That's the stentch of complancy. Good old fashioned complacency. Fancy Gap Frank style complacency.
We can't say that we're surprised, but we held out hope, kind of like Frank is basing this program's future on hope instead of having a plan to reach the heights of the college football world. It is truly a shame and we were visibly upset as we read that Frank has officially announced that no changes will be made.
How can we possibly get excited for 2009? After 7 years of this stuff, why is there any reason to believe that Stinespring is going to finally get it? There isn't any reason to believe it. It's rather disheartening.
We even kept old O'Cain and Newsome too, since they've done such a good job developing Tyrod (we think he's actually regressed under O'Cain's tutelage) and well the offensive line, well that speaks for itself, stellar once again (yet probably 3 of this year's starters will play in the NFL at some point).
We can see it now after we get lambasted by Alabama in the opener next year, the Hokie Hotline phones will be ringing off the hooks, but good old Frank will give us the same song and dance he gives us every year and maybe even call someone outta whack just for old times' sake. Then he'll compare us to the Trojans and Longhorns, because just like everyone else who watches college football would agree, that Virginia Tech is clearly on the same level...yet we still have that empty trophy case.
Frank, while the rest of us VT fans who don't know a thing about football remain "outta whack", you remain "outta touch" with today's college game. It's truly a shame.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
What now?
Congratulations to the team on a job well done. Credit to Bud and his defensive staff. Credit to the players (even on offense which have been done a disservice by the coaches) for hanging around, playing tough, and somehow winning despite the sub 100 offense. It was ugly, but we'll take another ACC championship.
As for what's next, who knows? All we know is that the offense got worse (didn't think it was possible) after hearing how great the OL was going to be this year. Alas, they gave up the most sacks in the conference, but it's also likely that 3 of that starting 5 will be drafted into the NFL in the next couple of years. So, talent is the problem we hear? Not so much...but we already knew that, right? We must have the worst luck in recruiting OL of any program in the nation...and only at that particular position because for some reason at the NFL combine, these "misses" make it along with many running backs, tight ends, and receivers from VT.
We must have misread where the defense ranked this year (after losing 8 starters), 7th in the nation. That's not possible is it? With all the talent we have on both sides of the ball? There is no other explanation after years of dominant defense and poor offense. It's official, the offensive coaches are as bad as Bud and his staff are great. So much for excuses from Bud and the defense.
The bottom line is that our offense is no better than it was 1 year ago or even 2 or 3 years ago. In fact, it's the worst it has been in 7 years. Yet, the past 5 recruiting classes have been some of our most complete and talented.
Folks, we've defied the statistical odds for a second consecutive year. We'll take it. But, the rest of the conference will catch up and sub 100 won't work anymore. Are we going to have to wait for things to bottom out to change?
This is all of course not even in the realm of where we need to be to win or compete for national championships. We've been over all the stats a million times and the past 10 BCS champs prove it out. Until Frank gets that and can start seeing the big picture instead of spending his time making excuses for his offensive coaches, we aren't going to sniff a national championship.
As for what's next, who knows? All we know is that the offense got worse (didn't think it was possible) after hearing how great the OL was going to be this year. Alas, they gave up the most sacks in the conference, but it's also likely that 3 of that starting 5 will be drafted into the NFL in the next couple of years. So, talent is the problem we hear? Not so much...but we already knew that, right? We must have the worst luck in recruiting OL of any program in the nation...and only at that particular position because for some reason at the NFL combine, these "misses" make it along with many running backs, tight ends, and receivers from VT.
We must have misread where the defense ranked this year (after losing 8 starters), 7th in the nation. That's not possible is it? With all the talent we have on both sides of the ball? There is no other explanation after years of dominant defense and poor offense. It's official, the offensive coaches are as bad as Bud and his staff are great. So much for excuses from Bud and the defense.
The bottom line is that our offense is no better than it was 1 year ago or even 2 or 3 years ago. In fact, it's the worst it has been in 7 years. Yet, the past 5 recruiting classes have been some of our most complete and talented.
Folks, we've defied the statistical odds for a second consecutive year. We'll take it. But, the rest of the conference will catch up and sub 100 won't work anymore. Are we going to have to wait for things to bottom out to change?
This is all of course not even in the realm of where we need to be to win or compete for national championships. We've been over all the stats a million times and the past 10 BCS champs prove it out. Until Frank gets that and can start seeing the big picture instead of spending his time making excuses for his offensive coaches, we aren't going to sniff a national championship.
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