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Pay him $3 million or whatever is the fair market for him, STFU and let the guy coach us out of this irrelevant purgatory. It’s easy, just do it.

Maybe @Vernon @Keenan Cummings or even @rochester24 could weigh in, but I wonder how well his coaching style would work now with NIL and the portal. I know he's doing well at JSU and it's always seemed that he does his best with guys who have a chip on their shoulder. Tough, hard-working, under-recruited kids who have a point to prove. One of Rod's biggest strengths is his ability to identify and develop talent, but will kids today stick around long enough to see that process through? Or will they hit the portal when they feel their coaches are dogging them too hard? Will we have enough NIL funding to hang onto them once they've developed?

Shortly after Neal was hired, his right-hand man, Coleman Barnes, and Dale Wolfley came down to Charlotte. Wolfley invited me to dinner with him and Coleman to help raise money for the new staff. I appreciated the invitation and was excited to meet the new staff.

During the dinner, Coleman introduced himself as “Neal’s best friend” and then said something I’ll never forget: “Enjoy Neal while you can, because he’ll be coaching in the SEC soon.” That comment completely rubbed me the wrong way. The dinner was supposed to be about supporting the new staff, yet here he was, talking about Neal leaving just two months into the job.

The truth is, Neal and his crew have always acted like they’re above WVU. Even after six years of getting his shit pushed in Neal consistently blames West Virginia and WVU for his failures on the field.

This program doesn’t need someone like that. We need a coach who feels privileged to represent and lead WVU—a coach who’s proud to be here. Adios Neal and Fat Coleman time to head back to the Mecca of college football- Kentucky.

Game kicks off at noon Saturday and will be televised by FS1.

Even after Rodriguez did what he did some of y’all still want him back and I don’t know what about him is so desirable. Since 2001 he’s had two 11 wins seasons and two 10 win seasons and three of those came when he was at West Virginia with Pat White who pretty much single-handedly won a lot of games for him, after that, he’s had two 9 win seasons that’s it. He’s been very mediocre and not done well anywhere he’s a seven or eight a year coach. The people who are talking about moving into the future and the game passing people by are wanting to bring in a coach that was here 20 years ago and was good when he had a certain player or players and hasn’t done much sense. Just don’t understand it.

Maybe we should think before we post? It's an awful way to end for any coach. Neal Brown did his best for WVU and it CLEARLY wasn't good enough. The buyout simply isn't his fault at ALL (any one of us would have happily taken it.) So maybe we should act like we have some decency/sense and stop with the new threads started just to gloat or trash a guy on his worst day. It's never a good look to kick a man while he's WAY down. It's time to show some class, look forward to better days and move on.

Good luck with this thread, right?

We're so irrelevant after 6 years of Neal Brown that the drama associated with the potential coaching change is completely local to WVU fans. We have absolutely no relevance nationally as a result of where Neal Brown has put us.

Since taking over as head coach at WVU, Neal Brown has pocketed approximately $21 million in salary and bonuses—not even counting his potential buyout. This stands as one of the biggest misuses of state funds since the days when Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Mellon exploited West Virginia's timber and natural resources.

I think he should be considered. Maybe it’s time we look @ defense first. Great recruiter, loyal to WV & we can rebuild offensive side with right coaches. He has certainly coached @ a high level & is highly respected.

Syracuse beats Miami. Criami loses.

–I'm going to keep it short and sweet. This was simply an unacceptable effort all around from West Virginia. The Mountaineers were down 35-3 at half and were utterly embarrassed in all phases of the game. Nothing about this was positive and in a game where you needed to show you care, the Mountaineers didn’t answer the call. I’m not sure what happens next, but this game was completely unacceptable and had the same feeling to it that the Mountaineers played with in the 2018 bowl game against Miami. Just lifeless. And it was basically everything. Even when it was 13-3 it seemed like this game was over and West Virginia just didn’t seem to hop on the plane to Lubbock this week.

–West Virginia was outscored 29-0 in the second quarter after a 6-3 game at the end of the first. Yikes.

–The plan on offense just wasn’t it. West Virginia was trying to force the run when it wasn’t there and kept dialing up short throws at the line of scrimmage which went nowhere. The Mountaineers had 125 yards at halftime and averaged 3.7 yards per play in the first half against a defense that has struggled all season. We all expected the defense to struggle in this matchup, but the offense didn’t show up. I’m fine with the Rodney Gallagher jet sweep every now and then, but why is that a weekly staple? The Mountaineers couldn’t push the ball down the field against statistically one of the worst pass defenses in the country and struggled to protect with four tackles and a pair of turnovers. Yes, the offense scored in the second half but this game was well over by the time that occurred.

–Sophomore running back Jahiem White did run hard in this game and had about the only offensive highlights for West Virginia in this entire game. He finished with 124 yards and a touchdown and several times displayed some impressive contact balance. He also had 5 catches for 24 yards.

--Wasn't the best game for senior quarterback Garrett Greene although the final numbers look better. Greene was 29-389 for 265 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions but the Mountaineers really struggled to push the ball down the field. Greene along with the rest of the offense just really struggled.

–Texas Tech had six possessions in the first half and scored on each of them. For the game they scored on 9 of 10 drives. The Red Raiders started with two field goals, but then cashed in on four touchdowns to close the first half. West Virginia was simply outmatched on the defensive side of the ball and really outside those stops in the red zone didn’t have any sort of answer for what the Red Raiders were doing. At halftime, Texas Tech had 339 yards and 35 points, while averaging 8.3 yards per play with 18 first downs. The Mountaineers did get the Red Raiders offense to third down six times, but outside those two stops in the red zone they were 4-4 and really never had much resistance as Texas Tech basically did whatever, whenever they wanted. The Red Raiders hung 52 points on the defense and finished with 568 yards and 31 first downs.

–Credit to Michael Hayes for booting that 52-yard field goal in the wind. That was literally the highlight of the first half for the Mountaineers. But, special teams allowed a 20-yard punt return, the longest of the year and overall it just wasn’t the strongest effort there.

–West Virginia is going to a bowl game but as of typing this didn’t beat a team with a winning record all season. And lost five of the six games against teams with a winning record by double digits. This is a proud fan base with a lot of history on their side. You’re going to have a tough time trying to sell this 6-6 season to anybody after what the coaching staff said all off-season about taking the next step and looking like a contending team. This team didn’t contend this year and it’s simply that. While they were technically in the Big 12 race until yesterday, that was essentially in name alone. The Mountaineers don’t have any quality wins this year any way you slice it and that’s been a problem for this staff. Yes, there will be a bowl game and the Mountaineers would like to win it to move to 7-6 on the year but for the most part this season has simply been a forgettable one. The next few days should be interesting but what unfolded today is clearly not acceptable in any form or fashion.

So if Neal wins today does it make it way more likely a G5 team reaches out to hire him? And we have a mutual departure somewhat.

Is there a text alert option for breaking news so i don't need to hit refresh every 20 minutes?