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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida 
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida 
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida I guess we will see tonight. Its going to be interesting to see if it sounds like they've all rehearsed the same response prior to splitting up for the different areas tonight.
One of the key things I take from this is that success on the field CAN happen with the guys we have. It just takes really good coaching and player development. Historically, we have had that on the defensive side, not we (hopefully) have that on the offensive side of the ball.
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida How integral to everything was TG? As in, realistically, what impact does this have on the defense? I know he's a great coach, but surely we can find a good replacement who can work with Bud's system.
Hokie Sports put out a release yesterday for Lynchburg Hokie Club recruiting night, tonight at 6 pm. The speaker was to be TG. Me thinks Fuente and the program had no idea what was happening.
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida Man- they need a win, either a home run hire or a big verbal commit, ASAP. I bet the first round of Recruit Nights are going to be hostile.
Haha were you part of the basketball crew with us?
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida Happy for Coach Gray...but I think I'll officially cry now...............
STOP.
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida Oh yeah, no doubt, we have bodies and some good ones I think, but the misses have been brutal, especially in state the past couple years- Clelin Ferrell, Sweat, Darrell Taylor, Hand, Jaylyn Holmes...
So I have been looking at the past ten years of draft classes at Virginia Tech, and quite frankly, none of them are impressive.
Come on now...you seriously can't believe that. I get that people want to be positive and I appreciate that, but this is by far our weakest class in a VERY long time, even through the 2008-2011 years.
No, I would not have taken Deion Sanders at a similar stage in his life to where DHall is now. I'd be ecstatic to see him coaching my team today, though. He has become exponentially more mature and likable in the years since he retired. Maybe he was the same guy all along, but his public persona during his playing days was not that of a guy who'd be a good coach.
I didn't disregard his accomplishments. He was a great player here, and a good one in the NFL. I just didn't believe he had the traits to be a good coach. I may have to walk that back just a little after a bit of research. I always belived he succeeded due mostly to freakish athletic ability and not necessarily because he was smarter than the other guys on the field, which is fairly typical for corners. After looking it up, I see that he had the highest Wunderlic score among CB's in his draft class (23, and second place was just 19). That said, I'm still not convinced he has the right attitude to be a successful college coach. It takes time to erase a prima donna reputation, whether deserved or not. Maybe he'll get a chance and prove me wrong, though. Who knows?
And the stench of failure comment was entirely a jab at the Redskins organization, who I've despised my whole life, not a personal attack on DeAngelo.
Do you think that Foster's system is so unique that it would really narrow our pool of candidates down to people who have worked under or played for Foster? I think Loren Johnson and Anthony Midget would be an ideal situation, but Johnson has never coached at the college level and neither really have a great deal of college recruiting experience. Is it possible that a good D1 DB coach and recruiter could come in and learn Foster's system? Or are we really looking at limited options for a good fit with the scheme? I'm sure Foster's system has evolved significantly since either of those two were players in the 90s.
been said soo many times, having 1-2 walk on's is not a bad thing.. having to fill your roster with these type of kids is how you go 7-6 and end up in shreveport.
When you pull in top 15-20 recruiting classes every year you can afford to take a walk on risk every now and then.
Why is everybody hung up on how many stars come after a kid name. Look at the NCG, that Freshman walk on from Clemson, ran right by Alabama's 5-star player. It is more about heart than stars.
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida I am still going to wear my DBU shirt.
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida And its official...
That's Nick Swardson...
oppssss corrected! thanks lol
I agree 100%. I would love to have a VT guy who checks the teaching ability box and recruiting ability box. I'm just baffled at the amount of people who homer over VT guys with no track record of either of those things.
Aw, c'mon Baller. Go on up and geever uh beeg wet keeiss. LMAO!
Understood. I am not one of those folks. And, I am not necessarily advocating a former player. I want someone who can teach the system correctly and establish a good learning report with his players first, a recruiting ace second. In an ideal world they could get both, but a good football coach should always be priority one.
I'll find out in about 3 hours