In this episode we discuss the completion of Coach Pry's staff, provide a recap the January 13th press conference, and take a look at the continued shaping of the 2022 Hokies roster. We also debate the decision to punt on a 12 team playoff and what the future holds for the CFP.
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Welcome back to The Foundry
Corner podcast with my partner.
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Brian Sigler, I'm Curtis Wilson,
Brian how it goes tonight.
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Yeah buddy.
We're back on a Wednesday night.
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Just watch the Hokies close out
a tight one.
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At the end, even though the
first half was pretty much all
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Hokies so good to close that.
One out and a good Wednesday
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night so far, man.
Good W.
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Hopefully get sits on the right
side of Bernardi's Bracketology
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we were just outside.
That when gets this just inside,
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but it's been a couple weeks
we're in the off season mode
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every few weeks were showing up
on Wednesday nights here for you
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guys.
Last time, it was Thursday.
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We're going to try to aim for
Wednesday's.
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Most weeks, and man, we've got a
show tonight, Brian.
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So much stuff, a press
conference, some transfers, and
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guys, stay, and some guys
leaving coaches salaries, which
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was eye-opening, but let's start
with something real fun by
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Brian.
If you have not seen already
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Hokie Nation.
Go look up on BT.
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Twitter re T, Instagram or
Facebook page?
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Coach pry gets involved in the
traditional first, snow Flight
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of the Year snowball playing
smooth.
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These snow fight between the
student body and the corps of
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cadets, and It was, it's
refreshing.
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It's he was having a blast and
probably.
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Was he making just nice.
Little little snowballs.
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You throw at your kids to have
my use?
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He was checking coconuts, man.
I just talking coconuts.
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I mean, he was in the motion
like, oh yeah.
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Oh yeah, he was like, the kids
are Jackie.
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They show the video in his.
He's walking towards it.
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You hear somebody say?
Holy mother.
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I don't know if they said, holy
shit or what but you could hear.
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Oh my God it's coach.
And he gets swarmed and and then
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the next thing you know he's
walking across to the core and
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what was so cool about it at
first, it was they were just you
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can see they didn't know what it
was.
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And then all of a sudden that
first guy noticed and then the
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rest of them noticed.
Yep.
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And just exuberance from them.
Yeah, it's good to see a guy
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that gets Virginia Tech like pry
does.
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And I mean, I know we said this
probably ad nauseam.
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It's been all over Twitter.
Yes, this guy gets it, like,
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it's getting cliche this point
but this guy fucking gets it.
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He died.
That's what students do.
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That's what we did.
You know, when we visit a tank
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is undergrad, you go to PK's,
you get some wings, he got his
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own lemon pepper, wet that he
made the cheetah Wing, which I'm
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not a big drag guy.
But I gotta say that, that that
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sounds pretty good those wings,
you see him taking pictures out
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in the community like they get
it.
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It's like, this is home, is
truly a, it's no longer just a
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slogan.
Yeah, it is like there.
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They're get it.
Like, let's get in here, get in
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the community, do some fun
things, go to places, people go
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be seen and it doesn't feel
forced.
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I think that's the big thing.
It feels authentic if it was
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like checking boxes like no,
that would be one thing.
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But I mean, this feel the feels
authentic.
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It looks like they genuinely
enjoy getting out in the
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community.
Enjoy interacting with the folks
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in Blacksburg, enjoy as prided.
Participating in a hokey
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tradition.
Yep, it just, it feels different
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man and I mean, I know, you
know, you can only win the first
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off season Once, but yes you
later they are kicking its ass
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right now.
They are going hard after it to
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win the all season and I tell
you, you know, last week we also
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had him go hard at that press
conference knocking it out of
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the ballpark again.
Fine we got so much to unload to
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this thing.
You got new hires, he talks
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about numerous members of the
staff.
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But let's start with this, when
he was talking about how he put
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the staff together, he had a few
things.
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He said, and I know the one that
caught your eye and then as we
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look at the guys that kind of
makes sense, it's that he talked
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about, he wanted a good blend of
young guys who have high
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football like, use to me.
I hear he says that he's saying
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Chris Marquis and Tyler bone and
with high ceilings and then he's
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talking about just And guys,
that can recruit.
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And you know, every piece of
this staff, it looks that way.
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It looks that way, and it looks
like the staff was put together
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with thought.
It wasn't just Who were the
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guys?
I can bring in it.
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Was all right, which guys are
going to work with the others
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which pieces are going to get
us.
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What we need on the recruiting
Trail on the football field and
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off the football field because
that stuff is important to.
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And it seems like the, the mix
the blend that he was able to
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come up with, is looking good.
So far again, we're still early
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we got some some good early
returns and obviously the
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enthusiasm that there Bring to
the table is, is next level
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right now.
So, yeah, you know, obviously
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again, we'll see what that that
Trans in the future.
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But yeah, yeah, as you said
Marv, Bowen, both the High
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football IQ guys.
High ceiling.
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And you know, you got veterans
on the staff.
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You got Quinn.
You got Glen.
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Yeah.
Holt you got cheetah obviously.
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So you got guys It can recruit
and get guys in the building
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too.
So it's also funny because
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something he mentioned and if
you just kind of go back to the
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DNA of what Virginia Tech is, he
talked about Anita guys that did
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BT and sort of BT's, it's one of
those cultures.
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Where are we just all super a
lot of people always say we're,
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we're really blue collar
program.
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Know there are parts of this
program that are really blue
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collar.
Guys, who worked their butts
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off, Sean Quinn's, and as like
bread, Glenn who have worked
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their butts off to get
somewhere.
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Like this.
Heck, yeah.
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But we're still a DB you.
We still had some of the most
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electric running backs in the
2000s.
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Yep we have some swag and you
kind of see, you know, we see
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cheetah and you see Marv and you
see some of these other guys,
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they have that little bit of
Swag that's what Blended so well
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for so many years where yes, we
have a blue-collar worth ethic
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But if we get a chance to dog,
you, we're going to dog you.
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We're going to swag you out.
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And that's what it seems like.
He knew like, I just don't need
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a bunch of blue collar guys, but
I don't need a bunch of Just
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Swag.
Guys, I gotta have a blend of it
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and were you shocked Bronwen?
He kind of mentioned that he had
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friends.
That wanted to, you know, come
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here and he basically said you
don't make sense here and he
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Basically said he had to make
tough phone calls to friends of
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his to say.
I'm not hiring you.
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Yeah, we didn't get a Core
Nelson here as a result of this
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hiring process.
I mean, I'll call it like it is,
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I mean, at this point, he's
hiring guys, he knows he's
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hiring, guys, he's had, he's
crossed paths with but he's not
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hiring a direct or even a
handful of direct protégées or
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guys.
He's worked with for many, many
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years consecutively.
It's, this is not the the buddy
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buddy system, but at the same
time, it's a good collection of
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guys, whose Personalities seem
to mesh well even when they're
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not necessarily similar, right?
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That's a biggie.
And, you know, the other thing
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is kind of like, they asked him,
what was he looking for in guys,
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right?
He was talking about, he wanted
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people skills.
He wanted to people to be able
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to write to the families and
players.
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I think that's big, especially
in recruiting, you've got to
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know the areas of the state, the
areas of the region, he wanted
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great communicators in.
He talked about harboring, the
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former player relationships, and
it looks like, obviously would,
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you know?
Pearson that's helping.
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But, you know, we saw that like,
you know, if following Twitter
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today last few days, There, you
know, JC price, even though he's
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a hokie goes into LC Bird and
his pictures, not even with the
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football coach.
He finds that it's a former
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basketball player.
He knew when he went there,
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right?
Yep.
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And then some of these other
guys taking pictures with who
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was it?
That took a picture with someone
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that you JC, not even football
player but new JC and he's the
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principal of the school.
And you see that and it's just
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like you talked about people
skills that's understanding.
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I'm you here.
Where's our relationship?
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How can we build a relationship?
Yep.
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And finally that commonality in
areas that aren't traditional
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to.
I mean, talk about just
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fostering those relationships
with folks in the school.
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I mean, having a good
relationship doesn't just start
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with the head coach of that
team.
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It's it's kind of a trickle down
across the board and when you've
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got those type of relationships
that you can tap into, it's only
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going to make the recruiting
process easier and we talked
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about Former players.
I mean, we're going to talk
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about him in a little bit here
when we get to him.
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But you know, we already had JC
and piercing on here but we got
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somebody else off the field.
That's pretty big in terms of
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former player relationships as
well.
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So that's big obviously people
skills and and just the
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communication in general, I
think is the big thing.
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This staff seems to understand
communication both with the fan
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base with The players with the
High School coaches, they get
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the importance of the
communication piece and we're
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seeing that play out in real
time in terms of just general PR
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and well, feeling well about the
program this is as high as it's
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been in a while.
We haven't even won any games
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yet like but and I know we
talked about honeymoon period
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but This is different because
we're actually seeing a
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difference.
It's not just okay, new coach.
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There's hope we're actually
seeing tangible differences
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happen already in this process.
New coach.
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There's always hope with the new
coach, that's any organization.
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That's anything like that.
We both went through that with
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our NFL teams last few years,
but again, it's, there's a
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change.
We see the presence.
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We see things, do you and done
differently.
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We see that this is a change.
This is a culture change.
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Change for the better.
This is a culture change back to
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what Virginia Tech does best.
And that thing is something else
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that really impressed me that
during this interview, he talked
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about the coaches, obviously,
that was easy, but him given
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specific.
Shout out to filigrana Hazel and
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Gault, just like he specified
and made sure that they were
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mentioned.
And that tells you a lot about
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his leadership skills, because
those guys are behind the
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scenes, we like, Ali will never
see them in front of a
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microphone getting interviewed
by the Press because of the jobs
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they do, but they sure in that
presser to specifically mention
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them and that says a lot about
his leadership skills and
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laughing.
Yeah.
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I mean the most we might ever
see them is like one of those
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quick cut videos that get
dropped on the the Twitter
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timeline from the football
account.
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Something something like,
quickly running through this or
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that.
Or like they did with, with,
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he'll guard doing some of the
strength, and conditioning
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discussions before, the workouts
that you might see, God, doing
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something like that, but you're
not going to see these guys
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front and center, you know, week
to week, month to month, it's
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going to be kind of very one off
at best.
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And again, God's probably the
leader on that just because of
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the strength and conditioning
aspect of his job.
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Absolutely.
All right, Brian.
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Well, let's turn to it.
We've got some new hires to
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discuss and Finally we get to
discuss officially yeah,
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collarbone named offensive
coordinator and tight ends Coach
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Bo.
And if you guys haven't done
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your research on and he played
at Maryland, 2007 to 2009 he was
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an offensive lineman I think
Brian's immediately excited and
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oh Lyman is now the o.c. but
allow me to make the best
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overseas book it but essentially
after he you know got out he
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immediately started coaching you
missy Distant down at Maryland.
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Then a g a moved over to Towson
as a as a tight ends coach, then
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up to Penn State, then he kind
of got his season and I think
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probably what we can expect.
He went to Fordham.
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Joe moorhead's, a head coach.
He was the old line coach there
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in 15 with Moorhead.
Moorhead goes to Penn State.
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After that he takes over OC
duties explosive.
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Offense, coach Chase Edmunds
into being a fourth-round pick
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from Fordham.
If you don't know where Fordham
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is, it's in New York City, they
don't have a lot of NFL players
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in this day and age.
If you know your history, the
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seven blocks of granite were at
Fordham.
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Read on that.
Then some mornings.
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Yep the Bronx and then oh well
coach at Maryland then tighten
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coaching of recruiting
coordinator Penn State for a few
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years.
Then he get the cosita like we
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talked about other Penn State
and then finally, you know, he
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was down in Jacksonville this
year, as a tight ends coach, you
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know, whatever happened at Penn
State is what happened?
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But Brian.
What else do you feel?
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What else?
You know, hearing from private,
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really got you excited because I
like that resume.
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Tell me the guy wants to be a
football coach and is invested
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in it.
Yeah, he wants to be a coach and
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just circling back to what prize
said, very high Q guy, you know,
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call the call, the Cotton Bowl.
When they dropped over 50
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points, they did familiar with
the offensive style.
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That Pride likes to run very
knowledgeable, the game
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recruiting in the DMV, in
Virginia area, while he was at
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Penn State.
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Go to force.
Seven and look up.
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This guy can recruit now.
Delete, recruiter.
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So he clearly has a game there.
And, you know, the one thing
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that was interesting to me that
he talked about, was the whole
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Jacksonville situation.
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Jag's wouldn't give him a real
release.
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My assumption is that he was
higher on the pecking order.
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Once Urban was out in terms of
the offense and his role in it,
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so they probably didn't want to
let him out of that.
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Were some of the couple other
guys.
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It and it was like two weeks
later but they got a release
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from their deal while you know.
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Boneheads to stay on to the end
there but he was able to work
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with the GM down there.
So he could vet all the
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offensive staff as they were
moving along in the process
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there.
So that was important.
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And it was important for us to
know that because you don't want
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just to assume that prize
hiring, all these guys that are,
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you know, working under Bowen.
Very heavily and he didn't have
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a say in the process.
So knowing that he was in on
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that had those conversations
with the coaches and got to have
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those conversations with pride
before the higher was made?
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I think that's important.
Yeah, well first of all, the GM
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of the Jags is Trent baalke
before me, 49ers GM, who ran,
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horrible out of town.
