My thoughts on the season so far by a simple fan

So let's get this out of the way first:

and with that out of the way here are my thoughts

  1. Fuente and Foster are definately 'Shake and Bake': I was not a big fan of promoting foster to HC given he had been passed over at other places and that he didnt have the experience but I remember reading a qoute by him saying he would run the type of Offense that Fuente has brought to VT and it seems to be working.
  2. The new Offense is awesome and has been something we have all been clamoring for for years. A consistent approach that has answers for everything the Defense throws at them. (Side Note: How cool is it to see a screen pass executed properly consistently by our Offense?)
  3. Change in Offensive philosophy and the effect on the offensive players:

    1. Offense no longer ask to burn clock and score enough to win
    2. Get the ball to play makers
    3. The attitude that we should be scoring every time we have the ball
    4. Attention to detail: (see the screen comment above. Also French made a comment about a wide receiver during the BC game doing a rub route then turning towards the End Zone to avoid a holding call.)
    5. Finally younger guys getting involved late in games against quality opponents and earlier (Ford, Phillips, Hodges, and Rogers are contributing a lot but younger players are seeing the field as well)
  4. To Early to tell but this may also have a positive effect on recruiting in the 757 and other areas where kids feel like they can go to Tech and get some quality playing time in a great system close to home.(Again I know these are 17/18 year old kids from all sorts of different situations but I can dream)
  5. With the improved Offense the Defense will look better as well given that we can build leads and force teams out of their comfort zones and into calling plays that our Defense is better built for.
  6. Special Teams looking better now

I guess to sum it all up I haven't been this excited about VT football in years and I feel like there is a new energy in the program and the players are buying in and with that:

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