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It’s been a handful of days since West Virginia <\/a>Director of Athletics Wren Baker made the decision to part ways with head football coach Neal Brown. On Tuesday, he explained his reason for making the coaching change. <\/p>\n This morning, Brown was able to give his side of the story during an interview with Hoppy Kercheval on MetroNews’ Talkline<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cReally grateful for our time here. Thankful to the people of West Virginia for welcoming us six years ago. The tenure here felt like a short amount of time, but our kids have grown up here. We\u2019ve made lifetime friends. I\u2019m quick to note nobody died. This isn\u2019t a funeral. It\u2019s part of the profession. It\u2019s a lot harder on the kids than probably me, but we\u2019ll get through it. A lot of families are dealing with a lot worse things.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so,” Brown stated when asked if he was surprised by the move. “We played so poorly on Saturday afternoon, and I think there\u2019s reasons behind that. No reason to get into it now, but we just played poorly. And I\u2019ll say this, I love Wren Baker. And I know that\u2019s a weird thing to say fresh off getting fired, but we have a great relationship. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a person and as an administrator. That\u2019s a friendship that will go beyond West Virginia. I\u2019m not bitter. And we had open dialogue throughout. There was a path forward. There\u2019s some things we got to get fixed. There was a path forward, but we played so poorly on Saturday the negativity just kind of steamrolled. I don\u2019t think this is what Wren wanted to do, but it got to a point where it\u2019s probably best for both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n Ranking the Top Seven Signees in West Virginia’s 2025 Recruiting Class<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 10 Players WVU’s New Coach Can’t Lose to the Transfer Portal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Wh<\/strong><\/a>ich 2025 Signees Are Enrolling Early at WVU?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMORE STORIES FROM WEST VIRGINIA ON SI<\/em><\/h3>\n