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Pry is an alumni of Buffalo.
The majority of his coaching experience has been under James Franklin... someone he coached.
He spammed his old high school coach to get a GA position and it worked.
He's taking his money just like you or I would if we were in a similar situation with our job.
Elko was clearly the move in hindsight. Supposedly it came down to him and Pry too. I wanted Clawson at the time but we didn't know he was looking to get out of coaching in the NIL portal era.
Bill O'Brien would also have been a better option. Napier is probably equivalent with Pry because he totally mismanaged all of the talent Florida bought
Woof didn't realize Khalil Herbert didn't even make the Colts roster. He is on the practice squad
Tuten 3 rushes for 11 yards for Jaguars
Jaylin Lane 1 catch for 11 yards and two fair catches on punts for Commanders
If I was as rich as Pry is (or, at least as rich as he should be given what his salary is) yeah, I would leave that money on the table. Too embarrassed to accept the buy out if I had a job that paid that much and I had done a really lousy job. Granted, I am conservative with my spending and okay with investing, so with Pry's salary, I'd have more money than I would reasonably spend in a lifetime + plenty to give to my wide and/or child upon my passing. But I don't know how he manages his finances.
I totally understand what you are saying and 100% get it for a regular person. You make a fair point. But with what Pry is making, if I was in his shoes, yes, I'd resign and give up that money that I definitely did not earn.
Should have hired him instead of Justin Hamilton tbh
the only highlight from the second half, the Greene catch was sick
Copy from another post:
Big board of coaches (overall quality not necessarily fit):
1. John Sumrall - Tulane
2. Alex Golesh - USF
3. Dan Mullen - UNLV
4a Glenn Schuman - DC Georgia
4b. Shannon Dawson - OC Miami
Stretch but possible/out of the box
1. Lance Leipold - Kansas
2. Matt Campbell - Iowa State
2b. Kalani Sitake - BYU
4. Willie Fritz - Houston
Don't hate but probably lower tier:
1. Kane Wommack - DC Alabama, fmr South Alabama HC
2. Tyson Helton - Western Kentucky
Wildcard:
Michael Vick with Dave Clawson as chief of staff/associate head coach
Rudolph was a shit hire. Motherfucker straight up stole money. Dzansi was a starter in the league and regressed HARD under Rudolph.
Chuck clark made some good plays today
they are far and away the best run athletic dept in the state, pound for pound
Dorian Strong making his first NFL start tonight in place of the injured Tre'davious White.
Clean house.
Fire John Balien. Allegedly sabotaged Fuente and allegedly jumped Pry to tor top of prospective candidates.
This type of thinking is just asinine. Would you leave money on the table that your employer had agreed to pay you?
I have liked some of my past jobs and employers, I don't give them back money.
Yep. Getting forcibly readjusted into the minor leagues and having any player worth a shit spend maybe a year or two here at best is not something I have an easy time talking myself into spending $2500/year on transparently, let alone having our board decide every four-year student needs to graduate with $10K in debt strictly attributable to athletics like they do at JMU.
And no matter what sport, we don't play half the teams in our conference that I care about because the membership has been inflated to serve a TV contract that's putting us in a subservient role to the SEC anyway.
Revisionist history can be difficult sometimes.
I'm not sure Fuente was finding any sort of adjustments as it relates to recruiting, although he did land a few 4* players along the way. His biggest issue was roster management, which IMO was his biggest failure. He had no clue how to build a roster.
Let's just hire the entire JMU athletic department. They are winning a lot, all over the place, these days. And it doesn't seem to matter who the coach is for the football team. They just win.
I remember French commenting that he didnt bring single recruit either.
By the way, as of September 7, 2025, we are 6 months to Iditarod, 2026! Something to look forward to:
"The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will begin with the ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 7, 2026. The race will officially restart the following day in Willow."
I commented in the game thread that if he is such a VT guy he should turn down the buyout
I'm fully convinced now Franklin wanted Pry to leave. He saw it as a way to let a buddy go easy, upgrade his staff, and keep VT from ever competing with PSU for recruits or influence in the region. He knew what a disaster Pry would be I guarantee it and gave him glowing reviews to Whit.
You notice Pry didn't bring a single transfer or staff member from PSU with him here. Major red flag.
I refuse to 'hate' on Pry. He seems like a good guy and has done his best. Took a complete post-Fuente dumpster fire and turned it around in year 2. Was that a fluke? Yeah, sure looks like it was. Do I want him coaching at VT anymore? Absolutely not. It did not work out here. He does not have the skills to be a good HC. But I am not going to hate him unless he turns into a jerk after this point. He really needs to just resign with honor. He's got millions and millions already.
How dumb was that move in hindsight? Hire three cooks in the kitchen on offense, Glenn and Rudolph both former OCs with way more experience to basically babysit Bowen. Total disaster/incongruent philosophies. Then the more senior two bolt after one dreadful season.
Chamarri Conner led Chiefs in tackles with 10 in their loss in Brazil