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Increasingly, neither do I.
Can't say I'm not a fan of this but at the same time I'm most worried he keeps more of last years defensive staff around which I would now be okay with. I was hopeful this could be a clean break and clean out and new ideas/minds moving forward.
I don't care if this hurts the ACC!
I'm going to twitch uncontrollably every time they show Pry on the sidelines.
Scottish fans are having fun.
I'm okay with it. Being the head whistle and having a DC, i believe Pry allowed the autonomy to run the defense while he kept his focus as the DC. Now with him being back as the DC , that will be his focus and should be much sharper and provide better results.
I think the optics will be the hardest part to overcome but also it may be a net positive. As someone said previously, this is absolutely a VT move in terms of "This Is Home" and even to a degree "Ut Prosim". Pry loves VT and knows it has massive football potential, which is why he would even consider this move. To anyone else, this type of move would be career suicide but in his mind (and Franklins) they see a much bigger picture and have a vision of success we haven't seen here since 1999.
Not a fan. Gives little room for maneuvering should the defense not perform well or changes need to be made. Can see it turning into a similar situation to Feunte and Cornelson.
Love it. Just needs to have the picture of Elliot sitting outside the brick building.
So who's going to fill out the Defensive Staff?
Doubtful it will be Franklin since he's an offensive guy...
Pry's hires and evaluations were awful. Marve was not a good LB coach, a worse coordinator, and a zero as a Recruiter. And I am firmly convinced that Pry was going to keep him for '25 until Whit forced his hand.
So we let Pry hire more coaches? Or just keep guys like Cheetah, Quinn, and Priloeau around?
Beyond that, for all of his success at PSU-- all of the coordinators that have followed him have been equally as successful.
Not interested. Bad idea. Thanks but no thanks.
On paper, I don't hate it. But what happens when Tech defense gives up a first down in their very first game? It's gonna be real easy for a fanbase that had been calling for his head for years now to call for his head again.. Any goodwill Pry earned by helping us land Franklin will be gone in record time the second we give up a touchdown or a linebacker misses a tackle.
I'd imagine a lot of those players aren't going to be around next season
They put 2 Coastal teams in the Championship and didn't expect absolute CHAOS? The ACC is not a serious conference and deserves the failure it has earned.
Definitely of the same mind - analyst/quality control, sure. Head defensive whistle? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I'd prefer the analyst style role myself, but we fought hard to get JMFF here, so I'm not going to start second guessing before he's even coached a football game.
I agree...
The justification for hiring Pry as HC to begin with was his tenure as DC, so I feel like this isn't as risky as some are pointing out.
I think this is less about Pry's defensive prowess, and more about him returning to a place he failed so quickly...
I am fine with this. Just look at the total defense rankings when he was a DC at PSU and before. I think it's was like 3/10 top 10 defenses and then was essentially in the top 25 every other year except maybe 1.
You don't put up consistently good defenses if you can't coach.
i don't think this is a logical fit at all. his players quit on him this year. he failed to recruit well here, and he failed to coach well here.
and i REALLY hope this does not mean cheetah and quinn stick around. those guys were horrible.
this is a little too corn/fu for me, and i understand the differences in the situations, with pry previously having led good defenses, corn never having done so.
completely against this. i don't even want him being an analyst. the players clearly quit on him this year.
and there is no way in hell cheetah and quinn stay, right??? they both failed miserably.
UVAs 2nd 10 win season in 136 attempts and it ends losing to a 7-5 Duke in the ACCCG loluva
That's my biggest concern is that this leads to keeping more of the old guard around. I feel like a fully clean house was necessary at this point
Not a fan, bob!
I'm fine with Miami getting an at large bid. So long as they aren't allowed to win the ACC (as is Tradition)
Hate this in so many ways.
Didn't hold coaches accountable for continued poor positional play, never found a Portal LB who was a solid contributor, and D was utterly awful this year.
Defensively, if we bring back anyone other than Price (and I'm fine with him being replaced too) then I view this as a massive misstep.
This (if true) really would sour my view of the prospects going forward. Pry is a good guy but was an unmitigated disaster here. He should not be back in any direct coaching role.
I think where I am is JMMF has said several times "You just gotta trust me." Alright coach, I'll follow your lead
I really like this but they wont do it, especially the SEC because it might cost them more of their Precious in terms of the CFP.