Week 7 Fuente Press Conference

My initial thoughts:

- Refreshing to hear very little coach-speak. Most of his answers to decent questions were relevant and he explained himself fairly well.
- Calling out specific incompletions as quality reads/throws on the fly was a nice touch, and actually gives me hope about the QB situation going forward
- McClease is finally picking up more of the "nuance" of playing running back, the small things they're trying to teach in practice, instead of just "getting in there"
- Mentioned that he thought the "play of the game" was McClease's huge 3rd-down conversion, because it forced Miami to abandon some of the heavy pressure they were bringing early, allowing Hendon a chance to get settled a bit in the backfield
- For a second, it seemed like the question about the last defensive drive threw him off a bit, as if he hadn't been paying much attention, but then discussed the 2 plays and the penalty that killed us and how their plan was to try to keep the ball in front of them, but that there was a bunch of conversation going through the headsets about specific coverages and whatnot

For the first time since he got here (at least in the interviews I've seen), he sounded like a guy who is in-touch with his team and the players and has some sense on how everything needs to improve going forward.

s/o to 2_Hokie_5 for posting the link here. Figured it merited a separate topic for visibility.

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