BREAKING: Neal Brown FIRED by West Virginia, Jimbo Fisher, Rich Rodriguez Football Coach Candidates

[@zacharynaegele5263]

Man I honestly thought he was gonna argue that it wasn't the right move haha. Glad to see he agrees with literally everybody.

[@michaelbarton7049]

We’ve all seen the hires Wren has made so far. Full confidence in and excitement for whoever he decides to put in place here. I’ll hold my tongue on the last guy…

[@brandoncarden]

This was the right move! Such an embarrassing loss yesterday, I believe more people should be fired

[@tombegley9271]

I really appreciate your take!!! Thank you!!! Keep posting and I'll keep watching!

[@LockedOnBig12]

Appreciate the love!

[@iammthatruth2180]

Thank god someone finally goes out and says the truth. As a WVU fan this last six years has been maddening

[@jebroiroij2176]

He’s got a point about hiring a local legend, people loved that BYU hired Ty Detmer as an OC until he was the worst OC BYU has ever had, but we still love Ty Detmer. He’s our Heisman winner and only coached for a season, how could we hate him!

[@Hillbilly-mgjwv]

Should’ve never been extended.

[@gregday9943]

The second extension was smart

[@RedBone-q2v]

​@@gregday9943Yes! Financially speaking, it wasn't a terrible idea.

[@gregday9943]

@@RedBone-q2v it at least let them stretch his buyout out so it didnt have to all come the day his contract ended

[@charliehenderson38]

Drake you are exactly right on, there is so much pride at West Virginia football, it’s all are state has and mountaineer fans are so passionate about winning in this state and when they loose a game you know they still hung in there and competed, that mountaineer football!!!

[@TheYates27]

Too soon ? Maybe 2 years too late

[@ashleyh.2523]

Why do I love these "emergency" meetings so much? Gotta say I've never given Neal Brown a second thought, but Drake says it's an emergency and here I am. 😂 🍿

[@LockedOnBig12]

At least I parked the car… couldn’t jump on it quick enough!

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

The only thing keeping me on Twitter is the entertainment from my fellow WVU fans. It should be in high gear till a coach is named.

[@adammanter7783]

As a WVU fan I agree with everything you just said! Great stuff Drake!

[@redhed9776]

it's all about the $$. WVU AD dept is in the red millions as it is.

[@LockedOnBig12]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelwall3393]

@@LockedOnBig12I disagree just a tad with whom you are suggesting and others are suggesting. I would avoid Nick, Jimbo, Rich (former WVU HC) and others like them and focus on someone like Doc Holliday or Byron Leftwich or some other individual that has not coached at the A4 level but has extensive coaching experience and success and strong Appalachian and Atlantic Coast connections and background.

[@willbygosh4887]

I bet Neal Brown will go to UMass,a much better fit.He's capable of bringing them to new heights which is pretty low right now.

[@lanceowens962]

Tech fan here ! You can have Kittley !! Hire him. Please 🙏!

[@nohandlehere55]

Saw that the buyout was almost $10M. It it just me or are these buyouts crazy? Seems everyone is firing coaches after only a couple of years, how can schools (unless you have SMU or Stanford money) afford this?

[@arturobalderas6106]

Idk if Rich rod is the guy for WVU… yes he won BCS games and was probably the most successful coach WVU had, but that was in the 2000s when very few teams were running spread and high tempo offenses. Now everyone runs that kind of offense. Jimbo Fischer is a west Virginia native, I think, correct me if I’m wrong… but if he couldn’t get it done at TAMU and their deep pockets, how can he get it done at WVU??? Not to mention the kind of athletes that WVU was famous for recruiting back in the day would have left in a heartbeat if programs like Texas, Michigan, Bama, or Miami were offering NIL deals that would put your family in the generational wealth category. Idk if WVU can do that. Whoever they get is going to have to be charismatic and competent to win games and conference championships, and also be so convincing to recruits to want to stay at WVU despite how big a bag other programs would pay to have their (players) services.

