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Happy Valentine's Day, TKP!
I don't pay attention to other school's OC searches typically (does anyone?) but I know he interviewed for the UNC job when Longo left
Are we doing risk mitigation here? or trying to win the ACC? not snark. SMU was in the title game in their first year. Is it a bridge too far now?
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I don't think Christian Taylor for OC is that high risk. He's been on the radar of a lot of CFB fans for a couple years now.
This a million times
Personally the two biggest things for them are 1) Can we not Glennon the game away, if we need a first down to ice the game or to make it to half time can we get that first down.
2) Can we get off the field on 3rd and long, Marve was bad at this. You won two downs and set yourself up for an easy play and then you give up 20 yards is just killer.
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Could Pry strike gold with one or both of these coordinator hires? It's definitely possible and I'm going to be rooting hard for that outcome. But that shouldn't be the default expectation and nobody should be surprised if the team is even worse this year than last. Kachun further down in this thread worded it well... Pry is going "unnecessarily high risk" with these hires.
With your job on the line, but with the opportunity for a full coordinator re-do, why are you cheaping out on your coordinator hires?
This, this, this.
I prefer to go by SP+ rankings. This year, 41st in offense, and 37th in defense.
IMO top 30 would be good, top 40/45 would be expected, and outside of that would be disappointing.
More specifically on offense, I'd like to see our Success Rate increase, even if it means we don't create as many explosive plays (which we likely won't). If we see this, that likely means that either the OL has improved or we're more effectively scheming around it.
Finally, I want our offense to be fun and modern.
Who else interviewed Taylor recently for an OC job?
I am 100% giving him a chance/benefit of the doubt. What choice do i have? the underlying point I have been making for months is the overall level of the program and our expectations. Are we really trying to compete for ACC championships? I am asking a serious question. If we are - going into year 4 of a head coach hiring two new coordinators. Seems pretty important to me- so we hire two guys without P4 coordinating experience. To me, that indicates we aren't serious about competing for the ACC anytime soon. That is the frustration. Maybe that's simply where we are as a program. Keep in mind, the key criticism of Pry has been that he hired 2 first time coordinators... well he just did the same fucking thing in terms of the P4/ACC level. Definition of insanity. Could these 2 coordinators be fantastic? Could we get lucky with their major conference OJT? maybe. But maybe to me doesn't signify we are trying to substantially improve the program.
This board? Maybe not. But he was the 4th name down on 247's Hot Board when Bowen left. Funny thing is that it's a very similar path to what Joe Brady, of the same Bills, took on his way to orchestrating the best offense in CFB history.
Also since when is Bruce Feldman a "hack"?
And we're back on track
I think this stat is actually confirming our eye test. SP+ looks at how well a team does in terms of efficiency and explosiveness down to down. Being rated here means we were pretty good on average. When you see a team's W/L that disagrees significantly from SP+ that normally tells you something. When they're winning a lot more, that means that team is probably lucky. If they're losing more than expected, then coaching is probably holding them back. Which I think is exactly what we have all been screaming about. Context is always important, especially in statistics.
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Honestly, if he is the guy, he is the guy. Would I have like a bigger name, yes. But I am willing to give him a shot to prove himself. Pry knows his career is on the line (with or without the last two hires). If he is comfortable hitching his wagon to these two NFL guys, so be it.
They are Hokies now and we wish them the best. They either succeed together or all crash and burn.
Nothing says well regarded like Bills analyst that -almost- got a job according to a hack site. Love these posts. Nobody on this fucking board was throwing his name out as they literally threw out 50 names. But DC wilson is wrong. lol.
One of my favorite VT QBs. He was a winner, team player, got better as his career progressed.
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# | Michael Vick in discussion to become Norfolk State head coach Randall seems like the kind of former player that can be a good coach. Had talent, but couldn't win on just that, had to play within the system and understand the offense. It seems like the ultra-talented types can't make the transition to coaching. Vick as head coach is probably a better fit than Vick as QB coach. I think his time away from the game changed his perspective and his time with the Eagles at an older age made him understand what it means to study the game to get an advantage. No matter how things go, I am glad alumni are getting a shot, it could pay off for us in the long run.
Happy V Day TKP
So what happens when the announcement is made that he has decided not to come to Tech and we are back to searching again?