Credit Where Credit Is Due For Ed Pastilong
In today's Charleston Gazette, Dave Hickman recounts the tenure of Rodriguez at WVU in an effort to see if a pattern of NCAA rule violations existed. It's overall pretty inconclusive, but Hickman does point out that the WVU athletic department took proactive steps to safeguard the university against any allegation of impropriety. And yes, that means Ed Pastilong did something right.
Take it away, Dave:
When reminded of [supervisory] trips he and Cox used to make to West Virginia practices, Pastilong simply didn't want to go there. It was easy to "hear'' the smile, though. And as far as a WVU investigation to simply stay a step ahead of the issue, nothing grand is planned.
"Our compliance requirements include monthly, weekly and sometimes even daily reports and they're all in our records,'' Pastilong said. "They work in both a prevention mode and an educational mode in making sure our coaches are doing the right things. I have every confidence that during that time we were in full compliance.''
Even if it took an extra set or two of eyes to make sure.
A lot of different things get said on this site about Pastilong's tenure, a lot of times by yours truly, but know this: when he very obviously does something right, he'll get credit from me.
You hate to feel like you're babysitting or micromanaging any employee, whether it a grad assistant or a head coach, but you have to, as I learned in law school, cover your ass. Pastilong, Cox, and by association, the entire athletic department and university did exactly that.
Aren't we very thankful this Tuesday morning that it's Michigan in the news and not WVU? If you are, tip your hat to Pastilong -- he deserves it.
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It’s not like he was going to come out and say, “yeah, he was cheating here, too.”
I think Eddie normally does a good job keeping us compliant. Hopefully that will continue with his buddy Huggins. He historically has done a good job hiring coaches. Beilein, Rodriguez, Huggins, Izzo-Brown, Seabolt (who was fired for noncompliance), LeBlanc, and Carey.
The only truly bad hires, off the top of my head, Alexis Basil and Bill Stewart. And even I don’t think that is fair to Bill Stewart.
by The 25314 on Sep 1, 2009 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Pastilong is great at keeping WVU clean and hiring coaches for non-money making sports. No credit for the Huggins hire because all he had to do was answer the phone.
However, he has recently taken a backseat to Mike Parsons who is an ego-maniacal idiot. I really hope Clements holds Pastilong to his retirement promise, fires Parsons and outsources MSN.
Thank you Mr. Pastilong for building our programs but it is time to retire and let someone else take it to another level.
by 5th Year Senior on Sep 1, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you saying Bill Stewart wasn’t a good hire?
by The 25314 on Sep 1, 2009 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I've said from the start...
that I would have hired Terry Bowden. He wears a tie!
However, I am not a baby and won’t throw a temper tantrum until I get what I want.(You know who y’all are) I will support the man in charge until he shows that he is not the man for the job. As of yet I see nothing but a team moving in the right direction.
We are going for a more balanced offense and are making a killing on the recruiting trail. That is good to me.
by 5th Year Senior on Sep 1, 2009 1:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Right On, 5th...
…I wanted us to at least look at Brian Kelly…but then we might just have been a stepping stone. HCBS has my full support barring a complete clusterf*&^…and even then, call me old-fashioned, but I still believe in giving a guy his full four years of recruiting…
…witness Weis at Notre Dame…his best team was made up of players he didn’t rectruit, and I fully expect them to underachieve again this year…
….never hire ANYONE who has ONLY been an assistant. (Syracuse, are you listening?)
by JP Fanshawe on Sep 1, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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