HERTZEL COLUMN: Bowden HOF worthy, and not just for victories
"But what Bowden had when he came to WVU as an assistant who would replace Jim Carlen and what carried over throughout his career that was of Hall of Fame quality, that far outstrips any of his football accomplishments, was an inner morality and value system that placed him on a pedestal overlooking what is, for the most part, a profession that is driven by greed and ambition.
In fact, Bowden’s greatest moment as a football coach came while at WVU and it had nothing to do with winning or losing anything so trite as a football game, for it came at the time of one of the greatest tragedies in our state’s history – the Marshall plane crash..."
Bowden HOF worthy, and not just for victories
"But what Bowden had when he came to WVU as an assistant who would replace Jim Carlen and what carried over throughout his career that was of Hall of Fame quality, that far outstrips any of his football accomplishments, was an inner morality and value system that placed him on a pedestal overlooking what is, for the most part, a profession that is driven by greed and ambition.
In fact, Bowden’s greatest moment as a football coach came while at WVU and it had nothing to do with winning or losing anything so trite as a football game, for it came at the time of one of the greatest tragedies in our state’s history – the Marshall plane crash..."
Bowden HOF worthy, and not just for victories
