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Fuente to show some kind of passion. He's got the personality of a stump
I just don't get how anyone can say this guy doesn't show passion.
Tom Herman is a bit of a douchenozzle. Who the fuck thinks an opposing coaching running into the field when a brawl is about to erupt is running out to join in the brawl? Kind of a glimpse into Herman's in thought process there, I think.
From what I saw, the Iowa QB audibled, then went back to the original play call. The TE was still communicating to the WR to his left that the audible was called off when the QB called for the snap because the play clock was about to expire. Even if that's a timing route, the QB had enough of a look before throwing the ball to see that the TE was turned around facing the other way. That ball should have been thrown out the back of the end zone, reset, try again.
As for the illegal procedure, I didn't even think of that. I don't think the rules for being set aren't as strict for receivers as they are for OL. I think receivers can still be talking to each other as long as they aren't moving around (i.e., have their feet set the whole time).
The Hawkeyes QB should have never thrown that ball over the middle. It was obvious his receiver wasn't even looking for the ball.
Saban at Alabama is the best coach in the past 20 years. People forget that coaching success is a marriage of coach and program, and Saban and Alabama have the perfect marriage.
The location argument is bullshit.
The defense will look the same as it did against ODU against any QB that can make accurate deep throws under pressure. Thankfully, looking at the remaining schedule, I'm not sure any of our remaining opponents have that.
Our defense can keep us in games against a QB who can't consistently make deep throws under pressure. I'm worried about our front 7 against the run game of BC and Pitt, but if we can do enough to contain it, we'll have a shot. I like our chances against Miami the way they're wilting. UVA is anyone's guess.
Your reply is exactly what I'm talking about. It isn't that he doesn't adjust. Coaches that don't adjust end up as ESPN commentators. But I absolutely stand by my assertion that he doesn't innovate. Yes, he brought Kiffin in to implement some spread principles, and he was very late to the party doing so, because straight power worked for them for so much longer than other programs. The point is, he is in a position with recruiting and resources that he doesn't need to innovate, and that's a good thing for him. When he's on more equal footing with his competition, his results are more Michigan State and Miami Dolphins than LSU and Alabama.
You're also dead on about him stepping back and letting his coaches coach, another similarity he shares with Beamer.
It's not a derogatory term exactly. I just mean there's nothing innovative about the scheme they run. They aren't catching anyone flat-footed. They play power football and recruit well enough and have a good enough S&C program to be able to just straight up outman 99% of everyone they play. What Saban does is keep his players 100% engaged and bought-in. He could do that here, too, but without the resources of an Alabama or an LSU, he'd be a consistent 8-5 or 9-4 team instead of a consistent national champion. You need to throw in a little trickeration and ingenuity to get a program like VT a step above that, and Frank did that for us by developing the best DC in college football and pioneering such a strong focus on special teams.
I like our chances against every team left on the schedule more than I liked our chances against GT.
It's him, not us. He has to have the resources to get the absolute best recruits, best facilities, etc. He's the Frank Beamer of the upper echelon, consistently elite where Frank was consistently good-to-great. But he's completely vanilla. He could never overcome the hurdles a program like VT faces, where were just on the outside of elite looking in. He wouldn't have even had the success Frank had.
No that's their fight song.
Southnorthern Canada Tech is my favorite Canada Tech! Go Fighting Hosers!
We'd have roughly the same success he had at Michigan State.
Well yeah but by that metric the best thing would be for Fuente to quit of his own accord so we don't have to pay a buyout and he'd actually owe the athletics department money.
Buzzketball is way closer to competing for a national championship than football is right now.
Given the state of donations to the Hokie Club, this is probably the most rational position to take. We don't have the resources to be paying Fuente to no longer be our coach, while paying someone else to actually coach the program.
For anyone who is getting frustrated with Fuente, it's actually more important than ever to donate to the Hokie Club because without a significant uptick in athletic revenue we simply can't afford to pay Fuente's buyout, especially if we want to remain in any position to enter into a bidding war to retain Buzz, should other programs come calling.
Your stat was misleading, I added context. The defense actually stopped double the number of drives than the number of punts they forced. That is significant.
Eh, agree to disagree. Our offense wasn't great against ODU, but I definitely wouldn't say the offense was dominated.
Some (maybe not all) of the attrition is the responsibility of the coaching staff.
Wait. How?
Where is this narrative of sustained yearly regression coming from? 2017 looked a lot like 2016, and the defense was good both years. This year the defense is awful, but Willis is showing some improvement.
I think you might just be getting worked up.
Plus those very obviously not being GT's colors.
Fuente coached up Frank's players very well. Of course, QB was an area we needed help with, but the rest of that 2016 team was all Beamer. Since then, its been a complete downward slide to the point where now we look completely incompetent on defense against the likes of Old Dominion and Georgia Tech.
Wait, what?
What complete downward slide? Are you saying 2017's 9-4 (5-3) finish was a significant decline from 2016's 10-3 (6-2) campaign? I never felt like that was a precipitous dropoff considering the loss of Isaiah Ford and replacing Jerrod with JJ. The defense also went from being very good to being horrible in one season. If you saw signs of year over year decline indicative of a failing head coach, your post history over the last two seasons doesn't indicate it.
I just don't see the overall downward trajectory over 3 years of Fuente's tenure that you're insinuating. I see a sudden disastrous crash.
It actually seems like a very popular opinion around teh internets. I just think it also happens to be an unfounded and wrong one.