Topic: Any chance Pruett would take DC job if offered?

[iherdya]

And the admin just sat there like idiots while the best HC we've had in football walked away. You see the results? Absolutely nothing since he left. If I had a staff of cars salesman and the best I ever had wanted a garage to park his car, I'd do whatever I could to build the man a garage.

You mean the admin that begged him to come back, promised to work with him on things, but his ego was too big to allow him to swallow his pride and withdraw his resignation? Yeah, stupid administration!

[mubowhunter]

I don't understand why we keep bringing this up.

Because we are losing our fanbase that's why!

[MOrsini]

Love coach P, but what has he been out of action,,,6-7 years?
Need to move on as far as on the field involvement.

4 years

2008 DC at Virginia

[Slice11]

You guys don't get it.  BP saw what was about to happen.  Move to CUSA, probation.  He left because he knew it was going to be a rough few years and he didn't want his legacy tarnished.  He'll never come back and I wouldn't want him to.  

[iherdya]

4 years

2008 DC at Virginia

He didn't call or gameplan the defense at UVa. It's been 17 years since Pruett was actively involved in gameplanning and/or play calling for a defense.

[extragreen]

You mean the admin that begged him to come back, promised to work with him on things, but his ego was too big to allow him to swallow his pride and withdraw his resignation? Yeah, stupid administration!

I haven't heard that story until now. I don't believe that to be the truth. And the admin had already proven they wouldn't work with him. If I remember correctly, we were already paying an upcharge on tickets toward and IPF that was never started.

[extragreen]

He didn't call or gameplan the defense at UVa. It's been 17 years since Pruett was actively involved in gameplanning and/or play calling for a defense.

Hogwash.

[iherdya]

I haven't heard that story until now. I don't believe that to be the truth. And the admin had already proven they wouldn't work with him. If I remember correctly, we were already paying an upcharge on tickets toward and IPF that was never started.

They had money set aside for certain things Pruett wanted, field turf, IPF, increased assistant salary pool, increased budgets for football in general, etc. Dan Angel did some funny stuff with that money and it was gone. Pruett wanted all of that money returned, told the BoG that the money had to be there or else he'd walk, the BoG told him that the money was gone, there was no way to get it back, it had been spent, but they'd work on getting it over the next couple of years, Pruett told them again "Get the money or I'll resign". The BoG called his bluff, he submitted his resignation. In the couple of weeks after I know several BoG approached him one-on-one and spoke with him about how they'd work to make sure the money would be raised, but it's not there now, it wasn't going to happen just like that, and they'd like for him to withdraw his resignation and come back. His ego wouldn't let him, he would've lost a lot of power by coming back, he was coming back on someone else's terms instead of his own. He thought he was bigger than the BoG, he thought he'd tell them to jump and they'd ask "how high", but in reality they had egos just as big as his own. That's what the issue was egos vs egos, a bunch of older successful and powerful business men vs an older successful and powerful football coach, it was a game of chicken, Pruett flinched and couldn't come back. The issue was Dan Angel's misappropriation of the funds, there wasn't anything the BoG could do about that money after the fact, they ditched Angel, started the process of cleaning up and fixing things, but money doesn't grow on trees, they didn't have the millions and millions Pruett wanted, it just wasn't there anymore because of Dan Angel.

If anyone wants to be pissed at the slip in Marshall football, their top target should be Dan Angel. Not Pruett, not the BoG, not Snyder, not Marcum, but Angel...

[iherdya]

Hogwash.

So, Pruett having never, ever in his life coached a 3-4 defense, went to UVa, pushed one of the greatest 3-4 minds of our time aside, and took over everything? Yeah, that sounds plausible.

