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"Detail" is there too....yet our AD and former Head Football Coach exhibited neither.
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100% in agreement.
He screwed up the football program, but it wasn't out of malice. He simply isn't cut out to be our AD. He and Pry fall into similar boats to me - they seem like nice guys that are perfect examples of the Peter Principle.
I think you could make that argument more towards Fuente than Pry.
We could have given Pry a blank check to hire assistants and he still would have hired bad ones and still would have bungled game management. I would be absolutely floored if anyone beyond a High School level ever hires him as a Head Coach again.
Fuente could have maybe been successful but it would have required much more support and alignment from the Athletic Dept. and Fuente to adjust his disposition and people skills---and in the end, neither side were willing to make those things happen.
Been thinking a bit about DC's departure. Part of me, well mostly me, feels he left this site because he was 100% right about this season and many of us (including me) were wrong to one degree or another. Some more than others, but DC was the one to stick to guns and state the truth. Most of us have been on this a site long enough to remember that DC at one time used to get a lot of down votes. Then one day, it only took one poster to say, "DC may be blunt AF, but he has pretty good to great insight and isn't wrong, it's just how he presents it". After that, he started to ascend the turkey legs chart and had become one of the most prominent members on TKP.
However, recently, I started to see more and more down votes on his comments. Yes, he may have beaten his points to death this off season, but if he was on here today, he would have the absolute right to say, "I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO, YOU FUCKING FUCKS".
I think he is done with VT Football and more so than the average fan. It is clear he has been a donor, long term active fan, had some access to HNW donors, etc. He's super pissed and rightfully so. And, he may feel like we fellow TKP'es are a bit too homerish to deal will at the moment.
Either way, I hope he returns. He is very insightful, smart, and entertaining.
If not, I wish him only the best.
LOL you can't make this up....
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Whit is likely just being a good company guy. He's basically had all of his substantive decision making power taken away from him (I mean your boss issues the press release instead of you Sunday, and the BOV is literally doing your job in materializing this restructuring and assembling the committee for the new coach). That can't be a pleasant spot to be in. Could he resign and not put up with that? Absolutely, but then he forfeits his buyout and any other post employment benefits he might otherwise get. So he's going to be a good soldier and assist where he can/where he's asked until a buyout is negotiated and his replacement is named. Simple as that I think.
Hard to ask tough questions to an interim coach who won't be around 4 months from now while the AD is cowering away in a corner.
I don't think asking rough questions to an interim head coach is going to do any real good
As nice as it is to think that can happen, my gut tells me that there is very little that will stop us from being absolutely dummied by everyone else on the schedule this year. This is a bad team.
I think if Whit had taken questions there might have been tougher ones. What are they going to ask the Interim coach that they didn't ask? He isn't going to speak to search committee, restructuring, etc as he likely won't be a part of any of that.
I mean he's not gonna go up there and tell the truth, which is that he + Pry have steered the football program into a ditch. He wants to play ball, get paid, and retire...can you blame him?
I don't know Whit the person but I haven't heard anything negative about him outside of his day to day tasks, I imagine he's a good guy who ultimately isn't up to the task of being an AD at a school with the unique challenges that VT faces in 2025.
With our defensive performance thus far. That concept scares me. I'll just start taking the over every game - likely covered by our opponent with no help from us.
He may or may not think that but it's just basic courtesy not to trash the guy that just got canned.
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It's a shame the powers that be could not have anticipated all of these "necessary-to-be-relevant" changes before Pry's HC career was sunk. It almost feels as though Pry was hired to be the sacrificial lamb to show them - "if you thought it was bad before, hold my beer"
Tempo mentioned multiple times. He ran far more uptempo at previous spots. Do we think we see more of that coming up?
Reporters not asking nearly enough tough question
uh yeah, that part i'm not excited about
All except his saying Coach Pry has laid a great foundation. I get it but not something I would have used.
With all the extremely positive changes that I think are around the corner for the future of VT football, I would absolutely love it if Monty can rally the troops and give us a fun run the rest of the way out. I hope he can change up practice and spark the team a little bit.
If we hire another coordinator with no HC experience, after what we've just experienced... I'm out next year
Stopped watching. Lots of Blah Blah Blah...yawn.
VT needs to market the hell out of their new plan that absolutely conveys to any coaching candidate and potential player that "shows them the money" (and resources).
VT needs to show the CFB nation they are serious and then starts immediately executing. They show this and they have a chance to attract a legitimate HC.
Until then, no coach worth a damn will come here.
I can appreciate the tone he's bringing. Maybe its the accent. I dunno
I'm good for it only if we bring in proven coordinators who have a track record of making it work elsewhere, ideally with head coaching experience at the P5 or NFL level before flaming out. Lets say Mike McDaniel gets fired by Miami and we are able to bring him in, I'm all for that as a complement to a top coordinator being promoted to head guy.