SWC75
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Couldn't seem to get better than 5-2 in conference play, which wasn't getting them into the BCS Bowl. They wanted to do better, but hired the wrong guy, who beat up his wife, and then hired the wrong guy to replace the wrong guy. One could argue the decision to fire Wanny was the bad decision, but that's hindsight when the next guy ends up worse. I would say the bad decision was the head coach they picked.
I'm sure West Virginia isn't too upset about how they handled the exact same situation...a mere 75 miles away.
I remember reading a post saying that someone had spotted Wannstadt drunk in a bar after he got fired. If true I wonder if that was just a reaction to his firing or perhaps a cause.
Wannstadt has always produced less than people thought he would at any head coaching job he has had, (Bears, Dolphins, Pitt). He's just not a good offesnive coach. Probably he's better off just as a DC.