Coaching 101 (Rich Rod failed this class)
I kind of got the feeling when the whole coaching fiasco was going on last Dec. that the players didn’t really care that much that Dick Fraud was leaving. Well it’s all shaking out, finally. Rivals.com put out a story today about how the players are way happier with Coach Stew than they were with Coach Rod. Straight from the mouth of Pat McAfee:
Just as he has for the past three years, West Virginia kicker Pat McAfee showed up at Milan Puskar Stadium last week for a workout.
Only this time something was different.
McAfee and his teammates wanted to be there.
“We used to dread coming to the stadium,” McAfee said. “It’s amazing how well we did the past couple of years considering how many guys we had that hated football.
“There were all-stars on our team who absolutely hated coming to the stadium every day.”
McAfee smiled.
“Now,” he said, “everyone is genuinely happy to be here.”
Apparently the name Dick Fraud is very applicable:
The hire has been refreshing for the Mountaineers, who say they had grown tired of the screaming and vulgarity that defined Rodriguez’s practices. West Virginia was winning, but it wasn’t always fun.
“This is what all of us wanted,” sophomore cornerback Brandon Hogan said. “Coach Stew treats us like men. He shows us respect.
“You can go talk to him whenever you want. If you tried to go up and have a conversation with Coach Rod, it felt weird and uncomfortable.”
We all saw how Pat White rallied around Coach Stew and campaigned for him to get the job on national TV. Heres’ why…
“A few weeks before Coach Rodriguez left, Coach Stewart and one of the former assistants (who ended up leaving for Michigan) got into it practice,” White said. “He and the other coach were really going at it. The main thing I remember is that all of the players gathered around Coach Stew. We had his back and not the other coach.
“That said a lot about what this team thinks of him.”
And this is why I love this coach:
“West Virginians have a feeling and a love for one another that’s like no other,” Stewart said. “It’s kind of us against them, you know what I mean?
“People think we’re a bunch of hillbillies that live in shacks and trailers. Well, I very proudly spent the first five years of my life in a trailer. And someday when I retire, I’ll be back in a trailer. If I’m trailer trash, I’m trailer trash. If that’s what people think, it doesn’t bother me.”
I can honestly say, win or lose this season, it was worth it and he deserves this job. This is seriously an eye-opening article, you must read it. LETSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!
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Coach Stew is the man good to hear we made the right choice. Is it Saturday yet?
these players have got to fear and respect there coach this is the big time. stew could not coach little kids how to pick there nose he must go!!!!!!!!!
i feel that Coach Stew is NOT coaching this team, how it should be coached.. next year, maybe another story, but id give him next year, to see how things work out, if it goes south, like this year, id say, GET HIM OUT.. no way, we should be out of the top 10, with this team, he has inherited.. i think he should’ve stayed with what we knew this year, and then tried all this other play callin, for next year.. he REALLY screwed Pat out of the Heisman race.. i really feel sorry for Pat, for this.. Stew.. get your head out of your ass, and get this team motivated.. no one plays for a friend, they play for a COACH..
ive been saying the same thing 4 a while now except the fact that stewie is only a fucking speicial teams coach thats all he knows !!he did hire the dumbass mullen though, so he is still to blame for this disaster.ill say again any asshole out there that thinks things are coming around can shut the fuck up and realize we are over,finished,done in the future with the current regime.ALL THIS TALENT ON OFFESE AND WE GET THIS.casteel probably leaves next year for a head coaching job!! the D has exceded expectations we must all agree. Just for one last happy fucking thought. if patty whites head doesnt clear up we wont win another fucking game,seriously the easy games are over.
so boyd decommitted any bet on how long it will be before heastie does. we are on the edge on being the doormat of the big east.