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One of the best message board sagas was on 247 the year we thought we were replacing Fuente but ended up not. Some troll kept dropping fake hints on a new coach and had people watching multiple episodes of Bonanza for clues. What a time.
I was excited for Neuschwanstein, but it's got waaaaay too many extremely rude Chinese tourists, has a lot of areas closed off, and is just all around not worth the day trip.
There's a smaller yellow castle right across the street that's pretty cool though. Has actual history, no crowd, and is way cheaper to tour.
I did the same just now, so it's still going. A lot of people must be searching that.
Shooting right up the A gap
Maybe he was interviewing the Minnesota DC also. For various reasons they may have wanted to wait on that.... He could have been interviewing a number of candidates we'd consider very good, and maybe, as someone else pointed out, if he wanted to ALSO interview Dex (even if he wasn't the leading candidate), you try to do all your interviews as close to each other as possible. Maybe he was considering the ND DC as well, who knows.
Maybe we all wet ourselves over how good a hire Pry makes. I mean, I know a lot of us are being negative about this, but a lot of us also thought Pry wouldn't fire Marve, and that was the biggest change we thought. Pry not only fired Marve, but Crook and Galt to boot. We knew the OLine was weak, but I don't think anyone was thinking to fire Crook, and certainly not Galt.
And maybe Pry is asking prospective DCs for recommendations for S&C coaches and maybe the new DC wants to interview their new position coaches and some of our existing ones before changes are announced. There could be lots of things delaying that aren't remotely bad. I feel like Fuente's unflinching loyalty to a bad OC has influenced our perceptions of what Pry is willing to do. I think Pry hired Marve because he thought Marve was a sharp guy who could scheme some strong defenses.
Marve didn't work out, so Pry let him go. He made a good call on actually doing that. I don't know why people think Pry, who"s probably in career saving/self preservation mode would roll over and make a half ass hire? He knows his job is tied to performance, so he's going to try to make the best damn hire he can. If we'd be underwhelmed, I doubt Pry would feel secure in his future making that hire.
And he's bringing Tapp and Sorensen as DE and S coaches.
I think it s belief that he indirectly controls them by controlling the budget/purse strings.
Love the Oscar Smith kids. Always produced great ball players. Beamer had that pipeline locked down for a long time. Would love to get that back.
Why was he called Cock Knocker?
Why exactly do you think WHIT makes coordinator hires? There's not a single head coach in the country who is going to be a HC if they aren't the ones choosing their coordinators. If the AD is hiring them, that makes the HC something other than a HC. It makes them more like a manager, and I'm not even sure they'd be a GM. Unless the person was incompetent and happy to collect a HC salary until he was eventually fired.
PLUS, if Whit was the one with control over coordinators, Corny would have been gone a year or two before Fuente, but Whit let Fuente die on the Corny sword. You're putting way too much influence in Whit's hands. He may have the right to, but I'd pretty much guarantee he isn't calling the shots.
Plus, if other people are right, and Whit can't afford another failed HC under him, he'd be doing everything he could, including begging donors for money, getting new donors, begging the new donors for money, etc. to get a home run DC.
Moore must get a bump for every transfer OL he brings in.
Uh, Mark Hamill was by far the best Cock Knocker.
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I feel like a Co-Defensive Coordinator isn't as strong a hire as we'd want to make. A lot of people seem high on him, but it just didn't feel as good to me. Marve was a DC that couldn't do the job. I'd hate to take someone who wasn't already solely responsible for being DC already.
I feel like there's risks to several of the potential solutions.
Hiring a proven DC from a playoff team is probably the most expensive route, but likely safest. Some risk may be that if it's a blue blood, are they mostly relying on 4 and 5 star talent for their defenses to be as good, and can they recruit the talent they need at Tech.
Hiring a DC from a non-playoff team is probably second safest, but how good are the defenses? Can they recruit well in our area?
Hiring a guy you're promoting to DC - can they actually be successful as a DC? Can they recruit and sell themselves to prospects? This seems like one of the riskiest alternatives.
Hiring a guy was DC at the FCS level - will their success translate to the P4? Probably less risky than promoting a guy to DC.
Hiring a DC from the NFL - can the guy coach players that don't have NFL talent, skill, size, strength & conditioning? Can he recruit? Seems almost as risky as promoting a non-DC, put is probably at least a guy proven to scheme and make adjustments.
I think you have to weigh all those risks, especially given Pry knew he needed to make a change. How much risk does he want to accept given the performance we've had and expectations. Maybe we interviewed Dex, but he seems like a more risky prospect unless he could totally sell a vision and plan to get there. If it was me, I'd rather throw the saying "defense wins championships" to Whit, get him to talk to donors, big dog someone, using the combo of salary and HEAVY incentives for a very competitive salary (as I've mentioned elsewhere) to someone.
IIRC, Beamer sent a jet to Athens to get Bobo to interview for the VT OC job...he refused to get on the get because he's a UGA alum and didn't want to leave home (for just a lateral hire). We were never going to get him.
