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great question, one of the many coaching mistakes made this season. best players should play, period.
This game should be a good showing of how good our defense is. VMI has always put up points. Holding them in check would be a good feat for a young team with a new coach.
About the offense, they seem to be getting more open looks than last year so far. I know the competition isn't up to par with the ACC but a lot of it came out of the system and not because of bad defense. The guys look like they want to run the offense and not just pass and hold. A non stagnant offense is gonna be refreshing to watch if we can keep it up this season.
It should come as no surprise, they have had it all season. Their ability to absolutely DESTROY offenses is bar none.
shows you how important coaching is . . .
had to work late last night and didnt get to catch the game until well into the second half. they may not win a ton of games in the acc, but at least they'll be fun to watch.
When can we stop saying Marcus Davis has "talent" (sometimes it looks like he forgets how hands work) and start saying "man this guy can really put up good numbers in relatively meaningless combine drills".
Well, Green hasn't had a bad night yet, but if two games are any indication, which they aren't, that next guy will be either Eddie or Brown.
Like you hit on in point 5., it's obvious these guys are playing harder for, and believing in, Johnson's system more they did Seth's last year. For a fan, this offense is actually fun to watch. Who knows if running the floor will be able to offset the talent gap against better teams, but I'm enjoying the product.
This team is going to be so fun to watch. I don't know if they'll win a lot of games, if only because they have some issues that will be difficult to overcome (rebounding, lack of depth, reliance on jumpers)....but they will be fun as hell to watch.
The best way I can describe their style of play is that it looks like you and 4 of your closest buddies are playing a pick up game. Yeah one of your boys (or girls) will take some ridiculous shots, can you can good naturedly jaw at them....but it's all in fun, and that's what this team has.
They play like they have fun, like they like each other (an extremely refreshing change from the Delaney/Allen combo) and...probably most telling....they love the coach.
He doesnt know the difference between a passing and running play and what his responsibilities are in those plays
I was at the game tonight, and I totally agree with you. This team is a really fun team to watch, and they will be bombing the threes when all the shooters (Brown, Eddie, Wood) in addition to Green hit their rhythm. Wood is a great looking kid, I'm really glad he stayed with the program instead of going somewhere else. This is a fun team, with an actual offensive concept. I liked that JJ and the team came over to the student section after the game and high fived them. That was classy. Also, I have been wondering for years why they play enter sandman for basketball. It is depressing. I think they tried to change it up to GNR a few years ago and everyone got upset.
I like our new style of play. It also looks like we're showing more effort on defense and additionally are executing from the free-throw stripe (except for Van Zegren). Let's go, Hokie basketball! Hoping for a better result this season than football!
He has missed about a week or so worth of practice with the death in his family. He will be back in the rotation soon once he gets his legs back and whatnot.
Definitely agree with coming out for fans. Brave the rain/snow/blacksburg craziness to come out whenever you can. This team feeds off the crowd and is amazing to watch when they are feeling it.
Well since he's a senior, there's a 99.9% chance he will be
winner
Other than landing Michael Vick and having good fullbacks to lead on the load option, there is nothing Kevin Rogers did at VT that would make me excited for his return.
It is refreshing to not have Greenberg on the sideline. I am trying not to get ahead of myself here with these 2 wins. However, I like the flow and I think we would have struggled to get these wins with Greenberg's antics. Nice to have the program focused on the team and not the coach.
Kevin Rogers is at Temple right now I believe. Rogers last stop over at Boston College wasn't good to say the least and I don't know how his recovery from health issues has gone if he would still be up to be an OC. If it was back in the day in 2005 I would've definitely wanted Rogers but not as sure now. He is definitely very familiar with VT and the staff.
As damning as that video is, Dyrell shortarming that potential touchdown pass and making no efffort to get open the rest of the game.
Even worse was the response from Davis
"Davis said a number of the plays in the video were passing plays, adding, "You can’t block in the back. That’s obvious."- from Andy Bitter's blog.
Brutal, especially given that he was doing jumping jacks out of bounds instead of giving the FSU the Steve Greer treatment on the Coleman 3rd down conversion. If he seals the DB inside, Coleman has a lane down the sideline to perhaps score, but at least get another 5-10 yards.
"I don't think it's a fad. It's just part of the evolution of offense." - Bud Foster
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=...
Is Tech playing faster this year? You decide for yourself but 43% of the shots taken tonight came in the first 10 secs of the shot clock.— KipTJam (@KipTJam) November 13, 2012
Well Demitri is now starting so theres that...
Looking forward to watching this Bohemian run up and down the field for the next 3 years.
I'm not quite sure how Demitri's blocking has been so far, but his route running has improved, he's not lazy, he can catch, and he gets open!
I agree that Fuller and Demitri are our best receivers. Funny, because at the beginning of the year who expected these two would get the playing time they've gotten? They definitely earned it though.
Funny SH$%^& right there.