s roll out run/pass option all day against the Pirates and it just wasn’t there. For some reason the staff looks to be trying to turn Pat into a pocket passer that draws up the middle. The problem is that this is the offense you run if you have an immobile QB. As we all know White’s ability as a roll out passer/runner is his bread and butter and is exactly why he’s a Heisman candidate. There isn’t a better roll out QB in all of college football. For the coaches to change that after 3 seasons is going to hurt the offense and make Pat uncomfortable and this was visible all day against East Carolina. From what we all heard in the offseason is that the offense was going to keep the spread and just pass a little more. Well against East Carolina that wasn’t what we saw. It was a completely different offense than what we’ve seen for 3 seasons. Why aren’t we 5-wide spreading out the defense and rolling out? This will open up the middle for Devine and this is exactly how the Mountaineers won the Fiesta Bowl.

Pat wasn’t the only Mountaineer player on offense that wasn’t comfortable. The entire offensive line is use to moving the pocket for a mobile Pat White. The big men up front aren’t use to dropping back into a straight up pass block all day. I fully understand trying to keep Pat healthy, but you have to dance with the girl you brought with you and that girl is Pat White’s legs. If the coaching staff will start moving the pocket again and get Pat moving outside and throw in some play-action and misdirection, then we’ll start seeing points on the board again. If not, unfortunately we are going to see a whole lot more predictable and stalled offensive drives.

I guess in short, I’m asking that we go back to playing Mountaineer football.

Jeremy Rice (M0j0)
LetsGoMountaineers.net

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA thank god he’s not wearing a WV hat in this clip. Does reminds me of the Pitt press conference last Dec? I wonder if he got an offer for the Head Coaching job at Marshall yet?