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Pull that trigger kid.
This could be something that ignites our teams supposed 15-16 fuse. To be even rumored is huge.
New territory. Fuckin awesome.
Agreed. Hite would say all the time that he taught them the playbook and how to hold on to the ball and then just let them run, because you can't teach a good RB how to be good. They just have it or they don't.
I don't know how true that is, but Hite coached a lot of good RBs.
Seems legit . I love the "win now" mentality of this coaching staff. Forget 2015 and '16. Lets gitter done...NOW!
Well, here are my 2 main points in regard to your original post:
1. It's not unintelligible, but a simple grammar check does make things easier to read.
2. Beamer's got things going in the right direction and there's no reason whatsoever at this point to say he's not the right man for the job.
Excellent news! Hopefully all of these coaches leave followed by their two 5-star recruits! That will put a fork in their pre-season hype machine.
FWIW, there were three commas missing and two misspelled words. This is hardly unintelligible out of some punctuation mishaps. I am sorry I did not check the spelling or my comma usage. If you really want to get nitpicky, I used the passive voice a few times. Then again, this is an internet forum not a scientific paper.
Our Wilson to his Wisconsin? That would be wonderful.
projected TE. Everyone seems to forget he played 2 years of QB in high school
that made me
FWIW, I'm finishing up my degree in Mechanical Engineering.
If the Ford ain't work'n, then put in Durkin.
Pretty dammed good QB, too. Just imagine if he had the right coaching from the start...
I agree with this but I was very underwhelmed with Leal, even with him getting thrown into the fire. I think if Ford or Durkin has 1 year under Lefty, as Leal has, they would have performed better. Starters have a way of showing up for a game in bad situations. I remember Tyrod burning his redshirt against LSU. We got our ass kicked but I think everyone came away knowing that Tyrod was going to be the guy. I just didn't have that same feeling with Leal.
I do wish him the best though. He's put in the time and put in the effort to get the chance. If he does start it will be because he should. Lefty's going to play the guy he thinks will win.
You're forgetting the chainsaw.
Not when the trucker was hauling the ball.
That right there is good for an NFL look. Jack, knows jack, and he got jacked.
Sorry I majored in science not English
+1. you make an excellent point. But I have never seen any other trucking victim fly so high and so far as this
I am nearly certain this is the case. He's just a master of PR. He really doesn't want to talk about what he's doing and how people are playing. I was shocked when he said Branthover was kicking better than Kristensen so far out from the bowl game. It just seemed out of character to me because I'm so used to him publicly keeping his cards pretty close to his chest.
Agree. I would also say that Boise was the most visible game whereby I started seeing VT being used, and failing miserably, as a litmus test for other teams, and by journalists and TV personalities. Stanford that same year as Boise. Clemson beat us, they arrived. Duke this year. Kansas before. East Carolina in 2008.
Every one of those games were deemed stepping stone games for the other team and we were the stone. I really hated it, but Boise was the big one. They said it for like 2 months leading up to the season and then all season kept saying it as Boise made it's run.
You (iwantMikeVickback) were at VT during some exciting 10 win seasons but all frustrating for the wrong reasons. We kept losing to the wrong teams. Kept showing we haven't reached the top. But I agree with Horse. What you see now is a course correction and I honestly haven't been as excited for VT football in a long time. 2014 may again be a tough year as I think 90% of the starting players will be between Redshirt-Freshman and Redshirt-Soph. But 2015 and 2016 should both be incredibly fun to watch. Hopefully it just keeps building from then on.
True- wr's Cam Phillips, Kendrick Holland and Jayln Bradshaw are studs and I'd guess Isaiah Ford flips from Louisville to us if Harrison flips
If by the 90s you mean the early 2000s then you're right
Interesting perspective. You think of the Boise game as an example of resilience and tenacity, yet those who have been fans for much longer think of the Boise game as another example of succumbing to the moment. Tech came out unprepared in another high-profile game, and promptly shit the bed in the first quarter. Then we failed again to perform fundamental tasks to put the game away after we took the lead. That game displayed everything that has been wrong with the program for the last few years and none of the killer instinct/toughness that we saw in the 90's. And did you mention Miami as being something to worry about?...have you ever watched them (the poster child for lack of toughness) or do you work for ESPN?
Well, you can teach them aiming points, pad/hip level, reading blocks, etc. For the most part, though, that really is true. The elite backs just have something special about them (see RW, DW, etc.) that you really can't teach.