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Aftermath of Neal Brown’s Comments Exposes Tough Reality for Family of WVU Players, Coaches

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In an unfortunate development, the backlash from Neal Brown’s recent comments has exposed the ugly side of WVU fans.

Blake Greene, the mother of quarterback Garrett Greene, revealed some troubling information about how she currently feels when in West Virginia.

“Thanks for your support. a great feeling knowing that all my sons hard work just results in now I feel threatened just out and about in WV. a place I have developed such a love for. it’s why i am not allowed to wear my sons name/# and why I have police escorts sometimes. Crazy,” Mrs. Greene said on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.

Garrett Greene's mom's tweet on WVU fans

This is a screenshot of Blake Greene’s since deleted post on X.

Greene’s comment came as a response to popular WVU YouTube creator Justin “Couz” Walker defending the family members of the players and coaches while talking to a fan who issued threats against Brown and director of athletics of Wren Baker.

While the vast majority of WVU fans are great people with an incredibly strong passion for their beloved Mountaineers, this kind of behavior shouldn’t ever be tolerated.

For those somehow unaware what started all of this, Brown responded to a question asked by WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti for WVU fans after the team squandered another big game. Brown then offered a bizarre answer that angered Mountaineer Nation even more.

Below is what Brown said in its entirety. Based on what’s on all of the graphics and social media posts, it’s possible you haven’t seen the entire thing.

Brown was asked if he had a message to fans to convince them to show up after another disappointment.

“I get that they want to win. But what I would say is – did they have a good time? Did they enjoy it? It was a pretty good atmosphere. I’m assuming they had a pretty good time tailgating, so if they’re in the deal for enjoyment then I would come back. I looked at the weather and it’s going to be nice again,” said Brown.

He then continued. “I get they’re frustrated that we didn’t win. We’ve played a tough schedule. Everybody that’s beat us hasn’t lost. But that’s no excuse, that’s just the truth and the games in our league are going to come down to the fourth quarter and I don’t think this one on Saturday is going to be any different. We need them to help us. I do get their frustration.”

 

In the same press conference that got him into trouble with the fans, Brown also brought up that the backlash is not fair to his family, in particular his kids. Brown noted that they didn’t sign up for this and are not responsible for any loss or bad decision a coach or player makes.

Up next for Brown and the Mountaineers is an equally tough challenge in another night game against a ranked opponent with a quality defense. A win over Kansas State won’t make up for past opportunities squandered, but would do wonders to keep excitement alive and allow Brown to fans that can in fact beat a truly quality team, something he did accomplish at Troy.

West Virginia 3-3 (2-1, Big 12) and Kansas State 5-1 (2-1, Big 12) are scheduled to kickoff from Milan Puskar Stadium at 7:30 pm ET. The game will air nationally on Fox.

On Sunday, both DraftKings and FanDuel released their odds for the next slate of college football games and have the Mountaineers as a 2.5-point underdog at home to Kansas State.

For a related story, Neal Brown elaborated on WVU’s quarterback situation and what could lead to a change.

Also, WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti explained how Neal Brown should’ve handled the question.

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Christopher West

    October 16, 2024 at 10:56 am

    People need to stop with this stuff its just a game where theres families involved here the childish behavior has to stop makes the state look bad defnitely not good for recruiting recruits and parents see this stuff not good at all.

  2. Allan Jones

    October 16, 2024 at 2:35 pm

    In the end, it’s all about the W’s and the L’s. I don’t see Coach Brown improving that and WVU will have a new coach at some point in the near future.

  3. LEM

    October 18, 2024 at 6:43 pm

    Why would the backlash to Neal’s poor comments about fans make this mother feel threatened? That doesn’t make sense at all.

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