We need to move on from Bill Stewart. WVU and Bill reminds me of the Cowboys and Wade.
I talked with others early in the season about the similarities between Wade and Bill. Total class act guys that you respect as human beings. However they were just not right for HC jobs and lost games they should have won with teams that had better talent than the record indicates.
I don't know if Florida wanted the guy as ABQ posted, however I do know our main rival, Pittsburgh, wanted him. I think this deal has been in the works for some time now.
However I do feel bad for Bill Stewart as this seems like a move that is being forced on him and IMO they did it to try and force Bill to retire early so they did not have to spend money on a buyout in his contract of some sort.
I can make no other sense of hiring the guy as the OC now with HC in the following year instead of just firing the current HC and Hiring Dana as HC.
So it seems like a power play of sorts and somehow to make Bill retire early to save some money. I think Bill has already been offered a job at WVU in another position concerning sports but not sure what it is or if he will take it now.
We needed a change, Bill was just not the right guy for the job and he really was never considered as a candidate for the HC job (bowden, doc holliday and a couple of others were considered to be in the running) but then WVU went to the bowl game, smacked the sooners by 20 and the reaction of the board was to hire him and the fans went with it at that time.
Now we have a different person in charge of the board at WVU. Oliver Luck (father of Stanford QB Luck). He with some of the other big boosters at WVU is trying to change things around now.
Word is that our Current DC Jeff Casteel will remain in place. He seems to do a good job with the defense. However current OC Jeff Mullen will be moving on.
Interesting to see how this plays out but I have a feeling Stewart will step down before the next season starts. I think if they really asked him to stay for that one year and did so with good reason or intentions, he would do it. He is heck of a guy, very loyal to WVU, but I doubt he will stay.
