I think he had plenty of talent to work with.
For some reason Pry was pretty good at recruiting skill positions. Bowen had Jaylin Lane, Tuten, and Benji Gosnell who we often forget was a blue chip prospect, plus a few of the other WRs like Greene and the other Gosnell that were also pretty good. He had more than enough talent IMO to put a lot of points on the board and at times we did. Our skill guys really showed out in that heart breaking game we lost to Miami. Plus Drones wasn't as inaccurate then as he became under Montgomery. A good experienced OC would be happy to have that level of talent.
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Another "First-Timer" in the OC role.
-- George Baylor
May 13, 2026 at 08:19 PM ET
George Baylor
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05/13/26 08:19 PM ET
He had no talent. It's hard to judge when your talent is not very good**
-- Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
May 14, 2026 at 07:41 AM ET
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
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05/14/26 07:41 AM ET
I think he had plenty of talent to work with.
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-- TekkNerd
May 14, 2026 at 09:00 AM ET
TekkNerd
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05/14/26 09:00 AM ET
Nowhere close to the same talent as what we had in 2005.
-- Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
May 14, 2026 at 09:38 AM ET
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
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05/14/26 09:38 AM ET
Disagree. The ‘24 O had talent, just not depth.
-- marcbvtgm
May 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
marcbvtgm
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05/14/26 11:00 AM ET
T-Bo was inflexible. He didn't seem to alter his game plan depending on...
-- EDGEMAN
May 14, 2026 at 05:34 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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05/14/26 05:34 AM ET
T-bo also forgot that the games are 60 min, not 55-57. Glad he left>**
-- George Baylor
May 14, 2026 at 08:28 AM ET
George Baylor
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05/14/26 08:28 AM ET
Occasionally he forgot we had RBs.**
-- EDGEMAN
May 14, 2026 at 08:33 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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05/14/26 08:33 AM ET
Bowen's big problem was that...
-- BuffaloTraceHokie
May 13, 2026 at 09:13 PM ET
BuffaloTraceHokie
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05/13/26 09:13 PM ET
Brent Davis saved his ass**
-- BleedinOandM
May 14, 2026 at 08:00 AM ET
BleedinOandM
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05/14/26 08:00 AM ET
I forgot about this, yeah he basically saved our running game.
-- TekkNerd
May 14, 2026 at 09:02 AM ET
TekkNerd
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05/14/26 09:02 AM ET
My impression of Bowen was he tried to make players run his system instead
-- Spider73
May 13, 2026 at 09:39 PM ET
Spider73
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05/13/26 09:39 PM ET
That could be part of it, but it doesn't explain
-- BuffaloTraceHokie
May 13, 2026 at 09:54 PM ET
BuffaloTraceHokie
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05/13/26 09:54 PM ET
Agree 100% on his inability to adjust in-game**
-- Spider73
May 14, 2026 at 07:11 AM ET
Spider73
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05/14/26 07:11 AM ET