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These are just my observations but…

He really hated all the protocols and not knowing who was available (sure I’m sure most did)…this just seemed to change his focus and perspectives How that year affected him from what I know about him…it really took some of his love for coaching major college football away. It’s my opinion that perspective change led him to not pursue coaching roles while focusing on his kids’ athletics (his oldest daughter is a D1 volleyball recruit) The relief he had after that Covid year UVA win really showed how stressed he’d been, coupled with the personal mental battle he saw one of his players go through (Fu intervened along with other staff to prevent a potential player suicide) as well as Laaser’s dad’s death (Laze mentioned Fu as one who’d really helped him thru that) and the toll he saw it take on Laze…it really seemed to weigh on him
Posted: 09/09/2025 at 11:04 PM ET
(In response to this post by One4VT)

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College Football Playoff Names Justin Fuente Senior Advisor for Football**
One4VT 09/09/25 04:08 PM ET
Not that they could've known, but VT got their coaches in the wrong order
Synaesthesia 09/09/25 07:51 PM ET
Agree but not for your reasons. Next HC will mysteriously excel if given $$
marcbvtgm 09/10/25 09:56 AM ET
Then what's Pry? I don't think our recruiting is really better under him..**
icelus 09/09/25 11:30 PM ET
Not better, but the point is that traditional recruiting is less valuable
Synaesthesia 09/10/25 11:47 AM ET
That is a shame, waste of a talented football coach.
Jwunderdog 09/09/25 04:26 PM ET
That’s a pretty cool job. And he can definitely help analyze team strengths
hokiepro 09/09/25 06:48 PM ET
He was a good head coach before coming to Tech. I was not a fan of him
techer1983 09/09/25 05:56 PM ET
I might agree except he was opposed all the time by Ballien.**
Atlee Hokie 09/09/25 09:53 PM ET
Pry is better than Fuente? I don’t think so**
Durham Hokie 09/09/25 07:12 PM ET
No where in my response did I make that statement**
techer1983 09/09/25 10:36 PM ET
Hooker developed HERE. He was nothing but a runner as a RS
hokiepro 09/09/25 06:30 PM ET
Somewhat surprised he hasn’t resurfaced as offensive coordinator somewhere **
Zanderhokie 09/09/25 05:24 PM ET
My guess is he is going to wait until his kids graduate before he moves
Jwunderdog 09/09/25 05:30 PM ET
Agree 100% **
Jeffroww 09/09/25 05:10 PM ET
He had the Best Scam ...
JRHokie 09/09/25 04:57 PM ET
Blah, blah, blah**
marcbvtgm 09/10/25 09:56 AM ET
I don't think ANY D1 coach that fails is running a con
TekkNerd 09/09/25 07:52 PM ET
Fu swimming upstream against the administration is quite an understatement.
RJHokie 09/09/25 08:11 PM ET
He didn't scam anyone. We paid him to be HC and then paid him not to be
Tombo 09/09/25 07:02 PM ET
He had a better record here his first 4 years than Frank’s last 4
hokiepro 09/09/25 06:32 PM ET
How did CoVID uniquely impact Fuente?**
One4VT 09/09/25 09:35 PM ET
These are just my observations but…
hokiepro 09/09/25 11:04 PM ET
Had no spring practice after hiring JHam as Dc
kt22hokie 09/09/25 09:59 PM ET
And had just hired Tapp**
hokiepro 09/09/25 10:54 PM ET