Pep got the Colts OC job when we were interviewing him.
Lefty wasn't a bad OC perse...I attribute a lot of the 2016 season to his development of the offensive players.
It can be confusing so, start simply.
Easiest food choices is eat whole foods. Shop on the outside of the grocery. Stay away from processed. Chicken fish beef pork turkey.
Fresh or frozen veggies and fruits. unbreaded, unsweetened.
Stay away from fruit juice and sugar.
Start there and you will see progress.
As for exercise - walk. It's cheap and can be done anywhere.
Here's the trackr I use. There is a free version.
https://cronometer.com
You do not have to track but most people find it effective.
Usually, they find you.
Just trying to find a gal who appreciates quick penetration.
We only stayed the first and last nights in Lima (our non-stops to Cuzco were cancelled right before our trip).
Whether or not there's anything to do here, I can't say, but a quick Google search isn't really a good way of finding out if you'll get some help acclimating in Lima. We thought we'd be at close to a mile up, but our hotel was walking distance from the airport, which was right on the ocean. Most of our whopping 70 feet of elevation above sea level was being on the 3rd floor. :/
Cuzco was full of stuff to do.
We only got to do the 2 day hike due to a last minute Covid restriction (there was lots of spread in the tents). It was not the most taxing hike we did on the trip but it wasn't an easy day. (We ended up at a glacial lake at 14,000 feet the day after and standing up really sucked at that altitude. Macchu Picchu finishes up at around 8,500 feet I think.)
Of note, the night's stay below Macchu Picchu (Aguas Calientes) was in a hotel, which was nice. (We wandered around with Zillow on and the real estate was as expensive as any major city in the US!)
The plumbing infrastructure- not so much. We had to save solid waste in plastic bags in the bathroom. So... that's a thing, and be ready!
I think the deal may be we may not WANT to. The other thing that I've mentioned before is people say Moore is getting paid less, but that's WAY different may be straight salary. I've seen separate articles report salary two ways (I think while Fuente was still here). One reported salary as if it was full compensation, while another listed salary PLUS incentive income only paid if they met certain performance goals. If we're seeing only the straight salary, maybe we do pay him less than WVU, but provide incentives that might pay him a decent amount more than what he might have made there. That way, we can pay less if they don't meet those goals, but gives the incentive for him to hit those goals.
I would assume the same might be true for a DC. Straight salary possibly less, but offer big incentives. Use the incentives as where you big dog someone else, that way we only pay if we succeed. And donors are probably willing to pony up more if we win a lot of games. I feel like that structure is win/win and why businesses do that as well, such as for bonuses tied to sales goals.
I don't think we are thinking outside the box enough. Let's hire the first female defensive coordinator. It would be media gold!
Nope. Interim coach would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible to sell to new recruits. Nobody wants to go to a school to play not knowing who would be their coach in a year and if that future coach could get them to the NFL. And let's be realistic - they probably know Pry is in the hot seat and needs to make a strong move. While the portal is a possibility, I seriously doubt most kids would go into a situation where they thought it was LIKELY they want to transfer away, unless they're hoping to prove themselves for a larger NIL deal.
So yeah, no way in HELL Foster is the interim as much as WE might like the idea. Also, people forget his health (I think heart) issues. He's probably fine being a consultant or some similar role, but that's WAY different than the stress of being the "buck stops here" for the defense as a coordinator.
As someone who hasn't done a good job of taking care of themselves for most of their lives, do you all have any recommendations on where to start? There's so much information it's overwhelming for me. Not to mention the amount of BS out there makes it even tougher.
For reference, I'm 5'9" and, while I haven't step on a scale in a while, I'm probably around 260lbs at the moment. The good news is I'm a pretty good cook, but I use food to deal with stress, and am too good at making tasty comfort food. I feel like I generally know what I should do to improve my diet, getting there is a bit more difficult.
As far as working out and exercise go I really feel lost. For example, about 3 years ago before a trip to the boundary waters, I got a gym membership. I only ever used the rowing machine, treadmill, and exercise bikes because I had no idea what I was doing at the bench or any of the other weight lifting machines. I did notice a bit of improvement even just going 2-3 nights a week for 3ish months... until covid knocked me on my ass for a number of months. I haven't really made much of an attempt since. However, I'm currently out of a job and while I'm looking for a new job, I'm also trying to use this time to develop some better habits.
Yes, yes it would for two reasons (maybe 3, I'm making 'em up as I go).
1) I feel like if Quinn was remotely a possibility, he could have done interviews already and just delayed the announcement.
2) He's right, Pry knows changes need to be made, and a half-ass hire isn't the kind of change he needs to make (which also feels like the best argument against those who say prepare to be underwhelmed).
3) if Quinn was a potential candidate, even remotely, Quinn was Pry's first hire if I'm not mistaken. He could have made him coordinator then. I don't think Pry thinks Quinn is ready, or at least a strong enough candidate given #2.
I always love reading this, "That's right, UVA. You couldn't beat Grant Noel."
Which reminded me - you need to add Pop Watson.