ya know what? the more we can talk about how crappy our line was (in retrospect), the more excited I get for the anOSU game. Nowhere to go but up, right? no? ok, I'll just go back into my happy place now...
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The duty free is 4 hours away in Dar Es Salaam, and apparently extremely over priced. Apparently you can find Bourbon for sale in Dar though, so I will have to check next time I go.
The saving grace is that scotch is really cheap here. Like maybe $ 10-15 a bottle. Most expensive bottle I have seen was $30. I mean there's no Lagavulin, or anything, but still.
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Even without much returning experience I feel better about this year's line than last. I think it's just the fact that these guys have had two years of solid coaching and have been able to build some cohesiveness.
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I know this gif is supposed to highlight Teller going all beast mode, but all I see when I watch it is wang twinkle toeing around and letting coleman get tackled. I mean, come on, HE RUNS BETWEEN THE TWO GUYS WHO MAKE THE TACKLE and he just brushes up against one of them.
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So you're saying you want your OL taking cheap shots at a guy on the ground? Teller's at least moving in that direction and on his way down himself. If Wang hits that guy, we're all blasting him for giving up a cheap 15. Go ahead and lament his physical and mental mistakes all you want (collective "you" there, btw), but I have a hard time questioning the toughness or want-to of a guy who played through so much for the good of the team. Dude had to snap with his left arm at one point cause his right wasn't working. Still played. Yeah, that guy just doesn't want to hit anyone.
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You've clearly got a personal attachment to the guy, and I'm going to respect that and not needle you.
Just know that the rest of us also watched his performance over the 12 years he was in Blacksburg, and our opinions do not come with a lack of evidence.
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I've never seen or spoken to him in any way outside of yelling at him through my TV. My attachment to him comes from watching him play through stuff that I know for a fact hurts like hell. Prior to 2013, he didn't play with a mean streak. None of our line did. That's why we sucked. But since Grimes came, he embraced the new mentality wholeheartedly from game 1. That coupled with his willingness to play hurt is what earned my respect, and the reason why I think anyone who questions his want-to is simply incorrect. He was undersized and obviously made mistakes, and he's not exactly the manimal that Teller is (few are), but he gave it everything he had the past 2 years.
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He's looking inside to seal the LB and give JC space outside. He misses the safety, but that's just because of where he's looking, not because he "doesn't want to hit anybody." Not his fault Teller got there first and planted the guy.
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So why not blame that on Bucky whose man is the one who made the tackle to bring Coleman to the ground? Or Wade who perhaps left his assignment to get tied up on the outside, 1 yard beyond the line of scrimmage rather than block the guy who made initial contact with JC? You don't know the blocking assignments or the play call. You only know that to you, it looks like Wang isn't doing his job, when in actuality, he very well could have been.
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Yep, and as French pointed out, there are plenty of other mistakes to choose from. It looks like his job on this play is to get up the field and make sure no one gets JC from the inside. As far as I can tell, he did that perfectly, up until Bucky fell off his block (if Wang had hit that guy it would've been a 15 yard penalty, btw) and Teller did a Teller thing.
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yes, it is unfortunate for him that this play has been memorialized in GIF form. We can see the whole field and hindsight is always 20/20 (better than that from the stands). That being said, it's painful. I just want to see a different outcome. It doesn't even matter how the game ended. This play is on loop in front of my eyes. I want to see him take out the corner or the safety (who, in my opinion, is clear enough from Bucky to be hit without penalty and it kind of looks like Teller is the one who clips him, not wang anyway). Or go all WWE and just clothesline both of them. Anyway, it's not fair, but things always look worse when isolated and and analyzed (ever pause a blu-ray when someone's face is in focus? It's guaranteed to make the hottest actress look awful).
That being said, French has to watch the film for every sack. I'd say he has the perspective to pass a little judgement. The rest of us will just make fun of gifs.
