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All evidence suggests that we should have won this game. Massive TOP advantage, TO advantage, yards and first downs. Just not points.
"Brent Pry is a nice guy but is a stone cold Loser."
That summarizes it. Nice guy. But not effective and not respected.
Manny Diaz is 3-1 vs VT.
As much as I hate this result, I have to point out that we were on our third string quarterback, and he looked pretty good, all things considering (mostly that we have a very leaky offensive line). None of our backup QBs are one-dimensional.
Duke looks un-exceptional, but they're a solid football team. No, we shouldn't expect to lose to them two years in a row. And yes, pry needs to have a look in the mirror and figure out why he can't win a close game. And yes, I didn't capitalize the 'p' in pry because capital letters are earned, not given. He can have a capital letter back if he beats UVa next week, and wins whatever low-hanging bowl he gets awarded. He needs to break out the NIL checkbook and buy some Offensive Line for next year. If he'd had one this year, he may have been able to convert some of that talent on the team this year into wins.
The one thing I can't really explain is why our cornerbacks are SOOOOOOO out of position on some plays. If they didn't absolutely get burned on some plays (read wide freaking open), seems to me VT wins that game. Am I missing something?
Felton has underwhelmed me all season. Sometimes he steps up, but mostly not.
Just to keep things in perspective, what was the final score of the Clemson-Citadel game, again?
I always though of athletics being a way to get more recognition for academics, but at the end of the day, academics is MUCH more important.
All of that said, I'd like to see more success in athletics, because I don't think it's either/or.
The worst part is that this isn't a given!
It's the Penn State B staff. And the A staff was already underachieving given their talent
I absolutely agree that Whit gave Fuente a year maybe two too many.
Like i said, if Pry doesn't make some major changes in the very near future then Whit needs to be on the hook and clean house
Duke is
ND is 18th
Michigan is 21st
UNC is 27th
UF is 30th
Texas is 30th
anOSU is 41st
UGA is 46th
FSU is 54th
VT is 51st, why do we have to sacrifice athletics when most of the top football and basketball schools are above us?
Hard to agree with him excelling at anything when the team is 5-6.
Every single college team out there is bringing in new players via the portal every year. Is every coach excelling then? I would say the money we flashed was the deciding factor.
It'll be put to the test this offseason. He had momentum and money to spend last year. Completely different narrative at the moment.
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# | Virginia Tech at Duke Game Time, TV Info, and Open Thread That dude is short, like probably shortest guy on the team. It really stood out to me standing behind the bench tonight
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I disagree, the Iditarod following is why I keep my subscription up.
I agree Pry's staff hires and key in game coaching decisions have not been good enough and I wouldn't be upset if he were fired at this point. My main arguments in favor of retaining Pry are:
1. I think he frequently says exactly the right things and could possibly develop into an elite face of a program
2. He appears to have implemented an effective recruiting strategy with both high schools in the region and the transfer portal, while managing the challenging NIL situation
3. There appears to be a very positive team culture with players coming back to play for the team and not giving up during games
I think it would be likely for a new head coach to be a downgrade in those areas and the best chance for VT right now would be for Pry to surround himself with a more experienced staff. I think his first round of staff hires perhaps too heavily prioritized existing relationships and recruiting ability and there needs to be some added focus on player development, game planning, and in game adjustments.
Can I just say we lost 7 seconds by not calling a timeout before the 2 minute mark in the 4th. We lost the time of that play that took ot to 1:53.
What portal player wants to come here?
This is literally one of the things that Pry excels at.
At the end of the day football and men's basketball is at their collective worst in a couple generations and that absolutely lands on Whit's feet.
Don't care that Fuente looked like a good hire at the time or that Pry and Young fit our culture the results we have right now are absolutely terrible and would be fireable for an AD at most schools in the country. And certainly for any school who actually cares.
Pry was very under qualified (lifelong coordinator who hadn't had a sniff of interest anywhere as a HC until we hired him).
They were very risk averse hires
I just disagree. Pry's experience directly addressed our programs weaknesses:
- The previous administration failed at fan engagement - Pry excels there
- The previous administration failed at recruiting - pry has a history of recruiting top 10 classes, in our footprint.
There wasn't an option we would pay for who addressed both these pain points, and was a proven head whistle. So we prioritized these things. It was a creative hire with a sound thought process and high risk/uncertainty.
But CMY was a career mid major average coach.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but thought he many winning seasons/tournament bids at Wofford?
Overall I think Whit has made solid hires; keeping Robie to replace Dresser, Buzz, Mike Young, John Szefc, Pete Damour and Kristen Skiera all are top tier coaching hires. Not to mention getting Brooks to turn around the WBB program then replacing him with Duffy who seems to be a decent hire (time will tell). Football is king but at the time Fuente was the hottest name out there. Second go round, Pry gets the culture, he can recruit and at first glance seemed like a decent hire. Let's see if he makes those tough choices and does a keep-or-cull on his staff. If not, then Babcock needs to make some choices.
I have the same feeling. This staff clearly isn't developing players or coaching them up.
I'm not sure how you increase the talent level when you constantly shit the bed. What recruit wants to come here? We are so removed from our best years that kids only know us as a bumbling program. What portal player wants to come here? Will we even have a budget to make moves? I don't think our coaches can appropriately utilize the funds to address roster shortcomings.
Our program is just shit right now. I don't see progress happening at this point and I have little faith in Pry.
I don't fish, but this gets a leg 😊
So is everyone else the last ten years!