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Boy this seems really underwhelming with how much money we reportedly are having to build this staff you go with a first time OC and rehire-Pry (which also seems to be a money saving move).
Now I'm concerned
As @On3sports reported earlier this morning, Virginia Tech is hiring Penn State's Ty Howle as its next offensive coordinator.https://t.co/Heyf1whqWi https://t.co/VdLROOUIPm pic.twitter.com/eog52wRE8t— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos) December 9, 2025
Sure. All of these can be true.
But if they are, they've suddenly gone from a complete lack of leaks to situation where the information leaks out immediately for some reason.
Or they are planning on announcing everyone at the same time, or over a few days, and haven't finalized the OC, assistants, etc. There was a lot of success with announcing recruits leading up to signing day and they may want to harness that same kind of excitement.
Also, they may be waiting for the playoff announcement and ND drama to die to try and get good VT news on the front page
I'd have grouped you with the conspiracy theorists who suggest CERN ripped our reality merging our universe with another dimension as indicated by the Mandela effects we observe. Fruit of the Loom was in a cornucopia, right?
This is a fair argument maybe they've collectively made enough boneheaded conservative moves/clock mismanagement moves to lose games they can be their to remind each other that it was one of the leading arguments to get both of them fired
But James Franklin seems to know what he's doing. He turned our 124th ranked class into a top 25 class inside of two weeks.
But Franklin was always considered to be a better recruiter than in game coach, so an expected (maybe not quite THIS good) result. There was hope he would get some top notch coordinators to bolster the in game or on the field part of the job and Pry hasn't exactly knocked it out of the park in his time at VT and especially on the defensive side.
As a Dad with younger kids, he has to love the consistency staying in the same school system. I imagine there's a lot of sacrifice they go through moving up in the coaching ranks.
How many times did saban get fired by a university and land elsewhere?
It'd be genius if they tried that and it worked.
But fans might get out of control if it didn't work really, really fast.
Unfortunately, I think they've already paid Fuente his buyout, so VT wouldn't save any money with his hire. One huge advantage of Pry is that (I think) you're getting him for free for a while.
Maybe it's more about feathering out the announcement, to give fans a minute to get used to the idea.
No, Franklin isn't going to ask fans who to hire.
Given this is AI, I can't tell if it's a ringing endorsement of Pry or not lol
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Hot seat bursts into flames for former Penn State DC Brent Pry
Brent Pry's defenses at Penn State were consistently elite, ranking nationally in the top 10 for scoring defense multiple times and top 25 in total defense, known for creating pressure (top in sacks/TFLs in 2018/2019), limiting explosive plays, and being disruptive, earning him a 2021 Broyles Award nomination before becoming VT's head coach.
Saban had at least three former Head Coaches come in as coordinators. None of them were from the same school that fired them
Do we honestly think James Franklin is considering fan reaction when hiring a coach? If we were talking about Whit hiring a head coach then it would be a consideration because you have to sell the vision to get donations.
I imagine the house dynamic would be like the house in Landman
Dang, horses are smarter than people!
If Howdy Fucking Doody gets us wins, hire him.
100000%. But I'm more than good with the team, while playing, being as FAR away from HQ as possible. Haha.
The NCAA could have grown some balls and integrity and mandated it.
They never would have, but they still could have.
Agree that the current state of the sport would be easier to digest if we had 2010 conference alignments.
Oh and I'm sure a majority of "schools" love this current system
I did not know this, that's hilarious
Incredibly thin resume from an OC + play calling perspective.
Really disappointing.