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I like this guy. He runs hard and punishes anyone in his way. Put him behind a nasty Grimes-coached O-Line with JCC providing a lateral threat... mmmm....
These are good thoughts, however, I see it a little bit different. I remember every football related story about Vick's time in Atlanta being centered around his transition to a pocket passer. NFL talking heads were mostly critical about him escaping the pocket. At that time, I think the NFL's concept of a mobile quarterback was someone like Elway or Young, a guy who had wheels, but only used them after he went through his progressions. One of the biggest critiques of Vick was he was a "run first" quarterback.
But you're right, something or things have changed. The 49ers, Redskins, and Seahawks have all embraced running the quarterback as part of their offense. The Iggles just hired Chip Kelly. Harbaugh and Carroll were in college before their NFL jobs, and the Washington coaches went to Baylor to figure how to best marry RG3's college scheme with their previously successful zone rushing attack. The success of the spread and Chris Ault's pistol in college (in)directly influenced those coaches who are now in the NFL.
Getting back to Vick. Football is an evolution, where more radical ideas and concepts seem to move faster in college (especially at the lower levels). Vick was one of the first true dual-threat quarterbacks. He was the fastest guy on the field, and could throw it on a rope 75 yards. I think he helped spark the revolution in college, which has become more advanced and diversified, and has just now trickled up to the NFL.
He already had it during the OK State game. And he still put up 28.
I'm ok with going under the screen, if that's the play JJ wants to make then fine. But if you're going to do that, then the guy guarding the screener has to step up. Why is it that every team we play is able to do that to Green but none of our guys can figure it out? It's frustrating to see. But Erick Green is the best player in the country. McDermott is a great player, but he isn't even close to Green.
He's soft. He got blocked twice on one possession yesterday, my big man shouldn't be getting blocked so easily. And more importantly, he has no shots in close. You can't give him the ball in the post and expect a bucket, his only buckets come on dunks or layups. He needs to develop a jump hook.
have two #newhoos. Ravens don't have any. That's reason enough for me.
It's UVA; obviously high salary means immediate legitimization
...is, as usual with UVA, how much they are paying him.
Steve Fairchilds is a known name around the game, but is he a $450K coach? Dunno bout all that.
Plus most of the positives surrounding that press release revolve around Fairchild's time with Marshall Faulk. First of all, talk about living in the past. Second, I don't see any future Hall of Famers in UVA's backfield, so good luck with that.
Groh brought on a young, recruit first staff when he replaced Welsh. It really helped him recruit, but player development stalled. This was at a time when VT was getting the most out of our players and our player development machine was humming.
The last few years there are some notable examples of VT having player development issues, with the OL and RB's (2012) being glaring examples, but the whip position has taken some hits as well.
Before we all pat ourselves on the back for getting younger, it's worth considering if we are getting better.
Tom Brady, Chad Henne, Tim Tebow >>>>>>>> JP Losman, Marc Bulger, Moses Moreno
until I realized that the 49ers are a win away from tying the Steelers for most Super Bowl wins. Now I don't know what to think....
The days Hokie Basketball was fun to watch 2003-2011 -R.I.P
:(
Regardless im still gonna watch, but i find myself wanting to bang my head on the coffee table untill i knock myself unconscious.
WOW- UVa's staff is going the opposite direction of ours... the avg age has to have gone up ten years with these recent hires. All of sudden all that youth and recruiting enthusiasm is going out the window.
Man I love JVZ. Guy plays with a mean streak, challenges anyone who tries to dunk in his area, loves to tomahawk one in someones face. Would like to see him develop a baby hook and a high post, FT line J. He's going to be really good.
Hoo?
Doesn't sound like a terrible hire to me. They could've done worse.
As a part time Steelers fan, the only possible way I could cheer for the Ravens is if Flacco gets hurt and Tyrod comes in. Even then, I would only be cheering for Tyrod, because eff Ray Lewis.
Looks like a pure downhill runner..not the best moving laterally. Would pair well with a scat back.
jj has said repeatedly that he's switched to the zone for the simple fact that we dont have that many guys. the zone doesnt wear you down as much and (at least in theory) cuts down on the fouls.
we're a young, undermanned team who has walk-ons playing against legitimate acc ballers who have nba futures.
i dont see many wins coming up on the schedule. i feel like we're a long shot for the nit
in erick we trust
I wonder how many more wins we could've had without that damn flu bug... thanks for the info. Hopefully #11 doesn't catch it
/knocks on every piece of wood in the apartment
He was battling the flu which has been passed around the entire team now and ended up throwing up halfway through the first half then came back and held his own for the most part.
Miami did something we didn't do which was make a positive defensive switch taking larkin off brown which put a taller player on him which shut him out the rest of the way. Eddie was shut down must of the same way, but somehow he always gets open three looks at the end and ends up in the mid teens which makes his stats look better than they really were.
That really should have been a steal win at home against a ranked team and they just fell flat in the end. Hopefully they can find something in themselves to finish out strong. NIT would be a good thing at this point for next year.
I was at the VT UVA game in Bburg in 08 and happened to be sitting near what seemed to be a group of freshmen from UVA. At the end of the 3rd quarter they of course played the Hokie Pokey and one of the UVA kids yelled that he hadn't done the Hokie Pokey since the third grade. That's when I yelled back to him that his team hadn't won here since then either. Didn't hear much out of him after that.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Erick Green is the only one who can run the whole game? I know they don't always have him covering the best guy on defense, and it seems like sometimes JJ will give him a rest on the floor just by moving the offense through other people. But seriously, late in the game he's still flying around the court trying to get open while everyone else looks tired
I'm sorry but this is one of the most ridiculous, hysteric comments I've seen on here in a long long while, which is a remarkable thing considering the football season we just had. Chill.
Our team is just not that great this year. We knew this coming into the season. Our first 7-10 games jaded SO many people into thinking we might be better than expected, but the team has settled down to become who we thought they were. Now, are guys like RB and Eddie underachieving? Sure. But who would you rather have out there? Johnston and Beyer? I know they give great effort, but c'mon. Let's be realistic. Everyone short of EG needs to improve and this offseason will be very important.
And for what it's worth, EG came to Tech as a good HS player that was recruited by a couple of good regional schools. He was a 3-star recruit. Might he have been underrated? Maybe, who knows. He has put the time in on his own and his been coached (*gasp!*) during his time at Tech to get to where he is today. If you go back two years to his Sophmore season, he started showing flashes when he spelled Malcolm Delaney, but those flashes resulted in a couple of double-digit scoring outputs. No one saw this coming back then, so maintain some perspective that the same thing could evolve with guys like RB/CJ/Rankin (Sophs) and JVZ (R-Fr).
Patience my young Paduan.