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Yea... my big concern is that VT's struggles are less related to personnel and (significantly) more related to donors, geography, and conference affiliation.
Replacing people is easy. Changing culture is challenging but doable. The challenges I mentioned above are really difficult to deal with.
We'd rather stick with the guy that gives up huge yardage on every down the second half of the game.
Wait till spring. My guess is that we'll see some moving and shaking then. Kind of like how last spring Dylan wiki entered the portal after losing the 2nd/3rd string job to pop.
Blame Mike leach.
PJ Fleck thinks the waitresses at Hooters genuinely like him.
I'd guess it has something to do with more and more parents not letting their kids play football because of all the chatter around head injuries
I think the pool of players is just shrinking across the board and we're seeing impacts in the OL positions first because that's the most uncommon group to find talent
Sounds like this should be a Jon Bois video titled "where's the beef?"
OL is a problem everywhere, even at the NFL level. Bill Belicheck on one of the Manningcast MNF games said that there just aren't any OL coming out of college that are even close to ready like they used to be able to get.
I wonder if anyone has done a deep dive on this looking into potential causes.
I think his point was that ESPN pays for the SEC because of the bigger fanbases. They weren't the best league at the time that ESPN started pumping them.
They are now, because of the best players, but that's the result, not the cause.
Yup. It's basically relegation but for players instead of teams.
We waste our time whenever he's mentioned here lol
No. This is not a hot take. You're 100% correct.
Most NFL players every year, by any league, by a wide margin, for over 15 years. Best players. 100%
Because at the program level, we're cheap and ignorant relatively speaking. Our AD has repeatedly kneecapped us. He signed a shit Nike deal because it was "on his desk" from the guy before him. He's extended coaches who don't deserve it, so we can't fire them. He's spent a fortune on non revenue sports while neglecting football for a decade. We need stadium wifi, LED lights, new locker rooms, and better entry access. Instead we got knockoff seatbacks and protected the salamanders. Sure, we shifted some resources around this year to focus on football. Welcome to the party guys. So did everyone else. You can't neglect a program for 10 years then expect it to change in a season. That'd be like showing up only in the 4th quarter and expecting to win. That's how you lose to Vanderbilt and Rutgers. And then you've got the audacity to raise ticket prices and blame the fans rather than having an ounce of introspection.
This should not have 5 down votes, even if we are all pissed about the portal
If this were true we'd still be pulling diamonds out of the rough from the 757 boys club, YMCA, and putting together the teams we did in the 90s and 2000s. It isn't and we aren't.
You can't say this and then also say there are no hidden gems anymore because of the internet, hudl, recruiting services, etc. If a player is talented, coaches will know about him.
But, FSU isn't Ivy.
Maybe this is a hot take, but assuming we are working with a limited pool of funds, it feels like the smart personnel management decision would be to let Drones walk, ride with Pop in 2025, and use those funds to sign portal players at positions need.
Navy apparently won this one 19-12 in the pouring rain. No idea on past games.
Still better than what they had?
Why would anyone want a quarterback that loses to UVA? And yeah, he looked no bueno this year. Just a smaller DJU.
Kinda jealous. Wish we coulda used Lane for the Pearl Harbor Classic (annual HT freshman/sophomore football game).
I'd imagine Army has a pretty solid advantage. Bigger player pool, and they PT three times a week vs Navy's once.
Don't think its official but lots of smoke that Castellanos to FSU is nearly a done-deal.
I am guessing Malzahn wants a mobile QB but I don't really see this one working out well. None of the FSU crowd seems enthused either.
OL and DL bodies disappearing quickly. Depth getting to bare bones.
PJ Fleck thinks PJ Masks is a parody of him