Would We Take Him Back?

by JP Fanshawe on Nov 25, 2009 3:20 PM EST Comment 16 comments

I started drafting this before Michigan's game with Ohio State. I was of the mind then that a real ass-whipping at the hands of the Buckeyes might have ended The Product's tenure in Ann Arbor, but instead, the Wolverines put forth their best effort and, but for five Forcier turnovers and a defensive score by Ohio State, could have won the game. So apparently, Rod's job is safe, for one more year. But what if Les Miles has decided the water has gotten too warm at LSU? What if Jim Harbaugh has hinted to the right booster that he would like to return to his alma mater, and that booster has the clout to make it happen?

Let's say he gets the axe next week. And then let's pretend that his ridiculous agent contacts Eddie P. and asks for a sitdown. Let's pretend that said agent tells Eddie: "Rich has regretted this move ever since he made it. I know we angered a lot of people when we left. I know we broke a lot of hearts. But we both know that this is where Rich belongs, and now that he has seen the grass on the other side of the fence, he wants to come home. You know that your fan base doesn't like the current coach. And you know what Rich could have done with last year's team. I am not saying that it won't be hard, but I think everyone involved should swallow their pride and really take a look at the situation. WVU needs Rich. And Rich needs WVU. Let's erase the last two years of acrimony, bury the hatchet, and put things back the way they ought to be. This is, after all, Rich's alma mater. And one more thing...Rich wants me to tell you Eddie, that if you give him this job back, he is never, ever leaving. No more dalliances. He wanted me to tell you he wouldn't make the same mistake twice."

Would we take him back?

I'd like to know what all of you think, but especially those here that are the harshest critics of HCBS. I really don't know how I would feel about this hypothetical situation, which makes me feel...disloyal. What can I say? I admired the guy.

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I Hope You Are Kidding

Come on, you have to be joking. Do you not remember biting your fingernails waiting to see if he was going to Alabama the year before he left after he tells us he loves West Virginia and how he’ll be here as long as we’ll have him. What a crock of shit. When he left he had Calvin McGee start that racism crap with the Wvu administration that never took place. He called all the recruits ahead of time telling them he was leaving, but did not have the gall to tell our players. I know I’m forgetting stuff, so hell no, there is no way I would ever want him back. Besides, he’s going to get fired from Michigan. Why would we want someone that just got fired anyhow. Get a clue. Mountaineer fans that have any clue after Mountaineer football would not want him back. Honestly, I suspect you are a Marshall fan asking this question.

by Lipsander on Nov 25, 2009 5:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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Man, some people really jump to conclusions! I didn’t say I want him back. I said I “admired” the guy…past tense. But if it came up, which it won’t, I wouldn’t know what to think. I just think it is an interesting, and potentially enlightening, question given the vitriol some people feel toward the current staff. I think many of our fans would make a deal with the devil in order to feel about the program the way they felt when The Product was the coach. You are good at low blows, though. Marshall fan? Clearly you haven’t read anything else I have posted….I actually think you once agreed with me regarding the fact that I missed the D-1AA version of Marshall, and that they only became infuriating, repulsive, intolerable, etc. upon their move up.

Now is the time boys to make a big noise.
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here,
So hail West Virginia, hail.

by JP Fanshawe on Nov 25, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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first off lipsander it is a viable quesiton, and one worth talking about. secondly every single coach out there with the exception of joe pa and bowden have been fired at one point or another.

get a clue

" Lord Stanley, scratch thier names on your fabled cup" Mike Lange june 12, 2009

by oldtimehockey09 on Nov 25, 2009 7:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No, then yes, then no

Hell, I don’t know…

I hate Rod, and want him to lose every game, but…
I sure did like having him as a coach.

Here are my terms to take him back:
1. He maust fire his agent
2. He must work for Stewart’s salary for two years
3. He must agree to a 10 million dollar buyout
4. He must keep Doc hollliday as assistant head coach in charge of recruiting

by WVUSouth on Nov 26, 2009 7:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

he might find another pat white

pat white the onlyfbs or division 1-a college football qb that won four bowls.

yes i am obsessive, obnoxious, in your face and all about covering the spread. those are my good qualities.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 27, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

