Mountaineer Live Chat: The Garrett Greene Debate, State of WVU Basketball After Year of Chaos

In the midst of a slower news day (outside recruiting), Mike Asti decided to conduct a Mountaineer live chat for WVU fans. Asti offered his thoughts on the debate if Garrett Greene is being overlooked or is overrated and also talked the state of the WVU basketball program now one year after the first domino of drama in the end of Bob Huggins' tenure dropped. He even briefly touched on West Virginia baseball.

[@WVU_Mountaineer_Mafia]

Great stuff Mike

[@kevinmace]

Best WVU content creator on KZbin.

[@brianmiller1977]

You cant deny WVU's schedule is one of the more tougher schedules out of all the BIG12, I would even say a top 12-15 SoS in P4. We play every top projected BIG12 team except Utah. The ONLY positive is we get 3 of the stretch of 5 at home. Because our schedule is brutal, we could very well be much better than last year, but still end the season with 9 wins. I dont see why or how you dont think our conference schedule is tough, literally every BIG12 podcasts Im seeing is talking about it or has at some point. I dont think thats a homer perspective, I mean, compare it against Utah's conference schedule. Even with a brutal conference schedule, WVU has the talent, skillsets, & experience to play in Dallas. It will depend on: 1. Remaining Healthy on both sides of the ball 2. Remaining Healthy on both sides of the ball 3. Remaining Healthy on both sides of the ball 4. Improved Passing game efficiency+consistency+accuracy for a more balanced attack. As we will absolutely be in a few shootouts this year and we'll need to be able to put more points on the board in a few of them in order to win. Esp @ Arizona & @ OkieSt. I know they usually say a good Defense will travel well, and thats what good defensive teams like to rely on the road, but something tells me those two games will require another 10-14 points above this upcoming year's average to win. 5. Our defense plays a >= how they did during & before the TCU game of last year. How will these new DBs pan out, How will our younger, but very talented LB core perform. 6. Our Running game is even more dominant again with an actual fully healthy CJ & an improved J White, an experienced OL, GG, & fantastic team speed, which can maintain superior ToP in most of the games we can win in the typical Neal Brown conservative manner. Maintaining superior ToP will take pressure off our defense, reduce their reps, and play a role in slowing the game down, which could very well help us remain healthy during these tough stretches in our schedule. 7. We get a few lucky bounces go our way..... ie no hail mary losses. 8. Remaining Healthy on both sides of the ball

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Love it

[@gregsonger7221]

I believe GG can get over 60 percent comp rate. The passes he missed were short dumps and mid level crossing routes. Fixable.