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You really think Pry is on the verge of being fired this season if he can't win 7 or more?

I think 6 or less and he's gone, 8 or more he's safe, and at 7 it depends on context.

I just don't see it, not after that big presentation and pitch to the BOV for funding. No way they're on board with eating another big buyout

I don't see firing Pry as mutually exclusive with begging for money. One of the reasons you have a war chest is so you can move on from underperforming coaches.

Also, Whit is a big believer in not 'throwing good money after bad' - I believe those were his words - as to why he gave Pry (what was at the time) enough money to fund the third highest paid staff in the ACC, but didn't give it to Fuente.

AND letting Whit of all people pick a third football coach

I don't know how much of a blocker this is...

1. Other programs do this pretty regularly. I wouldn't say it's a good spot to be in, but it's done every off season
2. I think Whit is viewed as a company man. I think he's fallen on the sword for BoV/Sands a couple times (2020 - you can't change my mind), so I don't think the BoV is looking to oust Whit.

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I hope the VT BoV was paying attention.

You can have the best coach of all time, but if you aren't willing to up the budget to get better talent, it won't fucking matter.

The TD pass to Harbor I put an asterisk on because the game situation following the punt return TD changed to the point where we needed to sell out to stop the run

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You really think Pry is on the verge of being fired this season if he can't win 7 or more? I just don't see it, not after that big presentation and pitch to the BOV for funding. No way they're on board with eating another big buyout AND letting Whit of all people pick a third football coach while they're working to secure more funds for athletics.

I totally agree his seat should be scorching, and we really aren't going anywhere as a program with Pry at this point (he is what he is). But I just don't see it until some of this new funding comes to fruition and we have a new AD. I do think Whit will announce his retirement in the next 1-2 years if he can get some of this funding secured.

How hot is the hot seat for Pry?

Hot. Win less than 7 and he's out IMO.

Is there any chance he would lose the position based on the outcome of this Vandy game?

Zero chance, unless there's an off the field scandal.

Objectively, it should be scorching hot. But I don't think we get a new HC until we have a new AD. And I don't think Whit is going to be fired at this point, especially since he just sounded the alarm on our dreadful financial picture (how terrible would the optics be after that in-depth presentation on the funding needed to compete and then VT fires the AD?) So he probably, either intentionally or unintentionally, was very slick and saved his job for a couple years.

That being the case, then I think Pry is safe this year regardless of record. We will get a new HC when we have a new AD (have a feeling Whit will probably get some of this big funding request secured from the BOV, have a great big presser about all the great things the money will do, and then announce his retirement sometime in the next 1-2 years.)

Until then, we have Pry. Which is pretty bleak IMO, but honestly I would rather not eat yet another $10MM buyout and use that cash and hopefully extra funds coming for NIL. And most importantly, we better go get a much better QB from the portal next offseason.

I don't think it's as hot as it should be - NIL probably going to save his job. He's going to be expensive to fire and we need all that money to pay players. Talent is more important than coaching so I think you ride with Pry and buy him some better players. When his contract is up hopefully we're in a better spot and can hire a true HC. Until then, we just have to avoid signing any extensions for him

How hot is the hot seat for Pry? Is there any chance he would lose the position based on the outcome of this Vandy game? I think if the defense plays to the same level they can win this game but hard to feel confident obviously. Drones at times on Sunday looked worse than I've seen him play in 3 years as accuracy continues to be a major issue. From what I remember, Pop was a much better passer when we saw him play at the end of last year....

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Well said, and I concur. We left some stuff out there on offense with dropped passes, bad throws, and untimely penalties. This was against a team that has one of the best edge rushers in the game, and a very stout D around him. We held and offense to 17 points that is led by true Heisman contender that had an Olympic athlete at receiver. I felt decent after the loss to what looked like a legit top 15 team, but we need to put up or shut up this weekend. We need to bring Vandy's cocky shit back down to earth and play a complete game from whistle to whistle.