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WVU coaches, players share the blame

As my post-game analysis, I respectfully submit my column in today’s DA, written after wrapping up this blog and after that disaster of a football game. Apparently nothing can go right lately, so that link cuts off the last few paragraphs of the column, so I’ll present it here so the thing actually makes sense.

While everyone will look to one person or one reason to point a clear finger at for these early struggles, it just isn’t that simple.

Part of the problem is the new coaching staff. 

Part of it is the loss of last year’s key players. 

And another part falls on this year’s players and an inability to execute the fundamentals at critical times.

As former coach Rich Rodriguez often reminded us, the children’s movie “The Lion King” teaches us that what’s in the past no longer matters.

That’s one lesson this year’s team would be well-served to learn if it hopes to find its stride quickly enough to even be competitive in a weak Big East Conference.

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