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I think the mind was willing, but the flesh... the flesh was weak. My column is going to be about setting protection, which is the center's responsibility. I watched every sack in the Wake, Miami, BC, and Pitt games. Every sack except for 2 was either an error in setting the protection (the topic I will cover) or David Wang not picking up his man on a simple X stunt. I respect his effort and sacrifice, but he wasn't a good player.
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The other two:
1) McLaughlin getting burned with a pure speed rush off the edge on a seven step drop passing play against Miami.
2) Conte vs Malachai Moore of BC. Not good Bob.
Wang vs Boston College = absolutely dreadful.
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I may lose some Friends for pointing this out, but I know it will be a Celebration Day when VT does a Bron-Y-Aur Stomp on anOSU, and we all realize That's The Way our season will play out in the ACCCG.
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Oops, thought he was referring to Gallow's Pole and Ramble On. Missed the Thank You reference. Old guys with slow minds like me shut just shut up and read.
Leg to you sir.
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Was the Miami sack the Chikillo one? Certainly felt like McGlock struggled more with him that night than what shows up on the stat sheet.
BC returns Moore, Kavalec, Connor Wujciak, and Steven Daniels. While I think they'll take a huge step back as a team this year, that front 7 and a slowed down tempo should keep them in a lot of games.
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I got mixed up. The McLaughlin speed rush sack was against Pitt. OLB came off the edge. Brewer had a deep drop and the Pitt OLB went right around McLaughlin like he was a road cone.
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Not sure he'll be able to say why things could/would be better this year other than to say it can't get worse. We're going to be counting on a true sophomore with less than 100 total snaps and have no seemingly capable backups at the position.
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I recalled Wang getting beat time and time again but I thought it was just me. (See what I did there?) It will be interesting to see if this year the protection is much improved with better line calls from Gallo, who from what the coaches have said, is as smart as they come.
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ya know what? the more we can talk about how crappy our line was (in retrospect), the more excited I get for the anOSU game. Nowhere to go but up, right? no? ok, I'll just go back into my happy place now...
Watching David Wang against stunts"
Well at least the adult movie with this title took home the "Best Picture". Talk about sacks...
So you're saying I should re-stock my whiskey supply prior to your analysis?
It might come in handy.
Oh god
Dammit...no bourbon in Africa
Sounds like a business opportunity.
The secret is Duty Free, my friend. Been enjoying some Knob Creek recently.
The duty free is 4 hours away in Dar Es Salaam, and apparently extremely over priced. Apparently you can find Bourbon for sale in Dar though, so I will have to check next time I go.
The saving grace is that scotch is really cheap here. Like maybe $ 10-15 a bottle. Most expensive bottle I have seen was $30. I mean there's no Lagavulin, or anything, but still.
I am sure there is some crazy ancient tribal secret recipe liquor you have found that can really knock your socks off...
Yes and it probably contains some local herbs and mushrooms. Pull that out when we are 0-0 with Wake again.
Wait... waaaaiiiit... pull what out?
In TZ that is Konyagi. It is like, a worse version of gin. Apparently drinking a lot of it makes you go blind, or so I have heard.
What are: things Mike London would say.
Sorry, I don't see it because "Time Cop" London can't say that at his spring game.
Yeah, if anything he knows the fan by name.
And by "fan," you mean the guy forced to work the hot dog stand where no one buys anything.
I mean the actual fan that cools the team off during practice. I think they named him "Coolio".
Even without much returning experience I feel better about this year's line than last. I think it's just the fact that these guys have had two years of solid coaching and have been able to build some cohesiveness.
I'm going to summarize the forthcoming article right now:
a stunted Wang affects your sack (total)
I'm guessing this has been used a million times on TKP, but not since I've been here. I'm going to act like it hasn't happened.
It's been used before but no worries. Feel free.... not that I personally would use that particular gif after my post.
Sorry, couldn't help myself hehe.
I foresee these in my future
and this
Somehow I feel like I'll be okay reading it...
I know this gif is supposed to highlight Teller going all beast mode, but all I see when I watch it is wang twinkle toeing around and letting coleman get tackled. I mean, come on, HE RUNS BETWEEN THE TWO GUYS WHO MAKE THE TACKLE and he just brushes up against one of them.
