{"id":9371,"date":"2017-04-18T07:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T11:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9371"},"modified":"2017-04-18T07:01:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T11:01:47","slug":"everett-withers-didnt-like-his-players-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9371","title":{"rendered":"Everett Withers Didn&#8217;t Like His Players Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas State head coach Everett Withers at spring game today saying he didn&#39;t like his players last year <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobcatReport\">@BobcatReport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TxStateBobcats\">@TxStateBobcats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yB4hjvsxHB\">pic.twitter.com\/yB4hjvsxHB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Night (@Sports_NightTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sports_NightTX\/status\/853357378460413952\">April 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nFirst off, let us say that we sincerely appreciate the contributions Everett Withers made while serving as the head coach of JMU football. He injected some much needed enthusiasm into the program at a time it was needed. But the man seems to have never encountered a bad situation that wasn&#8217;t someone else&#8217;s fault. Now he implies that the players he inherited at Texas State weren&#8217;t good people. Surely that&#8217;s the reason the team struggled so badly on the field, right coach?<br \/>\nLook, we&#8217;d love to give him the benefit of the doubt here and assume that he just had a mixed up way of saying that he thought the new recruits were a better fit for his vision. That&#8217;s not it though. It really was just a dumb statement by a guy who doesn&#8217;t really see the big picture. JMU is so much better off with Mike Houston. <\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9371&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas State head coach Everett Withers at spring game today saying he didn&#39;t like his players last year @BobcatReport @TxStateBobcats pic.twitter.com\/yB4hjvsxHB &mdash; Sports Night (@Sports_NightTX) April 15, 2017 First off, let us say that we sincerely appreciate the contributions Everett Withers made while serving as the head coach of JMU football. He injected some much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6356,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6356","url_meta":{"origin":9371,"position":0},"title":"Everett Withers Reportedly Is Going to Be the New JMU Head Coach","date":"December 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"According to reports by FootballScoop.com, Everett Withers will be the new head coach of the JMU Dukes. Withers has been the co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach to Urban Meyers at Ohio State for the past two years. 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