After basically, that guy came
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in and put us in the Super Bowl
and put us winning four
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consecutive year.
So I think he Jerk.
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First of all, Curtis is salty.
I don't like Trent baalke do he
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doesn't know how to draft
players, either.
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He dropped a lot of torn ACL,
guys.
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In a lot of guys, way too early
in my opinion, but that being
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said, I think it's what Brian
said.
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Because with Jacksonville
Darrell Bevell d.o.c., he became
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the head coach and shot.
Brian Schottenheimer became the
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o.c.
So, I have a feeling where he
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was in the pecking order, he
probably became like the pass
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game coordinator or the Run game
coordinator in that.
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Situation.
He was, he was working right
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under Schottenheimer.
He was working pretty up there,
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which is, which is a good thing
because that tells you that guys
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like Darrell Bevell Brian,
Schottenheimer long tenured NFL,
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coaches had a lot of confidence
in that guy and talk about you
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hurting Vetti, vetted every
single person on the staff.
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This is his staff and this is
kind of how broke I said, it's
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his step.
He vetted All These Guys, these
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are his guys.
This isn't like Brent said, hire
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this guy.
And as far as the offense goes
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here style, he's the style.
I want to run kept digging
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around.
We're going to run the ball.
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It's not even a question about
it.
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How how we run it?
And we run it with.
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But I look back at the Fordham
stats from 2016 and basically it
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was a 3-2 to run the pass and
that's kind of more heads deal
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to always will run them past the
passing game though, it's not
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completely.
Forgotten about.
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I can't wait for Brian to get
into looking at some of these
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schemes of what we can expect,
obviously being a tight ends
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coach.
I think we're going to get some,
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I mean, he coached just seki, he
coached Fair Booth, he's coached
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quite a few number of tight ends
who are in the league in at the
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top end.
So you know really love this
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about him.
It was one of those names when
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you heard it, you read it
immediately.
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Liked it.
But Brian, let's flip to the
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next position because two weeks
ago, we were here in light
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brown.
We were here in Tony Washington,
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who work, and this will, this
was out in public, this wasn't
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behind pay walls, this wasn't
somebody dming us saying, hey,
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this is what we're hearing,
these were public
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acknowledgements.
And then all of a sudden It
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comes down or hiring somebody
Virginia connections.
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And then literally literally
fontelle Minds is named the wide
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receiver coach on tell Minds
plated UVA back from 2007 to
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2008, usually 2000. 22 2006.
So obviously from some of their
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better years in the early 2000s
and then he spent three years
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with the Bears in the pros and
with him not long after getting
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out of the pros again, right to
coaching didn't waste any time,
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start it out here at Hermitage
high school, then move down a
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challenge down in North Carolina
coaching receivers and tight
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ends.
Then back to Richmond working at
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U of r with wide receivers and
tight ends from 13.
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From 12 to 14, receiving 12 to
16 then moves over to JM you for
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a couple good years there.
Mike Houston years travel with
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goes down to ECU after that
receivers, and tight ends.
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And then ODU last year he's a
UVA grad.
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You know, some people will hate
it.
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Some people will love it.
When people just love the rub
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salt in the wounds of UVA fans
basically saying this is one of
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your own and he'd rather coach
here and that's fun, although
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detectives that hated you got
it.
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Like, listen, Just has a good
coach just has a good recruiter,
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but what more did Coach Pratt
talk about with fontelle are
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obviously a lot of Virginia ties
of also he has a big closeness
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with a lot of former Hokies
between guys that played in the
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804 guys.
He played against when he was at
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UVA and obviously you played
against some damn good hockey
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teams when he was at UVA, there
looks like he was one of the, I
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guess, probably the first full
class that grow.
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Recruited during that transition
there.
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So, but I mean I noticed
numerous numerous former Hokies
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talking this guy up and that I
think that speaks a lot to his
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ability and, you know, he's
worked with wide receiver, most
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of his career.
So he's definitely a season
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coach on that front.
So we're getting a pretty
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seasoned coach, despite his age.
And we're getting a guy that can
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recruit the hell out of
Virginia, and I think that's a
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good One-two, punch right there.
Yeah the recruiting thing is big
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and you're hearing more stories
about him.
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That he's basically been
recruiting Virginia his whole
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career, it makes sense.
Between U of r, j mu and ECU in
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the way it looks.
He's going to have who certain
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territories very crucial to this
state, but it just seems like
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he's younger, has he
experienced?
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I know, a lot of people are
likely coach tight, Tins.
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And he was a tight in the
majority of his game has been at
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wide receiver since he became a
coach.
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Yeah, and, you know, it, it was
just nice to see a lot of the
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former Hokies that again, our
era and I say of our era when we
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were younger like congratulating
happy, you know, joking with
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them a little bit.
Like, you know, you got to the
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right side and it's one of these
things to that.
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Let's think here.
Where I can put this.
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He seems like he's going to be a
culture fit because he you know
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he seems one of those
blue-collar guys, right?
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Play tight end.
Went to Hermitage and has worked
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his way up here.
Didn't didn't like come out and
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immediately get a couple jobs
and then he's, in D1, literally
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had to work his way up to D1.
Yeah, and it's that whole thing
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we talking about blue, collar or
flash.
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It seems like there's a lot of
blue collar and him and I think
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a lot of us can pay dividends
because it seems like this guy
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people like him.
He's been recruiting coordinator
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at several different places.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to see
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what he can do.
I like, what I've already seen
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on the road, he was with Coach
prize this week.
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They were down in the Oscar
Smith down at a bunch of other
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schools in the 757 this week so
far where they hit up today.
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Here it is.
I have to go back and look, I'll
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Western Branch.
Western Branch has some
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variation day as a big one down
there.
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It's a big receiver down there
that.
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Yeah, just I think he's going to
be a good fit and again, I'm
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sure he's going to get some
grief here.
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There between some of the 0 key
players that are on the staff,
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but I think he's going to be a
solid addition for Brian.
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Not done yet.
Let's start getting to the
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support staff.
And let's talk about this one
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for.
We talk about this big one
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Brian, Chris hired, as the
senior offensive analyst, if you
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didn't know, because it probably
wasn't talked about or even
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spoken to with people.
He was hired last year as just
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an offensive analyst for the old
staff and he hangs around Chris.
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Native a Blacksburg brother
coaches at Radford dad's a
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legendary coach.
You know here hampden-sydney
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graduate Brian.
Yeah I did a coached with pride
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down at Louisiana Lafayette with
bustle back in the day.
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They both with Gaz together in
95, you know, or part of a UMass
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staff.
That one the FCS back in the
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late 1990s was under Pelini up
at Youngstown.
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State is, is 0 C.
So he has a good track record.
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He does not have a lot of big
known stops, but it seems like
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he's He's a very respected
offensive mind.
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Yeah, it seems that way, you
know, they gave him the senior
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analyst title there.
And I think the thing that I
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like the most that when he was
talking about Chris and he's
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like, yeah, he's a senior
offensive analyst, but we might
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have him on the defensive side
of the ball.
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And the more I got to think
about is like, okay, this this
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kind of makes sense because As a
defensive coach, sometimes you
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get a little bit into the weeds.
It's nice to have a offensive
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minded person on your side of
the ball and your practice feel
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that can say, hey If you do
this, you know, we can counter
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with this.
It's going to be pretty easy to
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take advantage of that scheme or
that call, you know, whatever it
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may be having somebody that has
that.
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Type of History has that
relationship and can make those
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kind of calls on the defensive
side.
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See things through the offenses
eyes that's going to be big for
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them.
I think and that's the type of
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role I kind of envisioned when
Pride was talking about, you
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know, you might see him on the
defensive side of the ball.
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All as an offensive analyst.
So, looking forward to see what
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Chris can do.
Obviously, he was there last
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year, so let's see if he can
keep it moving.
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Yeah.
And again, guy probably was
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connections around the, you
know, the local area there as
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far as recruiting goes, I know
they can't touch it but never
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hurts to have somebody that's in
somebody else's ear.
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All right, Brian, this one was
big.
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And we got notified by this and
we kind of got tea leaves that
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it was a if you like if you
watched in the 2000 you're going
447
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,400
to love it.
Well, first of all, that makes
448
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,900
your head go 1,000 miles an hour
because there were so many great
449
00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:14,400
players in the 2000's.
And then we finally got when
450
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,300
that it was going to be Xavier
adibi, hires a defensive
451
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:23,100
analyst, Ron's talked about it.
And I cannot remember Brian on
452
00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,700
our Mount Rushmore.
Yes.
453
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,100
No, I can't remember that far
back.
454
00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,700
I'm getting too old for this
shit.
455
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,000
I want to say he made it.
I can't remember though, either
456
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000
way he will.
He belongs there for sure
457
00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:39,200
Brian's favorite line, but he's
definitely in the discussion, no
458
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,700
doubt.
No.
459
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:44,600
But anyway, if you don't know,
if you're younger Hokies fan,
460
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:49,500
Xavier didin was the
prototypical perfect hacker.
461
00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:55,300
Perfect, All-American, two-time
all-sec selection, two-time ACC
462
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,900
Champion.
Fourth-round draft, pick of
463
00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:01,400
Houston played several years was
inducted into the Hall of Fame
464
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:07,700
this past season and Having that
guy back.
465
00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:13,000
This is culture is one thing
that's that's huge but he's been
466
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,200
building his resume up for a few
years here.
467
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,900
Now you know he started at
Arkansas as an analyst and then
468
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:23,100
worked his way into d 2 and
basically had his defense at
469
00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:26,800
Texas A&M Commerce.
Giving up under 215 yards, a
470
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,900
game under 13 points.
A game was one of the finalists
471
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,900
for like what is it coordinator
of the year?
472
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:42,000
R4d to them in a short period of
time as basically exploded on
473
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:47,300
the scene and luckily he's ours.
Yeah, I mean, he was always
474
00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:51,900
really high IQ for a linebacker
especially somebody that wasn't
475
00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:55,800
playing Mike.
And I mean, he really did did a
476
00:29:55,808 --> 00:29:59,600
little bit of everything.
You know, when we think about
477
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,800
some of those big plays from a
DB, we a lot of times, it says
478
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,500
interceptions, it wasn't
necessarily big hits.
479
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:09,600
I mean, we, Those two but yeah
some really key interceptions a
480
00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:15,000
couple going back for scores
Zell really yeah pick six to the
481
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,100
house, all my side of the field,
there you go, good that day, but
482
00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:23,200
I still can and they always came
in those opportune times 2,
483
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,000
right?
So yeah, having a guy that has
484
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,700
that type of awareness has done
the things that he's done in his
485
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:33,400
short career as a coach,
obviously, the NFL experience,
486
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:40,000
mostly with the Texans, and, you
know, just some of the things
487
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,400
that Pride was talking about
with the conversations he had
488
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,300
with Bud Foster about him and
obviously probably saying, you
489
00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:52,200
know, he knew who, who would he
be was, you know, word is he was
490
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,400
using some of the adibi, tape,
when coaching areas at Penn
491
00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:02,400
State so, so it's great to have
a guy like that back in the
492
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,900
building and it's that whole
thing of, as you know, we've
493
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:08,600
heard about the alumni I called
and stuff, but as you start
494
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,400
bringing back in, don't get me
wrong.
495
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:15,200
Having guys like jgw and having
Keyshawn and having Jack and
496
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:21,100
them, yes, they did.
Love to see, Vince Hall back to
497
00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:26,600
Robbie, but it would be great to
see that.
498
00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:33,300
So But having him back it just
says a lot.
499
00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:36,700
It understand it tells you
promised as the culture but it's
500
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:39,300
also one of those things as you
look forward as quick as he's
501
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,300
rose up.
And I know he was an analyst, he
502
00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:46,400
was a D2 and now he's here.
You know, if Chris Moore of is
503
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,400
what we think he can be, you're
going to have to have somebody
504
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,000
in.
Why not bring somebody in like
505
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:55,800
you know Xavier?
Yeah, because you know, no one
506
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,200
will love this place more than
him.
507
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,400
Exactly exactly.
And I think we're going to see
508
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:03,900
some dividends from that pretty
quick.
509
00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:07,000
So I'm looking forward to seeing
what he does.
510
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,500
He will type of role.
He's going to have, is that
511
00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:10,700
defensive analyst?
Yep.
512
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,500
All right so we already
mentioned it earlier but coach
513
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,500
did give the white Galt as he
calls them D.
514
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,900
Big shout out talking about the
offseason program.
515
00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:22,700
That's going to be starting
pretty soon here.
516
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,300
I don't think it started this
week.
517
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:29,200
I think it starts next week.
I might be wrong, you know, but
518
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:33,300
discussing him, basically, a DG
is a pretty young guy, but
519
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,900
obviously, he worked with his
dad for so long at, you know,
520
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,700
between Vanderbilt and Penn
State.
521
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,800
And, you know, He was just
sitting there talking about,
522
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:46,200
like deej is a real culture
driver when I hear that.
523
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:51,400
That tells me whatever problems
to get done all season.
524
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,900
Why's he knows that deej is
going to put that into effect.
525
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,900
Yeah.
Yeah, the culture driver piece
526
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:01,700
was big for me.
He said as like-minded as
527
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:06,700
anybody on the staff, he get
thinking his pride, he gets the
528
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,200
vision.
I'm going to say right now No
529
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,000
more Beachbody shit that's
cooked.
