All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by First Bank & Trust Company

I
Irish Hokie OP
Nov 09, 2024 at 10:17 PM ET
Would you believe Pry if you played at VT??? What about parents?
Think about All the hype coming into 2024: Returning players, strong finish in 2023, etc.…at this point, would you believe the guy (Pry) given all that has gone down this season?.. he just doesn’t inspire confidence gents, and as much as I love VT (which makes it even worse), I can’t see how anyone in the locker room would believe anything that comes from his mouth? He coaches scared, doesn’t trust his players in key moments, which may explain the whole 1-12 thing in close games. also, I saw an O that looks like it has checked out….the D played their balls off, but here’s the problem: you can’t count on either the O or D to play consistently, week in and week out….so, at the end of the day, there’s no real reason to believe what the coaching staff utters from week to week. finally, what I saw in Drones today was a mentally ‘check out, defeated and confused QB….hes not only failed to get better in 2024, he has COMPLETELY regressed. Now, I can’t tell if this is one of those ‘square peg, round hole’ offensive strategy misalignments, etc. but he CLEARLY LOOKS MENTALLY LOST in his ability to execute what’s being attempted….i don’t know if he would benefit from a full time QB coach, but he’s not the same kid from last season….which gets back to my original point; I dont believe for 1 iota these kids are being mentally and physically (psychologically) prepared for these games, especiall, big ones. Drones is EXAMPLE A in the missed expectations, misaligned strategy, and an overall, downright confused season. I place todays result right at the doorstep of Brent Pry… seriosuly guys, c’mon!!!! We can do better than this….what a turd of a season this has turned out to be. This

14 Replies

T
thewhofartedlook
The last possesion before half…
When Drones rolled out and threw that ball and almost had it picked…. I.just.freaking.cant
B
Blueboy
At that time I said run the clock down to 2 seconds and then
call a time out and throw the bomb and maybe something good will happen. Maybe the receiver makes a catch and runs for a TD or maybe you get a interference call and you get another try. But NO, Pry gives the team no chance, just like at the end of regulation last week when he quit on the team. Time for a change.
Zanderhokie Zanderhokie
IMHO, having Bowen double as the OC and Quarterbacks Coach is a problem
A major problem. He’s fairly incompetent as OC, but honestly, what the hell does he know about quarterback play? He was an offensive lineman in college, had some random assignments as an assistant in college, coached the tight ends for the Jaguars, and now he’s magically a QB coach? This made little sense when they announced it and it makes even less sense now. No wonder Drones looks lost. He’s not getting quality coaching, for one thing. Might explain why he looks checked out. Maybe he’s finally just gotten fed up with it.
AbsolutVT03 AbsolutVT03
Maybe... but it's also possible that Drones just isn't ever going to be a
polished passer. He wasn't in high school. He wasn't at Baylor. He trained in the offseason with a QB coach that coaches Sanders and Ward. So he's had plenty of coaching outside of Bowen. At what point do you just accept that he has limitations to his game that aren't going to be coached out?
Zanderhokie Zanderhokie
It’s extremely likely Drones has reach the ceiling as a passer
He’s just not that great to begin with, and if he was going to get coached up as a QB, that wasn’t going to happen at VT.
GSOHokie01 GSOHokie01
I’m sure he stayed at a Holiday Inn once or twice.
It’s brings up a good point. How do you coach a QB when you never played the position and you never coached the position prior to. We have become a flagship program for “on the job training”.
Zanderhokie Zanderhokie
Exactly this. Who made the dumb decision to make Bowen the QB coach?
He has basically no experience or qualifications for that position.
4
40ozDistrict
Got the $$ and checked out
hokiepro hokiepro
It would help if we’d stop trotting out unhealthy players when their backup
At 100% is a better choice
A
arch80
Coney ?? Watson ?? Really ??
hokiepro hokiepro
Schlee at 100% > Drones at 60? 70?
Coney at 100% > Tuten at 50%? yes Coney had 90+ yds last week ** Edited by hokiepro at 11/9/2024, 11:34:03 PM
B
Blueboy
Unfortunately he fumbled at a key time that may have cost the game.
H
Hokie98
Schlee is better period
I
Irish Hokie OP
Agreed….i cannot wrap my head around staff decision making. Pry coaches
Scared….and he’s seemingly continuing to make the same, awful decisions, game in and game out.