| 07 June 2011
(credit: EDSBS commentariat)
So when it HailWV reported that Bill Stewart's wife may have been the source of the Holgorsen report in the Huntington News, it turns out the leak might have been a little closer to home:
Multiple high-ranking sources with knowledge of the situation have informed The Smoking Musket that Bill Stewart allegedly served as one source of the contentious Herald-Dispatch report of Dana Holgorsen's purported alcohol-related incidents.
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All of this comes on the heels of increasing tales of staff dissatisfaction. A high level Mountaineer Athletic Club official said just this past weekend that he had "never seen things this bad" and that the entire staff was in "disarray." The coach-in-waiting model has been debated ad nauseum since Oliver Luck's decision to employ such an unorthodox strategy in the transition from Stewart to Holgorsen. Based on the alleged events in the past weeks, the worries expressed seem founded on solid footing.
Oh. my. As should be expected, there are some in the local WV media that aren't pleased by getting scooped by some unpaid blogs. Charlie does a fantastic job over at Smoking Musket and I like to think he's as small a person as I am, so he's taking some glib satisfaction in this.
WVU, on the other hand, is looking into things:
The timing of WVU's internal inquiry, which is a normal procedure in response to such incidents, coincides with a pause in the concluding phase of Coach Bill Stewart's separation agreement with the university.
Two sources said the contract has been awaiting signatures for weeks but has been tabled as the athletic department determines who has and has not participated in fabricating stories about Holgorsen and compromising the coaching transition.
Holgorsen said he didn't want to comment because he didn't want to become involved.
At this point, it seems as if Stewart will not coach the 2011 Mountaineers - the only question is whether he'll be paid severance or not. "For cause" is a tricky lawyerly term, so I'd imagine there are some bar-qualified folks in Charleston determine whether that's applicable here.
Everyday Should Be Saturday once again owns the internet with their Johnny Cash-esque "Ballad of Bill and Dane:"
And he walks these hills, trailing Long Black FAIL..
And he visits reporters, stabbing Dana's tail.
Nobody knows, nobody will, nobody knows, but whittlin' Bill.Now the press has found out that Bill carries a blade.
And is stabbing around to keep getting paid
While Dana's parties may make Whittlin' Bill frown
He got one one thing Bill lacks, and it rhymes with "touchdown"
And he walks these hills, trailing Long Black FAIL..
And he visits reporters, stabbing Dana's tail.
Everybody knows this much is true
#Winning.
As for the practical implications, Stewart is clearly gone. WVU AD Oliver Luck didn't say so on his internview this morning on 93.7 The Fan, but I think you can read between the lines. When asked whether he would do the whole "coach-in-waiting" thing again, Luck replied "I don't know." /facepalm.
Finally, Aaron Torres surveys the college football landscape and determines if there's one date that unites them all, it's the 100th Backyard Brawl:
However, the greatest “What if,” that no one ever talks about involves a handful of programs that are in a world of trouble right now. It’s hard to believe, but with both Ohio State and West Virginia imploding in front of our eyes over the last few weeks, and Michigan re-building after the disastrous Rich Rodriguez/Greg Robinson era practically burned Ann Arbor to the ground, all three schools faced the same turning point, just over four years ago.
Which leads to this: What if West Virginia beat Pitt on December 1, 2007?
As crazy as it sounds, that one, innocuous, seemingly meaningless game altered a BCS National Championship, countless conference championships, and the future of some of the nation’s top programs, coaches and recruits.
Go read it right now. 13-9 forever.
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