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It blew my mind when I realized he was a R-Sr last week. A huge recruit that left the hoos gnashing their teeth when he picked VT, I felt like he'd would have been starting when was a R-So. He's obviously got the physical tools, I always figured it was his mental approach that was keeping him off the field.
Newsome's quote above makes sense about his mindset being an entrenched back up. So if his confidence is growing and he's figuring out all the little things and putting forth complete effort then I think Logan's gonna be in good hands.
I see some things coming out of spring practice that get me pumped.
TG doing the same thing with the secondary. Basically we will have a D of interchangeable parts. Builds artificial depth and allows for in game adjustments/scheming. Should be very helpful against offenses like GT, UNC, Clemson.
The only thing you need to make sure of is that you have the "big boys" able to play their true positions when needed against more physical D and Olines like SEC/Michigan/Stanford. Can't be putting an end at tackle and making him try to out-speed an OL that is full of athletic 300 pounders. Need to man up there.
I think we might just be able to do all that this year if folks stay healthy. And if Van Dyke and Tweedy can split time at Whip and stay nasty and fast.... oh boy. (No offense to JGW, just don't see him in that equation given injury and history. But I do think he can be a special teams ace)
Corey Marshall is rich in defensive line prowess
He is flush with technical skill
and extremely well off, in pass rush ability.
-Ted Dibiase
but I see Harris as Josh Oglesby 2.0. No doubt he has talent, but I'm just not sold. He is taller than our prototypical back and not as fast as some of the other guys; from his tape he can definitely run through tackles and is more of a one cut back. He just reminds me of a GT running back. No doubt his size will be a huge benefit in pass pro, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if he got a long look. And I do hope Holmes can come along. I know our O-line got beat up by the D-line (no surprise) so he probably had little help, but hopefully he can improve. He did get the seal of approval from Bud Foster himself, so I imagine there's some substance there.
love it
Plus, I laughed just like Ted Dibiase when he sacked Denard Robinson
He will make opposing QBs pay the price.
Bud's intensity...looks like he enjoyed kicking a few new butts around the field. Just trying to make it fun, right?
If you don't have a spread offense with multiple options from the same formations, which makes you less predictable, then you have to have superior individual match ups to have success. In other words, if your offense is predictable, you need better talent than the defense or put in a few wrinkles to run from time to time to catch the D out of position or with a bad match-up. Finding the weaknesses on a defense can be tough, especially when the defense is exploiting your weaknesses. Game time situational awareness from the players and coaches is needed to recognize and exploit weaknesses and adjust to the D. Running a spread and all the options requires talent and experience. Same goes for situational awareness.
I think the last minute drive against Miami last year was really great. I hope it can be a model for what to do right on our offense.
I have a feeling, based on his size and skill-set, he's NFL-bound in 3 years. If he is slow picking up the offense, he could be a short-yardage and goal-line guy (well, I guess maybe not, if LT3 is 30-40 lbs heavier.) Either way, there's no chance he stays for 5 years, unless the injury bug hits him really bad.
can he answer anything straight? He's to generalizations what Beamer is to coach speak.
From where does the Ted Dibiase comparison for Corey Marshall come?
How I will mentally celebrate all of Marshall's sacks/tackles in the backfield.
Bennedict must really be struggling to have the coach drop a "space is not his friend" line into an interview.
I wouldn't read too much into Newsome's quote. He's said it a few times, and Bennedict is still practicing with the ones. His knee injury limited what he could do on the outside, kicking him in was the logical move. I never thought Bennedict would be an every snap player anyways. I think it's to our advantage to rotate guys at guard and tackle to keep everyone fresh. As of right now, I think Becton and Miller are locks to play the all the meaningful snaps at left tackle and center, with others rotating at the other three spots. Hopefully all this good news about Painter means he'll hold it down at right tackle.
Awesome to see JC's weight getting up there. 190 would be a solid weight for his t-fresh year.
Only Frank Beamer has mastered coach speak enough to glow over a guy who averaged 1 yard/carry.
Anyone have thoughts on whether or not Drew Harris could make a move at playing time this year?
How can you expect the Hokie offensive line to perform well when the MILLION DOLLAR MAN Corey Marshall is across from them? That is like asking Jon Dunn to block Reggie White.
I obviously don't think we'll suddenly kick over to a spread offense. But rounding out our play style with some of it would make a huge difference in our game. I hate seeing us move the ball and then stumble after crossing the 50 and punting it into the endzone (or shanking the crap out of it). Spicing up the offense and using LT3's abilities is a must if we are to be a top-10 team. If our coaching staff (cough-Steinspring-cough) can't flex the offense even slightly as the players change, hello college football where change is constantly happening, then it's time to upgrade. But that's a whole other topic of course.
I'd love to see what Joe was talking about, but not sure how much we'll see. Can you imagine if we came out and shocked everyone with a much more spread oriented offense? Teams would hardly have much time to prepare for it as well.
Based solely on the twitter, it seems like Malcolm Delaney and Seth still have a very good relationship. He's just one player though, so who knows.
but good point
For the record, I'm thinking the team has turned a corner with regard to the whole "square peg vs. round hole" offense that we've had the past 8 or 9 years. I think it's easy to pass the buck on to personnel, it's hard for the coaches to accept that they've been mentally bested. (as it is for anyone at work)
I think we all want consistency. I know none of us expected the offensive derp-a-thon we saw in the ACCCG after witnessing the UVa beatdown-of-the-decade two weeks prior.
You can't teach old people new tricks. If you want a new offense, you gotta get new people in charge. Beamer and O'stinecain would be out of their elements in a modern spread offense. Will they use glimpses of a spread offense? Probably, but expect the bread and butter to be the same stale offense, but perhaps a little more pass-happy and 3-WR sets become the norm.
I'd really be surprised if they remove the TE and go 4-wide, but we'll see.
What I actually want to see the offense develop:
1. A no huddle offense in NON-2minute drill situations
2. RB SCREENS (especially with JC) and RB quick outs
VT's mantra has always been the RB has to be able to pick up blitzes. While true, you could also mix in a RB screen or quick pass to defeat the LB blitz. Burn them a couple times with the RB in the passing game and the blitzes are nullified.
. . .about players not liking Seth, him yelling and cussing too much at practice, handcuffing the offense, that sort of thing. There are those that say our baffling recent NC2A snubs were due to enemies Seth had made over the years sitting on the selection comittee. Players lashing out at him and lashing out in general during games, especially upperclassmen, doesnt speak well either.
The one guy was promoted but the other will have the same job. Sinking ship anyone?
Rivals has him as an OLB, not that that means much for where we'd play him. My guess would be backer, as you said, if he'll fill out enough.
thought Joe's response was great, but I would have loved to have heard him say what you said... :)
Makes the D less predictable. The O cannot figure out match-ups quickly enough before the snap. The QB can't figure out who has a weak match-up or who to check off to because of movement and switching around. All this assumes everyone is healthy and experienced. When you lose depth it becomes more difficult.