Topic: I'm Hearing

[The E-Man]

Herd fans, there's a lot going on that hasn't come out yet. All I can say right now is, it's not AD Spears or Marshall Prez Smith fault as to why all of this is happening now. I've been sworn to secrecy until after the bowl game. Don't believe everything you hear or read about Huff not being offered a contract extension.

[herdorbust2]

Interesting comparison:

Tony Gibson, native of WV, age 52 (currently), no head coaching experience at college level, seasoned defensive coordinator with power conference schools

Bob Pruett, native of WV, age 53 when hired at MU, no head coaching experience at college level, seasoned defensive coordinator with power conference schools

This is in no way an endorsement, but the Pruett hire worked out pretty good for us over the following nine years.

And you could compare Snyder the same way. It means nothing. We know huff can recruit and get us to the championship game. He also has beat ND at ND, navy and V Tech. We DO know that!!

[MarshallFan64]

Herd fans, there's a lot going on that hasn't come out yet. All I can say right now is, it's not AD Spears or Marshall Prez Smith fault as to why all of this is happening now. I've been sworn to secrecy until after the bowl game. Don't believe everything you hear or read about Huff not being offered a contract extension.

The university is looking bad right now. With huff saying he wants an extension then they( spears or smith), needs to come out and give us their side.

[The E-Man]

The university is looking bad right now. With huff saying he wants an extension then they( spears or smith), needs to come out and give us their side.

After the championship game it will all come out..

[BuckHerd]

After the championship game it will come out..

OK, can you at least give your estimate of the future situation. Good, Bad or Alright?

[herdfan429]

Man some of you wouldn't be happy if Jesus himself was hired as coach

[MarshallFan64]

Man some of you wouldn't be happy if Jesus himself was hired as coach

Idk can Jesus work the transfer portal?

[BerkshireHerdFan]

Herd fans, there's a lot going on that hasn't come out yet. All I can say right now is, it's not AD Spears or Marshall Prez Smith fault as to why all of this is happening now. I've been sworn to secrecy until after the bowl game. Don't believe everything you hear or read about Huff not being offered a contract extension.

In E-Man I trust

[miltonherdfan]

We know huff can recruit and get us to the championship game. He also has beat ND at ND, navy and V Tech. We DO know that!!

c'mon bust, you know those were flukes.  the ND team lost to BG & troy the next 2 wks.  the VT team gave up 35 to ODU the following week before losing the next 5.  CH couldn't beat those schools with those teams again if we played 'em 50 times.  had those wins happened this season, when we should've been 8-0 SBC, that'd be a different story.  those teams were mediocre, as evidenced by their 8-8 SBC record those 2 seasons.

[herdfan129]

Herd fans, there's a lot going on that hasn't come out yet. All I can say right now is, it's not AD Spears or Marshall Prez Smith fault as to why all of this is happening now. I've been sworn to secrecy until after the bowl game. Don't believe everything you hear or read about Huff not being offered a contract extension.

Can you at least tell us one thing based on what you are hearing?

Is there a chance Huff remains our coach or is he for sure gone?

[herdorbust2]

After the championship game it will all come out..

Will it? Or will Smith and Spears just cover their behinds? We know how they just threw a bone at the basketball program. I don't trust Smith or Spears when it comes to athletics.

[robowski]

no damn wvu retreads EVER - stop doing this to our fan base, i hate those bastards and wont give any of my money to any coach affiliated with that school in the past or near future

[MUonium]

Idk can Jesus work the transfer portal?

he invented it

[The E-Man]

Will it? Or will Smith and Spears just cover their behinds? We know how they just threw a bone at the basketball program. I don't trust Smith or Spears when it comes to athletics.

President Smith and AD Spears loves Marshall. Their decisions are for the best interest of the University.

[MUonium]

I think we just traded a Yukon Denali for a Ford Edge.

roomy, power, towing capacity vs. gas mileage, valve noise and berm squatting

[MUonium]

President Smith and AD Spears loves Marshall. Their decisions are for the best interest of the University.

don't they all?  shoulda stopped while ahead.  kidding!  good to hear from u!

[jdonaccbus]

President Smith and AD Spears loves Marshall. Their decisions are for the best interest of the University.

I don't disagree with that statement. But it is in Marshall's best interest to conduct a search to see which candidate is the best for the job. It really seems we have limited our coaching thoughts to a few WV natives. I am a native of WV, but I want the best we could possibly get.

