Walk the walk or talk the talk?
Hoping we can follow through on all of the rhetoric. Should be better at coach/staff, qb, and seem to be a bigger team.
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Admittedly, it may be my older eyes/attention-span, but I wish they'd leave up the names and titles/positions up longer to learn more of the bts folks and/or newer staff
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I am actively fighting the koolaide effect but at every showing I see a personality and type A that looks leader.
I have some to the conclusion that he is a leader and confident. The question remains whether he will lead is in sufficient ways to win more.
The recruiting and team building parts so far seem to be on a spectrum some where between an improvement to good.
He's either energized or otherwise created a better marketing environment in the off-season.
Pretending to be on the hype train so far but cautiously optimistic. Especially with the travel schedule this season.
I think it's possible he's the real deal.
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He won 10 or 11 games consistently for a decade in a division with national title caliber Ohio State and Michigan teams, he had the first back to back 9 win seasons in Vanderbilt history. Barring something catastrophic he's going to be successful here.
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Franklin is a great recruiter, a good executive coach, a great players coach ( they love him), and the worst 4th quarter coach. I think he was a great get for VT and like I thought I 2015, hiring Furnte was a great choice. But as I said after we fired Pry, I won't believe Saban would win here until he does. Franklin had all the right things he needs to win, seldom faces a top 19 teams, he can out recruit 80% of the league. He will get fan support. But he still has to overcome the administration and their fund raising ineptitude. Luckily he is so charismatic he can start glad handling donors and opening their wallets himself
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This may be more Beamer's choice than anything. The last couple of times I've seen him on video he was looking a little frail. To be fair, he is pushing 80.
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And Bud was the one to make the text when JMFF was fired from Penn State. If this hire is a success (relevance, winning championships, etc.), we need to get that Bud statue next to Beamer. IMO.
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"We've gotta be tougher" - could be feedback from about 3 dozen games in the past few years...recognizing on practice 1 hopefully we can actually do something to change that.
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My soon-to-be BIL got me the same hoodie that Foster is wearing. It's pretty slick.
Liked the IBM sequence, hopefully that mentality spreads
Walk the walk or talk the talk?
Hoping we can follow through on all of the rhetoric. Should be better at coach/staff, qb, and seem to be a bigger team.
The production value on this episode is insanely good. Feels like the AV team is getting better and better.
Admittedly, it may be my older eyes/attention-span, but I wish they'd leave up the names and titles/positions up longer to learn more of the bts folks and/or newer staff
I love the VT RE-EST 2026 shirt that JMFF was wearing, and I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Like the script Hokies hoodies that JGW and Midget had too...
Anyone know if those are available anywhere? Or are we on a Nike blackout like usual??
This one?
https://www.homefieldapparel.com/products/virginia-tech-hokies-script-ho...
Almost the same but theirs had a black Nike swoosh and the "Hokies" was offset slightly...
I may be drinking the kool-aid but I think Franklin is the real deal.
I am actively fighting the koolaide effect but at every showing I see a personality and type A that looks leader.
I have some to the conclusion that he is a leader and confident. The question remains whether he will lead is in sufficient ways to win more.
The recruiting and team building parts so far seem to be on a spectrum some where between an improvement to good.
He's either energized or otherwise created a better marketing environment in the off-season.
Pretending to be on the hype train so far but cautiously optimistic. Especially with the travel schedule this season.
I think it's possible he's the real deal.
He won 10 or 11 games consistently for a decade in a division with national title caliber Ohio State and Michigan teams, he had the first back to back 9 win seasons in Vanderbilt history. Barring something catastrophic he's going to be successful here.
It's easy to lead people who are already bought in. It's hard to change minds. It's hard to land the right people amidst competition.
Franklin is a great recruiter, a good executive coach, a great players coach ( they love him), and the worst 4th quarter coach. I think he was a great get for VT and like I thought I 2015, hiring Furnte was a great choice. But as I said after we fired Pry, I won't believe Saban would win here until he does. Franklin had all the right things he needs to win, seldom faces a top 19 teams, he can out recruit 80% of the league. He will get fan support. But he still has to overcome the administration and their fund raising ineptitude. Luckily he is so charismatic he can start glad handling donors and opening their wallets himself
We'll see what team he fields in O&M.
But what a great series of videos. So good.
Ok so tell me if I'm wrong
CJF is actively including Bud
But not going out his way to have Beams speak on it
Don't kill me but I'm ok with this... if true....
This may be more Beamer's choice than anything. The last couple of times I've seen him on video he was looking a little frail. To be fair, he is pushing 80.
Bud wants to be a bit more involved imo. He's looking for retirement hobbies. He watching tape, doing podcasts, etc.
And Bud was the one to make the text when JMFF was fired from Penn State. If this hire is a success (relevance, winning championships, etc.), we need to get that Bud statue next to Beamer. IMO.
hell, it should be there already
We really should stop using "CJF", as it's too confusing. "JMFF" works well.
"Beamer", "Fuente" and "Franklin" really aren't that many characters...
Watching the series against Oho ST.
I enjoy the gutsy.
Brewer had balls of solid polished brass
and our defense was really aggressive.
"We've gotta be tougher" - could be feedback from about 3 dozen games in the past few years...recognizing on practice 1 hopefully we can actually do something to change that.