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# | The Case for Justin Hamilton: A Page from Clemson's Book (Edited) Yes, the slow decay to sub-mediocre and fanbase apathy is a much better approach.
The inaction, inability to change, and declining quality of product sends the signal that a) they don't hear us b) they hear us and don't care. Dropping an OC who is clearly in over his head midseason, in a season where we'll be lucky to get 7 wins carries no risk. Appoint someone as interim OC, and show the fanbase that you're willing to do something! Edit: As it stands for the most part, the coaches act like there is no problem with what they are doing, and that we just don't know what we're talking about. That is unacceptable. Anyone with eyes and very basic grasp of football can see that there are glaring issues on the offensive side of the ball. Fix them, or move on to someone who can.
The bowl streak is dead, the UVA streak is dead, the Black Diamond trophy is in Morgantown, in a year when the ACC is up for grabs, we struggled against FCS Richmond (yes I remember what happened after JMU, this is not that team and these are not those coaches)...I'd rather fire Corn and finish with 4 or 5 wins and the team moving in the right direction than keep him, limp to 7 or 8 wins, hear coach talk about how good he really is...then repeat again next year when we're going somewhere around .500 again.
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# | The Case for Justin Hamilton: A Page from Clemson's Book (Edited) Firing Corn is having the team moving in the right direction. That is a verifiable fact. If we fire Corn and finish 3-9, I'll be feeling better about the future of the team than if we keep Corn and finish 7-5 and retain CornFu into 2022
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# | The Case for Justin Hamilton: A Page from Clemson's Book (Edited) I'm not questioning the validity of you hearing that, just curious, if you're at liberty to say without revealing too much, where you heard that...folks within the program, close to the program, donors, podcasters?
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Fish skin risotto? Sounds gross.
Aren't they all, at this point?
The "conspiracy" is much more plausible than the thought that Whit called a press conference to announce Fuente will keep his job.
My biggest worry is that we finish with 7 wins and that that ends up being enough to buy CornFu one more year
Cornelsen seeing that our offense is putting up more yards than Clemson
You know how Clemson's offense has been a dumpster fire? The Hokies are right there with them - 13th and 14th in ACC yards per play. pic.twitter.com/OmWeQWhDmO— Pete B. (@petebvt) September 28, 2021
ah yes...I mean, he was probably right, we got two 4 star QBs and a room full of other QBs, right? RIGHT?
Wait...which one was this?
In my (probably way too simplistic) view of things, the offensive struggles boil down to one of five things (or a combination of them).
1. Poor in game coaching/play calling
2. Poor preparation/scheming ahead of the game
3. Poor talent evaluation on the recruiting trail
4. Poor recruiting in general
5. Poor player development
No matter which one(s) might be the biggest issue, on the offensive side of the ball, at the end of the day, the blame falls on the offensive coaching staff. And if Fuente is unwilling to make the changes needed to get VT football where it needs to be, then the blame shifts to him.
No Hokie fan can look at this product and say they are satisfied with the output. Cornelsen is making nearly a half-mil per year, and Fuente is making what? $4 mil? It is time that we demand some return on investment here.
We just put up 318 yards of offense and two offensive TDs against FCS Richmond (and let's not act like it was a fluke). Hell, Villanova put up 480 yards on them and scored 3 TDs in the 4th quarter alone.
We've got a few G5 coaches getting paid like Power 5 coaches putting out G5 - FCS level product.
It's a shame, cause that demotion back to the G5 would likely be unnecessary if he would just have one uncomfortable talk with Big Brain Brad
https://t.co/gQMSgBaWXI pic.twitter.com/LVtHGGk2vu— OBXHokie 🇵🇸 (@OBX_Hokie) September 27, 2021
You're not wrong
All comments have said all that need to be said about Corn, so I won't repeat everyone else's sentiments on him....my thought on the part about our rivals...
Right now, I think most Hokies would agree our best rivals are UVA, UNC, and Miami. Against UVA, Fuente is 4-1. Against UNC, he's 5-1. Against Miami, he's 2-3. I may be crazy but 11-5 against our more hated rivals over 6 years ain't bad.
You're right, that's not bad at all....it's our record against everyone else that is the issue
Bye week will shut down Cornelson's offensive scheme
But guys, they're the #21 ranked FCS school, so maybe that explains it...
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318 yards total offense. 2 offensive TDs.
So bad
BLECH!
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# | Virginia Tech vs. Richmond Game Time, TV Info, and Open Thread she's giving me a stroke
Too much, my man
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# | Virginia Tech vs. Richmond Game Time, TV Info, and Open Thread Retracted.
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# | Virginia Tech vs. Richmond Game Time, TV Info, and Open Thread "It's not my play calling that's bad, the players aren't executing!"
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# | Virginia Tech vs. Richmond Game Time, TV Info, and Open Thread Which goes back to the "best passing game" comment. This is Fu's best, and we can't complete them against an FCS defense
Whit would know better if the problem extends to Fuente. But I think Fuente, if he can unshackle himself from Corn, can be a successful HC. I would say replacing the OC would buy Fuente one more year with the head whistle (whether done midseason, or after the season). If Fuente is unwilling to do that, cut 'em both loose.