I’d bring him back, with no strings whatsoever. Then, at the first game, Rod runs onto the field and everyone’s booing and he’s like, WTF? After he’s stood on the field for a couple minutes, “Raining Blood” by Slayer comes on over the loudspeakers. Caridi yelps on MSN, “M-m-my God! That’s The Major’s music!” Rod starts looking around in a panic, but he doesn’t see The Major parachuting into the stadium while the crowd goes wild. The Major lands right behind Rod and hits him in the face with a folding chair. Rod is on the ground, bloody and crying, and The Major grabs him by his plugs and makes him look at the scoreboard screen, where a picture of the Cyrpt Keeper is flashing. The Major then growls, “Have fun waking up to that for the rest of your life.” The crowd is losing their minds at this point and Rod runs from the field sobbing. He runs into a room where the door shuts behind him and he gets doused in gasoline. The ceiling of the room opens up to the concourse at Mountaineer Field, next to the weight room. A nozzle opens up, dousing Rod in gasoline and setting him on fire. As a fund-raiser, fans can piss on Rod from above and put him out. This nets the University $0. The Major then leads the program to fourteen consecutive undefeated seasons with the “We’re just more talented than you” offensive system. When The Major retires and goes directly to the HoF, Pat White agrees to coach the Mountaineers, with a clause in his contract that he gets to take a dump on Rod’s grave once per year. I retire from my job, where I’ve been treating Megan Fox for her sex addiction, and The Major and I travel the country fighting crime and being best friends.

by The Double U on Nov 26, 2009 8:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

once a backstabber always a backstabber

"From time to time gunfighters get shot."-Mike Tomlin the third greatest Steelers coach

by WVPiratesfan on Nov 26, 2009 3:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

NOT ONLY NO, BUT HELL NO

B-B-B-Byrd Byrd Byrd, Byrd is the Wyrd!"

by willgarr15 on Nov 27, 2009 10:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

On a side note,

I can’t stand richrod, but you can’t hire him to rebuild your team into an entirely different kind of football team and then fire him after 2 years. It’s not enough time. They made the right decision to not back down to alumni pressure. That being said, I hope he never wins another game, EVER!

B-B-B-Byrd Byrd Byrd, Byrd is the Wyrd!"

by willgarr15 on Nov 27, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hard Question...

I like WVU South’s demands. I felt more “comfortable,” if you will, with Rich Rod as the coach. I’m not sure why…maybe it was because of his past records with the other teams where he coached or was part of the coaching program. What I think would happen upon his “hypothetical” return, is a mass exodous of fans for the season. We would probably play in your face football and score big every game and look like the teams of 3 or 4 years ago. Then you’d see the mass exodous reverse and slowly but surely everyone would return the following season with “In Rich we Trust” flags flying all over the parking lot again. Mountaineer fans are as fair weathered as water is wet and can NEVER be satisfied. If we won the NC I bet you someone would complain, gripe or bellyache about the game, the coach, the lighting on the field, the toliet paper in the stadium whatever…
When he was at WVU I loved the guy. When he annouced he was leaving I wanted him to burst into flames. When he loses at Michigan it is the best feeling and makes the sting of his slap in all our faces a little more bearable.

God Bless America
WVUD

by WVUD on Nov 28, 2009 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

STUPID Question

This will never happen and you know it. Why debate something that has a 0.0003% chance of happening?

Forget all the success we had while The Product was here. If you think about HOW he left, all the lies, shredding, reputation with the other coaches, etc. why would we ever want to trust someone like that ever again? Even if we wanted him back, he’d never come back….his ego is way too big. WAY too big.

by WVU-Atlanta on Nov 30, 2009 12:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

whats stupider?

the guy who asks a tough hypothetical, or the guy who refuses to answer the tough hypothetical because its “stupid”.

" Lord Stanley, scratch thier names on your fabled cup" Mike Lange june 12, 2009

by oldtimehockey09 on Nov 30, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ummmm.

I thought I did answer it….I said “Even if we wanted him back, he’d never come back….” and “…..why would we ever want to trust someone like that ever again”. And I wouldn’t really call that a tough, hyphothetical question, either. Billy boy is still our coach, and The Product is still the coach at UM.

Settle down Beavis!

by WVU-Atlanta on Nov 30, 2009 3:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The Intersesting Thing To Me Is...

…that I posted this just to see what those on the more negative side of the ledger – Cbus, EatScmitt, THE 25314 et. al – would say about it.

Now is the time boys to make a big noise.
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here,
So hail West Virginia, hail.

by JP Fanshawe on Dec 1, 2009 2:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully RR will get fired, then have to take the Marshall job, then we can whip his ass every year.

by Lipsander on Dec 3, 2009 10:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The return of scum bag Coach Rod

NO, no, no.
Our athletes don’t deserve to learn from someone with Coach Rod’s ethics.
WV money should never again be spent on someone who is as unprofessional as Coach Rod.

by wsv on Dec 9, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs