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But sometimes you just don't like who you work with/for and it just ain't worth the money.
More Matt is always better
Found a few highlight reels... At quick glance he gives me some serious Terion Stewart vibes. Big bruising back with a decisive, but patient, first step with a low center of gravity. Does not go down with arm tackles. Seems to have better top end speed and a bit more explosiveness than Stewart. I think this will be an excellent complement to Hawkins.
Q was fine, and Joe only came here to try and get lil bro Nick to commit but he signed for ND
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For beginners, I saw him live a couple of times on the football field and on the diamond and really wondered where the hype came from. I saw so many Valley District players over the years that were exponentially better than Micah was who didn't receive D1 offers. He certainly has the measurables, but I didn't see that translate onto the field/diamond. That being said, I'm not a D1 coach, so I don't get paid the big bucks for those evaluations.
Additionally, being so well networked in that area, along with first hand information about a number of things, I had serious doubts about how he would work/fit at VT for a number of reasons. I hope he continues to mature and develop and find success somewhere. I'm not disappointed that won't be at VT.
How so?
I hope he absolutely cooks down there! Nothing but the best of wishes for this man.
I didn't quite know who to respond to in this sub-thread so I'll leave it here out of respect for your always calculated takes...
I'm at the ripe old age of 47 (lol) these days. I've seen the ugly, the bad, the good the great and then the bad and ugly again with VT football. I was as frustrated as anyone that Fancy Gap Frank couldn't quite get us over the hump after the magical '99 season. However, I long for the days of that frustration... the offseason talk of a top 10 team that could make a run, only to see us stumble along the way or not be able to win the "big game".
I would absolutely LOVE to see us build a roster the way Dabo does at Clemson with the obvious uptick in portal success. I just can't imagine how taxing it must be on a staff (here's to you Texas Tech and UVA among others) to have to completely rebuild a roster every single year. Chasing that must be exhausting on all fronts. Give me a really good "regional recruiting" roster with some key guys in the portal to fill the gaps. If we can do that I think VT will have great success through the ACC and a solid chance in the CFP in the years to come.
Additionally, I don't think we should underestimate the chip James Franklin has on his shoulder right now. That man is a freaking competitor and to get fired after having been one of the top 10-15 coaches in the country the last 15-20 years has to have put an absolute fire up his butt.
I hope he can go all in on whatever he needs to do this season and next as he slowly recruits for the foundation of our football program. But long term, I don't want to be the program that has to rebuild the roster every single season from top to bottom.
This is good news for VT.
Blue chip vibes are rising.
Official blue-chip ratio doesn't include transfers, only what you recruited out of high school. But the effective blue-chip ratio, which isn't a clear calculation is definitely on the rise.
It's a fine line trying to figure out what to do with a team that loses their conference title game. Yes, they should probably drop some, but how far can you legitimately drop a team when none of the teams around them provided any extra data points?
In BYU's case, it didn't really matter because they were below the cutoff and would have needed a win regardless. In Alabama's case, you would have to make the case that they should have dropped at least two spots. And while they now had 3 losses, they still had 10 wins.
Honestly, it would be a lot easier to figure out this point if the committee hadn't screwed up with the whole ND/Miami thing for the entire back half of the season.
I like this
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Blue chip ratio is climbing fast.
Awesome. More big bodied VA boys.
3 🌟 89 rating out of HS on 247
Again no transfer rating
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Im pretty sure we all thought that at the time too.
oh 100%, these last 2 years of CFB would have been amazing if tech was 9-4 both years. So many great things as a fan of chaos induced football.
He had 1 play for us so he was pretty close for us
this sound like its a good thing
Except Pry IS one of Franklin's guys. Pry has been with Franklin a long time. The only other two guys were pointed out below. Just because he wasn't a good head coach doesn't mean he won't be a good coordinator and defensive coach.