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I only intently listen to Portnoy when giving his pizza reviews. I love pizza and the mostly New Haven and NY pies he reviews look so damn good and I have pizza on the brain until I consume a slice or 8 at one of two places I go to in Leesburg.
Solo's - cuz they sell by the slice
Spanky's - cuz their sauce is the boss
Brooks has not only been really good with RB production, but has recruited well both in high school and the portal. Even with a weak OL, there's still a lot of rushing yards.
His connection to DeMatha is paying dividends, two of our best young talented players, Laws and Chambers, are DeMatha products. Franklin at PSU recruited heavily out of DeMatha too and has an existing relationship with him from when Brooks was HC at DeMatha. I think we would regret letting Brooks go, he was eating our lunch when he was at UMD. Seider was Saquon's coach but is now at ND. PSU's RB coach has been there 1 year.
Other than that, if the scheme fits, keeping Moore would be good. Our OL has struggled with development with so much turnover, Moore has a really track record of productive lines, and he brought a bunch of talent with him. The future of the OL is bright, but it depends if Franklin really wants to bring Trautwein with him.
Looking at past PSU staffs
-Spencer as DL coach (currently at aTm) makes a lot of sense, he left PSU for the NFL, so that will be about relationships and moving back to the East Coast.
-Obviously pulling Rahne or Moorhead from HC positions would be cool. Kotelnicki runs a good offense if the QB can run, but if Franklin wants to bring in Allar, it'll be better to go with a more pro-style offense. I really like Ciarrocca who Franklin has hired and fired before. I think he'd fit well with Allar.
-Gattis at WR could be interesting, but has struggled at OC and seemingly can only operate in a Harbaugh run heavy offense (Stalions or not)
-There were rumors last year about bringing in DC Tim Banks from Tennessee who used to be on Franklin's staff
-Bob Shoop is currently a defensive analyst at Vandy
-I hope Ryan Smith gets a call. He was a good safeties coach when he was here before. He's still CBs for the Cardinals
-If Shane's staff falls apart, Torrian would be available. Other former Hokies/coaches who seem to be talented coaches and I wouldn't mind seeing come back into the fold include Jack Tyler (currently DC @ East Texas A&M), Zohn Burden (@ Duke since 2022), Holmon Wiggins (currently co-OC @ aTm, previously at Bama, could be possible OC), Stiney at least in a recruiting capacity.
Overall, I think Franklin is good about trying to get the best guys on his staff and holds them to a high standard. He's also good about identifying coaching talent and giving them a shot. I trust him to put together a good staff, even if some of those are people we haven't heard of.
When people get upset when JC Price or Fontel Mines or Noah Chambers are let go, reference this article.
Things will be broken and feelings hurt. Big boy football.
Now we do the big dogging
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The part that really broke my brain was when he voiced his preference for Gruden. So, Franklin isn't truly proven recruiting in the NIL era, and his on-field success was too long ago. But Gruden is better on both fronts? I had to let it go and just do work instead of talking Hokie football, which was a wildly terrible outcome.
He listens to Barstool and loves Portnoy, doesn't he
he voiced his preference for Gruden
Lost cause, my friend. Anyone who thinks Gruden would be a good hire, particularly at VT is on a different planet than the rest of us.
Probably never gonna not struggle with this person....best to nod politely and move on.
Either he had money on Gruden........or he is Gruden. Those are the only two explanations I can think of
I struggled discussing this hire with a Hokie coworker. He doesn't like the hire - which is fine, he can have his opinion, but his reasoning baffled me.
He questioned Franklin's ability to manage the NIL era, despite Franklin consistently eating our lunch in recruiting.
He doesn't think Franklin can elevate a program to reach big games. I pointed out that he was a field goal from the title game just ten months ago, and he responded "yeah, but that was TEN MONTHS ago."
The part that really broke my brain was when he voiced his preference for Gruden. So, Franklin isn't truly proven recruiting in the NIL era, and his on-field success was too long ago. But Gruden is better on both fronts? I had to let it go and just do work instead of talking Hokie football, which was a wildly terrible outcome.
Agreed
Don't get me wrong, I am excited for the future, I just want this season to be like the 3 balls I fired out of bounds when I wrote bogey on the scorecard.
Ciarrocca was fired after one year, he came from Minn and PJ Fleck and is now at Rutgers. Yurcich followed him and was fired in his third year. Franklin has struggled to find the OC magic he had with Moorhead.
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If that's the case, what a stark contrast to when we hired Pry and had to wait weeks to find out who the coordinators would be. I really hope they keep JC Price on staff because I believe he is a heck of a good d-line coach. Keeping Matt Moore as the O-line coach would please me too but I defer to the experts on his coaching prowess. Our running game is definitely the strength of our offense this season.
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It fits with the mo in Blacksburg. We're never going to have good offense, so we hired a guy who wins but doesn't have good offense. Great culture fit IMO
Who transferred?
We still have 2 games to go on what is shaping up to be the single worst season of VT football in 33 years, but I am genuinely more excited for the short term future of VT football than I have been since probably 2005 or so.
Crazy times
Yeah, but who outside of Heath and maybe Ayden get any separation? Even when he had crazy talent like the last two years it didn't seem like he was getting the most out of them. WR has occasionally been a problem for Franklin so I'd like to see someone better than Mines come in. You replace the position recruiting with the HC recruiting, so it's worth it to get a good coach there.
Player-wise, we've got three pretty good running backs
Just as the announcer says Western Michigan loves to run, they throw a ball that gets batted up for a pick.
I know there are people who think this coach or that coach is ok and should/could be kept. However this team may only win 3 freaking games this year. And short of the place kicker, I don't think there is a single other player, much less position group who has been consistently good.
My vote is wipe the slate clean. We don't need the stench of a 3-9 season being carried into 2026.
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Shoop would be a let down.