[extragreen]

They had money set aside for certain things Pruett wanted, field turf, IPF, increased assistant salary pool, increased budgets for football in general, etc. Dan Angel did some funny stuff with that money and it was gone. Pruett wanted all of that money returned, told the BoG that the money had to be there or else he'd walk, the BoG told him that the money was gone, there was no way to get it back, it had been spent, but they'd work on getting it over the next couple of years, Pruett told them again "Get the money or I'll resign". The BoG called his bluff, he submitted his resignation. In the couple of weeks after I know several BoG approached him one-on-one and spoke with him about how they'd work to make sure the money would be raised, but it's not there now, it wasn't going to happen just like that, and they'd like for him to withdraw his resignation and come back. His ego wouldn't let him, he would've lost a lot of power by coming back, he was coming back on someone else's terms instead of his own. He thought he was bigger than the BoG, he thought he'd tell them to jump and they'd ask "how high", but in reality they had egos just as big as his own. That's what the issue was egos vs egos, a bunch of older successful and powerful business men vs an older successful and powerful football coach, it was a game of chicken, Pruett flinched and couldn't come back. The issue was Dan Angel's misappropriation of the funds, there wasn't anything the BoG could do about that money after the fact, they ditched Angel, started the process of cleaning up and fixing things, but money doesn't grow on trees, they didn't have the millions and millions Pruett wanted, it just wasn't there anymore because of Dan Angel.

If anyone wants to be pissed at the slip in Marshall football, their top target should be Dan Angel. Not Pruett, not the BoG, not Snyder, not Marcum, but Angel...

Bottom line. They allowed him to walk, just as I said. They didn't call BPs bluff, as there was no bluff. The rest is irrelevant.

[BipolarFan]

Because we are losing our fanbase that's why!

This is most definitely true.

I know diehards that are questioning if they'll be back next year.

Everyone is fed up with losing and bottom of the barrel bowl games.

Marshall had a once in a lifetime chance to be something in football akin to what Boise St. has done, and through a number of incompetents running things and cheating, pissed it all away.

[Peter Griffin]

What is the obsession with every time we need a coach weather its a head coach or the guy the washes the jock straps, Coach Pruett's name comes up?  Did anyone stop to think, that maybe he is enjoying his retirement and doesn't want to coach again?  If he wanted to coach somewhere, he would be coaching somewhere, someone would have hired him (e.g. UVa).  We need to get out of the WV cultural mindset of always going backwards, and move forwards.  Moving forwards is hard and uncomfortable, but we need to quit trying to resurrect the past.  Coach Snyder is an anomaly, it normally doesn't work out that well, when a coach leaves and then comes back to a program or another program.

[iherdya]

Bottom line. They allowed him to walk, just as I said. They didn't call BPs bluff, as there was no bluff. The rest is irrelevant.

BP equally could've used his brain and understood that the funds weren't there, the BoG had nothing to do with them being gone, the BoG couldn't just magically make them appear. He could've worked with the BoG to develop a plan, but instead he threatened them, then took his ball and went home.

[TexasHerdFan]

I'm a huge Bobby supporter. And I'm not ashamed to admit that. And it's sad that some people still don't understand the circumstances that led to his departure in 2005. I hope those people can do their research and understand why Bobby left.

But he's gone. He'll never coach again. He's enjoying his retirement and he's involved with Marshall University more than most people think. Hamrick had the opportunity to hire him as the head coach, but that ship has sailed.

Time to focus on the next two seasons with Doc and we'll go from there. 

[BuyNtelos4]

I'm with you on being a huge huge supporter, and I fully realize Angel screwed Pruett.  However, I highly doubt that if Pruett's team was picked to win the conference the upcoming year, he would have bolted.  I realized he blamed it all on the money, but your nuts if you don't think that the state of the team, the upcoming drastic increase in SOS both in and out of conference, and probation didn't at all play a part in his decision. 

Almost like saying a restaurant owner quit the business because the lease on his building was increasing 1,000.00, and he was upset over it.  He was also in default with his creditors, recently received a number of violations from the Health Dept., and Bobby Pruett's steakhouse (4 star establishment) was opening up right across the street.  Again, quitting because of the lease raising, and none of those other factors were even considered.  Face saving gesture to to leave with his pride.

[mubowhunter]

This coaching decision will be as important as when we hired Doc.  We have the pieces in place to get the bus rolling again.