[@michaelwall3393]

I have long suggested that WVU try to hire Doc Holliday or Byron Leftwich as their coach or Eddie George or Keeler from Sam Houston State.

[@jamesbeale1]

You are 100% right. I want to vomit in my mouth when people mention jimbo fisher. We need a coach who is a strong charismatic and proven winner.

[@c10674]

got to agree with you, this should have been done sooner. lets see how they replace him

[@danasaunders787]

People realize that he doesn't get the $9+ million up front, right? It's paid out over several years.

[@Greenface35]

WVU had never beat a team that finished ranked under Neal Brown. We are one of three power conference teams that haven’t been ranked in the past six seasons. The defense has been awful besides Brown’s first two seasons when he had a different defensive coordinator. I wish nothing but the best for Neal, his family, and any staff and players that leave but today I am a hopeful Mountaineer again.

[@Iamthehethetheyandthehim]

Great example of lazy journalism right here.

[@nordiczebo5336]

When WVU was playing LSU they were not a mid major lol. But yes Neal was long overdue never should have extended him.

[@LockedOnBig12]

Big East? Definitely not power conference at the time.

[@michaelwall3393]

@@LockedOnBig12no you are incorrect. It was a BCS/Power Conference and to educate you a bit the last two years of BCS the AAC unlike the PAC did not lose their Autonomy/Power status until 2014 and start of the NY6/CFP4. Just FYI.

[@nordiczebo5336]

@ they had an autobid to the BCS lol. At the time WVU beat the Big 12 (Oklahoma) and SEC champs (Georgia) in major bowl games. At the time power conferences were recognized by having a BCS autobid.

[@Joe-sm9qj]

Definitely the right move. No hard feelings to Neal. I wish him the best, but you gotta win plain and simple.

[@mindovomatter5181]

This guy is dedicated.

[@jimmyharris6029]

We trust wren. The DeVries hire seems like a home run. LETSGO

[@rollme1kenobi768]

Wren Baker is that dude 100%! The sleeping beast just got a slap on the ass! Let's go mountaineers!

[@StanleyMetzJr]

They really didn't want to fire him per certain sources. So they waited to see how the season ended. Had he won at TT he might have been retained another season. But since he lost WVU needed to can him asap so they can hire asap, so that the new coach can start the rebuild & not be even more behind the 8ball. New staff, player transfers & ect ect

[@michaelshaw5015]

Your mistaken in referring to RR as a legend. He's nowhere near the level of Saban.

[@GDoggy-em2xc]

Yeah, go with Rich Rodriguez. Wasn’t he the coach back in the days where you were national championship contenders? When you had Pat White and Steve Slaton.

[@jet0136]

Wren made right call with Basketball…………mens and womens

[@ChristopherRiel-d7c]

So they are paying him 10 million not 🚫 to coach our team. Redirections

[@eagletkc]

Please cover Mike Gundy at OSU!! How do we justify keeping him as head coach? He clearly is a good coach in the NCAA. But how do you explain this season of 2024?!

[@UnmanWeston]

Gundy hasn't pivoted. Yet.

[@joblaaa]

Wanna push back a little about your stereotype of a “WV guy” head coach. We’ve never really had a guy like that - if anything WVU is known for exciting and innovative offensive football (Rich Rod/ Stew/Holgorsen). Neal is from Appalachia so he knows the region and recruited pretty well here. Unfortunately he lived and died by an unexciting brand of football and loyalty to certain players and staff who were way out of their element.

[@LockedOnBig12]

Valid, very valid.

[@curtisd316]

Jimbo Fisher is the best choice

[@itsnotokgolf]

Nick Saban is coming in to HC for 2 years with a hotshot up n coming young OC/DC to develop as the next HC

[@samuelestepp725]

Brown gone good whoever gave him that extension should get fired.

