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Bless the mid-90's
Lots of reports that Vandy wants to build a "Stanford-South." Hopefully that doesn't include pillaging our coaching staff or raiding Loudon County.
Neither. Sorry. JJ should have never been our coach and Raines looks the part but isnt a starting ACC power forward (neither are the rest of our forwards at that matter). He is always in foul trouble and is a huge liability on the court offensively. Honestly, even if Seth was still the coach maybe Raines is playing, but i still don't see him producing in a starting role.
Seth may have been an a hole, however; his teams played defense and competed hard, especially against good competition (like the Dukes and the UNCs)....But "aw shucks" at least we have a nice guy coaching our team now right?........
People can argue Seth vs JJ, but Seth wasn't a good coach. He recruited decent talent, and that was his strong suit. But, his teams were awful fundamentally. Being competitive against Duke and UNC was mostly a product of both of those teams mostly playing man defense. Teams that could zone the Hokies gave them fits because Greenberg had no clue how to teach and get his players to execute even the most basic offensive sets.
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." I don't for one second think we are where we need to be. I know we have holes to fill and work to do. I know that no one expects us to hang with OSU.
My major bone to pick is with people saying our 10 win seasons were failures. I am not calling you or anyone a bad fan.
I don't think it is as bad as you seem to think, be that is debatable. The thing that is upsetting to me is the posters who are WRITING OFF our great past as FAILURE. (I don't think you said that)
I bet Auburn fans were saying similar things to what you said, just one year ago....A team can turn around quickly...it just takes players stepping up at key positions and things can turn around in a hurry.
I am not sad in any way....I don't sit around dreaming of the past. I understand that things go in cycles and we will have up years and down years. We have had a few down years....
I think its amazing that we have only had a few down years in a 21 year span. Even traditional "Powerhouses" like Alabama and Florida have had more down years then we have.
I certainly have a more positive view than you do on our outlook...either one of us could be right.
Lets meet right here one year from now and we can discuss this again.
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." 
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Yes, we've had a great run over the last 2+ decades. That is awesome, Beamer is the man, and our program has been amazing. Going to the Sugar Bowl in 2011 was a a really great accomplishment in us being an at large invite. But non of that has anything to do with what happens in 2014 when the team hits the field vs OSU. Our history isn't playing OSU, the 2014 Hokies are. And in my opinion, we are not on OSU's level or really even close RIGHT NOW. We are a weak opponent for them in 2014.
I hope I'm wrong. I hope the OL doesn't suffer with Grimes leaving, I hope the RB situation is more settled and we have a strong 1-2 punch, I hope someone emerges as a strong QB for a full season, I hope our DL gets backfilled with players to replace the production we lost in Hopkins and Gayle, I hope our entire corps of first time starting LBs steps up early, I hope our secondary stays healthy and gets every bit of production from its potential All American soph corners, I hope we find a consistent kicker, and I hope we fix the big play problem on special teams.
But that's a lot to hope for. Maybe you disagree and think I'm being too negative. Maybe deep down you fear what I'm saying is true and it makes you sad. Being I don't think I'm being a Wahoo, a Chicken Little, or a bad fan for being a bit more rational about our situation than the fan who just wants to believe we are still right on the cusp of being a national championship caliber program. I think we've got work to do. I'm glad we have the coaches and players we do, they are all bought in it seems and I think we stand a chance to get to that top tier level by 2016. But in Sept of 2014, I think we're going to be a weak opponent for OSU and I think in 2014 we're going to have another down year before things start going up again. Hope I'm wrong.
So before you play the "you're a bad fan" card, please learn to distinguish between opinions on where the program is now vs. analysis of the entire Frank Beamer era. If you want to debate whether or not the 2014 Hokies are a team that can hang with OSU, sweet. I would love to see a plausible argument that shows we are gonna hang with them. But your entire reply is simply pointing out what we did in the past (which is awesome) and that isn't at all going to matter in 2014. It had in impact in the course of events that shaped our team, sure. But our team is what it is come Sept 2014 and being a great program which you and I are both proud of won't make any difference on the game itself.
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12 years 6 months
# | Bitter blog - 2013 in review: DL among most productive for Hokies since 1999 wondering how the numbers would like if you took all D linemen's stats, not just the top 4.
Not true. I hear the have the best Zima in the country. And if you ever need houndstooth clothing, dear lord, is it the place to be. And well, if you believe that you are good for something if you can do any on thing very well, the they are really great at getting their ass kicked by VT football.
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." post hoc ergo propter hoc
"after this, therefore because of this"
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Yep - This^^
Personally I would love Bud as head coach and Torrian as DC. But I just doubt it will go down that way. Alternatively I think that Torrian would be a great head coach somewhere but he would have to leave VT to make that happen and that would make me sad.
I thought the same thing-
I dont like cats but this one gets a pass.
He's cool.
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." definitely-
oddly it didnt seem all that cheezy at the time...then again neither did the 70s or 80s
My apologies, I was merely saying personally I was bummed to see later that Alabama's defense wasn't what everyone was expecting.
Didn't mean to offend you
Everyone needs an internet nemesis. :) In all seriousness if everyone agreed this place would be boring. I appreciate your well thought out counterpoints.
its all good
It is your favorite not necessarily the best... favorites are better than bests ... more variety
GO HOKIES!
Trey Edmunds 77 yard TD run against the vaunted (sarcastica) Bama D.
🚀🛡️
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Or you could look at FSU, a team that last year had a pretty good year (12-2), and then actually won the MNCG this year.
I thought the purpose of the post was to be a MY favorite moment of the season. I had many and some were already listed and some more will be listed. Who cares man and whats your favorite moment? Please share if you haven't already. I'll go insert "sarcastica" in front of "vaunted D" then.
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Ditto!
Indeed. Here are more pics to peruse at your leisure.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/extramustard/10/22/cheerleader-of-...
... Same team?
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12 years 6 months
# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Correct. My response was more of an example of how a team went from an extremely low low, to a very high high.
I agree that Seth wasn't a good offensive coach, but his teams always played solid defense with much better on-ball and help-side defense than we are seeing now. Tactically, Seth was a better coach. We thought JJ would be able to form better relationships with players and recruit just as well which could make up for his lack of experience, but thus far, this doesn't seem to be the case.
Also, while some of this could certainly be attributed to the players, Seth's teams always played hard. Sometimes I feel like many of the current Hokies are just going through the motions out there.