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# | More Chatter About Memphis' Justin Fuente as next Virginia Tech Head Coach 
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And fail astronomically. Miami's apparent favorites for their job right now are Mario Cristobal and Butch Davis, that should tell you the state of their program right now and how attractive of job they really are (hint: they aren't attractive at all, and I would argue that even LOLUVA is more attractive.)
Kelly is either bound for USCW, LSU, Texas, or FSU if Jimbo leaves for LSU.
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# | More Chatter About Memphis' Justin Fuente as next Virginia Tech Head Coach considering the way college football has gone over the last 7 years, with offense being the priority for a majority of the teams in the country, I don't think Beamer is retiring this year if Bud was an offensive coach instead of a defensive coach. Most of the teams we play against are much better at offense than defense. If we were as good at offense as Bud has made us at defense I think we win a majority of those games and we're not having this discussion.
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# | More Chatter About Memphis' Justin Fuente as next Virginia Tech Head Coach The rumors of Frank's retirement started the week of that first loss.
Considering how likely it seems he's ours, the possibilities of distractions to the team and coaching staff are to much to ignore. Wouldn't worry about those losses too much. Good chance the team caught wind he wasn't going to be around in 2016 and sucked a lot of wind out of their sails.
Reading some of the reactions here, it makes me glad Whit is in charge of this process. The knee jerk reactions is how you end up with a James Johnson disaster for a few years instead of doing a legitimate search.
Miami is going to make a very hard push for him.
Really Stanford didn't do shit his last year and Knowles had 3 catches last year. I'm not sure how you remember the receiving corps under Moorehead last year but Burden has done a great job with the people he has on the roster. I for one think Blocking on the outside has actually gotten better.
If he is gone USCw will snap him up FAST. I'm willing to bet the other Kelly (Brian) will get a shot if ND makes the playoffs somewhere in the NFL.
It's probably overlooked that Whit needs to find a Coach that fits the culture of the VT program, as well as a guy that can crush VA recruiting and be solid with X's and O's. And while I should probably be really excited at the prospect of Fuente taking over, I'm not yet. I was really hoping to attract a bigger name, even if that's an unreasonable expectation for Blacksburg. I have 100% confidence in Whit though. Still holding out hope for Dan Mullen
Not exactly hack teams he lost to
Richard Campbell HC for the CFL Ottawa RedBlacks.
Started at Oregon, 16 years coaching experience good record.
Are you serious?
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# | Failure to Execute the Basics Hampers Hokies' Offense Against Tar Heels +1. Well said. Certainly better than my ramblings down below.
OC Loeffler has some plays that work well and I've seen flashes of brilliance. Best example I can think of are those option plays he drew-up for Motley during the Miami game.
What I can't put my finger on is the schizophrenic nature of his play calling. There is usually one or two quarters that our offense shines, and then the wheels seem to come off the vehicle. What gives?
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# | More Chatter About Memphis' Justin Fuente as next Virginia Tech Head Coach Is anyone else concerned that Memphis has lost three straight games under Fuente's watch since going 8-0?
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# | More Chatter About Memphis' Justin Fuente as next Virginia Tech Head Coach As a former resident of San Jose, CA (24 years), you are not alone. I kept reading the article until they mentioned playing Clemson. Every time I see USC, I think University of Southern California. Even Google agrees... :-)
Great work in putting this together. We need to see what we can get for Assistants too. Not only get who's available but guys who can recruit, coach, work with each other. Last hire I like was Moorehead, i know there are plenty of graduate assistants out there looking for a job
Short term, that's very true.
Long term, there's a pretty clear trend and an awful lot of years of bullshit flags to pick up.
I think that contract he signed last year is a factor. If he is fired along with the rest of the staff then, he is owed money which makes me think that Whit wants him to stay. But if Bud leaves on his own for a HC job then no money is owed.
I doubt that's the case, luckily. I think he has a pretty wide range of choices, and Bud is one of them. I don't think we'll be waiting long past the UVA game for real news.
Perhaps, but not to the "news" he's responding to.
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Theoretically that KISS system is perfect with teams like OSU and USC; teams with top talent & ability can dictate a simpler course of action. It's up to the less talented teams to adjust and hold on for dear life; compensating with more complicated schemes.
Occasional flares of Tyrod and Vick allow us to compete on the national scale every couple of years. We manage okay as far as talent is concerned.
Our defense has held their own for a long time. Yet our offense has only held their own only when our top talent succeeded in spite of the offensive system. Seldom in synch with it.
We have a communication issue keeping us from ever staying competitive on that side of the ball. If the best athletes we can field are Brewer, Teller, Ford and Mc Millan, then we do have the means to be a pretty great team. Somehow somewhere Bud Foster learned to speak fluent student-athlete, and the Offensive staff skips that course every time.
Frank Beamer endearingly admits that we've played above our level through some of the ten-win seasons; perhaps he's just modest enough to downplay the flaw that has been VT offensive communication all along.
It seems we've never really developed the ability to translate the "How" with the "Here's why" in our offensive language. When it truly mattered, Tyrod, Vick and LT could simply take their dose of Fuckitol, willing us to close victories. (The miracle vs. Nebraska never happens no matter how many times you draw it up; somebody amazing just does that for you when circumstances permit.)
Brewer is pretty damn good, but without the "why" on the field, he isn't executing the "better scheme" reliably (Go HERE... roll dice, odds are favorable). I'm sure in film review it comes together. But to communicate real-time like Bud is a gift (Go HERE; because that fucker right THERE). We have yet to find an offensive counterpart that can do it, too.
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# | Failure to Execute the Basics Hampers Hokies' Offense Against Tar Heels Maybe Loeffler's offense is to complex for our players? I don't doubt that the guy can coach QB's and he knows how to design plays; I just don't know how successful he has been as OC for VT... To be fair to the man, to a certain extent, it's not all on him.
On his current coaching staff, he probably had input only on Coaches Searles and Zon Burden. He didn't pick Shane as RB coach, and in the hierarchy of the team, Shane out ranks him as Associate Headcoach. Nor did he pick Bryan Stinespring as his TE coach & recruiting coordinator.
Then there are the unfortunate circumstances of coaching turnovers due to Coach Grimes leaving after one year and Coach Moorehead leaving at year two of his tenure.
Then there is the fact that in year two he didn't have his starting RBs for half a season and towards the last four games, we were down to our 4th and 5th string RBs? Logan Thomas as QB for one year in his first year as OC and then Michael Brewer as a new QB in his second year as OC, only to lose him for 3-4 games due to a broken collar bone in his third year as OC.
To say that OC Loeffler has had difficult circumstances is putting it lightly. But ultimately, the buck stops with him, because he accepted the position of OC. IMHO, I think he needs to pair down his playbook for the college level. Next year, if he is still here, he will have a new QB again. Three years of data would seem to indicate that we would have a 6 or 7 win team with a new QB who needs to grasp OC Loeffler's playbook. I don't believe that would be acceptable to our fanbase.
No. I see it as a sign of playing solid teams and being distracted with things like this. A few additional thoughts: