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this is all kinds of wonderful.
J.R. Collins, who was not able to track down Brown after a nice rip technique rush move on the previous play, was slow to get across the line of scrimmage and get lined up.
This is the play that forever will stick in my craw. I was yelling at the TV for Collins to get back to the line, and wham! That happened.
Now, I want to share my thought about intensity or lack thereof on Beamer. I have played for a basketball coach and soccer coach who were at times mean, ornery, and in-your-face at times. They do that because a) they know you have the potential, and wants to bring it out; b) they get downright frustrated when they perceive the team isn't responding the way they expect. I have shared this before, but I'll say it again. My soccer coach favorite word was "bullshit." If I gave him him an answer he didn't like, that's his word. I remember going up to a senior on the team and asked why he was always on my ass everyday in practice and the response was, "He's trying to teach you."
That's what I remember the most about him. His coaching has yielded 7 straight championship in my last year playing for him and awarded as a national deaf champions by a defunct magazine.
My point being - when a coach gets worked up, the players either responded by ripping their opponents into shred or lay down.
The only time I ever see Beamer worked up is when special team goofs. Bud Foster is known as Mt. St. Bud when he's pissed. One memory I have of Foster is when he broke his white board on the sideline when Boston College scored on two back to back possessions on his defense. Can't remember what year that was, but the players was like, "Ok, he's mad. We better clean it up." They did.
Maybe I am wrong, but I think on Saturday, the team probably thought they would win instead of just going out with hair on fire and ears pinned back. I don't know.
All I know is...every time I think about the loss, my chest ache.
Didn't get to watch the game due to being in the Bahama's for a wedding. Sadly I checked my phone and saw we lost, and said to myself no way this is happening. It must be a mistake. Well its Tuesday I have the flu and we still have a L in the column vs. Maryland
There's not enough DayQuill or NyQuill in the world that can help me.
On Another note we have to remember this is a rebuilding year, think back to the end of last year we all knew it was coming. So we lost to a couple teams we shouldn't have but we beat Miami and some good teams as well. Just look at it this way... At least we we were not ranked in top 25 at the beginning of the year only to not even be bowl eligible like Florida. Just keep calm and good things will come, we were not going to win the NC this year or next year.
"And then she may taunt you and make you cry or something." - I can confirm this is true.
I wish I was wrong about JC, but he isn't just smaller. His isn't elusive or powerful. Did you see those runs by Edmunds? He set up blocks and made people miss. I can recall Coleman doing that one time in 2 years. Edmunds is just as fast, has been as good a receiver out of the back field, is far better in pass protection, has more power, and makes runs were there is nothing more often than Coleman. It has reached the point where you can't even suggest that JC should be the scat back, because Edmunds looks faster!
that was incredible and makes me so happy!!!
As far as the whole intensity of the coaches thing goes I find it incredibly ironic after talking to my friend who is a manager on the team that Loeffler (and Foster of course) is the most intense coach on the team. He says that Ocain was super nice and that he didnt like Loeffler at first because he was so intense that he was almost mean, I guess that was to scare out some of the old that Ocain had instilled and put in a killer instinct.
The most puzzling part of my entire talk with him about intensity though was that Grimes wasnt even his top 5, and he says Beamer can be VERY intense. Trust me and trust him when I say Beamer still has it, and can still get fired up. Hes not Joe Pa out there, he still knows whats going on and is still a hell of a coach. You dont need to be screaming your head off on every play to be a good coach, and frankly of all of our hires (dont get me wrong i love moorehead and Loeffler SO MUCH) i think grimes is our best. Apparently he is the most calm of the three new hires, intensity doesnt necessarily = good coaching. I hardly count Belichick (Sp?) as intense rather more cold and calculating, I'm sure he has his moments but frankly I consider him the best coach in the NFL. You dont have to be angry and red in the face to be a good coach.
Rant over, just thought I'd post this from an insider friend that frankly it isnt that big of an issue at all, and I'm tired of seeing people calling for Beams head on here. The dudes an incredible coach and we should consider ourselves lucky to have him, I know I'm going to miss him. And frankly good coordinators do not = good coaches. Case and point Bo Pelini, the dudes one of the best D coordinators that I can come up with but frankly I think hes a pretty bad head coach. You cannot sit here and tell me Nebraska hasnt fallen off at all.
PS ON ANOTHER NOTE I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here because I doubt most of you are the ones responsible but booing our own players....ON SENIOR DAY....is a terrible message, if anything its hurting our team. Do you know or have any idea how shitty it feels to be booed by your own fans. Psychologically its one of the worst feelings ever, cant say I know what its like to have it happen on a D1 scale but man not having the support of fans or players is a really really really shitty feeling. You almost try to hard to not make mistakes and when you screw up you magnify it on yourself a million times which really hurts. so....stop is basically what I'm saying, it aint cool
Being a Wahoo apparently is a time-tested tradition.
Now, we can leave exactly the type of "tradition" that is up for discussion....
Normally I don't like the Christmas carols before Thanksgiving but...
1995 was also the year of the game of the greatest radio call ever in VT Football history.
VT beat the UVA Co-ACC Champions. UVA has never beat the ACC Champion Hokies.
And then there is the issue of traversing the mountainous Charlottesville terrain, with altitudes in some areas exceeding 200 ft above sea level.
Oh. My. God. 200 feet. Above Sea Level. So mountainous. I don't think my car could make it to 200 feet above sea level on paved asphalt, even though it drives fine in Blacksburg. I guess I have to buy a utility vehicle when I go to Charlotesville this year.
The answer to the trivia question is "NEVER, outright in the ACC"
seriously you think they'd at least attempt to update this...or is the PR guy to busy crying himself to sleep? either way this is almost kind of comical, THEIR OWN FANS BOO THEM AND CHEER AGAINST THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS
The trivia made me laugh
Excellent job good sir!! As you all know by now, I have gotten to the point where zero F's are given and I hate UVA....not really sure what else to say. I do apologize for the haywire rant earlier and leave this right here:
due to work i haven't been able to go to a home game this year. I have missed out on this glory...so sad. I just pray we back into the ACCCG somehow and I can see VT win or lose. I wish they would bring a mobile smoker and do this in CLT if we get in it.
What a long and treacherous fall they have taken from the mighty win against BYU earlier this year. I've always wondered what it's like to be the PR person for a cellar dwellar. My guess, is it looks a lot like this at the begining of the year, followed by an empty sadness.
thanks for doing this breakdown, it had to be hard to watch that game over and over. i hope the team can get it together and come out faster and sharper than the last bye week and crush uva.
Sniff...I'm tearing up it's so beautiful
This is how I picture you lol.
Absolutely fabulous! You, sir, would get a thousand turkey legs from me for the "VT" field alone! I was attending VT when that happened. Everyone had a fantastic laugh over it.
ENCORE!
Yes! Merry Christmas to all, and to all LOLUVa! GO HOKIES!
Oh trust me, Grimes can be intense. In one of the spring scrimmages I attended, he was so flustered with the first offensive line unit, he sent in the 2nd unit while having the 1st unit do a series of up and downs until he was satisfied. I have seen Grimes get in the face of several linemen during scrimmage. Ryan Pugh is just as vocal with the centers during individual drill before the scrimmage started.
Almost all the coaches are pretty intense except for maybe Stinespring. I cannot ever recall seeing Stiney get worked up.