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#BEATBAMA for life
The next time they ask you what HOKIE PRIDE is, point them here.
When we shock the world on 8/31 and they need somewhere to turn to in order to make sense of it all, point them here.
+1 Arrested Development
Words cannot explain how fired up I got when I read this.
Well, there goes my ability to concentrate at work for the entire week...
All i got to say is BEAT BAMA ROLL THE MOTHER FUCKING TIDE GO HOKIES FUCKING GO!
haha... Man, I feel this could go on forever.. I'm not sure if I don't want that either. This is really great stuff and keeping me both entertained and distracted in this final week before kick off. And I love how both sides are taking it non-personal. If you and French ever decide to make it over to my side of the world in China, please let me know and I will HOOK YOU UP.
All that being said, let's get into round 12.
You could say the exact same thing about a coach "failing to teach" his quarterback to not throw interceptions. Or failing to teach his Linebackers to not miss tackles. Or failing to teach his Wide Receivers to catch a ball.
If you are a QB coach who's Qb's throw a lot of interceptions, you will get fired.
If you are a LB coach who's LB's cannot make proper tackles and stop the run, you will be fired.
If you are a WR coach who's WR's cannot catch a football, you will be fired. (yeah, I'm talking about you Sherman)
And again, I personally don't have anything against cut blocks. I just used the reference of Bugel to illustrate the point that not everyone in OL coaching believes it's an acceptable practice. I personally feel cut blocking is a sound blocking technique.
However, I also personally believe that illegal chop blocking is something that can be avoided. I realize accidents happen and I know that Hokie lineman have most likely done some illegal chop blocking by accident or otherwise in their history. But the fact of the matter is PJ has had a history of complaints against him for this one specific issue. Not just the annoyance of legal cut blocking but the danger of illegal Chop blocking that have the possibility to seriously hurt people. He and his teams are known for it infamously. There is a reason for complaints on this one issue over 3 HC positions and it's not because it's simply an unavoidable byproduct his offensive scheme.
I think your hypothetical is more related to whether or not PJ actually coaches this, which I concede is hard to accept just because someone says he has "a friend" who says so. But i would say that you as the coach of that pitcher who hit someone in the face would not then afterwards say that the other team "just got out-schemed" and therefore a problem with the batter who got hit. You would concede that it was something that should not happen and the pitch got a away from the pitcher. It was not intentional but accidents do happen. PJ does not do this and will never do this. It's an matter of integrity which he lacks.
HOKIES!!!
Exactly its about going balls to the wall as a fan and saying to hell with disappointment. Its gonna happen anyway at some point so why not be crazy why not put your heart and soul into it. Why not say that were going to beat bama and guess what the more I say it the more the players say it the more they believe it. So fuck the naysayers fuck the haters its less than one week let's get this shit together go down there punch em right in the mouth and #BEATBAMA
It's working out for Stefon Diggs though.
He may have wanted to be a star player on a loser team.
If you say that this is where the vast majority of illegal chop (high/low) blocks occur then you as a coach need to teach your players how to block legally in these circumstances. You are paid millions of dollars not to just say "oh well, that's just going to happen naturally" and let kids potentially end other kids career.
Except that is a completely unrealistic and unfair thing to demand of a coach. You could say the exact same thing about a coach "failing to teach" his quarterback to not throw interceptions. Or failing to teach his Linebackers to not miss tackles. Or failing to teach his Wide Receivers to catch a ball.
A coach isn't a magic maker. He comes up with the schemes and teaches his players what to do. The players are going to make mistakes, that's the very nature of sports. That's why I watch. To put the blame of a missed assignment on the offensive line squarely on the head coach (who isn't even the Oline position coach!) is just wrong.
Oh, but I know what you'll say... if it's not possible to perfectly coach PJ's scheme then he shouldn't use it because it's dangerous... I say that's Bologna. If the rules allow it, then it's fair game. Period. End of sentence. Paul Johnson is not the only coach to teach cut blocking and if you think everyone who does is an asshole, well you better start pointing that finger towards Tech's sideline as well.
Now if you take issue with cut-blocking in general, well fine. Let's have that discussion. We can talk about banning cut blocking and any blocking below the knees... but there's a reason I don't watch flag football on Saturdays. This is big time, big man football. Everyone who plays knows the consequences. Everyone who plays knows the rules. If they don't want to get a free education and potentially millions of dollars from going pro because a few 280 pound men will be diving at their knees... DON'T PLAY THE GAME.
Let me ask you a hypothetical. If I'm a pitching coach in baseball, and I tell my pitcher that he needs to throw the ball inside... Am I an asshole if my player screws up and hits the batter? Am I "putting players careers in danger" because I didn't teach my player how to not hit someone?
Exactly. Thank you. Now I'm all fired up again.
Hokies aren't fair weather fans, we don't quit before we even start. Just because the odds are against us and every indication is that we will likely fail, WE CAN'T STOP! If you need an example of Hokies facing overwhelming odds, there are 7 of them inscribed on the Cenotaph. I invite everyone to read those names and their stories. http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/war-memorial-chapel-honor.html
I hope that is what our team visited the Pylons for: to realize that 1.) This is only a football game, luckily the fate of the free world does not rest on their shoulders, and 2.) Hokies have been accomplishing the impossible for over a century now.
So yes, we may lose to Alabama. Hell, we may lose to Western Carolina, the point is we have to play the game to find out and I plan on yelling at a bar's TV as loudly as I would at Lane or in the Dome.
Orange and maroon Kool-Aid.
FIVE. DAYS. No offseason has ever felt so long. And now it's almost time to #BEATBAMA...
LET'S GO!!!!
If you're talking about the Jumbo package that Stanford (and probably others) has used the past couple years, I heartily approve.
Finally. Someone who speaks English. Turkey leg for you, sir.
He destroyed everything in his knee. I mean like completely obliterated everything holding his leg together. It's been quite a process for him, and I'm pretty darn proud of the guy for toughing it out like he has after what easily could have been a career-ending injury.
Sure hope our D are better tacklers this time around.
And yes, I did invent and create that term.
If that's the case, then a "douchebag" would smell great too. Perhaps the waHo's might be delusional in belieiving that their douches, queifs & shit don't stank.
Preach