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Ok, I know seems far fetched, but saw Sons of Saturday floating it around. Neal Brown could be a really good idea and seamless scheme fit with Matt Moore as our new OL coach. And probably has a buyout from WVU so could sink even more into assistants.
How do you do this at this point in the year? This is just a grimey thing to do. Then again if he does it two months ago we probably lose most of our offense.
Pretty shit thing to do to the kids that probably stayed here for you
You know what?
Put in a call to norfolk state.
It is an odd hire from OSU's standpoint.
He has exactly 2 years of OL coaching experience, one at Fordham in 2015 and one at UMD in 2017.
counterpoint: it would exacerbate the embarrassment of losing to them in their high school stadium (if Pry could hang on until 2027 when we go back)
What has Ricky Bustle been up to lately?
Pry was his DC for 4 years at ULL
For those upset that we aren't paying to play, would you have preferred that we bumped up Bowen's salary to keep him on staff instead? Serious question. I honestly don't even get why OSU would hire him to be their OL coach. They have the money to hire way more seasoned and accomplished positional coach than Bowen. You can make the argument that he is taking his lifeline from what is, at best, a very rocky situation here at Tech (that he helped to create). But, he was still a green OC with mixed results that in no way should have been given more money to stay and continue to do that same job. If we're in the market to pay more money (which, we are btw) then we would be better off spending it on someone with more experience.
Also, this wasn't something that Pry knew about way ahead of time so I guess that knife cuts both ways.
Fair is acknowledging that Marve and Siefkes are nothing alike in their respective job histories, and that having Siefkes + e.g. Chryst is not the same as having 2022 Marve + Bowen. One green P4 coordinator isn't two. I'll believe it when it happens though
As long as it is not anyone who has been VT's OC in the past 20 or so years, I'll keep an open mind to whoever we bring in.
Can't imagine this is a surprise for Pry. He had to know Bowen was in talks with OSU for the position. They aren't a rival or anything so hopefully it was an open conversation and Pry started to put feelers out about a new OC a while ago.
You have the order of his success wrong. Chryst was mid at Pitt, and then actually did really well at Wisconsin until the pandemic season. Seasons:
10-3 (2nd in West)
11-3 (won West, Cotton Bowl)
13-1 (9-0 in conference, won West, Orange Bowl)
8-5 (2nd in West)
10-4 (won West, Rose Bowl)
4-3 (pandemic)
9-4 (2nd in West)
2-3 (fired after 5 games)
Head coach for 6 full, non-pandemic seasons:
-6 regular season winning records (100%)
-Made 3 Big 10 Championship Games (50%)
-3 New Years Six Bowls (50%)
-4 ten-win seasons (67%)
-5 nine-win seasons (83%)
-6 bowl games (100%)
-5 bowl wins (83%) plus won their bowl game during the pandemic season
-4 finishes in the AP Top 25 (67%)
-2 finishes in the AP Top 10 (33%), highest finish #7 in 2017
Back in 2019, even 2020 and 2021, there were articles and podcasts calling him one of the best coaches in the country.
+1. Would be a phenomenal OC hire.
At the very least, it might feel good to big-dog ODU after getting big-dogged ourselves.
it feels more like one of the higher ups pulling up the ladder behind them by promoting "her people"
Fontel Mines is probably our next OC if we're being honest.
fair
Lets be realistic.
This is a bad team, with a bad coaching staff. Whether the money exists and isn't being spent or simply doesn't exist, the NIL is limited. The coach and AD are likely lame ducks.
Who would want this job?
This seems like a totally un-emotional response....good grief.
On the surface getting a coach poached to go to a much more premier program is what most programs would expect. What I don't expect is for a coach of ours to leave and take a downgrade in their assistant status.
LOL oh this afternoon is excellent timing for VT to send out the following email:
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Ja'Juan Seider or Ty Howle has a chance to do something absolutely hilarious
Oh the new boss won the power battle, but there is still going to be a sacrificial lamb to show all her new subordinates that she has all the power now.
Seen it so many times with someone trying to empire build like that. Bulldoze anyone in their way, assert authority whenever they can, and eventually piss off the wrong person, gets fired, and leaves a completely wrecked organization in the wake.
Both Drones and Watson noted their relationship with Bowen a major reason in coming to VT. So yea, I don't know if VT will have a QB next year...
And Drones could make for a good TE in the OSU system....