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You've really sold me on this.
Make it so.
There is not a limit on the on-field coaches anymore. Prior to this season, that was correct (except his title was Offensive Analyst)
Section 116, across from Hokie bench, front row of stands.
I've worked with too many Boat School d-bags that despite being in the Navy, I root for Army.
Nobody in the services gives one flying fuck other than Academy grads, and it's kinda gross when ET3 Timmy has to participate in a spirit spot.
Wife and I were at her department Christmas party last night. Game was on and effectively over. One of her coworkers walks in wearing her Academy sweater, I greeted her with a hearty "Go Army" and she rolled her eyes and avoided me the rest of the night.
TLDR: I, and most sailors, do not care about the Chesapeake University of Naval Technology
Go Hokies, beat Navy.
"I ain't sayin' she a gold digger."
She is.
Yea, Pry said as such in his presser.
I haven't read/heard anything about Bud rejoining the team in any on field capacity other than what I've read here, but if he does, I can't see him recruiting or doing stuff on game days. That stuff just requires too much commitment for health issues.
My understanding is that Crist works on technique while Bowen focuses on scheme. An unusual split for sure.
Jarrett promotion sounds likely. We'll see.
Midcourt at the Palestra??? Hot damn.
I can't go, but somebody should. That's not something you're gonna get to do very often
All I know is I want Jarrett Ferguson to be named actual head S&C coach instead of just of interim
No I'm not biased there is absolutely 0 reason for you to look at my profile.
Bowen is technically the OC/QB coach. Crist is just a co-QB coach who doesn't count against the main ten assistant coaches.
Isn't Brian Crist the QB Coach?
Oops. Fixed!
How embarrassing would it be for Marve if his backfill does the same or better in the bowl game with the defense without two of the players that have propped it up?
You beat me to it. I had a minor panic attack making sure they hadn't changed the time.
All the more reason...
APR and Peebles not playing is no Bueno.
I thought the frost index was going to be the opposite of being in the hot seat, like how secure a coach's job is.
By brother in law serving in the Army wants Army. His boss told him if Army won he could have Monday off with pay. Too bad for him.
WBB is at 4pm. MBB is the 12pm game.
I personally expect a lot of incidental coaching shifts as a result of these openings. For one, I expect the DC to hire his own DB coach/es (if Dex he fits in nicely as DC/S and we make the decision to retain Cheetah, which I imagine we would). Then who fills Marve's spot as LB coach? (I think X could fill that role, and if Bud is truly in the fold next season in an advisor role, I bet he would love to get his hands on the LBs along with X.)
I also wonder if we could see a true QB coach be hired and Bowen go back to being OC/TE coach. Holt could just be STC and Bowen slots back in nicely with the TEs as his positional group. Rumors a possible QB coach with a lot of experience who has previously worked with Pry was on campus at VT tonight...
I would think there's kind of two opposing forces, wanting to take your time and make the right hire, find out who all might be interested, and maybe have to wait until after a bowl game
Hiring a DC at a P5 program doesn't work like a normal job - Pry knows everyone who is interested, and knew half the people who were interested before Marve was fired.
Also, the bowl game is a distant third priority behind portal and hires.
but on the other hand, wanting to make the decision quickly so we can replace any current staff with whoever the new DC wants
This also isn't really a factor... We're not missing out on a new safeties coach because with announce 3 weeks later.
as well as making the best use of the transfer portal and needing to make headway with transferees early.
This is the big one. WRT to DC, scheme matters - if Pry hires someone to run the Gap Fill & Spill, then the portal window is less important. If there's a drastic change to scheme, then we will need to portal asap to get personnel that match the scheme.
It's the universal solvent. It can be used to dissolve so many things. It's no wonder people are concerned.
I choose to trust the process.