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I can't figure out how you give the best player on your offense just 2 carries in the 2nd half. I'm not sure what was going on there.
The offense looked a lot like Tech's offense when we played Pitt. Motley up the middle, Motley up the middle, and now it's 3rd and long.
I have nothing to vent on this week. The team played very hard against a good opponent.
There's no need for me to rail against the coaches because we're getting that coaching change we all wanted, and they'll most likely be gone anyway.
There's only one thing left to do, beat LOLUVA.
Go Hokies!
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I realize everyone is human and people make mistakes, but we put our lives into this sport. Replay officials have one job, get it right.— Thomas Guerry (@thomasguerry) November 22, 2015
Loeffler did not have the resume or cachet as an OC to be able to call his own shots on personnel when he came to VT. To think that Beamer would allow a guy with only two years prior experience as OC (one being an abysmal failure) to hire his own staff is crazy. And while he may have had a successful rushing attack at Temple, that offense was very much overseen by Steve Addazio. I just don't think he's cut out for being an offensive coordinator. Maybe QB coach is his best fit. But he definitely needs to move on from here.
It pains me to say it, but ultimately CFB has no one to blame but himself. He made the decision to hire Loeffler. Those new hires at the beginning of 2013 were going to define the last years of his career. He had the opportunity to bring on a top flight OC, but I think that likely would have meant making some tough decisions and letting go of some close assistants (Shane, Stiney, etc.). We all know he does not like change and values loyalty and continuity.
Ugh, the rest of this guy's Tweet history is seeping with cringe.
ESPN writer made a great point (shocking, I know) that OSU seems less like a team and more like a collection of guys waiting to hear their name called in the draft.
Would you expect anything else from an Urban Meyer coached team?
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10 years 8 months
# | Hokies Nearly Earn Storybook Lane Ending for Frank Beamer, Drop Home Finale to UNC 30-27 in OT That's what I do in every online NCAA '14 game I play. It works most of the time! Overtime's the worst.
yep, if someone had said that would happen before the season they would look pretty smart.
(insert "this guy" gif)
besides, aren't we all "God's gift" to our parents? (in religious perspective) Even he means himself, who cares.
what he needs to do is put in as much effort as Ford is.
Yes. If they both win next week I can see the B1G champ locked in for the playoff, as it would be a top 5 matchup
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10 years 8 months
# | Hokies Nearly Earn Storybook Lane Ending for Frank Beamer, Drop Home Finale to UNC 30-27 in OT No, you weren't. I was there and told my nephew I thought it was the right move.
https://twitter.com/thomasguerry/status/668446343766126592
Wow I've never seen a VT football team staff member call out the ACC like this. Glad to see it.
https://twitter.com/thomasguerry/status/668446343766126592
Apparently he had success at temple. And maybe he'll do better when he has control over his whole staff. I'm just not willing to make him the sole scapegoat. He had the chance to make a successful rebuild, but failed. I'll wish him well and look forward to our next hire.
Ha, yeah. Quarless apparently added an S to it to make it Gods Gifts after everyone misunderstood the original intent of the tattoos
They seem to have lost a lot of cohesion on offense after Herman left. Couple that with the fact that they've had the media and their fans blowing smoke up their tails the whole past year about how they are the greatest team ever, and how no one can beat them, and it's no surprise to me that some egos and entitlement have developed with that team.
I think Loeffler needs to cut his teeth at a small program that will give him five solid years and the freedom to do whatever he wants with an entire offense, like a JMU or a Coastal Carolina or something like that. He's always been working with someone else's decisions, and I'd like to see what he could do with free reign over everything. Maybe he's best suited to being a position coach instead of a coordinator, though.
HC or OC for Bud?
I definitely understand and mostly agree here, but I think about how Russell Wilson turned out for Wisconsin in that one year. Lawson is a great talent, but he's largely an unknown at this point given how little we have seen him. Who knows, if Herman is our guy, he might not even be interested in Cardale. But if he was, I'm sure he would have good reason for it. Would you rather have an very inexperienced Lawson or a 5th year SR, national champion-winning Jones at QB when we line up against UT in Bristol?
Regardless, I'm definitely eager to see how Lawson develops this offseason and if he can seize the starting job. He and Herman could do great things.
I was just over at 11W and there was a lot of negativity on the boards, to be expected after that display of ineptitude of offensive coordination. If they lose to TTUN next week, it'll be full on meltdown. I, for one, am expecting it after what we're seeing out of the players postgame.
Last year, I think OSU played really well as a team, but the NC may have changed priorities for some of them. At this point, it's time to get some of those guys out the door and bring up the next batch of five stars.
A, C, C
This is where I am it, while the idea may sound enticing, I think Lawson could do great things under Herman and having Jones for just one year may disrupt that possibility.
I am not going to say he should say that, but his point was well said. What Urban said was also well done putting the loss on himself. Kind of refreshing to not get the cliche answers after a loss. While he said he is leaving the program after the season it shows that he did care about that loss and not say something like whatever because I'm out of here anyway.
ESPN writer made a great point (shocking, I know) that OSU seems less like a team and more like a collection of guys waiting to hear their name called in the draft. They need to get over that quick or the D they play next week will eat them up.
No. I don't want a revolving door at QB. If Herman is as good as advertised, imagine how he could prepare and develop Lawson and Jackson. I will take 5+ solid years of well developed QB play and downstream recruiting benefits over one hot name who will jump ship as soon as his stats are good enough.
Won't happen - Whit won't hire anyone without HC experience, unless he whiffs on 7 HC's and Bud Foster.