A Tale of Two Coordinators

Two games.
Two weeks.
Two Coordinators.
1 Yard.
2 Outcomes.

There has been much debate about the causes of our offensive woes. Youth, injuries, talent, etc. I think the same challenges have been faced by the defense.

For the last two weeks one yard was the difference between a win and a loss. Last week, against GT, VT faced two critical downs with one yard in the balance and lost. This week, after a relentless pursuit by a backup safety, one yard was again the determining factor. Unlike last week, the offense had four shots at gaining that one yard. Like last week the offense failed to convert. Unlike last week VT was victorious.

Bud Foster didn't back down because of who he had on the field. He didn't indicate he had no confidence in the defense even with the big plays they had given up in the past. He wouldn't have blamed a failure to hold Pitt on 18-22 year old boys. Instead Bud did what he always does. He made tough calls and TRUSTED and BELIEVED IN is players to hold their opponent when everything was on the line. They deliverd.

There's a reason Bud Foster is revered in college football. Year in and year out for over 21 years he has put defenses on the field that have been the heart and soul of this team with no excuses.

At this point I do not consider Brad Cornelsen to be Bud Foster's offensive peer. I don't know what to do about that or if anything has to be done about that. I just know that, once again, VT is relying on Foster and the defense to keep our heads above water.

DISCLAIMER: Forum topics may not have been written or edited by The Key Play staff.

Comments

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"Runs up the hill! Into the Tech student section! Here in Charlottesville!"

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Taylor, looking desperately throws it deep..HAS A MAN OPEN DANNY COALE WITH A CATCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIVE!!!!....hes still open

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

2023 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

2023 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Taylor, looking desperately throws it deep..HAS A MAN OPEN DANNY COALE WITH A CATCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIVE!!!!....hes still open

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Joffrey, Cersei, Ilyn Payne, the Hound, Jeff Jagodzinski, Paul Johnson, Pat Narduzzi.

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Warning: this post occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)..

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"Runs up the hill! Into the Tech student section! Here in Charlottesville!"

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Warning: this post occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)..

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"Nope, launch him into the sun and fart on him on the way up"
-gobble gobble chumps

"11-0, bro"
-Hunter Carpenter (probably)

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Jet Sweep

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Warning: this post occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)..

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Joffrey, Cersei, Ilyn Payne, the Hound, Jeff Jagodzinski, Paul Johnson, Pat Narduzzi.

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

Please join The Key Players Club to read or post comments.

This is my school
This is home