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That last statement you just said really gave me a sinking feeling. Hopefully we are just waiting till the off season to announce anything. If we don't make any changes in the offensive coaching staff the program has given up.
Hahahaha love this.
Rivalry week and bowl season bring out the best in us all.
Well done.
DOUBLE ICING THE KICKER WOULD HAVE WORKED AT RICHMOND AGAINST A FCS OPPONENT. THE FAKE FIELD GOAL WOULD HAVE WORKED AT RICHMOND TOO.
Mike, you could have been winning FCS Championships at Richmond all this time.
Yes, I'm still bitter. A very bitter Spider.
So needless to say, London's complete regression as a football coach while at UVA has given me great joy.
Between this and that Gap one.
Member of the month. That's not a thing here? Make it one and give it to him anway.
O'cain needs to flat out leave he is an awful QB coach and his play calling is so vanilla, it's not even funny. During the first half of the FSU game, I sat there in the stadium and called every play on one series for us before they happened. If a spectator knows what is coming, every defensive coordinator in college football will too.
Stinespring, in my opinion l, should be moved back to the offensive line l, where he had success before he was hired as OC, and Newsome needs to be fired. Stinespring is also a very good recruiter so that would be nice to have.
Also, I believe that the wide receivers coach, Tony Sherman, should be fired. Players like Marcus Davis and Dyrell Roberts have underachieved in the eyes of so many people this season, and I can see where they are coming from. There is more to receiving than just running routes and catching the football (something both of them already struggled with). Blocking is a pretty big part of being a wide receiver, and we all know about Marcus Davis' blocking. Dyrell Roberts' blocking has also been pretty bad this year, and he has had Sherman as his wide receiver coach every year he has been at Tech, along with Davis, so that falls on Sherman as much it does Davis and Roberts.
I'm excited that it's basketball season and it's hard for a team to be less fun to watch than last year's was. That said, even with a good start I'm not raising expectations. While beating bad teams is better than losing to bad teams (which happened at times under Greenberg) I won't start raising my expectations until this team proves they can score at a similarly high rate while playing some defense against ACC opponents.
That said, I really think we're moving in the right direction under JJ. I just hope that people don't look at our record heading into ACC play (which could realistically be 10-2 or better due to a weak schedule), raise their expectations and then give up on the team if they lose to a couple of middle of the road ACC teams.
Just now got this after seeing it four or five times... I'm ashamed.
As if I'm the only one who saw what you did there
my favorite post from thekeyplay ever! Its amazing. I love it! I'm forwarding it to all my Tech friends :)
i think demoting stiney would square well because he's already been demoted; he doesnt call plays. I guess he just chills and drinks diet coke during games. I feel like he could coach te's and oline.
I agree 100% about shane, special teams coach would work just fine. As far a cornell goes, idk whip aint exactly been stellar the last couple years but i dont think he's been given a fair shot yet.
I also agree that it's unlikely the changes will be all that sweeping. Frankly as the days go by and more and more schools start making moves while we dont, I wonder if any changes at all will be made.
It will not be easy selling BTN in the NJ/NYC area. No one cares about Rutgers.
the best i can come up with is he was counting on journell missing. . .and had zero confidence is his offense.
wasnt al saying the same thing a few years ago?
made me actually laugh out loud
I re-watched the whole thing on ESPN3 last night since I missed the game due to a lousy internet feed at my in-law's house.
The final minutes were bizarre and I thought that London was second- and triple-guessing himself. It seem he has lost confidence in Rocco to engineer a game-winning drive after Exum made that game-saving interception. It was almost like London was gambling on the fact that his defense could force a quick three-and-outs, but failed to realize that O'cainspring were milking the clock for all it was worth.
I'm also guessing that London was banking on Rocco making the Drive since Tech gave up several game-winning drives this season, but I guess we will never know why London didn't call the time out to save time on the clock.
He was an effing idiot for doing that.
9 straight, in your face, you WaWa Hoos!
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MOC must have mentioned it to more than one person because my dad said he mentioned it to him sometime this fall.
forwarding it on to my favorite 'Hoos..... :D
Is it bad that when I clicked on this article, I was hoping to see that we had already fired some people?
Here is my supremely uninformed opinion:
Let go of Newsome, O'Cain, and Sherman. Hire a new OC/QB Coach and allow them to hire their own O-Line and Wide Receiver Coaches. Ask Stinespring to stay on as TE coach (and RB coach? see below), and recruiting coordinator. He is demoted from OC, but retains the 'coordinator' tag by picking up the recruiting position. Don't know how this jives with the new admin position created for Cav, but frankly, can't bring myself to care too much. I think it would be great to keep Stiney in the program for his recruiting prowess if we can, despite a demotion, but we just can't let him retain his current responsibilities. Move Shane to Special Teams coordinator - we have to keep him for recruiting, and I think it would be great to take some off of Frank's plate. This is something he has experience with, he can still work with his father closely, but let Frank slide into more of the 'CEO HC' role. The RB position can either be picked up by Stinespring along with TE, or by a new hire by the new OC. I know that's one too many coaches, but hear me out. I hate to do this so soon - I feel he hasn't fully gotten a shot - but Cornell coaches a single position (Whip, of the 22 O and D and countless other Special Teams positions) and hasn't made a splash recruiting, at least yet. I am not sold on this, and could be talked out of it, but if you only get 9 coaches, Cornell doesn't seem to be pulling his weight yet. I figure Foster can easily enough coach the Whips too, along with Mikes and Backers (as well as DC). I know that puts 3 Coaches on the D side, and 5 on the O - but honestly, those D coaches have things pretty locked down. We need help with the O. So, to recap:
Frank Beamer: HC and CEO
New Hire: OC and QB Coach
New Hire: WR Coach
New Hire: O-Line Coach
New Hire/Stiney: RB Coach
Bryan Stinespring: TE Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Shane Beamer: Special Teams Coordinator
Bud Foster: DC and all Linebackers
Torrian Gray: DB Coach
Charley Wiles: D-Line Coach
Cornell Brown: Whip Coach (If Stiney is RB coach too)
Well, now that I summarize, I see that I messed up the math somehow... Cornell or Stiney have to go in my scenario. I swear in my head I had it so they could both stay, unless a new RB coach was hired. But I created a new position for Shane too, and left Frank with nothing other than HC. So... I'm dreaming anyway. Doubt the changes will be nearly this sweeping, but very interested to hear what you guys think! Should we keep Stiney at all? Is it even realistic with a demotion? Am I being too harsh too fast on Cornell? And of course, I'm not smart enough to suggest the new OC. Which is the real crux of the whole thing. Thanks as always, TKP, for the forum!
Just sent this to the family list, which includes two UVA grads, with the following caption "Perhaps this is how you can explain it to the kids."
this is the greatest ever!!
I saw this in another forum comment, and its really unsettling that we haven't even talked about a single change after seeing all of these.