530
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,600
And I mean you know, when he
talked about the the training
531
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,200
process, you talked about the
adversity that people go through
532
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,400
in that and that really kind of
tells you a lot about the
533
00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:31,900
character, the player, what they
could handle, what they can
534
00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,100
handle, whether they're ready
for ready for a leadership role,
535
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:40,300
whether they lead, by example,
whether they're more vocal I
536
00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:42,100
think him talking about that
really gets that.
537
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,300
He understands that that helped
how important that relationship
538
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:50,900
is especially early in a new
regime here because you get a
539
00:33:50,908 --> 00:33:53,300
lay of the land.
That's really going to be your
540
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,500
first line of defense to kind of
give you that lay of the land.
541
00:33:56,900 --> 00:33:58,900
Absolutely.
The only thing he talked about,
542
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:04,800
was he really trust the white in
those adverse situations, and he
543
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,000
talked about how this is how you
recognize, who your leaders are
544
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,900
earlier if you kind of go back
when he Talks about, he knows
545
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:13,400
Prime.
He knows his vision.
546
00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:16,699
That's the guy you want, because
if the guy knows your vision,
547
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:19,600
your very like-minded, you're
going to, he's going to be going
548
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,100
in there saying, that's going to
be a captain.
549
00:34:22,699 --> 00:34:26,300
Yep, that guy's not the captain
but he's the dog on the fence.
550
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:30,500
He also no one guys that you can
push to get more out of them and
551
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,699
guys that you need to kind of
bring along.
552
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,199
Yep.
You know what a little with a
553
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:38,500
little more thought, right?
Some guys Thrive off getting
554
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,900
pushed getting.
Getting that get in their face
555
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,600
and, and some guys need a little
bit more mental, right?
556
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,100
Need a little bit with some
guys, Minds can't handle that
557
00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:52,000
the physical pushy and they can
be superior athletes and then he
558
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,900
great players and great
individuals.
559
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,699
But you have to do a little bit
mean.
560
00:34:56,699 --> 00:34:59,900
I'm sure that's going to be
related and I think that's why I
561
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:02,300
keep hearing.
I keep thinking like minded like
562
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:05,600
minded I'm sure there's going to
be times where you're probably
563
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,300
going to hear.
I'm sure probably uses it.
564
00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:13,000
This is what deej made you do
and this is the same thing.
565
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,300
I'm going to make you do.
And if you have that sort of
566
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:21,700
connection, essentially there's
no change right from season or
567
00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,500
anything.
It's all one level.
568
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,100
This is how we're doing it.
When coach has done with us,
569
00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,900
we're going to Deez Nuts, Deez,
just like coach.
570
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,600
No, there's no, like, this guy's
really hard on us.
571
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,600
Coaches.
Softer arms or Coaches soft
572
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,300
tones.
And this guy tries to kill us.
573
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,500
You, don't you keep to me?
You can't have that in the sport
574
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,100
football.
It's got to be same level type
575
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:48,400
stuff, man.
And it looks like that's why
576
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,700
these retired.
And he's a young guy, and
577
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:56,400
hopefully DG's around here for a
long time, and we can get DJ
578
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,900
five.
Instead of gentrified, I Braun.
579
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:06,200
When you heard that Pride did
not reach out to Joe Rudolph.
580
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:10,200
Joe Rudolph reached out to pry.
What was your first thought?
581
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:18,200
Damn, that's a that's a big mood
energy right there because You
582
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,800
know, we thought that this was
something that Pride kind of
583
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,600
went out on a limb for, but it
sounds like Rudolph was looking
584
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,500
for a changed.
Had a had a connection with
585
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,300
somebody else here.
Virginia Tech got it.
586
00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:32,400
Got in touch with prai said, hey
looking for a change, looking
587
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:38,300
for a little bit closer to
family and proud, laid out his
588
00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:40,800
vision, talked about what he
wants to get from an offensive
589
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,700
line and you know the next thing
you know, we got Joe Rudolph as
590
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:50,400
Their offensive line coach.
Yeah, and we talked about it,
591
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,900
two weeks ago, it got us a
static and, you know, he
592
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:58,400
mentioned really specifically
how Joe was from the Pittsburgh
593
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,800
area djoko.
Keep it and listen to it is
594
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,100
about a five, five and a half
hour drive to take.
595
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,200
So if you have a lot of family
there, a lot easier from going
596
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,400
there down at Blacksburg there
to Madison.
597
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,700
So, I wonder if that's a one of
the big driving forces, but what
598
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:20,800
got me jacked in when Price
said, here's my vision of the
599
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,500
offensive line and what he does
is what I want to do.
600
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,300
Braun.
We know how there was constant
601
00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:29,000
offensive lines have been for
years?
602
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,800
We've talked about it before and
when you hear that again and it
603
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,500
starts the the the the
everything starts turning
604
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,600
inside.
Like we're going to go try to
605
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:41,900
literally slam it down people's
throats.
606
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:45,500
Yeah.
And yeah, that's in the other
607
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:50,300
piece.
Is the recruiting piece is he is
608
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,800
always recruited the western
part of Pennsylvania, or the
609
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,000
eastern part of Ohio.
And those are areas that really,
610
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:03,000
in the last five years, we've
neglected, yeah, pulled some
611
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,500
good players, out of those
areas.
612
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:07,200
So, love hearing that, we're
going to get back into that
613
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,600
football, Rich area the country.
Yeah, I mean, you know we always
614
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,100
talk about Penn State coming
down in Virginia and eating our
615
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,100
lunch, they've been eating our
lunch in their own backyard to
616
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,500
where we used to go with, with
some degree of frequency that we
617
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,600
really don't know, really tap
into anymore.
618
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:28,500
So getting a guy that really can
has relationships with with
619
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,300
coaches and families.
There can really tap into those.
620
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:35,300
I think that's going to be big
for us, you know, aside from the
621
00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:38,600
on the field stuff which I think
is probably in terms of on the
622
00:38:38,607 --> 00:38:39,800
field.
This is probably the best.
623
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,300
Just hire.
I think of the staff in terms of
624
00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:45,900
what we can get from the all the
feel product.
625
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,500
So, absolutely.
Alright.
626
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:53,600
Next call, Brian in this was, I
don't know if this was a shocker
627
00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:55,300
lady.
It was to some of us but he
628
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,800
talked about Sean Quinn.
He talked about Sean Quinn being
629
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:04,100
that first call.
Was what what do you think this?
630
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:07,700
What do you think?
He just saw Quinn's.
631
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,600
Why do you think Sean Combs the
first call?
632
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,200
Because he doesn't have the
greatest resume.
633
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:19,600
Why he seems like his
personality really kind of fits
634
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,700
the vision of what prize trying
to do.
635
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:25,800
And I think he gets the, you
know, we talked about the swag
636
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,800
and then the blue collar
mentality, kind of a hybrid, you
637
00:39:28,808 --> 00:39:31,400
know, I think he kind of
understood understands that,
638
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,100
right?
He's a guy that's had to grind.
639
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:40,300
He's also a guy that's had to
coach players that, you know,
640
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,800
we're probably bringing some
from different areas, so, I
641
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,500
think that it wasn't just the
the blue-collar mentality.
642
00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,800
I think he's bringing a little
bit of everything there, but
643
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,800
he's a guy that had to grind for
a lot of years.
644
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,800
He's a guy that probably got
passed over for a couple
645
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,700
opportunities throughout the way
and I think price also a good
646
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:02,500
opportunity to get a guy that
really align with his vision on
647
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,600
the staff and it really.
He's been crushing it since he's
648
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,500
been here.
I mean, we see him on Twitter,
649
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:14,100
dude for a 49 year old coach.
He is on Twitter and really
650
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,800
engaging with the fan base
engaging with the folks that
651
00:40:16,808 --> 00:40:19,200
he's visiting on the, on the
recruiting Trail.
652
00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:22,200
Oh yeah, I mean outside of
cheetah, he's tweeting more than
653
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,000
anybody else and found a great
burger joint while visiting up a
654
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:30,200
note of this week and literally
every coach he'd come in contact
655
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,600
with, he's made sure to put them
on Twitter and thanking them and
656
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,700
dip and then not just saying,
thank you for letting me be
657
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,100
here.
Everything is a little snippet,
658
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,000
you know, one of the coaches.
I'm Mentioned.
659
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,100
Hey good, thank you for having
me at this school coach and yada
660
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:45,100
yada.
Hey, it was great.
661
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:49,600
Talking, the defense for you.
He's making sure he's like that
662
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,700
little Personal Touch on every
single tweet for each coach and,
663
00:40:54,400 --> 00:41:00,600
you know, I mean maybe that was
it maybe in Brent prize, mine,
664
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,200
Sean Quinn should have been a
division.
665
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:08,200
One football coach ten years ago
you said pasta I see him as a
666
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,600
glue guy he's not going to stand
out but he's the glue guy.
667
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:16,900
The guy that can bring everybody
together because you know He
668
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:20,400
grinded for years.
He took, you know, he coaching
669
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,200
the HBCU down surveillance
State.
670
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,400
Yeah, and took them from
literally, the one of the worst
671
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,600
teams in the country to win a
conference.
672
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:31,400
So if somebody says, well, we
can't do this bullshit, I went
673
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,200
to the worst and we won.
Let's get this together.
674
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,800
All right, Braun.
Lets flip on this talk about
675
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,300
recruiting we talked about
Quentin and his tweets while
676
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:43,700
he's been recruiting.
He said it out, right?
677
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:48,700
First week exclusive for the
state of Virginia outside of a
678
00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:51,100
trip to Georgia.
Although we did see Brad the
679
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:53,100
wind down there, doing some
other work.
680
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,700
I don't know if that's holding
on the Daquan or potentially
681
00:41:55,700 --> 00:42:01,500
other guys, but it looks like
pretty much every coach is in VA
682
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:05,700
this week.
Yeah, everybody's patrolling
683
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,700
Virginia seems like, except for
maybe Brad Glenn.
684
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:12,900
Looks to be making a trip back
down to Georgia.
685
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:17,300
They made a trip, I think.
Week to visit right as well.
686
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,300
They were at his high school
down in Perry.
687
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:25,000
And what they've done in
Virginia is pretty impressive
688
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:32,300
because we've seen you JC in the
804, we've seen minds and
689
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,700
cheetah out.
In the 757, we've seen Pearson
690
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:43,600
and Marv and Quinn up in Nova.
You know, we've seen heck more,
691
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,200
I'm proud and 757.
Well Marv was out in the valley
692
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,500
today.
Yeah, well gesture, I mean in
693
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:54,400
few holds down and with Ville.
That's every section of the
694
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,400
state, every section of the
state's get we're going to see
695
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,800
Holton the in our stomping
grounds, by the end of the week,
696
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,000
man.
I definitely think he's taking
697
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,900
the 58 Corridor until he gets to
about South Hill and then he's
698
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:11,700
probably going to cut back but
it's just awesome to see that
699
00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:14,500
and it's also to see the
interactions and it's also sting
700
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,900
and we've already talked about,
they get it, get it on social
701
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:21,100
media, get it like this is where
we're going and you see them
702
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:23,900
going to not only to the Name
brand school.
703
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:27,400
Yeah, you know JC was an LLC
burdell seabirds won numerous
704
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,400
state titles the last few years
Prime them an Oscar Smith.
705
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,800
Gz.
I'm blanking here.
706
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,900
Cheetah was a tedious.
Yeah, I mean she's old school.
707
00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:46,500
He's old school.
He was at Hampton, you know?
708
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:51,600
They were decreed today.
I mean, if we can just find two
709
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:56,400
players from Deep Creek of the
caliber of Hall.
710
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,900
And tap, we be great.
Yeah, I mean, It's all you need
711
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:07,800
is you seeing them also go to
schools that don't produce as
712
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,100
much talent.
And this shows you strategy
713
00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:16,700
because get in there early
because every school at some
714
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:21,300
point puts together or puts out
a big-time Talent.
715
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,900
Yeah.
Yeah.
716
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:27,900
This isn't going to be any more
of a highlight, a handful of
717
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:32,300
schools that we've had success
at and then Hammer that And then
718
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:36,400
hope we make some inroads with
some of the top top. 10 recruits
719
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,900
at the state and land maybe one
or two.
720
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:43,500
This is going to be canvassing
the entire State Building those
721
00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:46,100
relationships.
And when you finally get, you
722
00:44:46,107 --> 00:44:49,300
know, one or two guys, start
coming up through there, you got
723
00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:52,400
that relationship in place.
You can have those those those
724
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:57,200
discussions right off the bat
and kind of get in first with
725
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,700
these with these kids.
And I think that's a that's
726
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,700
important.
You know, I think we definitely
727
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:08,600
neglected the boots on the
ground, got mentality under the
728
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,500
last staff.
In terms of sitting guys into
729
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:15,200
the schools consistently and not
just when there's a top-five
730
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,800
player at that school.
Yep.
731
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:20,200
And that's what you can do
because you don't have the
732
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:25,000
relationships and this is a
relationship business alright?
733
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,200
The other cool part was kind of
Brent Pride, pulling out what
734
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,500
his vision of essentially, the
big recruiting footprint.
735
00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:37,500
The six hour radius around
Blacksburg and that encompasses,
736
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,200
North Carolina, South Carolina,
the DMV, obviously,
737
00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:45,300
Pennsylvania.
Central in the East Tennessee,
738
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,200
along with all of these Lee
Virginia.
739
00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:51,300
That's I think that's what we
feel.
740
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:54,800
We got to do but what it did it
did it shock?
