Bill Stewart, Special Teams coach and all, led the West Virginia Mountaineers to a Fiesta Bowl win, after being abandoned by their own head coach. He's won over the top players, and the emotional WV Board, but certainly not the donors.
Before it seems he's allowed to baske in the glory of his new promotion to head coach, the critics come crashing down:
West Virginia booster Ken Kendrick, who was outspoken in his support of former coach Rich Rodriguez following his departure, called it a "sad morning."Let's give him a chance. If he sucks, you can fire him, but you don't know what he can do until you let him try.
"He is so overmatched it's not even funny," said Kendrick, managing partner of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. "He's a nice guy and a father figure. But they had a wonderful architect, and they hired the painter to build the next house."
I appreciate his humility.
"I never had a Gatorade bath," Stew said. "Never. And it is special. Never had it. So for all the assistant coaches out there that never had it, this is for them. This is for them because there is a lot of fine coaches out there, a whole lot better than me."I hope he kicks some ass.
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