That was what I spotted at first too. Twinkle Toes Wang.
/teehee
....a twinkling wang?.....I see many jokes here.
He is concerned about the pancaked duke player. OH MY GOSH ARE YOU OK?! OH GAWD JUST LAY DOWN AND DONT MOVE ILL GET HELP!
Seriously. This is how I narrate this gif in my head:
I hope you don't mind that I use this gif as my main source of optimism for 2015.
That juxtaposition of feelings and thoughts was not overlooked in the selection of this gif. At least we won that game.
To be fair, the guy he was aiming for got taken out by Teller.
Sure. And then Teller took him out again while Wang watched.
So you're saying you want your OL taking cheap shots at a guy on the ground? Teller's at least moving in that direction and on his way down himself. If Wang hits that guy, we're all blasting him for giving up a cheap 15. Go ahead and lament his physical and mental mistakes all you want (collective "you" there, btw), but I have a hard time questioning the toughness or want-to of a guy who played through so much for the good of the team. Dude had to snap with his left arm at one point cause his right wasn't working. Still played. Yeah, that guy just doesn't want to hit anyone.
You've clearly got a personal attachment to the guy, and I'm going to respect that and not needle you.
Just know that the rest of us also watched his performance over the 12 years he was in Blacksburg, and our opinions do not come with a lack of evidence.
I've never seen or spoken to him in any way outside of yelling at him through my TV. My attachment to him comes from watching him play through stuff that I know for a fact hurts like hell. Prior to 2013, he didn't play with a mean streak. None of our line did. That's why we sucked. But since Grimes came, he embraced the new mentality wholeheartedly from game 1. That coupled with his willingness to play hurt is what earned my respect, and the reason why I think anyone who questions his want-to is simply incorrect. He was undersized and obviously made mistakes, and he's not exactly the manimal that Teller is (few are), but he gave it everything he had the past 2 years.
Yep... Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Wang went out of his way to avoid contact on that play. Bad.... awful....
We have guys double pancaking defenders and twinkle toes over there is sidestepping anyone in blue.
You're right. The guy who gave up his body and played through injuries his entire career at VT decided he just didn't want to hit anybody.
How many players does he block in that play?
How many players did he have a chance to block on that play?
Exactly
He's looking inside to seal the LB and give JC space outside. He misses the safety, but that's just because of where he's looking, not because he "doesn't want to hit anybody." Not his fault Teller got there first and planted the guy.
He whiffed on 3 blocks, 2 of which ended up making the tackle. He sidestepped them to reach the LB, who was already pancaked by the time he got there.
So why not blame that on Bucky whose man is the one who made the tackle to bring Coleman to the ground? Or Wade who perhaps left his assignment to get tied up on the outside, 1 yard beyond the line of scrimmage rather than block the guy who made initial contact with JC? You don't know the blocking assignments or the play call. You only know that to you, it looks like Wang isn't doing his job, when in actuality, he very well could have been.
Yep, and as French pointed out, there are plenty of other mistakes to choose from. It looks like his job on this play is to get up the field and make sure no one gets JC from the inside. As far as I can tell, he did that perfectly, up until Bucky fell off his block (if Wang had hit that guy it would've been a 15 yard penalty, btw) and Teller did a Teller thing.
yes, it is unfortunate for him that this play has been memorialized in GIF form. We can see the whole field and hindsight is always 20/20 (better than that from the stands). That being said, it's painful. I just want to see a different outcome. It doesn't even matter how the game ended. This play is on loop in front of my eyes. I want to see him take out the corner or the safety (who, in my opinion, is clear enough from Bucky to be hit without penalty and it kind of looks like Teller is the one who clips him, not wang anyway). Or go all WWE and just clothesline both of them. Anyway, it's not fair, but things always look worse when isolated and and analyzed (ever pause a blu-ray when someone's face is in focus? It's guaranteed to make the hottest actress look awful).
That being said, French has to watch the film for every sack. I'd say he has the perspective to pass a little judgement. The rest of us will just make fun of gifs.