741
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,200
You wear what he said when he
talked about opportunities
742
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:02,800
elsewhere.
Yeah, so I think the
743
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,200
opportunities elsewhere is
definitely going to be some of
744
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:10,300
our traditional stomping grounds
with Delray Beach Jacksonville.
745
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,100
I think those are going to be
areas that we still tap into,
746
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:17,900
you're going to get I mean if
you talk about six hour radius
747
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:21,900
you're talking about the Greater
Atlanta area to pretty much
748
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,300
right on the edge on it.
That's like six and a half,
749
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,900
right?
Yeah, right.
750
00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:29,200
Yeah.
Roundup.
751
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,900
It's six hours and 20.
It's not over the six and a
752
00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:33,400
half.
Mark, we were going around back
753
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:34,600
down to six.
We're good.
754
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:39,500
Let's, let's rate Atlanta here.
But I mean, we've done well in
755
00:46:39,508 --> 00:46:41,900
Georgia.
Obviously, we got a coach in
756
00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:46,700
Georgia, you know, finishing out
the recruitment down there with
757
00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:50,600
right and some others.
So, I think George is still in
758
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:51,800
play.
I think parts of Florida are
759
00:46:51,808 --> 00:46:55,500
still in play, but like, he said
in his previous comments, I
760
00:46:55,500 --> 00:47:01,400
mean, we're we talked about
Where we're going to aim.
761
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,800
We're not crossing the
Mississippi, unless there's
762
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:10,800
already an established
relationship with a family or a
763
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,400
player or a coach in those
areas.
764
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,600
So, you don't have a reason that
ties you back to the state of
765
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,000
Virginia or to Virginia Tech.
We're not just throwing darts
766
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:25,100
across the Mississippi, his
words, not mine, Vicki, Dortch
767
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:28,900
across the Mississippi.
So why like Kim saying it?
768
00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:32,500
Like that is if there is a kid.
For example, dad.
769
00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:36,500
As a BT Alum and it's an
upcoming recruit, we're going to
770
00:47:36,508 --> 00:47:38,200
go talk to that kid.
Yep.
771
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:42,800
Why dad went here?
Mom went here or you know it
772
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:46,000
could be one of those things
where, you know, you kind of
773
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,700
think a deep.
He's been coaching out of Texas.
774
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:52,000
If, if Xavier adibi, has a great
relationship with a school down
775
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,800
there and says this kid likes
it, he liked me.
776
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,200
Let's go after.
Yep.
777
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,200
What we're not going to see is
we're not going to see our
778
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,800
resources poured into that if
you're going to be specific.
779
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:06,700
So if we get a kid from
Colorado, don't be shocked if
780
00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:08,200
you get it.
Get from California, don't be
781
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,600
shocked.
But read why what's the reason
782
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:14,200
why we went out and got those
kids, there's going to be a very
783
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,700
specific and targeted reason for
going after these players.
784
00:48:18,300 --> 00:48:21,800
I'd say probably the only
exception, maybe a transfer
785
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:26,200
portal, add true just because
depending on, you know, one or
786
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,500
two years of Eligibility, it
might be worth a gamble on on
787
00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:31,800
going after a bigger time
player.
788
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,000
For that one or two years.
Right?
789
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,700
But if we're talking about high
school recruits.
790
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,200
Yeah, I think we're sticking
with that radius outside of
791
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,100
again.
Maybe dipping down into Georgia
792
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:44,600
and Florida.
Yeah, consistent basis.
793
00:48:44,900 --> 00:48:47,700
But the whole thing with the
Georgia and Florida stuff is a
794
00:48:47,707 --> 00:48:50,400
lot of those schools have
connections to Tech.
795
00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:52,300
Yeah, well, I mean, we talk
about the all those
796
00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:54,800
Jacksonville, the Jacksonville
schools edel raid.
797
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,700
I mean, yeah.
Atlantic and all those places
798
00:48:57,700 --> 00:49:00,400
down there and there are
numerous ones, they have an
799
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:01,900
alumni.
So it's one of those things
800
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:04,600
where It's like call up David
Clowney.
801
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:07,800
Hey, finally like this kid.
There you go.
802
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,000
There's your connection.
David Cline is on my mother can
803
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,400
need to go talk to the kid.
The other piece that I don't
804
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,900
think this is shocking thing.
This is just a day and age where
805
00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:18,900
in is, he talked about two
things.
806
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,800
He talked about the six hour
radius is because that's a
807
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:26,500
drive-in.
Yeah, six hours anywhere you
808
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:27,800
leave it.
You know.
809
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:30,100
You want to go see somebody for
a weekend.
810
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:33,200
You leave at 3:00 in the
afternoon, you there?
811
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,700
But before the middle of the
night, you have multiple days to
812
00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:41,300
spend and get back to your home.
And he talked about how
813
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:44,200
important that was, especially
for these young men to be able
814
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:47,600
to have, and he made sure, he
mention this, their parents,
815
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:51,500
their coaches, their uncle's
their family, their handlers,
816
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,900
their trainers, to be able to
come, see him during those tough
817
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:58,300
times, that it's having a tough
time in the all season.
818
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,100
And you know let's say it's one
of these kids who you know from
819
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:05,300
Columbia South Carolina or
Charleston getting the car were
820
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:07,900
there in a day.
Talk to him, get him straight
821
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:10,100
come back.
It's like Charlotte.
822
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:12,000
Charlotte Area kids, you're
talking about a less than the
823
00:50:12,008 --> 00:50:15,300
three hour drive.
So I mean Richmond, three Beach
824
00:50:15,300 --> 00:50:19,000
for in and out, even the kids,
he talked about, you know,
825
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:21,400
cultivating those re cultivating
those relationship up in
826
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:26,400
Pennsylvania, with Harrisburg
pits, Philly, Jersey, four, and
827
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:28,200
a half, five and a half hour
drives.
828
00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:31,800
Yeah.
Easy in Easy roads in to
829
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,600
Blacksburg and it's like it's
like again, he understands the
830
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:40,300
relationship piece that what you
have it, where you can put
831
00:50:40,300 --> 00:50:43,000
people who this kid is
comfortable around and they can
832
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,300
get here.
When we need them to, it's going
833
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,300
to make that kids experience.
A hell of a lot better.
834
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:53,200
Absolutely, absolutely man.
Alright, so the next thing he
835
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,500
mentioned and again he had
already shout it out.
836
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,700
You've already shout-out.
Needs he talked about how might
837
00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:01,200
Villa Grana was kind of put in
charge of the fighting up,
838
00:51:01,300 --> 00:51:02,900
Virginia.
As we mentioned, we've seen
839
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:06,800
where the guys were and he went
in their private.
840
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:10,500
Have this conversation which is
I love this because prize their
841
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:13,600
boss, you tell the boss,
whatever he wants to hear,
842
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:17,300
right?
He took the look Grana in and
843
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:19,000
just kind of asked him.
Where do you have the best
844
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:24,100
relationship?
and you know, I think that's why
845
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:29,000
we're seeing where we're seeing
certain guys at because, you
846
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:33,800
know, Coach Compton hitting us
up here.
847
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,400
Huge things to have the players
having their people present.
848
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,900
Yeah.
Massive.
849
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:43,800
Because I'm but you know, he
basically was trying to find the
850
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:48,100
lagrange's goal of that meeting
was find Connections in cinnamon
851
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:52,800
there and I think that's big
because it when you look at how
852
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,000
the state's been divided up,
you're seeing you guys that have
853
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,700
had success in those areas
before you're seeing mines down
854
00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:04,100
in the beach, you know?
Got cheated on the peninsula.
855
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:10,500
You got Bowing in the DMV you
got you guys are really getting
856
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:12,400
put where they kind of have a
footprint.
857
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,300
You got JC in the 804.
He's had some solid success
858
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:21,600
recruiting guys in the 804 and
JC probably in terms of knowing
859
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,800
the lay of the land, probably as
good or better of anybody on the
860
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,200
staff.
So he can kind of fill in the
861
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,800
gaps where some, we're some,
maybe some other guys are not
862
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:33,000
quite as strong.
So That's why you have a guy
863
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,500
like Jayceon staff aside from
the Virginia Tech connections,
864
00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:38,600
aside from how good he is on the
field.
865
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,300
Yeah.
It's true.
866
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:49,200
So the way the state was divided
up and then you know the the
867
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:53,800
last piece you know on this sort
of high school recruiting and
868
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,000
we've already mentioned it with
the photos and powder.
869
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,000
It seems like there's
conversations it's not just what
870
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,800
coach by said we don't want to
walk in and just give a
871
00:53:01,808 --> 00:53:05,800
handshake and a smile on the
picture and we want to get to
872
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:10,700
know Everybody at the school.
So I mentioned earlier JC was in
873
00:53:10,700 --> 00:53:14,800
LC Birds building talking with
an old basketball player that he
874
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:18,800
went to school with you.
You they were talking to
875
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,900
principles.
It's like, if you get to know
876
00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:25,800
where these kids are from, it's
it's more likely going to help
877
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:31,800
you out in the long run, you
know, it's, you know, have a
878
00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:34,900
hokey in the building and you're
recruiting a kid, it'll help
879
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,200
with another Hokies Talking
Tool.
880
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,900
Absolutely.
And you know I don't think this
881
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:44,200
is going to necessarily you know
win us all the battles but at
882
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:48,800
the same time it strategically
puts us in as good a position as
883
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,600
we can be in from Jump Street
and then after that, you let the
884
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:57,100
chips fall where they may.
But I think the days of us not
885
00:53:57,100 --> 00:54:01,800
being in on a kid, early enough
are gone not having the
886
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:06,000
relationships with the coaches
or the handlers to move forward
887
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:10,700
with that or Own gone.
And I think the days of us
888
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:15,000
giving up on a guy, just because
a big dog jumps in to the party
889
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,800
are gone.
I think we've got some.
890
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:19,500
I think we got some guys on the
staff.
891
00:54:19,500 --> 00:54:22,400
Who go to the nail with the big
boys, it's hard.
892
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,500
As they can and I love to see
that now.
893
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:30,100
Let's not, let's not do this.
Brent prowls very upfront,
894
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:33,700
talking about the transfer
portal that he views it on equal
895
00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:39,500
footing. you know, with high
school recruiting nowadays and,
896
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:48,200
you know, I tend to agree with
him because there's a, we talked
897
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,200
about it earlier this month
Grand.
898
00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:54,400
There's thousand kids in the
pool know some of those kids
899
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:58,000
allows kids can play.
Probably a really good game of
900
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,800
football, but they just need the
opportunity.
901
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:05,800
Yeah, I mean you're not going to
find, you know, you're not going
902
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,900
to feel your roster out that way
but you know the transfer portal
903
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:11,300
is going to be your your whole
filler.
904
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,700
Your immediate impact player on
occasion.
905
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,000
And that's what he's seems like
he's going to use it.
906
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,700
As obviously talked about, you
know, he was happy with kind of
907
00:55:21,700 --> 00:55:24,700
the progress.
We've made on that front too.
908
00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:27,000
Kind of close out.
The start of the spring
909
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:30,300
semester.
You've got four already end you
910
00:55:30,300 --> 00:55:32,800
know, possibly two more.
You're coming through.
911
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:37,100
So that's really big.
And I think we're only going to
912
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:40,500
see more of that as we get into
spring workouts, we get into
913
00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:43,600
spring practice, we're going to
start seeing a little bit more,
914
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,600
probably attrition from the
current roster.
915
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,500
Your start seeing some more
movement in the transfer portal
916
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:52,000
as we close out spring and then
get into summer workouts.
917
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:56,500
So look for that.
He said he expected another wave
918
00:55:56,500 --> 00:55:59,800
after Spring ball.
So you know buckle up for some
919
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:02,500
more portal chaos guys because
it's going to To be coming?
920
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,400
Yep, because you mentioned he
talked about, you know, talked
921
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:12,300
about having you know the winter
workouts and spring.
922
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:13,800
We're going to eat some people
out.
923
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,900
You going to eat some people
like no, this isn't what I want
924
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:17,500
to do.
I'd rather go elsewhere.
925
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:24,200
And, you know, we've already got
four in You know, two y, two,
926
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,100
quarterbacks two wide receivers
are there potentially more
927
00:56:27,100 --> 00:56:30,400
coming, we hope so because we
know we're talking about in a
928
00:56:30,408 --> 00:56:32,400
few minutes here.
There's the holes.
929
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,800
We feel like need to be filled
and it's going to be interesting
930
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:39,200
to see how they fill them.
Now, the other piece that he
931
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,000
talked about, was you cover
crew.
932
00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,500
He basically that seems like
he's for that.
933
00:56:44,900 --> 00:56:48,300
He specifically mentioned
Lackawanna, do code seems like
934
00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:50,300
like a wanted to be T.
Let's go ahead and get them
935
00:56:50,300 --> 00:56:54,000
going.
Looks like the transfer portal,
936
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,000
the Juco, these are guys who
have been, they're older,
937
00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:01,500
they're more probably physically
developed in high school kids
938
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:06,600
and to me it's something we have
not taken advantage of as much.
939
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,900
I know Brianna Marie in a more
are no or two, but it's like
940
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,900
these are on previously.
Yeah, to Dorado ever forget him.
941
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,200
Ha ha ha.
But it's like there's the
942
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,100
opportunity with these guys, the
same way and if these guys are
943
00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:25,600
true coming in as Juniors.
Well, if they don't have the
944
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,700
football sharks yet, right?
But they have the physical body.
