Virginia Tech had its ninth practice on Tuesday morning, and it was an emotional one, according to Brent Pry. (Ivan Morozov)
Emotions got a bit heated at Virginia Tech football’s practice on Tuesday, to the point that head coach Brent Pry very adamantly made his wrap-up speech to the team after the workout about the importance of keeping your cool — doing so at a volume that anyone within several hundred yards could hear.
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"Pay for performance" was the driving force in my business before I retired. Over the years, it just worked in growing the business and beating the competition. As Alumni, we are asked to pay and performance will follow. How has that worked so far over the last ten plus years? Maybe we should consider a new approach.
133183Hokie
Hope I am wrong . Are you suggesting paying players if they perform well?
TDVick
Like it or not, that's the reality. It used to be that a scholarship was enough of an enticement. Now there are many, better funded programs that might have a hole at one spot and will pay big coin to fill it. A team that is going to be good is going to have to pay.
MotorCityHokie80
I love how some people are so negative … in the Spring! I guess it must be a ramp up for more intense negativity in the Fall when actual games are played not practice..
vthokiedsp
He is right though. Key people are missing important time or still coming back from serious injuries. That makes the fall difficult. We have seen this before, a lot.
The number of players shifting positions is a bad thing. It gets spun as developing positional depth but it creates less than desirable options at multiple positions. Results will bear out on the field, especially for those switching sides of the ball. Remember these types of articles when the inconsistency and bad performances rears its ugly head.
Broken Hawk
The team is train wreck. I do not know where to start.
TOUGH TURKEY
Okay you have our attention. Please elaborate. From what I could glean, things sound normal for spring camp.
vthokiedsp
He is right though. Key people are missing important time or still coming back from serious injuries. That makes the fall difficult. We have seen this before, a lot.
The number of players shifting positions is a bad thing. It gets spun as developing positional depth but it creates less than desirable options at multiple positions. Results will bear out on the field, especially for those switching sides of the ball. Remember these types of articles when the inconsistency and bad performances rears its ugly head.
reconhokie
Big black marks above both of Jalen Hoyle’s knees in top picture- are those bruises?
Would those be from cut blocks?
91HokieBob
Those would be from where he has his knee pads pushed all the way up to his quads and not protection; black rubber stains from the astro turf in Beamer Barn. Annnnddddd, another pet peeve of mine, these kids and their mouth pieces dangling off their helmet during play not in their mouths!
jeff4vt
Because I don't follow other teams nearly as close as VT, my comment may or may not be true. It seems like year after year, be it in spring practice, fall practice, or the season itself, we seemingly always have players dinged up and hurt. I know it's football and a contact sport, but it seems like we are snake bitten when it comes to injuries.
NMB Hokie
Basketball is a contact sport. Football is a collision sport.
nhp83002
Beginning to sound like last years camp.. guys injured, no depth so young guys learning new positions, CBP trying to convince us (himself) that all is well
Spartacusjones
Keep in mind that this team is still pretty young. If you look at the heights and weights, some still have some physical development to do. Pry is expecting more physical play than the last guy.
vtgriff09
Please stop. Pry's expectations mean nothing to me. Softest, worst coached team I have ever seen last yr. You can talk all you want of hunger drills and physical play, this was the worst coached team I have ever seen. Not 130th in talent, not ODU level talent, pure lost coaching. The "last guy" only won 7 gms per yr and qualified for a bowl every season. Loser ville rolled in and the team went to crap and Penn St went from very avg to all of a sudden amazing. Funny how that works...but don't worry Hokie fans...Pry expects so much.more than the last guy....please!! I wish. Too bad he doesn't expect the same of himself or the staff
reconhokie
Tough to be surprised at outcome bringing individual coaches together from every direction, with lesser or no actual previous experience at a job (1st time HC, 1st time OC, etc.)
Hey, at least they were hired for attributes actually related to football. Could have even worse than it was.
How crazy is that?
Give it another year, what else can you do?0
Born a Hokie
Wow! It must be miserable for you to support this team. You poor soul! Hopefully, they will turn things around so you can be happy.
bburgnative
Isn't that what Pry said?
MDHokie79
Lets Go....HOKIES!!!
HokiefromBedford
If some feathers don’t get ruffled every now and again, then everyone is playing way too nice. Glad to see the competition increasing.
astrohokie
yep, we need pissed passion !
HokiePilot
What we need is controlled aggression, not just passion. It needs to be directed in the right areas on every play. We don’t need allowing emotions to take over and make silly mistakes and penalties that will cause more problems.
HokieBurger
I think we need pissed passion and situational aggression but each player needs to keep all of that trapped inside a mental gerbal ball.
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