Could be worse, he could be blocking a Teller a la Florida.
I think the mind was willing, but the flesh... the flesh was weak. My column is going to be about setting protection, which is the center's responsibility. I watched every sack in the Wake, Miami, BC, and Pitt games. Every sack except for 2 was either an error in setting the protection (the topic I will cover) or David Wang not picking up his man on a simple X stunt. I respect his effort and sacrifice, but he wasn't a good player.
The other two:
1) McLaughlin getting burned with a pure speed rush off the edge on a seven step drop passing play against Miami.
2) Conte vs Malachai Moore of BC. Not good Bob.
Wang vs Boston College = absolutely dreadful.
Well, really hoping all the praise Searels was heaping on Gallo was well-earned this spring.
*Ahem* French, did you catch that bit about Gallo and analyzing his performance?
.....so what you're sayin is that our opponents will be going to the Gallo's Pole this fall?....
I'll see myself out
Anyone and I mean anyone who posts Zeppelin on this site should receive 100's of legs!
As long as the threads don't Ramble On too much.
Thank You
I'll see myself out
I would give you a bonus leg due to the fact that these two songs are on the same album. For some reason I just love that fact.
Ahem, not to be that guy, but....
Ramble on is from LZ2, not LZ3.
I may lose some Friends for pointing this out, but I know it will be a Celebration Day when VT does a Bron-Y-Aur Stomp on anOSU, and we all realize That's The Way our season will play out in the ACCCG.
Thank You is on the A-side of LZ II, Ramble On is on the B-side.
Otherwise, nicely done.
Oops, thought he was referring to Gallow's Pole and Ramble On. Missed the Thank You reference. Old guys with slow minds like me shut just shut up and read.
Leg to you sir.
"Initiating the conversation is half the battle." LEG
Was the Miami sack the Chikillo one? Certainly felt like McGlock struggled more with him that night than what shows up on the stat sheet.
BC returns Moore, Kavalec, Connor Wujciak, and Steven Daniels. While I think they'll take a huge step back as a team this year, that front 7 and a slowed down tempo should keep them in a lot of games.
I got mixed up. The McLaughlin speed rush sack was against Pitt. OLB came off the edge. Brewer had a deep drop and the Pitt OLB went right around McLaughlin like he was a road cone.
The good thing is, soon we'll have en entire offensive line that wasn't tainted by the coaching of Newsome.
You're doing god's work my son.
Using "sack" and "Wang" in the same post?! This should have a NSFW tag because it is definitely going to be flagged by my IT office. /s
Well at least there's none of this!
Must be a Florida thing....
At least they were hitting someone. A few years ago (*cough* Newsome *cough*) our OL would look at each other as a dale just ran past them.
A Dale?
Well played. Effin autocorrect...DL.
I'm looking forward to your analysis.
Particularly the part where you point out how things are likely to be better this year, and why.
Not sure he'll be able to say why things could/would be better this year other than to say it can't get worse. We're going to be counting on a true sophomore with less than 100 total snaps and have no seemingly capable backups at the position.
Yea, well, that's not what I want to hear.
So try again.
The entire point of this post is an answer to your question: A VT OL who's Wang is no longer stunted will be better for it's sack (total)
I mean, come on. It's right there people.
We had such high hopes after the older wang performed so well. Was the younger wang smaller? Was it endurance? Couldn't fill gaps as well?
The staying power of the Bigger Wang was not there with the Smaller Wang unfortunately...
I would say that stamina was a major contributor.
Ed Wang 6'5 321
David Wang 6'2 (listed on hokiesports probably closer to 6 foot) 308
psst...he's just making penis jokes
Oh come now, we all know size doesn't matter!
Video game addiction can negatively affect Wang performance.
I recalled Wang getting beat time and time again but I thought it was just me. (See what I did there?) It will be interesting to see if this year the protection is much improved with better line calls from Gallo, who from what the coaches have said, is as smart as they come.
You must be a master debater...see what I did there?!
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Too easy.
ITT: wang jokes