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BG Hokie
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He was a good technical coach. It was well documented by TSL, both

subscriber articles and the podcasts that when Fuente focused in on one area of the team, that area got better. Based on recollection, there was a particular year where, one of his last, where the scout team defense wasn't giving the offense good looks. He got heavily involved with the scout team defense and they immediately got better. He was a good technical X's and O's coach. With more time to prepare, he was often good in openers. His people skills fell off a cliff at VT. No doubt about it. After his best assistants moved on, his next assistant coaching hires failed but make no mistake he was a good X's and O's coach and the teams generally had better offensive schemes compared to the new staff. Couple Pry's personality and strengths with people and take Fuente's X's and O's / game planning acumen and you'd have a really good coach. As we have it now, we probably have two post Beamer coaching failures.
Posted: 12/02/2024 at 04:35 PM ET
(In response to this post by Gman12)

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Disappointing season. I like Pry but......
CyberHokie 12/02/24 09:02 AM ET
I doubt anyone would’ve cared about Fuentes “culture fit” if we won more.**
Hoakie82 12/02/24 04:32 PM ET
What I'm saying is he failed because he wasn't a good culture fit.**
CyberHokie 12/03/24 01:35 PM ET
I know what you’re saying & maybe you’re right. I’m just saying nobody
Hoakie82 12/03/24 04:00 PM ET
I’m old enough to remember Fuente was a culture fit until he wasn’t.**
marcbvtgm 12/03/24 09:56 AM ET
Yep! Fans were saying we couldn’t have asked for a better transition after
Hoakie82 12/03/24 03:39 PM ET
Fuente is/was a better pure HC. Pry is a better culture fit but lacks the
Irish Hokie 12/02/24 11:15 AM ET
Fuente did not have a single positive trait
Gman12 12/02/24 01:09 PM ET
That's certainly the hyperbole of a jaded and biased fan. **
BG Hokie 12/02/24 03:34 PM ET
Name one redeeming quality he had
Gman12 12/02/24 04:00 PM ET
He was a good technical coach. It was well documented by TSL, both
BG Hokie 12/02/24 04:35 PM ET
agreed. would be nice to have a combo version of Fuente/Pry**
kingofcassell 12/02/24 12:40 PM ET
Yeah, I think the one thing both may be missing were consistently good
BG Hokie 12/02/24 03:36 PM ET
The question is, is Pry on the precipice of CFB-like step up or is this it?**
WestyHokie 12/02/24 11:09 AM ET
We are not significantly better than UVA...heck Elliott has wins over 2
Tuckahokie 12/02/24 09:56 AM ET
umm...not sure if serious, but...
JoesterVT 12/02/24 10:20 AM ET
But we were both 5-6 going into this game**
Tuckahokie 12/02/24 12:19 PM ET
So? We beat the brakes off em with our 3 string QB**
JoesterVT 12/02/24 12:29 PM ET
I agree, But when you have a team on the ropes you gotta put them away.
CyberHokie 12/02/24 10:12 AM ET
“…let a 24 point lead…”? Last I checked, VA has scholarships too**
ombandit 12/02/24 09:10 AM ET
It has been a bit of a trend though, to play worse in the 2nd half on D
CyberHokie 12/02/24 09:45 AM ET
I’d say Pry has improved program.
Pride_and_Joy 12/02/24 11:48 AM ET
Lack of Adjustments at HT
ForgeHokie 12/02/24 09:54 AM ET
To me Saturday was a good example.....
CyberHokie 12/02/24 10:10 AM ET
Not sure it was as much we adjusted as uva went away from it**
Happy Dog 12/02/24 12:27 PM ET
True. Once time started getting tight & we answered their scores then....
CyberHokie 12/02/24 02:07 PM ET