[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

OK, y'all won't like this, but I think that DW is not a bad coach. In fact, I think he is a very good coach. Tulane had a 12-0 season because of Rodriguez, and the joke that is Bowden's boy rode the richrod offense to the Clemson job. Turning the Mountaineers into the success they have become was a good job. So I do not dismiss him the way y'all do. I question his character, but then, many of the most successful college coaches have been character-lite. The one thing that they do have in common is winning. If he wins, the rest will take care of itself. Say what you want, if Tress should lose four or five in a row to dickrod starting in a few years, Tress could be kicked to the curb, no matter what you say now.

Winning is a cure for many ills. Losing is a condition that creates amnesia regarding past victories, and it tends to diminish the value of honor and truthfulness in a football coach. Every program says that this cannot be true. As I'm in my 50s, I've seen it myself now enough times to know that the bottom line trumps all, and the bottom line is winning. Bobby Bowden was hung in effigy by his own program's fans at a coaching stop before FSU. Same coach....but he lost.

Anyway, I'd worry less about the guy's character and more about the quality of his staff and recruiting efforts over time.

hmm... i wonder if anyone senses the irony of the Bobby Bowden reference considering the fact that he was the head coach at WVU prior to Free Shoes... for the record, BB went 31-6 in his first stint as HC at Howard, and went 42-26 in his time as the head coach of WVU... but anyway,,, carry on.