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1999 team would like a word: 41.4 PPG; granted some of that was D and ST scores but still...; (looked it up- O score
49 TD and 17 FG (17-22 FG and 56-57 XP for Graham); 1 punt return TD, 4 fumble return TDs and 3 pick sixes; so offense totaled 394 of 455 reg season points; or 35,8 ppg of 41.4 total ppg;
And while our 10.4 ppg allowed scoring defense, 76ypg allowed rushing defense and 171 ypg allowed passing defense undoubtedly helped give short field often, the offense did rush for over 250 ypg(5ypc avg) and throw for about 198ypg(18. 6 ypc avg)( and had positive rushing yds of 32 vs neg rushes/sacks of 309 so OL clearly did their job(opp #s were 1488 pos rushing and 653 neg rush/sack yd for net 76 ypg rushing allowed).
Didn't look up all the stats for this year but though they were best recently but certainly not all time
Yep, we went from one to three when we had twins. My wife and I do not really remember much of their first 6 months
Yep. Bingo. Having to win over mom or the barber or whatever to play four years at your school is done. We are rapidly shifting toward an NFL player evaluation and personnel management model. Teams need to know how to play money ball and the valuations for certain players and positions. This needs to be separate from the coaching staff as well just like the NFL. Coaches can have input but the GMs and their staff are there to manage and evaluate the roster and salary cap.
I say hire the absolute best coaches you can and let your GM and personnel staff manage recruiting and retention.
Adibi coaching ILB for bowl
Best LB in VT history in my opinion. I approve this choice.
Bingo.
One child to two is not bad. Going from 2 to 3 is much harder. They have you outnumbered.
My guess is this story changes at the Spring transfer window.
He's the Head of Triumph NIL so it seemed more of a tongue in cheek statement that he was in somewhat of a GM roll since he's dealing with NIL
I talked to Bruce on two separate occasions right before and after the Rutgers game. Seems to be a Hokie through and through and I'm sure he could help us.
Tropical might've been helpful if we were playing in a Florida , Hawaii, or Bahamas bowl instead of Charlotte...
They probably didn't see the fine print that said "6 feet under..."
losing your whole starting OL basically is going to be a tall task to rebuild through the portal.
On the flipside, makes flipping the OL coach position once again potentially not as damaging as might otherwise have been.
Second this. Have a friend in an online support community. Is both an anesthesiologist AND director of Med flight program fo rmajor CA university hospital and makes VERY serious bank.
I'm not sure about that. 2 catches for -2 yards and 1TD aren't the kind of eye popping numbers we are looking for from a TE... /s/s/s/s
I didn't catch the full name, Kelly somebody, but sounds like he is working in a pseudo-GM role and negotiates all of the player deals.
^^^This x1000
I know people are like "we need a good recruiter" when talking about the next DC but that landscape has changed so much that is far less important. We need a GM like mentioned above. Sure, the recruits need to still like the coaches and all that but now the NIL deals are going to be the more important factor in the decision making on which school to pick, and of course if the scheme and coaching will get them to the next level.
If they get another job their salary offsets our buyout
I started taking this approach as mediocrity became the norm over the last few years. A VT loss used to RUIN my weekend. Well, when you lose more than 3/yr, that's a lot of ruined weekends. So, I began skipping games entirely and checking the score afterwards. If it was a win, I'd watch a replay while working out the next day. A loss? Well at least I saved hours of my weekend. The hype of this year lured me back in to appointment viewing and it hurt much more.
Pry lamented about all of the folks getting in players' ears about their valuation and said it isn't good for college football.
Add in that many/most of these "NIL agents" are mid-20 year olds with little-zero experience and not much more business setup than an Instagram account.
Here's a name for you: Ramon Brown. Word is he made an ultimatum to Locksley, then dropped in the Portal. Where is he now?? Bluefield State--I'm sure he'd like a do-over on that one.
It's clearly in the agents best interest to "maximize value" whether that value is real or not. When you consider that a significant percentage of Portal entrants don't end up back on Rosters at all, one has to really wonder who they are really serving by supporting these ultimatums that are clearly being made.
It's got to be infuriating to coaches to deal with.
Its almost like (nope, never gonna stop beating this drum) allowing players to sign with real, verified agents would have been both more logical and more likely to actually benefit them in the long run.
I think a lot of people forget how frequently we pulled from Fork Union
I could be wrong but I think that's where Al Young, one of my favorite VT point guards, came from.
I bet Drones would be a pretty good tight end.
No, seriously. I bet he would.
If VT doesn't think that they need to address a new leadership model aligned closer to the needs of a professional sports league they are missing the boat. The steps taken by Stanford and UNC are models that should be implemented to address this new reality. VT needs an Athletics Department GM (or at least a Football GM). The NCAA Portal and NIL Wild West will modulate to a model that sustains the college athlete and provide thousands of scholarships. We better get ahead of this reality, its coming.
Drones to linebacker?!
This forces you to switch from man defense to zone defense and you lose.