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I might be the only one, but I hate watching a game on TV and after every touchdown, the whole field goes dark momentarily, and then starts flashing. It's annoying.
two 8-win seasons
Muschamp had one 9-win season.
Jim Carlen was overlooked, my bad. But that was also when SCar was independent, in their time between the ACC and SEC.
Anyways - my point stands - SCar is a tough job, and Shane is doing pretty good there IMO.
Great. Now do LEDs in Lane
Are we not counting Bob Williams, Jim Carlen and Will Muschamp that also had 8-win seasons at South Carolina?
That's seven 8-win coaches, which is about the same as VTin that time.
Of all the people who posted picks, I'm closest yo you with 4 in common. Flip the first and the last. But I absolutely suck this year, so who knows?
The way the linebackers looked the past couple years Pry can get the hell away from this defense for good
I don't think adding facilities a mile away makes much sense.
I hear that. And if it's all the obvious stuff, then yes mitigate for those. The guy absolutely knows his shit.
But if you haven't read the article, here are some items...
"his too often snobby disposition and other things athletic director Scott Stricklin refused to divulge, but doesn't take much ingenuity to figure out, is what got him fired Sunday." the relevant Stricklin quote is "a lot of times the losses or things that don't go right on the field, those are symptoms of other issues. I'm not going to get into all that because I don't think that's fair to everyone involved.."
"It went beyond those 9 losses in the last 11 games...spilled over into Mullen looking as if he was instigating his own demise"
losing in OT to Missouri after "making no attempt to move into field goal range during the final minute of regulation"
"his perpetual I'm-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude"
So yes, do the due diligence.
I don't think a lot of those guys want to coach college. College is way more working hours.
I'm not defending Mullen here. I just thought this was as good a spot as any to say this:
I'm willing to bet that every coach has red flags if you dig deep enough. Nobody is perfect. I think the trick is finding a coach who's red flags aren't super obvious. Or, finding a coach who's red flags can be mitigated in some way.
Pry had red flags - then he doubled down and brought in two green coordinators with their own red flags. He did the exact opposite of mitigate his own red flags - he exacerbated them. Immensely. And we all know how that went.
It's one reason I like this series by bar1990 - he's going to focus on the strong suits of potential candidates - then we can find the red flags as we dig deeper but instead of using those as reasons NOT to hire the guy, lets use them more as tools for identifying what we need to surround that guy with to mitigate those red flags.
Yeah long term it hurts the sport in exchange for a short term money grab for the SEC, (and insanely short term money grab for the Big 10 that already happened)
SMU at TCU (TCU -7.5)
(17) Texas Tech at (16) Utah (Utah -3.5)
unc at UCF (UCF -6.5)
(22) Auburn at (11) Oklahoma (Okla -6.5)
(21) Michigan at Nebraska (M -2.5)
(9) Illinois at (19) Indiana (-4.5)
Mullen got fired because his last season...and the last 3 games of the previous year...went to shit. 2-9 in his last P-5's; 1-7 in one score games; kept buddies on the staff who weren't performing (Grantham in particular); and ultimately lost his team. If defense was the only issue, why not just require him to hire a new DC? They'd just extended his contract and gave him a raise. So...
Here is Gene Frenette's article from that time period and if you think we might get Mullen, it's pretty informative.
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/columns/gene-frenette/2021/11/...
If we chase Mullen, the search committee will need to get the inside details on the not publicly discussed issues from Stricklin (who looks like he'll have something in common with Whit soon).
I think Mullen can totally coach. But there are some red flags.
Its not like VT doesn't have space to work with. All one has to do is look a mile to the NE and see the remaining 9 holes we have for the golf course to see we have a TON of undeveloped land on university property. Sorry for the golfers out there, but that land is absolutely not maximizing its potential utility. That space alone could fit 150% of what we currently have in athletic facilities, and if you take the space to the South and relo the Smithfield Horse Center you have an insane amount of facilities potential.
I think you meant to say Wrestling... I would also accept Baseball or Softball as acceptable substitutions.
All those tight spreads. I have a bad feeling about this week.
I get the sense the existing board was due for replacement and the AD decided to spend a little more for an upgrade. So partial cost was improvement and partial replacement.
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# | ACC adjusting schedule requirements to mandate ten P4 games Fewer required games against the worst conference in the P4 please.
That is what I meant. All schools have closed their academic windows for the fall already. So this transfer period literally means he has left the team and been banned from facilities. He might have been kicked out of tech entirely as his scholarship has probably been revoked and there is nowhere to go except home.
Any NFL coordinators or coaches people like or would be a possibility? McDaniel from the dolphins has to be on a pretty hot seat after the 0-3 start. Estimate is he's making around $4 mil/year so probably not too much of a stretch that some school could pony up enough to convince him to move to college if he does get the axe.
TEEMING WITH INTEL
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10 months 5 days
# | ACC adjusting schedule requirements to mandate ten P4 games Nine conference games discourages big OOC scheduling and I think that is a capital B, Bad thing.
8+2 is a much better model, and it's what EVERY P4 conference should be doing.
Right now it appears ESPN does not intend to pay the ACC more for 10 P4 games. SEC on the other hand is expected to see a $3-4M increase per school for going to 9+1 because of course we need to widen that gap.
Our baby sitter cancelled and rather than miss the game, we need a parking pass close to stadium since strollers are not allowed. 2 parking passes would be great, but I'll settle or 1.
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
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10 months 5 days
# | Hokies unveil a new stars & stripes helmet for Military Appreciation Day Not a fan but in line with so many jokes I have seen online this week....
But of course it's a white effect game. That's what you do when you surrender so only fitting the whole team is in a white flag this week.
You hate em cuz we ain't got em. I bet you go to a game and would enjoy them.