[Flat Tire 2]

His agent may have strung this out too long.  Someone said he was using USM to leverage us and it's been known for a while that Smith wanted to move on.

Huff has rejcted previous extensions from us.  He should have aprreciated this job more instead of always having one foot out the door.

Maybe he ends up staying.  Maybe we have a new coach.  There's still a lot going on and a win on Saturday may change everything.  Allegedly we told Huff after the bowl loss that extension talk would only happen if he wins the conference.

No offense to you, but this "rejected previous extensions" is getting old. First of all, I am not sure they offered Huff extenstions. Second, maybe Smith thought he low ball it to Huff like he did with the basketball coach. This whole process smells and the MU administration dropping rumors is very unethical.

No offense to Gibson, I am sure he is great person. But here we go again hiring a 50 year old assistant/coordinator. If Gibson was thought to be a hot property, he would have been a head coach years ago. Maybe he just decided to be a head coach at the end of his career like Doc. Here comes ole MU to give him his chance.

He will make you WV boys happy. I bet he won't be personable ( I could use another term, but I won't go there) like Huff and most of you will be happy.

I am afraid this hire is Doc 2.0. I was going to give a couple of grand today for the matching Big Green match today. I am not doing that now and I will donate to the academic side after I cool down.

[Flat Tire 2]

Guys, the last D-Coordinator that The Herd hired as HC turned out to be a good pic. Coach Pruett was the D-Coordinator at Wake Forest and Florida before coming home to coach The Herd. I know there weren't message boards in 1995 when Coach Pruett was hired, but I don't remember anyone being overly enthusiastic over his hire when Jim Donnan left. Coach P was a defensive coach, but brought in a great staff. If it's Gibson give the guy a chance. He may be a flop, but then he may turn out to be great.


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Don't forget, Bob was a very successful head high school coach in Northern Virginia before he became a college coach.

[Flat Tire 2]

Interesting comparison:

Tony Gibson, native of WV, age 52 (currently), no head coaching experience at college level, seasoned defensive coordinator with power conference schools

Bob Pruett, native of WV, age 53 when hired at MU, no head coaching experience at college level, seasoned defensive coordinator with power conference schools

This is in no way an endorsement, but the Pruett hire worked out pretty good for us over the following nine years.

Bob was a successful head high school in Northern Virginia which plays a level of high school football at the time he was the coach.

[herdorbust2]

President Smith and AD Spears loves Marshall. Their decisions are for the best interest of the University.

What does loving Marshall do for their bone headed athletic decisions? They pull money from the basketball program and hand it to an assistant that has been here for years as we had 2 out of 3 horrible seasons. And so far we have lost to the only 3 teams with a pulse this year. If Huff is openly saying he wants to be here then make it happen. And you say it will all come out next week? I'm sure something will come out but it will just be a Smith/Spears cover job I'm sure.

[Flat Tire 2]

Herd fans, there's a lot going on that hasn't come out yet. All I can say right now is, it's not AD Spears or Marshall Prez Smith fault as to why all of this is happening now. I've been sworn to secrecy until after the bowl game. Don't believe everything you hear or read about Huff not being offered a contract extension.

Just curious how can you can be in the "know"? I don't think you are a major contributor or work at Marshall (that is probably the only way you could have access to information), correct me if you wrong.

The only thing I can guess is that you have a relationship with Huff?

[herdfan129]

Just curious how can you can be in the "know"? I don't think you are a major contributor or work at Marshall (that is probably the only way you could have access to information), correct me if you wrong.

The only thing I can guess is that you have a relationship with Huff?

E man has a lot of connections to Marshall and Huntington. He goes WAY back with this football program. I?m pretty sure he was even a water boy as a kid at one point for the young thundering herd (maybe have this confused with another poster.

Either way, he has tons of connections.

[MUther]

he invented it

That was Al Gore

[Flat Tire 2]

E man has a lot of connections to Marshall and Huntington. He goes WAY back with this football program. I?m pretty sure he was even a water boy as a kid at one point for the young thundering herd (maybe have this confused with another poster.

Either way, he has tons of connections.

He was one of the ball boys for The Young Thundering Herd. He was working the Xavier game after the plane crash and I was sitting in the student section for the game. I know who is and I like him.