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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition 
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition TBH I was thinking playoffs this year.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition Fernley I love you but I disagree. If you or anyone had come in and made the argument about why player X would be the starter then the response would be a conversation back and forth or just general "no I disagree". But when the opening statement is a slam on an individual player and by association the coaching staff who would decide the starter then that is a wholly different conversation. When someone questions without reason a player of the brand spankin new coaches what should someone (me) respond with? As far as I know no one on TKP has seen an entire practice with the QB's yet someone already knows that the decision to start player X is a bad one?
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition Let me end this opinion debate.
"Evans is going to be the starter" - Justin Fuente
(Quoted from when we hung out last weekend at my apartment after I had finished a liter of jim beam he randomly showed up at my apartment on a unicorn and told me)
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition They also didn't have much of a long-term future.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition The whole part about trusting the coaches assumes that the ones coaching offense had any idea what they were doing. Which after 2 seasons of .500 ball and plenty of head scratchers all the way around in execution, pre-snap readiness, play calling, terminology/jargon, player evaluation/rotation/development, is highly in doubt.
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# | OT: NCAA athletes react on Twitter after receiving O'bannon Settlement checks It's my NCAA Football, and I need it NOW!
I'll take the non-dyslexic version to VT.
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# | Clemson Proposes to Charge Students for Lower Level Tickets I have many friends still at Clemson that are not happy about this, surprisingly. That, coupled with the constant construction, and restructuring the availability of some classes forcing summer school for students who otherwise wouldn't need it, is causing quite stir around here.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition "Fans" slashed Maurice DeSchazo's tires his senior year.
This is the new normal and doesn't really come as a shock. Here at OSU it's 250 for the full home package and it usually sells out quick.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition Let's not forget that we're running an entirely new offense; not to mention new coaching styles and philosophical changes. It's impossible to say what that will bring out of any QB. Motley was in a much different situation last year, he wasn't exceptional but he showed incredible athleticism and arm strength. Based on what CF is trying to do, if the coaches feel he's the best guy for our new system, I'd be excited to see what that means.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition 
Sorry credit card guys, my phone number is not (540) 867-5309......
Thanks for the shirt!
would love to hear it. also why they didn't bother to use vray or another render plugin to give it some actual materiality and realism to the image. It takes like an extra 20 to 30 minutes. just saying...
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# | OT: NCAA athletes react on Twitter after receiving O'bannon Settlement checks More importantly why is VT only up by 3?
If Dabo's contribution is consistently surrounding himself with the best possible assistants to execute his plans and recruit high caliber players, I think he's doing a-ok as a head coach.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition ok before I reason this out I want to say 2 things upfront. 1) I upvoted vatech03 because he definitely should not be downvoted for his opinion. and 2) I am debating on downvoting his other posts simply out of sheer hate for the use of "VATECH". makes me cringe whenever I see it.
and now the reasoned answer in dialogue:
Vatech03: If motley is out starting QB, it's going to be a long season.
me: Ok, it's unquestionably obvious that this is based on his inconsistent play last season, but a counter could be he now has real gametime experience under his belt, is with a new coaching staff that has history of developing successful QBs and even though inconsistent last year displayed at least a semblance of having the tools necessary to deliver wins.
vatech03: ok, yeah, I'll give you that, but I feel that if he really had the tools necessary the staff would have felt confident in him and would have gone after another freshman recruit rather than JUCO transfer.
me: good point vatech03, and I say that holding back the projectile vomit I have from actually saying "vatech". But I would counter and say that Fuente has been on Evans since Memphis and wouldn't pass on him now. If anything he gives competition to QBs and makes the group as whole better.
vatech03: true, true... but likely Fuente has been pursuing Evans this whole time from Memphis because he believes fully that he will succeed in this offense. That's probably more telling than anything.
me: damn, that's a good point. And Fuente has a history of choosing to play the younger QB to mold them into a more prolific passer over multiple seasons. Damn, vatech03, I guess I will have to hold that vomit back a little more and shake your hand at a well reasoned and non-flamewarish point of view you have there.
Boom. reasoned out.
I personally hate the "coaches will decide what's best" mantra, because here is the only sensible reply to that comment:
yes, the coaches will decide... EVERYTHING. How does that help the conversation? there is absolutely nothing to say to that to continue a conversation and have a discourse. So instead of pointing out that the sky is in fact still blue, and pigs are not yet flying how about ask vatech03 a reasoned question in response? create a dialogue. ask open ended questions.
vatech03 in fact gave an opinion. One which I somewhat agree with. Not the long season part, but I am 100% confident that Evans will be the starter. for the exact reasoned dialogue I wrote above. Anyone who wants to try to convince me with reason the other way feel free. Anyone who wants to give me the "coaches know best mantra" need not reply, because that is just noise. And this website and Hokie community is meant to be about signal not noise.
minor rant over. And this is not meant to be at HokieFireman or anyone in particular, just stating my opinion on this subthread as I see it. because I see it more and more on TKP. And also stating why I think Evans is absolutely the starter.
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition The former (offensive) staff didn't have much of a long-term perspective.
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# | OT: NCAA athletes react on Twitter after receiving O'bannon Settlement checks Oh yea, well if you look directly behind the goal post you can see me plain as day. I mean I know my fandom adds a lot to the atmosphere but it's not fair for them to just use me like that in the game.
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# | OT: NCAA athletes react on Twitter after receiving O'bannon Settlement checks Still waiting on my check for likenesses in the marching band for 4 years. Those fight songs don't play themselves.
That's actually not a bad compromise. Probably less of a liability for the University, too. It is, after all, a fully functional cannon.
I hate people like you. I hate you so much.
My kids have been watching the heck out of this movie and is what I thought of when I saw your comment...
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# | Evans and Motley Lead Quarterback Competition, Shibest Takes Over BeamerBall Tradition Agreed but I like the fact the he will be a R-So that redshirted under Fuente and Cornelsen than under the previous regime. I'd be more upset with a redshirt taken last year as the benefit of his redshirt would have been lessened because he would have been learning Loeffler's system and not our new system.
I just don't buy into the idea that Motley is so terrible that if he wins the starting job we're in such bad shape that we could be going 5-7 or worse. FWIW I don't think Motley will win the job. That is based on little more than pure gut instinct and is beside the point.
I don't like comments like "If (player X) does (thing y) then (result z)". This is a team sport. Each player has an important role and every single player (yes, even Sam Rogers) will make mistakes throughout a game. That happens. This team isn't going to win or lose solely on the shoulders of one single player. Not if the coaches know what they're doing.
I believe firmly that Fuente and his staff understand how to teach and develop their players. I trust Cornelsen to coach up his QBs and put together game-plans that will protect younger/inexperienced players and play to the strengths of the team. Furthermore, I expect him to be able to teach the players effectively so that they know what they're supposed to be doing out on the field. I got the sense that Loeffler's offense was too complex for the kids to pick up in limited time. I believe our new offense will be easier for the kids to learn, understand, and execute because of the way it will be structured and taught.
None of what I just said above puts any onus on any single player. The coaches are ultimately responsible for putting the players in positions to succeed. If they put a player who isn't ready into a situation where success is extremely unlikely that is not, IMO, the fault of the player (in most cases) and therefore I just don't agree with nor do I wish to engage in reasonable discourse with people who make brash statements like "If Motley is the starter then we're in for a long season"
That, to me, is disrespectful to Motley, who is a kid trying to do what he can to help the team we root for win, and it is unfair to him and other players on the team.
Now if you're of the opinion that Motley won't start then I agree with you and would like to hear sound reasons. If you're just here to say that we're going to suck if he starts, I don't have time for that garbage.