Our issue is a simple one, QB. In this era of football if you don’t have
your QB you don’t have anything. You need elite talent to over come a poor QB. We aren’t that. Drones looked liked the answer in the beginning but somehow hasn’t progressed in 3 years. Having said that, whoever VT hires needs the right QB asap or that hire will go wrong as well. I think with a better QB this a different team with better record.
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Case in point
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no good WR to catch his throws, and a bad HC who doesn't know how many TO he had left
Drone should be a Heisman front runner at this stage
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Spider73
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Of pass defense. No punts? Our safety play is awful!
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Squatro
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The OL doesn’t pass block very well.
We lack explosive receivers. They are adequate, but they don’t get much separation.
The secondary is young and small.
We committed some really boneheaded penalties.
The coaching staff made a couple of major blunders.
It ain’t just the quarterback. He would be a lot better if he had better people around him. Still not great, but better.
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case that development has been a significant issue. Drones is bad. Period. And no amount of talent around him would make him anything other than bad. Maybe he would elevate from "really bad" to simply "bad".
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Squatro
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That LSU wanted to pay him seven figures after his first season in Blacksburg, when he had better people around him. And before he got gun-shy and got happy feet.
The defense rests.
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played better than the guys they've had. Zero chance, in fact. His issues are fundamental and elementary.
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2hhoop3
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that was true or just a skillfully planted rumor to get VT to bite?
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2hhoop3
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swallowed hook, line and sinker.
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VTCALS72
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about what coaches can do. K Drones has had something like 3 QB coaches plus a high cost private. Coaching, especially QB coaching, good or bad has had little to do with where Drones is. He is what he is and that is not a hidden talent waiting for a coach to find it and bring it out. What we see after 3 years is simply what he is.
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They give up 30 points a game on average. Pitiful.
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Everybody has flawed employees. But if you’re a decent manager, you identify their strengths and weaknesses. Then you put them into situations which take advantage of their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. You don’t continually put them into situations which expose their weaknesses and destroy their confidence - and ultimately everybody’s performance.
Monty just can’t resist the urge to run an offense and call plays that appeal to him rather than what works. This team has a good set of big running backs, a decent running QB and an offensive line which has developed into a solid run block unit.
It also has a well below avg pass blocking OL, a well below avg pocket QB, and a below avg receiving corp (particularly in getting early separation).
So what does Monthomery do on almost every drive at some point? Run a drop back pass play on first down. Not even a “move the pocket” pass play. It defies explanation.
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He leaned on the running backs and the QB run. Sprinkled in some non-1st down passes and we were moving the ball.
Mistakes, and a defense that couldn't get off the field, got us into a hole that necessitated a passing game that we aren't equipped to run effectively.
Monty tried to avoid that scenario, but didn't have a choice.
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