945
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,800
You have three years with them.
They can rush for you.
946
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:34,300
Yeah.
You have you have a lot more
947
00:57:34,300 --> 00:57:36,200
opportunity.
You know, you talked about, you
948
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:38,500
know, you got the high school
kids for four to five.
949
00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:42,500
You get the Juco kids for 2, to
3, 3 to 4, 4 to get the the
950
00:57:42,500 --> 00:57:47,200
portal kids, usually 4122.
So, and in the portal sometimes
951
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,900
even More obviously.
Now with the one-time transfer
952
00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:52,800
rule, you're getting some some
true freshman coming in some
953
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:56,300
redshirt freshman, some you
know, Redshirt sophomore.
954
00:57:56,300 --> 00:57:58,900
So you're getting you know,
three sometimes three to four
955
00:57:58,900 --> 00:58:00,500
years, even with those
transfers.
956
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:04,200
So it's going to be really
interesting to see what I think.
957
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:09,500
The Juco area is something that
probably has been underutilized
958
00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:13,800
historically by Virginia Tech.
I think, you know, you don't
959
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,400
want to see a ton of players
coming coming that route every
960
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,600
But you know, I think there's
probably an opportunity for one
961
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:24,800
maybe two excited Winkle that's
a handful of cycle.
962
00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:30,700
Somewhere between 225 okay and
at position not necessarily need
963
00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:35,100
but positions either the depth
where it's like we're going to
964
00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:38,400
go look at this offensive
lineman from this Juco, he's six
965
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,600
foot four, he's already 310
pounds.
966
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:42,400
We don't need to worry about
him.
967
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:44,000
Getting the weight room and gain
weight.
968
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,400
What we need to figure out real
quick is can we teach him
969
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,900
technique and get him on the
field?
970
00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:51,600
Not this year.
But next year?
971
00:58:51,700 --> 00:58:55,200
Where you swing guard?
He's a swing tackle, whatever.
972
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:59,900
Yeah and no it's like give these
guys a chance cause some of
973
00:58:59,900 --> 00:59:03,500
these guys go there because they
don't have the grades and then
974
00:59:03,500 --> 00:59:07,200
they work themselves into good
saying give the guy's a chance.
975
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,700
Sure, Brian.
We're gonna hit this real quick.
976
00:59:10,700 --> 00:59:13,600
We don't have the spring game
yet, but basically cry said
977
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:17,100
we're pretty close.
Do you imagine we get something
978
00:59:17,100 --> 00:59:20,400
at the latest next weekend, next
weekend.
979
00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:24,600
Yeah, I could be wrong, but I
think we get something by the
980
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,900
end of the month.
So, So you just need to gain
981
00:59:26,900 --> 00:59:28,200
date.
It's it all out.
982
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,200
So we need painted ship.
I don't even care.
983
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:34,100
What spring practice starts yet.
I will in like a week, but just
984
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:38,400
give me the game date.
Please put it on a good date
985
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:40,000
where you want to know.
We want to put it on the
986
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:41,700
calendar because we will be
there.
987
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:45,500
We are trying to be there.
You can guarantee I ain't
988
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:50,600
guaranteeing it, I got three.
All right, um, last piece is
989
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:55,600
Braun was last two pieces.
Let's look first of all, you've
990
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:59,500
mentioned before, we're not a
mom-and-pop anymore.
991
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:03,200
Stewart, Carter director of
football equipment comes in out
992
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,800
of Penn State Cami Nation.
Looks like she's gonna be hired.
993
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,200
And some sort of recruiting on
campus role.
994
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:13,400
He OG of the weight room is
back, Jarrett Ferguson looking
995
01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:15,700
Like, he's going to be hired as
one of the assistant strength
996
01:00:15,700 --> 01:00:17,900
conditions coach.
And then, one sort of
997
01:00:17,908 --> 01:00:21,400
interesting piece Shayne Graham
was offered a position by coach
998
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,100
pry.
Looks like Shane's going to take
999
01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:28,900
some time to step away from
coaching, but you know, it's
1000
01:00:28,900 --> 01:00:30,400
like that.
Support staff, just keeps
1001
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:31,900
getting bigger.
Yeah.
1002
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:35,600
And Shane talked about, you
know, he said one of the upsides
1003
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:39,200
of that he's not on this staff
but the fact he's not on any
1004
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:43,500
other staff is that he can, you
know, let his hokey flag fly A
1005
01:00:43,508 --> 01:00:47,000
lot more freely now, right.
He can get up to games.
1006
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:51,300
He can you know, actively root
for the Holyoke.
1007
01:00:51,300 --> 01:00:53,200
He's on.
Yeah, Twitter, a little bit
1008
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,000
stronger than he has a recent
years.
1009
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,100
So I think that's that's
something in his comfort zone.
1010
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:02,400
I wish him well, in whatever.
The next venture is for him, and
1011
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,300
look forward to maybe catching
him up at a game.
1012
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:09,500
Sometime this fall.
But yeah, I mean the moves were
1013
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:12,500
making off the field is
definitely, you know, that
1014
01:01:12,500 --> 01:01:14,400
signal that we're not
mom-and-pop anymore.
1015
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:21,900
We're running this thing like a
business because it is it's a
1016
01:01:21,900 --> 01:01:26,900
big Dollar business at that.
We're sit the last piece here
1017
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:30,500
before we go to break because
we're an hour and we're still in
1018
01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:33,800
the presser.
Does it shock you that someone
1019
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:36,000
like Brent Pride leans on his
dad?
1020
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:40,500
Or someone like James Franklin
for trusting, a lot of the
1021
01:01:40,508 --> 01:01:43,900
decision-making.
Not because, when he talks about
1022
01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:48,300
how he built his staff, and how
he plans to recruit Virginia,
1023
01:01:48,300 --> 01:01:51,400
he's talking about communication
and relationships.
1024
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:56,600
So, obviously, if that's
important to you the person and
1025
01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,200
the people that you're to lean
on is going to be your Mentor in
1026
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,700
the sport and your father.
So, I mean, it doesn't surprise
1027
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:04,100
me that he's reaching out to
those.
1028
01:02:04,700 --> 01:02:08,900
Those people in his Circle and
leaning on them when it comes to
1029
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:11,300
some of those bigger decisions.
Nope.
1030
01:02:11,300 --> 01:02:13,800
Not at all.
And I think it's pretty cool.
1031
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,500
He, he mentioned that what?
Every wide receiver coach
1032
01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:20,800
interviewed, he talked with his
dad about, I'm assuming his dad
1033
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:24,300
as the background and wider
scooter and they say he sat in
1034
01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:27,100
on some of the interviews.
So could you imagine like doing
1035
01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:30,500
the zoom?
And the hell is that?
1036
01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:36,200
It's Dad.
Wide receivers for 40 years
1037
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:39,400
like, oh, hey, that's cool.
Also new here.
1038
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:45,400
Alright, brown one last piece.
If you have not seen folks, the
1039
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:50,100
salaries of these guys, I'm
going to, I'm going to pass out
1040
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,900
or specify, go to Tech
Sidelines, and look at David
1041
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:59,600
Cunningham's article on this.
It is from the 14th.
1042
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:03,200
So just a few days ago, lazy.
It all out.
1043
01:03:03,900 --> 01:03:08,800
Five point two, five million by
point two million run paying
1044
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:12,600
coordinators.
Both over 800,000 lowest-paid
1045
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:18,000
positional coach at 275.
Basically right at two and a
1046
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:19,500
half million for each side of
the ball.
1047
01:03:20,500 --> 01:03:24,800
Yep, Big Bowl pick.
Take boy moves and you know I
1048
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:26,300
like kind of how things are
structured.
1049
01:03:26,300 --> 01:03:29,900
I know we had talked a little
bit about you know some folks
1050
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:34,100
were shocked at that bar of hit
up at 8:25 for a first-time
1051
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:37,500
coordinator and I'm telling you
and I've set it on here, we
1052
01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,400
talked about it before, the
starting price for a coordinator
1053
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:44,300
at power 5 is now eight hundred
thousand dollars.
1054
01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:46,600
Yep.
That's the starting price.
1055
01:03:48,500 --> 01:03:52,300
So, I mean, we're just above
that at 8:25 Bowens, just just a
1056
01:03:52,308 --> 01:03:56,600
little higher than that at 8:50.
And, and that again, that's the
1057
01:03:56,600 --> 01:04:01,200
going rate for for big-time
coordinators.
1058
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,700
Now, we could go and get another
Braddock or Nelson and we can
1059
01:04:04,700 --> 01:04:06,500
pay them, five hundred thousand
dollars.
1060
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:09,800
But we don't want to go back to
that, do we?
1061
01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:13,000
Nope.
I don't think we ever want that.
1062
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:17,100
Yeah, so I'm good with the way
everything is structured here,
1063
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,300
you know, you got the running
game coordinator and passing
1064
01:04:22,300 --> 01:04:24,100
game coordinator making a little
bit more.
1065
01:04:25,500 --> 01:04:29,300
You got defensive recruiting
coordinator Derek Jones making a
1066
01:04:29,300 --> 01:04:35,300
little bit more position wise as
is JC price as associate head
1067
01:04:35,300 --> 01:04:38,100
coach.
But you know, structure top to
1068
01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:42,100
bottom, I really like the way
way the salary set up.
1069
01:04:42,100 --> 01:04:44,600
It gives us a little more
flexibility for some of those
1070
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:46,900
off the field roles and analysts
roles.
1071
01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:49,400
Some of those are still coming
down the pike.
1072
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:53,400
So look for maybe a couple more
hires in that capacity in the
1073
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:56,000
coming weeks.
Yeah, there is.
1074
01:04:56,300 --> 01:05:01,900
And again they talked about, you
know, old staff was 3.5 million,
1075
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,700
we're over 5 million.
Now we're basically what second
1076
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:09,300
highest in the They were trying
to again.
1077
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:13,600
The what is it?
The you always say the boats
1078
01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:19,700
rise ships, you know, high tide
raises All Ships or some shit.
1079
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:22,400
You go that and this is what it
is.
1080
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:26,500
This is your High Tide football
and if you're paying those guys,
1081
01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:29,700
the expectation is we're going
to make more money there, we're
1082
01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:32,300
going to be in bigger game,
going to get bigger contracts,
1083
01:05:32,700 --> 01:05:35,100
and that's, that's kind of what
it is.
1084
01:05:35,300 --> 01:05:38,400
Again, go check out David's
article on textile on very,
1085
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:40,900
worth your time.
Now Brian, before we get Get
1086
01:05:40,900 --> 01:05:43,800
into some more topics tonight.
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1087
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:48,500
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1096
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:15,600
All right.
So Brian, let's look.
1097
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:18,500
Next let's talk about the portal
real quick because obviously
1098
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:23,300
there's been some movement there
and in the last few days, since
1099
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:26,700
the last time we talked, we
picked up to Pretty One really
1100
01:06:26,700 --> 01:06:29,900
big commitment and then one kind
of makes sense commitment.
1101
01:06:29,900 --> 01:06:36,100
Let's start with Jacob, Lew wide
receiver out of Temple. 6-foot
1102
01:06:36,100 --> 01:06:42,000
185, back in 2019.
Absolutely blew up 95.
1103
01:06:42,100 --> 01:06:48,500
Ian's 1067.
Excuse me, thousand 67 yards
1104
01:06:48,900 --> 01:06:53,800
over 11 has tapered off in the
last few years but you know,
1105
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,300
kind of seeing what he had to
work with it Temple.
1106
01:06:56,300 --> 01:06:58,800
Quarterback wise, it makes
sense.
1107
01:07:00,500 --> 01:07:04,100
But he's coming here and I don't
know how this is.
1108
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:07,400
But / 24/7.
He's rated higher than Tavian
1109
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:09,700
Robinson III.
Can't see that.
1110
01:07:09,700 --> 01:07:12,700
But how do you feel about Jaden
blue Comin?
1111
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:18,400
Yeah, I mean, For the transfers.
It's really hard to, I think put
1112
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:23,100
a gauge on that just because
there's a disparity in the level
1113
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:29,100
of competition to a degree.
There's a disparity in kind of
1114
01:07:29,100 --> 01:07:34,000
who They matched up against the
play, the play calling the play
1115
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,800
Styles.
It's a little bit harder there
1116
01:07:37,300 --> 01:07:40,400
to get a good gauge on that
overall, Italian, Talent
1117
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:43,100
ability.
But I mean, I think it's a good
1118
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:47,000
good, good commit for us because
it definitely shows up a
1119
01:07:47,008 --> 01:07:51,700
position that was kind of
bleeding a little bit as a
1120
01:07:51,707 --> 01:07:56,400
result of transfers, as a result
of a couple guys moving on.
1121
01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,500
So Looking forward to see what
Jaden can do.
1122
01:07:59,500 --> 01:08:04,200
I think he immediately has some
sort of role in the two deep.
1123
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:06,000
We'll see if he's pushing for a
starting role.
1124
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:09,900
I think he probably will.
So, you know, we'll see on that
1125
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:11,100
one.
And then, you know, we had
1126
01:08:11,100 --> 01:08:15,900
another one, Stephen Gosnell.
Benji's little Benji's Big
1127
01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:23,000
Brother, Benji's Big, Brother
UNC transfer That's big because,
1128
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:27,800
you know, you're eating off a
inner conference rival Rivals
1129
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:31,700
plate there, you know, I know he
wasn't getting a whole lot of
1130
01:08:31,700 --> 01:08:37,200
push, but it, but anytime you
can, you can steal one from that
1131
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:41,000
school down south.
