ECEHokie2011
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Football Board
8 mo ago
Andy Reid never won the big game with the Eagles…
And was labeled that way too by the media.
Now take a look at what has happened.
Just saying!
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9 mo ago
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9 mo ago
Fu got hosed - we wouldn’t commit the resources he wanted/needed.
Seems he might have been onto something.
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9 mo ago
Do you know that for certain?
Historically that’s not what we have done so that would be a massive shift in the right direction.
Football Board
9 mo ago
Maybe - this hire is bigger than just getting someone
I 100% guarantee you based on the presser for the new commitment to funding is not just about our next coach…it’s about positioning VT to be P2 and that will take us showing that we are willing to go to battle with the big boys for a big boy hire and/or commit the resources.
I like Chesney and if it’s him I expect us to back him with a LOT of resources like we have never seen before and potentially bring people like MV1 in to boost excitement/recruitment/etc.
But taking Franklin off the table before end of season and beating out SEC teams for him sends a different kind of message as to how committed we are.
Football Board
9 mo ago
What I have heard from some PSU friends is their AD thought Cignetti would
come to PSU and it has backfired spectacularly.
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9 mo ago
Zero chance of that happening
The announcement to a commitment for funding was not just smoke and mirrors…
Being prominent again in football is beneficial to the entire university and everyone for the first time in a while seems to be on the same page with that.
I suspect it’s actually more along the lines of us giving whoever we are offering a LOT of say and flexibility to attract the right candidates.
Another failed Pry experiment would send VT toward irrelevant and make it difficult for us to ever catch up which again affects the entire university.
Don’t be surprised if when all the dust settles, the funding commitment we made, and VTs reputation as a university potentially lands us into the SEC or BIG as the ACC sunsets.
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9 mo ago
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10 mo ago
Unpopular opinion - Fu was a good hire who was never given the resources
To succeed and then we doubled down on being cheap with Pry.
Getting a strong hire now is going to require substantial change and investment because we have had 2 shots at it since Beamer and didn’t commit the resources the first time, cheaped out with a Hail Mary the second time.
It could be a good thing though - whoever comes in will have substantial leverage to get things they want and with the right hire that can get us back on track faster than most realize.
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1 y ago
Attrition should always be looked at top down
So I don’t agree - people don’t leave jobs just for $$ they start looking because they are unhappy with leadership, direction of their growth, ability to get to the next level, ability to win/succeed.
Sure in the end money can talk, but it rarely if ever starts there and I suspect there are some major issues with Pry/his staff from those departing.
The level of departure and number of people sitting out should be a huge red flag for where VT is headed.
Football Board
1 y ago
He was unproven and should have been coaching for his job this year
We can thank our genius AD for that. Unproven coaches should not have the luxury of huge buyouts.
I suspect complete overhaul (HC, AD) in 2026, but that might be too late in this changing NIL landscape.
Football Board
1 y ago
Anyone else all of a sudden missing Fuente?
Seems he was right the problems run much deeper than the HC (cough Whit).
To his credit he called VT (Whit) on it and then was run out of town. Not sure that was a coincidence.
Pretty sure with this team’s talent under someone like Fu we would have had very different outcomes.
Troubling times and I don’t think it gets any better in 2025 - I suspect Whit is done after 2025, which leaves the door open for a new AD, revamping to compete in an NIL landscape and potentially bringing MV1 back as a figurehead style HC to jump start that in 2026 as part of that assuming he shows some success this year.
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1 y ago
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1 y ago
ACC replay booth time again!
Time to save Miami!
** Edited by ECEHokie2011 at 10/19/2024, 3:24:09 PM
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1 y ago
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1 y ago
Food for thought if you are Pry
And you know you are at the time 1-9 in 1 possession games…
Then why would you not take the points that would you know give you the ability to keep the game a 2 score game…
Is it rocket science?
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1 y ago
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1 y ago
Miami is not nearly as good as their ranking suggests
FL is the only real “win” they have and this is not the FL of norm
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1 y ago
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1 y ago
1-10 in 1 Possession games
Seems he has a lot of poor judgement calls to get there.
Defend him - but he is our Mike London
Football Board
1 y ago
Game was lost by Pry
If we had competent clock management we are up 2 after the Miami TD
3 Points on the squib
3 Points from the fake FG
FINAL SCORE - 40-38 VT
And that’s what really hurts and that’s how you get to 1-10 in 1 possession games.
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1 y ago
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1 y ago
Maybe the issues run deeper than the HC
And Fu was made a villain/scapegoat by our fanbase without really understanding how “bad “bad” actually is and where it stems from
** Edited by ECEHokie2011 at 9/21/2024, 8:05:59 PM
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