[@tball84]

As a WVU fan I don't care what you say. I still believe it's the administration is the problem the college as a whole and if we ever pick Rich rod I'm done being a mountaineer fan I don't care if they're winning I don't have better things to do on my Saturdays. But whatever let him make a decision and Mr toll you don't know what West Virginia is about

[@chriscline2652]

Yes it was Time to move on!!!!

[@davidwilliams4498]

I can assure anyone won't matter who we hire as the new head coach if he dont fix defense it was bad under Holgerson as well he thought he could outscore everyone... That 49 points an then 2 weeks later ,52 points got brown fired an why Fire Leslie an then run the same Joke 3 man D line zone that has kept wv out of a major bowl in 13 years. Defense is the biggest problem with WV football an if it dont get changed won't matter who we hire if he dont see how bad it is an change the defense

[@jebbthetrainkid1281]

It's Jimbo or I'm done with WVU Football. We don't need Rich Rodriguez. We don't need a UNLV Head Coach that plays in a Weak Conference. It will be another Neal Brown Thing. Jimbo is a Mountaineer. He knows how to Win and Recruit. Lots of kids will want to play for him because he's a Proven Winner.

[@vancejones7698]

Not fired soon enough. Shouldve been gone 2 years ago

[@bigdant1291]

As a WVU alumni and former player, and a WV native I agree we need that bold move, but what we do NOT need is Rich Rod and HELL NO to Jimbo. We need winners not those guys.

[@jebbthetrainkid1281]

I thought Jimbo was a Winner. We let him go then it's a huge MISTAKE. He's done more than anyone who has ever Coached at WVU. Who do you want? The UNLV Coach? We might as well Resign Neal Brown if that's you're choice. Jimbo is West Virginia.

[@michaelwall3393]

@@jebbthetrainkid1281Doc Holliday is the right hire if available and still wanting to coach in college.

[@tutnod2449]

Glenn Schumann is WVU's next head coach.

[@JoKeer80]

I will surely be upset if they bring in RR, he left us and can go to h***. I will surely be upset if they bring in Jimbo and it doesn’t work because he proved he has done less with more and we need someone who can do more with less. I will surely be upset if they bring in anyone that doesn’t work because the fact is, NB was tied for 2nd in B12 wins the last 2 seasons and was about to bring in 2 fantastic recruiting classes, all while being 13th in NIL and 11th in pay. Now I support the move if Ren already has his guy lined up because the fan base was too toxic to go on and as I did like the man, NB had some serious flaws in his philosophies.

[@tball84]

West Virginia's problem is the same thing that's going on right now which is outside opinions coming in and they care about that more than they do their own actual program I mean Face it. I mean you didn't like holgorsen because you gave him too much crap for off-field antics I mean and then WVU and richrod have a love-hate relationship that I don't want to see back and everybody at WVU or even the fans have a problem with living back in the days of the 80s or we were actually really good team but guess what tough we do need to change it has to start with the school not the coaches

[@paulabrams5987]

Punctuation is a good thing.

[@justinriggs2127]

Next coach Andy Kotelnicki

[@curtisd316]

He might be getting an interview, but I don't see him getting hired too big of a risk on an experiment with no Head Coaching experience

[@justinriggs2127]

@@curtisd316 I hate to tell you, but they're not going to hire somebody that was already a head coach. They're going to hire somebody that is a coordinator at a P4 school. Very well might not be Andy, It definitely won't be Fraud riguez or Jimbo. 🤷

[@magicray5088]

Jake Spavital is our man , if he can't do it ... nody can!!! well Nick Saban is and always our first choice... Jimbo next on the list... We need someone that can spot talent and can put the right people in place to make plays... Stop chasing the rainbow on defense and defend your lane / spot and fight through blocks.

[@MelaneeMorgan]

WV rank(P-U!!!)

[@RedBone-q2v]

He is more of a pickle ball kinda guy.

[@kirk1470]

Bullshit Drake your one to talk. 9/10 times your title to your videos are misleading as hell. Take a look in the mirror