It's a good day.
1132
01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:43,300
It is.
And, you know, that's not a
1133
01:08:43,308 --> 01:08:45,399
little bit bigger than blaming
62.
1134
01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:48,600
He's to 10.
So a little bit more body of a
1135
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,700
receiver.
He was a three-star when he came
1136
01:08:50,700 --> 01:08:53,600
out, he Has not gotten much
playtime at all down in North
1137
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:57,100
Carolina and then obviously with
big brother little brother
1138
01:08:57,100 --> 01:08:59,899
coming here, it's really cool to
see.
1139
01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:04,600
It's really cool to see again,
Brothers on the same team and
1140
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:06,600
it's going to be really
interesting to see what he looks
1141
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,200
like again being that bigger
body and I just kind of go back
1142
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:13,000
through like Jalen Jones Duane
laufen and some of the guys
1143
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:17,399
already here he's kind of going
to be the biggest body of old.
1144
01:09:17,399 --> 01:09:20,500
All of them unless I'm missing
somebody but I'm gonna say yeah.
1145
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,399
No, I mean, he's in terms of
guys that got serious run.
1146
01:09:24,399 --> 01:09:29,000
I mean, he's definitely a guy
that, you know, it could
1147
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:31,600
potentially have a role outside
just because he is a bigger
1148
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:34,600
body, probably a little bit more
of a possession.
1149
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,600
Receiver, a stick mover than I
got, it's going to be a big
1150
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:42,399
impact in the downfield game.
So you got to you got to have
1151
01:09:42,399 --> 01:09:45,500
guys like that.
I think, you know, size-wise I
1152
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:48,600
guess pay youths, the only one
probably in the same ballpark,
1153
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:50,399
right?
But different receiver.
1154
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:52,200
Yeah.
Different, different type of
1155
01:09:52,207 --> 01:09:57,100
receiver, for sure.
Same body Master well, you know,
1156
01:09:57,300 --> 01:10:02,700
definitely, it's one of those,
we'll see.
1157
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,200
That's why we want to know when
the spring game is because you
1158
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:09,000
get to go to the spring game.
And you see these guys play,
1159
01:10:09,300 --> 01:10:11,500
sometimes things just pop out at
you different.
1160
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:15,300
All right, hon to of our former
quarterbacks committed in the
1161
01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:18,000
last few weeks to play elsewhere
knocks.
1162
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,500
Hey them going to head down to
FCS McNeese, State and
1163
01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:23,700
Louisiana.
Anna and starting quarterback
1164
01:10:23,700 --> 01:10:26,700
last year Braxton Burmeister
goes back out, west.
1165
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:31,800
San Diego State to a G5.
I don't think that there's any
1166
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:36,500
shock with the knocks Caterham
one, and maybe a little shocked
1167
01:10:36,500 --> 01:10:38,300
with Braxton.
I thought he might land at a
1168
01:10:38,500 --> 01:10:42,200
power five somewhere.
But, you know, by all means, you
1169
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:45,900
know, San Diego State football
isn't exactly wretched.
1170
01:10:45,900 --> 01:10:50,800
So, What any thoughts on?
Where they landed or did they
1171
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:52,400
land exactly where they should
land?
1172
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:56,400
I mean, I think not Knox.
Has a good fit there, you know,
1173
01:10:56,400 --> 01:10:59,500
good for him at Landing, their
FCS McNeese State.
1174
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:01,600
I think that's going to be a
good move for him.
1175
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,000
I think he probably can get
some, get some run their
1176
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:06,500
Braxton, it'll be interesting to
see.
1177
01:11:07,900 --> 01:11:10,500
A lot of people were talking
about, if he was going to stick
1178
01:11:10,500 --> 01:11:15,700
with our five, you might have to
change positions, you know, ends
1179
01:11:15,700 --> 01:11:19,500
up San Diego State, Mike Have to
change positions will see again
1180
01:11:19,500 --> 01:11:24,200
it's going to depend on what the
coaching staff has in store for
1181
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:28,600
him, but I think probably it's a
pretty good fit for him being a
1182
01:11:30,100 --> 01:11:33,400
kid out there from California.
So kind of gets back a little
1183
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:38,500
closer to home and you know,
gets an opportunity to still be
1184
01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:41,800
a starting quarterback.
Yeah, it's it again, San Diego
1185
01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:44,600
State.
This year, went to a bowl game
1186
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:46,700
was in the Mountain West
championship game.
1187
01:11:46,700 --> 01:11:51,600
So he's Going to a good program.
It's not like he's going to the
1188
01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:54,900
low of the low, so good for him,
you know.
1189
01:11:55,100 --> 01:11:58,200
Well, Tokyo is a hokie best of
luck to both those guys.
1190
01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:02,400
All right, Brian will give you
three names in order?
1191
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:07,700
Tell me, and we're excited about
all three but your level of
1192
01:12:07,700 --> 01:12:09,900
excitement and important to the
team.
1193
01:12:09,900 --> 01:12:12,400
This year that these guys are
staying Armani.
1194
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,200
Chaplain confirms, he's
returning Johnny and Jordan gets
1195
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:20,600
a 60-year and Drake Delia It's a
six-year order.
1196
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:26,800
One, two, three importance.
I'm going to put, and it's just
1197
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,400
by a narrow margin.
Johnny Jordan at the top here
1198
01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:34,500
because I was insanely concerned
about the center position.
1199
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:39,000
Let me go into this offseason
it's me Jeff Allen we're looking
1200
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:42,400
at Jack hollifield or somebody
transferring in so getting
1201
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:46,200
Johnny Jordan back for a
six-year that's huge in my
1202
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,300
opinion.
I'm looking forward to see him
1203
01:12:49,300 --> 01:12:53,200
in a starting role this year.
I'm looking forward to seeing
1204
01:12:53,200 --> 01:12:55,700
him kind of being that
quarterback of the defense
1205
01:12:57,000 --> 01:12:59,500
offensive line.
I mean, excuse me, I'm looking
1206
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:01,900
forward to that.
So I think he's going to be
1207
01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:03,800
that's probably the most
important there.
1208
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,300
We're a little bit deeper at
corner, but I'm going to put our
1209
01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:12,600
money Chapman at number two.
But put Chapman and number two,
1210
01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:19,300
I like his his game he's got
some things he needs to clean
1211
01:13:19,300 --> 01:13:21,200
up.
He needs to be a little bit
1212
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:27,300
better with his hips but I think
that's something that we can
1213
01:13:27,300 --> 01:13:30,700
work on.
But I think overall I mean he is
1214
01:13:30,700 --> 01:13:34,600
a really talented player and I
think that him coming back
1215
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:38,800
definitely takes a little bit of
sting out of losing a couple
1216
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,700
players at that position in the
offseason.
1217
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:47,700
And yeah, I think it's close but
I'll put drinking three in and
1218
01:13:47,700 --> 01:13:51,500
that's only because of the guys
that we have coming in at that
1219
01:13:51,500 --> 01:13:56,600
position with this incoming
Freshman Class, A couple of
1220
01:13:56,600 --> 01:14:01,200
which are getting a full spring
heading in there so but I think
1221
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:05,200
Drake's going to play a big role
for us in in 2022.
1222
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,300
I just think the other two were
just a hair more important in
1223
01:14:08,300 --> 01:14:10,100
terms of the positions that
they're playing.
1224
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:16,500
Okay, I hear you and obviously
you have your number one tight
1225
01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:22,000
end already right with Gallo
although we could see okay what
1226
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:25,400
are we going to do different
under, you know ball, you're
1227
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,000
definitely going to see too
tight and sets.
1228
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:28,900
You might see through Titans,
you are.
1229
01:14:28,900 --> 01:14:31,400
But the whole thing is it's
always been more than Joker.
1230
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:34,900
Where you see with phone.
At least at Penn State, you've
1231
01:14:34,900 --> 01:14:37,600
got to be a good of blockers.
You have to be a receive.
1232
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,600
You never had a lot of Joker's
up there from oof.
1233
01:14:40,700 --> 01:14:44,700
Just second all those guys
you're going to block and it's
1234
01:14:44,700 --> 01:14:47,700
kind of drink sweetness.
Hopefully I think drinks going
1235
01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:52,600
to be used more kind of like
Dalton was in this new offense,
1236
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:58,000
a little bit more just because
he's going to be asked to block
1237
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,600
from motion.
A lot more if it He's a real
1238
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:04,700
eating out a lot more versus
being in line.
1239
01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:07,200
I think that'll play a little
bit more to his strengths and I
1240
01:15:07,208 --> 01:15:09,600
think it'll be better for the
offense.
1241
01:15:10,900 --> 01:15:16,000
All right, one last piece 2022,
recruiting unit, preferred
1242
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,500
walk-on from IMG and Erica
solow.
1243
01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:21,900
The safety.
I don't think it ever hurts to
1244
01:15:21,900 --> 01:15:27,000
get anybody from that school.
If they're water boys needed a
1245
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,100
scholarship.
Potentially, take it, it might
1246
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:30,400
be the best water.
Boy, you get.
1247
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:37,400
Just because they have that many
good players coming out but you
1248
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:44,100
know we've seen more PWS, you
know offered here and there any
1249
01:15:44,100 --> 01:15:47,600
thoughts on this kid or just
it's a preferred walk-on.
1250
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:53,200
Let's hope he Sam Rogers.
I mean, yeah, you hope that he's
1251
01:15:53,200 --> 01:15:57,500
able to contribute at some point
down the road but, you know,
1252
01:15:57,500 --> 01:16:00,800
anytime you can again, establish
relationships like that with a
1253
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:02,400
school.
Like, I am G.
1254
01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:06,400
I think that's important to
Foster those relationships.
1255
01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:12,300
And, you know, I like I said, I
hope he does well, but like you
1256
01:16:12,300 --> 01:16:17,400
said, I am G anytime you can get
a IMG kid on your roster, take
1257
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:20,900
that opportunity, take the
opportunity and if anything What
1258
01:16:20,900 --> 01:16:23,500
we talked about here in the
states or in the state of
1259
01:16:23,500 --> 01:16:26,900
Virginia, it's building a
relationship, getting getting
1260
01:16:26,900 --> 01:16:29,300
the preferred walk-on kid a
scholarship.
1261
01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:34,600
It might be in two years,
there's a high for star and
1262
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:37,600
because of that early
relationship building, he comes
1263
01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:40,100
all right, Brian.
Let's switch gears a little bit
1264
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:42,900
for a few seconds here.
And talk about the Hokies hoop
1265
01:16:42,900 --> 01:16:48,900
struggles, obviously the last
two games have been wins.
1266
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:54,900
It all In the Irish, when the
stats I'm about to give you kind
1267
01:16:54,900 --> 01:16:59,900
of destroyed tonight, we
survived the NC State blowing a
1268
01:16:59,900 --> 01:17:03,500
17-point lead, but it kind of
falls into everything and I just
1269
01:17:03,500 --> 01:17:07,800
got bored last week and, you
know, this team is a top, 15%
1270
01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:11,800
scoring defense and with 300
plus teams, were roughly a top,
1271
01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:15,300
40 scorn D.
That's every game, with the
1272
01:17:15,300 --> 01:17:16,700
exception of the Notre, Dame
game.
1273
01:17:16,700 --> 01:17:18,200
We've been holding people,
right?
1274
01:17:19,700 --> 01:17:23,800
All right, with the exception of
Notre Dame, game where a bottom
1275
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:27,500
third scoring offense which is
really tough to swallow.
1276
01:17:27,900 --> 01:17:31,900
When we know how good of a
offense in mind, Mike, young is
1277
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:39,500
and like tonight, Ron I told you
before we got home we were
1278
01:17:39,500 --> 01:17:42,500
shooting over 70% from two-point
range.
1279
01:17:42,500 --> 01:17:44,900
The reason they were in that
game is we could hit the side,
1280
01:17:44,900 --> 01:17:47,400
broad side of a barn with a
3-point shot tonight.
1281
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:49,400
Yep.
Couldn't hit anything.
1282
01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:53,600
It was like 26 percent.
I think was the percentages up
1283
01:17:54,300 --> 01:17:57,200
in that kind of drives you
insane especially when you have
1284
01:17:57,200 --> 01:18:01,500
such a big lead in the only way
the team can come back in is you
1285
01:18:01,500 --> 01:18:04,600
taking lower percentage shots?
Which the 3-pointer this year
1286
01:18:04,600 --> 01:18:08,400
just has been.
Yeah, it's weird because we
1287
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,300
thought coming into this year
that the three-pointer was going
1288
01:18:11,300 --> 01:18:15,400
to be the strength of the team
and it absolutely is went the
1289
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:20,900
other direction between naheem.
Going from three storm
1290
01:18:20,900 --> 01:18:25,300
struggling from three everybody,
you know, Couture, having a
1291
01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:30,800
couple off games, it's been, you
know, hit or miss you know,
1292
01:18:30,800 --> 01:18:33,800
thankfully we've had some other
things work in our favor
1293
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:39,000
especially our defense.
But we're struggling right now
1294
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,300
on the on the from the
three-point line.
1295
01:18:42,300 --> 01:18:46,400
We got to figure out a way to
Kind of shake out of that funk a
1296
01:18:46,407 --> 01:18:50,100
little bit because I mean we
know most of these guys can hit
1297
01:18:50,100 --> 01:18:53,300
the three.
