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Loeffler has made it clear that his only requirement is that his guy work hard and want it more than anyone else. So I would say that will be up to Bucky whether Loeffler is on board with him. He definitely has the frame that Loeffler wants.
I wonder if Loeffler is on board with Bucky?
FYI: some folks will favorite a Tweet as a reminder to follow-up on it. (eg: to read an article linked in it.)
Pretty sure I saw that he was interested in Civil. Tech is 9th and Michigan is 8th. Pretty even playing field. And as mentioned before tech's building construction major could offer him a happy middle ground.
The way I see it is Robert doesn't really have any great moves, he tries to take it to the basket but it almost never works. Plus, Rankin is our best defender to me and that would be a reason to leave him on the court regardless of how good you think he is on offense. But this also goes back to coaching, I don't think we run any offensive sets. It seems like our only play is an Iso for either Green, Brown or Eddie. If someone else happens to score then it's because they were wide open and the Iso player saw them. JJ really needs to implement some half-court stuff because watching a bunch of Iso's isn't going to work very often.
I hope his attitude and work ethic rub off on some of the younger players and even some of the vets on this team this year.
I wouldn't go so far as "serious backlash"... but the expectations will definitely be there.
UNC is more along the lines of what UVA specializes in.
Tech is a top 15 engineering school, dunno about Michigan and North Carolina
The best way to get good seats for the best prices in NFL stadiums is NOT to go through the school allotment or stub hub. If you feel so, best of luck and FYI you are losing a bunch of money. The best way is to find a Atlanta Falcons season ticket holder. All Falcons season ticket holders will be given an option to purchase tickets to the game first. This is before the school allotment, and the savages on stubhub, ticket master, and ebay have their claws on them.
I have been to almost every VT game in FED EX because my father in law is a season ticket holder. He only has nosebleed seats (still not bad though) to Skins games but always gets first options for college games before the schools and public sales. EVERY VT game we have been in AMAZING CLUB LEVEL seats because of this early "first come option". We only paid asking price of like 50 dollars a piece. 50 yard line and you can have glass bottles, waiters bring your food or drinks to you and they are padded seats.
This is by far the best way to get the tickets, so I would recommend keeping an eye out for some Atlanta Falcon die hard season ticket holder fans that could get you a seat. Now Georgia Dome may not offer this but I would seriously doubt it.
Best of Luck. I will see ya there.
I was both enthused and frustrated watching the game yesterday; enthused by the effort and the continued confidence that regardless of how well EG is defended he is going to figure out a way to get his points (heady guy), and frustrated by a few fundamental errors I think need to be adjusted ASAP.
1.) EG is a beast. Yesterday was a great example of what an elite scorer and leader needs to do when he is being shut down by opposing defenses. He not only allowed his teammates to get their own shots and to get into the flow of the game, but when it was his time to take the reigns he found a way to get points. The vast majority of the time it was him taking it to the hole and drawing contact, or ball-faking the hell out of the Tiger defenders and getting to the line. It pays dividends in SO many ways and that was evident yesterday.
2.) The 2-3 Zone was by-and-large effective. As a defense, you want the other team to launch threes against you because of how low-percentage the shots were, and as JJ did postgame, Clemson deserves credit for making those shots. My issue with the D was that they aren't extending enough and playing with their hands up. All 5 guys should have their hands up and out the entire time to disrupt the vision, passing lanes, and shots of the defenders. Hands down is typically a sign of fatigue or laziness, and if I'm JJ, I'm telling my players to keep their hands up or I'm pulling them out because they're telling me they are tired. The best stretch we had was at about the 4-minute mark in the 2nd Half where we repeatedly trapped the first pass over mid-court and used our feet and hands to smother the ball. We need more of that harassment throughout the other 38 minutes.
3.) As previously noted, I love EG, but the dude is being put into a position of having to score too often. That element is leading to way too much Iso and screening at the top of the key. We've seen it all year, but ACC teams have hedged the shit out of that play and made it effective only 20% of the time. If we can make that screener more effective as a roller and scorer, we can force defenses to cover both the ball and the screener. At this point, no one (Cadarian, CJ, JVZ, or Mr. HighTopFade) has exhibited any ability to roll off the screen and move with the ball from 17 feet out. This is an element that should be worked on to take some pressure off of EG and the rest of our ball handlers. It will keep defenses honest, create more options off of the play, and might free up more open jumpers along the wing.
you speak the truth. Regardless of his record Loeffler's approach and direction is a God send. I am stoked.
This is LITERALLY the worst thing I've ever seen in print.
Also, I want the heads of the five people who favorited that tweet about his injury.
...if you wanna play hoops, go to Cassell! God knows we need a guard who could defend!
You guys ever seen the episode where The Office gets news that Dunder Mifflin is going to declare bankruptcy? Michael is in his office blaring Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby."
Well that's me right now.
Football IQ? What? Since when do QB's need to learn mechanics, play-calling, and defenses? Loeffler, I don't think you understand how VT traditionally coached our QBs. It's "Ok, go out there and SCRAMBLE. It's our only chance for offense." This whole notion of teaching the QB to be a better player is just so radical, it's blowing my mind.
As a selfish fan, I want to see him back in July. As a level-headed individual, I hope he fully recovers before stepping foot on that field to ensure he can have a productive NFL career. He's a true Hokie Legend, regardless of how 2013 turns out for him.
It's true that Rankin is not much of an offensive threat, but at least he's knocking down open 3's. Brown is currently "zero dimensional" on offense and is a much worse on-ball defender than Rankin is.
Honestly, right now I think Tech's best lineup is EG, Rankin, Eddie, Wood, and JVZ. Barksdale and Raines have been HUGE dissapointments and have provided absolutely zero inside presence. You can't win consistently with only one player and we are proving that right now.
I disagree about Robert and Rankin. Rankin is very much one dimensional on offense and is unable to create scoring opportunities. Yes he can knock down an open 3 every now and then, but when he's in at PG it's embarrassing to watch him hand it to RB to run the offense. A PG should run the offense, and he's currently unable to do that.
No matter what D they play, either a team as a whole or an individual player has a career game/season best/etc etc.
On the flip side, other than one game, Eric has 20 or more and more times than not JVZ has one ridiculous dunk a game (see JVZ gif).
I like the idea of the zone, it was a good change for once. But when a team is knocking down 3's like Clemson was you have to throw in some man-to-man and try to confuse them on what you're going to be doing. It's something I think JJ will learn with more experience.
I still don't know why Brown gets so many minutes (well I guess I know with the lack of depth, but it's very frustrating). I agree that he was better in this game, but better is by no means good. Rankin is the better all around player, he's our best defender and has been knocking down some 3's lately. I hope he starts getting more minutes.
Outside of those, I don't really have too many complaints about how we played. There was some good effort out there and that's all I can ask for at this point. Hopefully Miami will be overlooking us and we can get a nice win at home on Wednesday. Pack Cassell guys! I know this season isn't going very well (it's what most of us expected before the season started though), but Miami is leading the ACC and when Cassell is packed it is a very tough place to play.
We'll need him to be on top of his game when we play OSU in '14 & '15.
This sounds good to me. Just keep me posted.
Phenomenal Question...
Regardless, I think we're going to see our 2014 QB Target list change to reflect the type of guy(s) he wants to bring in (and Cornwell might be the tip of the iceberg). Either way, the more competition at the position the better.