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I base it on comparing him to people like Stinespring, Lefty and Corn. I mean, it's not a very high bar to clear.

Edit: Oh sorry, I see you were talking about Taylor being an upgrade. I thought at first you meant what makes Bowen better than anyone else VT had as OC in the last 20 years.

All Good Dawgs is probably my favorite name there. At least SCar did not try and get 'cocks' in there somehow. Sure we could come up with all kinds of interesting phrasings.

I call them SCar because they don't deserve to have a name remotely close to USC. There is only one.

Meh probably. Definitely did the most with the least.

I don't think Bowen is a bad OC either. But I do think this is would be an upgrade.

Question though, was Bowen our best OC of the last 20 years?

I think Christian Taylor would be a great hire. Is it hiring Dan Mullen or Ryan Grub or Chip Kelley? No. But it's easily a better hire than Bowen in 2022. It would liken it to Clemson hiring Chad morris in 2011.

With a DC, Oline Coach, and S&C coach hired and potentially an OC in works VT has stabilized.

Like VT our family has stabilized, the baby is now in our possession, and like the OC it's not a done deal for more reasons than just parental rights termination, Turnover in the VA government (not elected officals) has led to a minor paper issue we need resolved to complete everything and make the foster as permanent as it can be.

But it's and unknown road ahead as with every family. The worries and concerns are real. We want the best for our babies, literal and figurative (VT).

I want to keep this family together but some of that is outside our control so we hope for the best and we take the small wins we can get. And we get ready for the first challenge (a 12+ hour drive home)

The good news is there are teams that are stupid enough to foul her assuming she would make the layup. Film study would say let her miss the layup she is better at free throws.

Unfortunately this statement is true on Wenzel in almost every game. No fear going to the hoop but she is awful at finishing layups.

Let's be fair here. The criticism that he hired two first time coordinators is (as we have seen in the W-L record) valid. But he pivoted from that and hired two coordinators that have coordinating experience. Is it likely that we would have gotten a desirable P4 coordinator to essentially take a side-grade (or down-grade from P2) job for a coach that may have one year left? Not likely. So let's give him some credit for getting experience coordinators that, according to the people around him and outside observers, are doing some innovative stuff on their side of the ball. Are they both gambles? Yes. But given that we weren't going to get proven track record at the P4 level, I'll go with experience and innovation.

So what happens when the announcement is made that he has decided not to come to Tech and we are back to searching again?