OK here is a brief summary of what took me 15min. to type the other night. I voted for White who I think is probably the best player ever at WVU. Here is how I would compare them. First if I needed one yard I am taking the Major. No QB at WVU has been better at getting that one tough yard than him. If I need a big play (over twenty yards) I go with White.
He was just more explosive in my mind . Passing I would take White. Also he was more accurate but I think Major had a stronger arm. I do think Major was a more fierce competitor. He would will the team to win, not sure Pat ever got that. He tried to win it himself. All said I have to take White but if the Major had played his whole career it might have been very interesting. Now for this years Mountie team. One thing I will say is that we have to remember this is WVU and we will not be a top 10 team every year. This team has one of the worst O-Lines I have seen at WVU in a long time they are getting beat bad at the point of attack. I think we do have some talent at the skill positions but you need more than that. In fact I think ND runs harder than Slaton did. He has to do most of it himself. Now for the hot topic the coaching. I as you know am not a fan of Dick Rod and the more I see of Michigan and think about his time at WVU I think the guy got extremely lucky to get two guys at the same time that NO ONE ELSE wanted in White and Slaton. Those guys carried the Mounties along with big Owen. Hear is where my Blue Hair comes in with RR. I am not sure you guys are old enough or not but when WVU and Penn ST and more recently VA Tech played and Pitt and many others before RR came WVU was known as one of the hardest hitting teams in the country. Win or lose the other team was taking to the wood shed and busted in the mouth. I personally like that. I think in the last 5 or so years our defense has really became soft and this year has put a lot of extra pressure on the offense. I personally think this started with ole Dick Rod wanting WVU to become more of a offensive team. Oh well have a lot more to say but tired of typing.
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Pops, you should have taken that typing class in high school more seriously. Rod did get lucky with some of his players. Also though, he was the creator of the spread. Other teams couldn't handle it and didn't run it. Now everybody runs it and his competitive advantage is gone. He's just another coach. WV may have been heading back to mediocrity even if Rod stayed, although his results were consistent up until the end. Either way, I would have liked to give the traitor/liar (wouldn't say that about Beilein) a kick in the pants on his way out. I'm glad he's gone, no matter the results.
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