Yeah, I mean, we've seen naheem
1298
01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:56,400
do it before.
We've seen storm Murphy, do it.
1299
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,200
I'll be at in a different
League.
1300
01:19:00,500 --> 01:19:03,500
You know, they definitely have
the capacity to do these things
1301
01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:08,100
3015 to like, combine those
cabinets, you can't win many
1302
01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:10,700
games.
Especially when, you know, we
1303
01:19:10,700 --> 01:19:13,900
always a lot of people think we
get destroyed on the boards
1304
01:19:13,900 --> 01:19:14,800
tonight.
We dominated.
1305
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,200
Boards in most games we're right
at that razor thin.
1306
01:19:18,200 --> 01:19:23,500
It's like a it's a differential
of one and, you know, as far as
1307
01:19:23,500 --> 01:19:28,300
like turnovers go we roughly are
winning that battle every night
1308
01:19:28,300 --> 01:19:33,000
somewhere between two and three.
But I think my overall
1309
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:36,400
assessment, it's what these last
two games where they were
1310
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,700
nail-biters.
This is a good team.
1311
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,000
I think we're good basketball
team.
1312
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:44,800
I think if we got on the
tournament we could be anybody
1313
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:48,200
or lose to anybody.
We have the razor thinnest of
1314
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:51,900
margins.
And tonight for example when you
1315
01:19:51,900 --> 01:19:56,300
cannot hit a three especially
with a 17-point lead and you
1316
01:19:56,300 --> 01:20:00,000
keep shooting because I felt
like every time I looked at the
1317
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,500
television between doing stuff
around the house here, we were
1318
01:20:02,500 --> 01:20:07,300
taking another three and missing
it in several times.
1319
01:20:08,500 --> 01:20:11,800
Like there was the there was it
was not necessarily a super
1320
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:16,600
contested shot but kind of a
probably contested shot 10 feet
1321
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:20,900
it in and you're giving it up
for a where you are not making
1322
01:20:20,900 --> 01:20:24,100
anything from, and that makes me
lose my damn mind.
1323
01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:27,900
Oh yeah, it got better when
months got really aggressive at
1324
01:20:27,900 --> 01:20:34,000
going to the rack, whether it
was himself or kind of attacking
1325
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:37,500
the paint and then finding a
loom or somebody else.
1326
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:41,400
You're down under the basket for
an easy layup, or an easy dunk.
1327
01:20:42,100 --> 01:20:44,100
That's when the offense was
looking, its best.
1328
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:48,300
It was looking, it's worse.
When we were again, reliant on
1329
01:20:48,300 --> 01:20:54,300
taking kind of open threes.
Good looks, but not necessarily
1330
01:20:54,300 --> 01:20:58,400
wide open, well somewhere, while
and some work, some were wide
1331
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:02,100
open and I mean there were a
couple that were just just
1332
01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:06,700
missed and you know, some of the
problem is that we're getting
1333
01:21:06,700 --> 01:21:10,700
too late into the shot clock.
Because storms have a little bit
1334
01:21:10,700 --> 01:21:12,000
of trouble.
Getting the ball up quick
1335
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:16,200
getting into the offense.
So that that hurts with the shot
1336
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:19,000
selection, you can't necessarily
throw it in the post and kind of
1337
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,000
wait for things to happen.
You got to do a little bit more
1338
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:24,400
around the perimeter so that
that's kind of hurt the shot
1339
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:28,400
selection side of things.
But in general, we just need to
1340
01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:33,100
make more threes.
Better easy.
1341
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:36,000
And again that we know we know
they have the capacity to do it.
1342
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:41,200
That's why this is frustrating,
you know, that's why it's
1343
01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:45,400
frustrating because we've seen
these guys make these shots in
1344
01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:48,300
these situations before.
And I think it's also
1345
01:21:48,300 --> 01:21:52,200
frustrating, the fact that you
said this last episode Mi kyung,
1346
01:21:52,200 --> 01:21:54,000
doesn't have the quick hook for
Shooters.
1347
01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:59,300
Yeah, like too much again, the
two guys tonight Murphy would
1348
01:21:59,300 --> 01:22:03,500
probably be out there regardless
but I mean, what was to, That's
1349
01:22:03,500 --> 01:22:07,100
that's killer, and he was 3 of
15 in general.
1350
01:22:07,100 --> 01:22:11,100
And I mean do you mean not
Heinrich the he what I think
1351
01:22:11,100 --> 01:22:12,700
months?
Yeah, not bad.
1352
01:22:12,700 --> 01:22:14,400
It's getting late, folks, I'm
tired, you're good.
1353
01:22:15,300 --> 01:22:20,300
All right, couple real quick
things before we call it a
1354
01:22:20,308 --> 01:22:23,500
night.
Brian cfp expanding playoff
1355
01:22:23,500 --> 01:22:30,700
talks stalled, not a shocker and
Jeffrey got punted a couple
1356
01:22:30,700 --> 01:22:32,600
times.
I was like, Probably not getting
1357
01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:34,600
it where it's going to be ready.
In two years, we're going to
1358
01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,500
head down this way, at Albany
25.
1359
01:22:36,700 --> 01:22:41,000
Yeah, 2025 is probably where
we're looking at now, but Jim
1360
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:43,800
Phillips ACC commissioner came
out and basically made a
1361
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:48,900
statement being the first to
says, now is not the time to
1362
01:22:48,900 --> 01:22:52,600
make this change.
And I think some of us get
1363
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:55,000
upset.
Then reading Dennis, Dodds
1364
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:59,900
article further basically, every
ACC coach said, no, now is not
1365
01:22:59,900 --> 01:23:01,700
the time that they're way too
many.
1366
01:23:01,900 --> 01:23:07,100
The things going on with the new
transfer portal with the ni L
1367
01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:12,200
deals with so many other things
going on, we don't need one more
1368
01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:20,000
big change.
I tend to disagree because those
1369
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:23,900
things are done.
Those things are done, the NCAA
1370
01:23:23,900 --> 01:23:28,000
completely dropped the ball on
this but then I looked a little
1371
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:33,000
further in It seems like
big-time on ni L, but you know,
1372
01:23:33,300 --> 01:23:35,500
we have discussed that enough,
we don't need to.
1373
01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:39,200
Oh yeah, to be continued.
I think the portal piece is
1374
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:42,700
we're going to finally see it to
fruition with a normal year, how
1375
01:23:42,700 --> 01:23:45,700
it's going to work, and we're
going to, it's almost like we
1376
01:23:45,700 --> 01:23:47,800
want to see how this works a
couple years down the road
1377
01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,800
because, you know, if we're
getting kids in there, trying to
1378
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:55,200
get back out and trying to get
waivers, is it even worth it?
1379
01:23:55,800 --> 01:23:59,700
But we saw the we've seen the
portal in a true.
1380
01:23:59,900 --> 01:24:02,500
Covid year than we've seen the
portal in this transition year,
1381
01:24:02,500 --> 01:24:08,500
but we haven't really seen how
the portal Works in a normally
1382
01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:11,600
in a normal year where there's
not, you know, super seniors and
1383
01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:15,000
all this shit where you got to
completely clear roster and
1384
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:18,600
things like that.
I mean it's definitely going to
1385
01:24:18,600 --> 01:24:23,200
be Different than what it was in
the past.
1386
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:25,900
But I think there's going to be
some settling in once people get
1387
01:24:25,900 --> 01:24:32,200
a better grasp of of the portal.
Yeah, but I mean, you know, I've
1388
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:34,800
said it before, I've got no
problem with the way the portal
1389
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:39,600
is set up, but like anything,
when you get more freedom, you
1390
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:43,200
know, there's also more risk
associated with exercising that
1391
01:24:43,200 --> 01:24:46,000
freedom right, what?
So, you know, when you, when you
1392
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:49,200
get in the portal, it might be
something where you don't get
1393
01:24:49,200 --> 01:24:53,400
the Calls you're wanting and now
you're, you're kind of in no
1394
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,600
man's land.
Exactly.
1395
01:24:55,700 --> 01:24:59,700
You're in purgatory.
So that's that's the fear for
1396
01:24:59,700 --> 01:25:02,800
some of these kids and so the
hope is that people in their
1397
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:04,900
Circle or giving them good
information, right?
1398
01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:08,700
That's the most important thing.
Now, the other big piece that
1399
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:12,800
now, it kind of made sense to
why they're rejecting it.
1400
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:16,300
If you go ahead and expand the
playoffs.
1401
01:25:16,300 --> 01:25:20,100
Now it's currently under
contract with the ESPN.
1402
01:25:20,300 --> 01:25:23,500
If you go ahead and expand it,
that means you're expanding to
1403
01:25:23,500 --> 01:25:29,600
ESPN only control.
If you're not the SEC, what do
1404
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:33,300
you want?
If you're not the SEC, you want
1405
01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:39,500
a little bit more coverage,
agnostic situation for the
1406
01:25:39,500 --> 01:25:42,000
college football.
Playoff if there's going to be
1407
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:47,100
potentially eight games, leading
up to the semis in the National
1408
01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:51,400
five, in the national
championship game. if you are
1409
01:25:51,400 --> 01:25:58,100
the ACC, the Big 12, the packed
the pac-10 Pac-12, g5s Big Ten
1410
01:25:58,100 --> 01:26:02,700
even even though the Big Ten has
numerous contracts you want to
1411
01:26:02,700 --> 01:26:08,100
get everybody involved in taking
these games, no more money, more
1412
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:16,500
exposure and essentially Don't
let ESPN monopolize it because
1413
01:26:16,500 --> 01:26:19,700
they've got the Monopoly on the
bowls, he got thrown up on the
1414
01:26:19,700 --> 01:26:22,200
bowls.
I think, what, what this move I
1415
01:26:22,200 --> 01:26:27,900
think signals is that they
weren't ready to move forward
1416
01:26:27,900 --> 01:26:32,000
with the ESPN situation,
especially after the SEC,
1417
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:36,600
realignment, and how that really
kind of threw off the balance of
1418
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:40,900
the conference's, once they saw
that, they're like, all right,
1419
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:43,000
let's, let's, let's approach
this.
1420
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:47,400
A Little bit slower and let's
see if we can get some things
1421
01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:51,900
leveraged in our favor as we
move forward with this before we
1422
01:26:51,900 --> 01:26:53,800
sign off on something that we're
stuck with.
1423
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:57,200
For a good number of years,
probably five to ten years.
1424
01:26:57,300 --> 01:26:59,600
Yeah.
So it'll be interesting to see
1425
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:01,800
how the talks pick up.
I still think we're going to
1426
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:06,600
wind up at 12, eventually,
probably 2025, but who knows?
1427
01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:09,400
Now, speaking of national
championship games, Brian.
1428
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:14,200
Obviously, you and I both
watched it, you On that, pick
1429
01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:18,400
them from Georgia, outright
laying the points.
1430
01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:24,500
But did that game prove to you?
Brian that kind of an old-school
1431
01:27:24,500 --> 01:27:26,600
mentality.
Can still win the national
1432
01:27:26,600 --> 01:27:30,200
championship.
Or is it the reason old school
1433
01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:34,200
mentality?
One is Georgia has 26 NFL
1434
01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:38,400
players on defense and even they
can slow down, Alabama, when
1435
01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:40,500
Alabama's missing a wide
receiver.
1436
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:43,500
I think it's a little bit of
both.
1437
01:27:44,700 --> 01:27:49,200
I think if You don't get an
injury for Alabama.
1438
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:52,000
It's probably at least a
different game.
1439
01:27:52,200 --> 01:27:54,900
I don't know if it's necessarily
still the same outcome, but I
1440
01:27:54,900 --> 01:28:00,600
think it's a different game, but
I think George has showed that
1441
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:03,500
in the right circumstances,
you're going with that
1442
01:28:03,500 --> 01:28:07,800
old-school mentality of Defense
first controlling offense, not
1443
01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:11,500
necessarily needing to score a
ton of points but this be
1444
01:28:11,500 --> 01:28:15,600
efficient with the football.
I think that showed that that
1445
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:20,100
can still win but I think it was
also a unique scenario because
1446
01:28:20,100 --> 01:28:22,200
of some of the things that
happen during the game.
1447
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:26,700
Also unique that there's guys
like Jordan Davis that literally
1448
01:28:26,700 --> 01:28:30,000
it takes two guys to block him
every single time for these.
1449
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:34,000
That much of a man absolutely
but it was great to see, Georgia
1450
01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:37,700
win and kind of break the
monotony of Alabama.
1451
01:28:39,100 --> 01:28:43,500
So you know, we are right now.
What are we grind?
1452
01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:46,300
Ten days after the national
championship, right?
1453
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:53,000
Yeah. 360 55 days or something
like that.
1454
01:28:53,500 --> 01:28:58,100
Now, I'm way off for like, six
months until seven months.
1455
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:01,200
Yeah, it's late and I've it
math.
1456
01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:04,800
Math is a bitch.
It's just what it is.
1457
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:07,700
We're like, seven months until
kickoff.
1458
01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:10,600
Can't wait.
Can't wait for Spring ball and
1459
01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:16,200
the rest of this offseason run.
Hi Ron, anything breaking while
1460
01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:18,600
we've been out here?
I don't see anything funny when
1461
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:21,400
I think we're good to kick it.
All right.
1462
01:29:21,400 --> 01:29:24,100
Well that is going to wrap up
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1463
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:26,200
Corner podcast.
