...I posted last week that it wouldn't last for very long. I wonder who the next badly overrated SEC team in the top 5 that gets smoked will be?

Are you saying that a one-armed Motley is better than Lawson?

Where the hell is Bud's defense?

Can someone wake Shane up, he owes it to this program to play the best players. He owes nothing to JC or Trey.

These damn coaches are making a mockery of this program.

Lastly, the players owe it to this program to perform. If they don't want to play, then move on.

Whit, it's time to save your job and do what needs to be done for the program.

Your guys came in ready to play hard and did.

Ok I am now on the new head coach bandwagon! So tired of the BS and ready for a new HC . One that is young and ready to go recruit!

Now that my frustration is over by our uninspired play..

Bama wins at GA.
Lambert int's. He has a history of making mistakes in the clutch.

We are getting outcoached. The complacency surrounding the program is palpable. When the leader of any organization allows failure without consequences all the under achievers breathe a sigh of relief and all the winners go somewhere where they can win. And that goes for the coaches as well as the players.

Okay, I am putting on my Head Coaches hat now.

First, McLaughlin got beat like a rented mule all day. Might as well give Nijman a try. He couldn't do any worse. I don't care if McLaughlin is a 3 year starter.

We gave up early on running up the middle. When every run is a jet sweep nobody is going to do well. Pitt has a good run defense, but that is not a reason to concede power running. But when your starter is 5' 6" and 187 lbs its hard to do. Coleman was a great team player last year but he is just too small to get it done. Go with McMillen and Edmunds for 95% of the carries. RB by committee didn't work well last and isn't this year. Williams is our most punishing RB but we should red shirt him and get him healthy for next year.

Start Lawson until Brewer comes back. Write the season off and get him ready for next year. Missouri started a true freshman this week. UCLA's starter is a freshman. I know Lawson is not ready now, but Motley isn't either and is never going to be the long term solution.

We are wasting Hodges and Malleck. Two of the best weapons we have and their numbers don't get called often enough.

Now to the defense.

The D-Line has been over hyped since last spring. Can't get enough pressure on opposing QB's and is too light. They get pushed around by big lines. Pitt did it today, backed up on their own 2 and got 6 yards right up the middle. Settle might be one answer but he is not ready now. A year in the weight room and improving technique should help fix that. Long term we need to recruit bigger guys. The line backers crowd the line because they have to help the under weight line. And as an aside, Alabama has Jonathon Allen, D' Shawn Hand and Koren Kirvin. All from Virginia. Would all three be starting here? I'd bet the rent on it.

I thing our only problem in the secondary is inexperience. We seem to have a lot of young talent.

Your thoughts?

Your poor QB took some hard shots, but kept playing which takes guts. Good luck the rest of the way.

Panda

Put Lawson in for the rest of the year.

Baylor has 336 yards in FIRST QUARTER, 199 passing, 137 rushing.

We have 91 passing, 9 rushing for an entire game.

beamer should be fired today for not at lease trying Lawson motley is to slow.

Pitt fan here & can’t wait to start ACC play. Here is to a great, injury free game!

When do we start the real season?

Please look at this team and it's performance and be totally objective. Look at other teams and how they play and where they're heading. Look at every aspect of VT football. Then ask yourself the question . . . Am I really the right guy now to lead this team any longer? Be totally honest.

Then do the right thing.

I'm gonna make this short. We suck. The whole coaching staff needs to GO! Whit, it is time. The coaches HAVE to go. Save VT football.

Please don't make this a coach/player bashing thread.

Here is my take (or the start of it):

1) New HC is obvious. That should happen sometime this weekend (but it won't)

2) Continue the upgrades in recruiting. We have more staff but we need more $$$$! It's time to go all-FSU in terms of player dorms. If you don't think it matters go back and look at Sweat's recruitment or give it a couple months and look at our recruiting losses, especially along the OL.

3) Do we need to be in the SEC? I think that move requires a decision on how we view football and academics. I'm not ready to go there right now. However, I find the term "student athlete" to be a joke in today's world of collegiate football, especially in the $EC.


Your thoughts?

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He seems to always be running into the back of our own players and leaving a gaping hole in the middle of the field.

I hate blackouts where can I get a link to the game?

VT 31, Pitt 27

By the way, my psychic says this is the exact score that will occur, so...

I feel bad for the guy. He really came around late last year when we needed him. So I think that goes to show in itself that the rotation of rbs is terrible. When he found his groove he was great. We have an improved line also. Edmunds is horrible. If they stick with a rb I think it will drastically improve our chances to win games.

Kinda like a few weeks ago, but Mike Farrell said today what a lot of people have said for a while. Thoughts?

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I sat down with 4-star LB Keith Simms yesterday. He told me Maryland and Oregon are his two leaders and he has set up official visits to each. Simms is also still very interested in Cal, Virginia Tech, Duke and North Carolina. He is hoping to make a decision some time near the end of his season or in November.

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I went to see Rivals250 Rutgers DB commit Patrice Rene at practice the other day. Despite everything that has been going on off the field at Rutgers, Rene remains solidly committed to Rutgers. Coach Flood is scheduled to go watch Rene's game tonight. North Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Penn State and Virginia Tech are still recruiting Rene and he is open to the idea of taking visits but nothing is set right now.

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