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I might be the only person who thinks this, but I think that VT will surprise some and I think they will end up with a better record than what people thinks. If all the players can buy into the system that JJ has in place there's no reason why this team could be a top 10 team in the ACC at least. I look at teams like VCU that is in a much less competitive conference, but Shaka finds a way to get those kids to buy into the program that he has at VCU. He's a great young coach, but JJ is just trying to get the players to fit his style of play. And this is my opinion, I'm not a X's and O's guy when it comes to football like French, but basketball is my thing!
Beamer can choose to bench Logan anytime he wants. Could start this game. It's his decision.
My point is that would be a stupid decision. This is Logan's 3rd year as a starter and there has not been a time when benching him to light that particular fire was a logical conclusion. After 2010? No way. Logan straight up gamed all season. 2011? For who, Leal? He had zero experience. Logan just had a big year and the cracks in VT coaching staff, and recruiting, was what broke the dam of staff continuity. It was clear that the offensive coaching staff had to go and they did. Proving Beamer will still make the big boy decisions if he needs to. So now in 2013, Logan is THE leader of the team. Every coach and player saying so and you want to bench him for an unproven backup mid-season? No coach would do that man. Do you honestly believe that is a good decision?
That doesn't light a fire. That tells everyone you are not confident in them. Logan is the leader. If he falls the team falls.
It would appear (most likely) to the readers that you're the one getting emo. I didn't down vote you. I'm not upset but I (and probably a number of others) just happen to disagree with you. Waste of talent? Sure I'll go that route. But I'm not upset.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Teddy Roosevelt
And I am talking strictly as a complete picture of a QB. On field, off field, leadership, character. Everything you need in a QB. On field talent doesn't matter if the person drags the team down into their personal mess. That's what Marcus was doing.
You are seriously taking offense to this? Everything I said was true and none of it was offensive to you or in general. So what's the problem man? It's just a discussion. People have different opinions. Some more reasonable and fact driven than others. No need to get upset and take it personally.
I like this post and I think its probably true about all of us to differing degrees. As much as I enjoy being right, I prefer to win. I have become the Hokie ambassador to NYC. My goons can't even comprehend my infatuation with a school I went to for 4 yrs. Some of them didn't even go to college and I have them sitting around my crib on saturday afternoons cheering Hokie football cuz they know that's the only way they're going to see me for those 2 1/2 hrs. I see a kid that likes engineering or a lil dude on the football field playing catch and I'm pitching him/her VT all the way from NY. I'm proud of my school like none other and nothing will change that. But will I still have an opinion about how certain things are done? ABSOLUTELY!
At the end of the day if we win and Logan throws 10 TDs, I'm happier for him than anyone else. I'll be more than happy to be wrong about Logan if it means we're winning. On the other hand I'm not the type of guy to just sit there and "hope for the best". If it were up to me, I would make his seat hot a little and throw another guy in there for a series or so. I have no impact on decisions made so all I can do here is express my opinion.
Neither do I. If I'm channel surfing and come across a Boise home game, I immediately change the channel for fear of permanent retina damage.
Excellent stuff, Beaver. I've definitely been the Hokie Grinch at times, even this season. It's why I stay off the site during the games and chill at home watching the game on my own.
The Glennon-Tyrod years were a mess. I never knew who the starter would be and it always seemed as if (1) it didn't matter much who started and (2) Beamer probably flipped a coin an hour before kickoff. He knew Tyrod had potential but Glennon had experience. No clear winner there. Ultimately, Tyrod was awesome, but those first couple years our QB situation was a trainwreck (also due in large part to MV5 throwing our QB situation into turmoil before them).
Bahahahaha. I'm going to watch animal house tonight fo'sho
I think people are entitled to establish how they define poor performance and what constitutes the "worst QB in VT history." Off-field performance counts, in my book. Looking at the record, Marcus has an impressive one. A criminal record, that is. He goes down in my book as the biggest waste of talent in VT history, and is partially (if not largely) responsible for us developing a reputation as thugs by some in the media (and even other schools).
I have been on this site for a while and I remember how demoralized the members on this site were after the Sugar Bowl loss. I remember coming on to the site the next day ready to vent, when was the curse of being a Hokie fan ever going to change? However one post in the midst of our whinning and complaining about "the catch" (which it was) stood out to me and changed me as a Virginia Tech fan forever.
I read this post before every season and many times after a loss to remind me what being a fan is about, at least to me. The last two lines have resonated with me ever since. We knew what we were getting into once this season started. A few bounces going the other way and we lose to Marshall, ECU, and Pitt. While you might not agree with who the qb should be, there is a whole team that sure as hell deserves your support as they lay it on the line to try to get to Charlotte.
Which is also an all-time classic Hokie call
I don't know how this happened, but you mention something and then it appears on Yahoo.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--the-non-contacts--non-lasik-solution...
Everyone,
Sit back and watch what LT3 is capable of doing! It started with 1 big throw to Coale and then Logan went crazy! We will be seeing a lot of this come Saturday
I was going to raise the "all y'all" point, too. If I said the following:
"Y'all are makin' some sense, but all y'all need to chill," it would read:
"Everyone directly involved in this discussion are making salient points, but everyone in and around this site should relax"
Y'all = immediately involved, "All y'all" = everyone in earshot, or the larger social group
So what I hear you basically saying is that if Beamer wanted to bench Logan in order to light a fire under his arse, thusly giving Leal some semi meaningful playing time, he should have done that last year or earlier?
Because (yes you're correct in that they weren't 5th yrs) he did pull Randall for Marcus in that Miami game AND he did pull Glennon for Tyrod both in '07 and '08.
Is that what I hear you saying??
I don't care for those smurf turfers one bit
GuitarMan said it: he doesn't wear contacts when playing, but I also heard a large part of his squinting was due to the game being under the lights, which apparently has an effect? Didn't seem to affect him too much.
* This comes from someone who has never worn contacts or glasses in his entire life. There are no horse contacts as far as I know.
I disagree, although I fully 100% agree with your characterization of Mike Evans/Johnny Manziel. Manziel just chucks the ball up sometimes and Evans is too dominant to let anyone else have it.
Winston makes GREAT throws on the regular basis. You're right that he has an awesome supporting cast, but the kid is uber talented. EJ Manuel had just about the same cast of characters and was like a 10th year senior and didn't play this well.
There's a storm coming and the Hurricanes are going to be in the middle of it?
:)
I've never seen a QB squinting at the sidelines before. Very strange.
Did you get him to sign something?
I'm talking strictly about on the field. Geez who farted in your coffee?
This excerpt sums it all up nicely:
He is an amazing athlete, he is the best blocker I have ever had here, he makes up for that by being the best receiver I have ever had and he makes up for that by being the most physical player I have ever had, said Dixon, who played at the University of Virginia and in three different professional football leagues, including the NFL. He is just dynamic, I cant explain it, you just sit and watch and I am in awe."
As someone from the area, I will be the first to say that the level of competition he is facing is somewhat lacking. But, given that the praise is being heaped by a former NFL player, it definitely carries some weight.
Had I known about him earlier, I might could have gotten up there to see him play. Maybe next year....in Blacksburg. Stranger things have happened.