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1464
01:29:26,500 --> 01:29:28,600
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01:29:28,600 --> 01:29:32,200
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1466
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:33,700
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01:29:57,300 --> 01:30:00,000
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01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:05,800
As always for listening and as
always let's go Hokies
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Welcome back to The Foundry
Corner podcast with my partner.
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Brian Sigler, I'm Curtis Wilson,
Brian how it goes tonight.
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Yeah buddy.
We're back on a Wednesday night.
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Just watch the Hokies close out
a tight one.
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At the end, even though the
first half was pretty much all
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Hokies so good to close that.
One out and a good Wednesday
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night so far, man.
Good W.
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Hopefully get sits on the right
side of Bernardi's Bracketology
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we were just outside.
That when gets this just inside,
10
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but it's been a couple weeks
we're in the off season mode
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every few weeks were showing up
on Wednesday nights here for you
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guys.
Last time, it was Thursday.
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We're going to try to aim for
Wednesday's.
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Most weeks, and man, we've got a
show tonight, Brian.
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So much stuff, a press
conference, some transfers, and
16
00:01:36,607 --> 00:01:40,600
guys, stay, and some guys
leaving coaches salaries, which
17
00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,100
was eye-opening, but let's start
with something real fun by
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Brian.
If you have not seen already
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Hokie Nation.
Go look up on BT.
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Twitter re T, Instagram or
Facebook page?
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Coach pry gets involved in the
traditional first, snow Flight
22
00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,800
of the Year snowball playing
smooth.
23
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,000
These snow fight between the
student body and the corps of
24
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,300
cadets, and It was, it's
refreshing.
25
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,000
It's he was having a blast and
probably.
26
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Was he making just nice.
Little little snowballs.
27
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You throw at your kids to have
my use?
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He was checking coconuts, man.
I just talking coconuts.
29
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I mean, he was in the motion
like, oh yeah.
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Oh yeah, he was like, the kids
are Jackie.
31
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They show the video in his.
He's walking towards it.
32
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You hear somebody say?
Holy mother.
33
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I don't know if they said, holy
shit or what but you could hear.
34
00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:52,100
Oh my God it's coach.
And he gets swarmed and and then
35
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the next thing you know he's
walking across to the core and
36
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what was so cool about it at
first, it was they were just you
37
00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,700
can see they didn't know what it
was.
38
00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:07,100
And then all of a sudden that
first guy noticed and then the
39
00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:08,800
rest of them noticed.
Yep.
40
00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,900
And just exuberance from them.
Yeah, it's good to see a guy
41
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that gets Virginia Tech like pry
does.
42
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And I mean, I know we said this
probably ad nauseam.
43
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It's been all over Twitter.
Yes, this guy gets it, like,
44
00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,800
it's getting cliche this point
but this guy fucking gets it.
45
00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:49,000
He died.
That's what students do.
46
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That's what we did.
You know, when we visit a tank
47
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is undergrad, you go to PK's,
you get some wings, he got his
48
00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:58,500
own lemon pepper, wet that he
made the cheetah Wing, which I'm
49
00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:02,200
not a big drag guy.
But I gotta say that, that that
50
00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:07,400
sounds pretty good those wings,
you see him taking pictures out
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00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,200
in the community like they get
it.
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It's like, this is home, is
truly a, it's no longer just a
53
00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:17,200
slogan.
Yeah, it is like there.
54
00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:20,399
They're get it.
Like, let's get in here, get in
55
00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:24,200
the community, do some fun
things, go to places, people go
56
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be seen and it doesn't feel
forced.
57
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I think that's the big thing.
It feels authentic if it was
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like checking boxes like no,
that would be one thing.
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00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,500
But I mean, this feel the feels
authentic.
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It looks like they genuinely
enjoy getting out in the
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community.
Enjoy interacting with the folks
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in Blacksburg, enjoy as prided.
Participating in a hokey
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tradition.
Yep, it just, it feels different
64
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man and I mean, I know, you
know, you can only win the first
65
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off season Once, but yes you
later they are kicking its ass
66
00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:04,800
right now.
They are going hard after it to
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00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,700
win the all season and I tell
you, you know, last week we also
68
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had him go hard at that press
conference knocking it out of
69
00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:15,900
the ballpark again.
Fine we got so much to unload to
70
00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:19,500
this thing.
You got new hires, he talks
71
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about numerous members of the
staff.
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00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:25,500
But let's start with this, when
he was talking about how he put
73
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the staff together, he had a few
things.
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He said, and I know the one that
caught your eye and then as we
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look at the guys that kind of
makes sense, it's that he talked
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about, he wanted a good blend of
young guys who have high
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football like, use to me.
I hear he says that he's saying
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Chris Marquis and Tyler bone and
with high ceilings and then he's
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talking about just And guys,
that can recruit.
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And you know, every piece of
this staff, it looks that way.
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It looks that way, and it looks
like the staff was put together
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with thought.
It wasn't just Who were the
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guys?
I can bring in it.
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Was all right, which guys are
going to work with the others
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which pieces are going to get
us.
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What we need on the recruiting
Trail on the football field and
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off the football field because
that stuff is important to.
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And it seems like the, the mix
the blend that he was able to
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come up with, is looking good.
So far again, we're still early
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we got some some good early
returns and obviously the
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enthusiasm that there Bring to
the table is, is next level
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right now.
So, yeah, you know, obviously
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again, we'll see what that that
Trans in the future.
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But yeah, yeah, as you said
Marv, Bowen, both the High
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football IQ guys.
High ceiling.
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You got Quinn.
You got Glen.
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Yeah.
Holt you got cheetah obviously.
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So you got guys It can recruit
and get guys in the building
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too.
So it's also funny because
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something he mentioned and if
you just kind of go back to the
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DNA of what Virginia Tech is, he
talked about Anita guys that did
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BT and sort of BT's, it's one of
those cultures.
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Where are we just all super a
lot of people always say we're,
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we're really blue collar
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Know there are parts of this
program that are really blue
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collar.
Guys, who worked their butts
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off, Sean Quinn's, and as like
bread, Glenn who have worked
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their butts off to get
somewhere.
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Like this.
Heck, yeah.
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But we're still a DB you.
We still had some of the most
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electric running backs in the
2000s.
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Yep we have some swag and you
kind of see, you know, we see
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cheetah and you see Marv and you
see some of these other guys,
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they have that little bit of
Swag that's what Blended so well
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for so many years where yes, we
have a blue-collar worth ethic
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But if we get a chance to dog,
you, we're going to dog you.
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We're going to swag you out.
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And that's what it seems like.
He knew like, I just don't need
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a bunch of blue collar guys, but
I don't need a bunch of Just
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Swag.
Guys, I gotta have a blend of it
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and were you shocked Bronwen?
He kind of mentioned that he had
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friends.
That wanted to, you know, come
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here and he basically said you
don't make sense here and he
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Basically said he had to make
tough phone calls to friends of
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his to say.
I'm not hiring you.
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Yeah, we didn't get a Core
Nelson here as a result of this
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hiring process.
I mean, I'll call it like it is,
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I mean, at this point, he's
hiring guys, he knows he's
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hiring, guys, he's had, he's
crossed paths with but he's not
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hiring a direct or even a
handful of direct protégées or
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guys.
He's worked with for many, many
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years consecutively.
It's, this is not the the buddy
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buddy system, but at the same
time, it's a good collection of
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guys, whose Personalities seem
to mesh well even when they're
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not necessarily similar, right?
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That's a biggie.
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is kind of like, they asked him,
what was he looking for in guys,
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right?
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people skills.
He wanted to people to be able
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to write to the families and
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I think that's big, especially
in recruiting, you've got to
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know the areas of the state, the
areas of the region, he wanted
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great communicators in.
He talked about harboring, the
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former player relationships, and
it looks like, obviously would,
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you know?
Pearson that's helping.
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But, you know, we saw that like,
you know, if following Twitter
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today last few days, There, you
know, JC price, even though he's
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a hokie goes into LC Bird and
his pictures, not even with the
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football coach.
He finds that it's a former
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basketball player.
He knew when he went there,
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right?
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And then some of these other
guys taking pictures with who
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was it?
That took a picture with someone
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that you JC, not even football
player but new JC and he's the
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principal of the school.
And you see that and it's just
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like you talked about people
skills that's understanding.
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I'm you here.
Where's our relationship?
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How can we build a relationship?
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And finally that commonality in
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to.
I mean, talk about just
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fostering those relationships
with folks in the school.
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I mean, having a good
relationship doesn't just start
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with the head coach of that
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It's it's kind of a trickle down
across the board and when you've
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got those type of relationships
that you can tap into, it's only
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going to make the recruiting
process easier and we talked
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about Former players.
I mean, we're going to talk
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about him in a little bit here
when we get to him.
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But you know, we already had JC
and piercing on here but we got
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somebody else off the field.
That's pretty big in terms of
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former player relationships as
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So that's big obviously people
skills and and just the
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communication in general, I
think is the big thing.
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This staff seems to understand
communication both with the fan
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base with The players with the
High School coaches, they get
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the importance of the
communication piece and we're
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seeing that play out in real
time in terms of just general PR
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and well, feeling well about the
program this is as high as it's
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been in a while.
We haven't even won any games
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yet like but and I know we
talked about honeymoon period
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but This is different because
we're actually seeing a
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difference.
It's not just okay, new coach.
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There's hope we're actually
seeing tangible differences
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happen already in this process.
New coach.
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There's always hope with the new
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That's anything like that.
We both went through that with
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our NFL teams last few years,
but again, it's, there's a
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change.
We see the presence.
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We see things, do you and done
differently.
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We see that this is a change.
This is a culture change.
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Change for the better.
This is a culture change back to
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what Virginia Tech does best.
And that thing is something else
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that really impressed me that
during this interview, he talked
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about the coaches, obviously,
that was easy, but him given
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specific.
Shout out to filigrana Hazel and
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Gault, just like he specified
and made sure that they were
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mentioned.
And that tells you a lot about
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his leadership skills, because
those guys are behind the
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scenes, we like, Ali will never
see them in front of a
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microphone getting interviewed
by the Press because of the jobs
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they do, but they sure in that
presser to specifically mention
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them and that says a lot about
his leadership skills and
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laughing.
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I mean the most we might ever
see them is like one of those
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quick cut videos that get
dropped on the the Twitter
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timeline from the football
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Something something like,
quickly running through this or
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that.
Or like they did with, with,
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he'll guard doing some of the
strength, and conditioning
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discussions before, the workouts
that you might see, God, doing
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something like that, but you're
not going to see these guys
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front and center, you know, week
to week, month to month, it's
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going to be kind of very one off
at best.
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And again, God's probably the
leader on that just because of
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the strength and conditioning
aspect of his job.
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Absolutely.
All right, Brian.
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Well, let's turn to it.
We've got some new hires to
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discuss and Finally we get to
discuss officially yeah,
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collarbone named offensive
coordinator and tight ends Coach
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Bo.
And if you guys haven't done
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your research on and he played
at Maryland, 2007 to 2009 he was
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an offensive lineman I think
Brian's immediately excited and
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oh Lyman is now the o.c. but
allow me to make the best
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overseas book it but essentially
after he you know got out he
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immediately started coaching you
missy Distant down at Maryland.
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Then a g a moved over to Towson
as a as a tight ends coach, then
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up to Penn State, then he kind
of got his season and I think
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probably what we can expect.
He went to Fordham.
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Joe moorhead's, a head coach.
He was the old line coach there
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in 15 with Moorhead.
Moorhead goes to Penn State.
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After that he takes over OC
duties explosive.
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Offense, coach Chase Edmunds
into being a fourth-round pick
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from Fordham.
If you don't know where Fordham
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is, it's in New York City, they
don't have a lot of NFL players
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in this day and age.
If you know your history, the
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seven blocks of granite were at
Fordham.
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Read on that.
Then some mornings.
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Yep the Bronx and then oh well
coach at Maryland then tighten
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coaching of recruiting
coordinator Penn State for a few
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years.
Then he get the cosita like we
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talked about other Penn State
and then finally, you know, he
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was down in Jacksonville this
year, as a tight ends coach, you
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know, whatever happened at Penn
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But Brian.
What else do you feel?
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What else?
You know, hearing from private,
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really got you excited because I
like that resume.
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Tell me the guy wants to be a
football coach and is invested
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in it.
Yeah, he wants to be a coach and
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just circling back to what prize
said, very high Q guy, you know,
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call the call, the Cotton Bowl.
When they dropped over 50
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points, they did familiar with
the offensive style.
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That Pride likes to run very
knowledgeable, the game
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recruiting in the DMV, in
Virginia area, while he was at
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Penn State.
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Go to force.
Seven and look up.
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This guy can recruit now.
Delete, recruiter.
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So he clearly has a game there.
And, you know, the one thing
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that was interesting to me that
he talked about, was the whole
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Jacksonville situation.
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Jag's wouldn't give him a real
release.
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My assumption is that he was
higher on the pecking order.
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Once Urban was out in terms of
the offense and his role in it,
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so they probably didn't want to
let him out of that.
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Were some of the couple other
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It and it was like two weeks
later but they got a release
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from their deal while you know.
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Boneheads to stay on to the end
there but he was able to work
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with the GM down there.
So he could vet all the
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offensive staff as they were
moving along in the process
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there.
So that was important.
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And it was important for us to
know that because you don't want
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just to assume that prize
hiring, all these guys that are,
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you know, working under Bowen.
Very heavily and he didn't have
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a say in the process.
So knowing that he was in on
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that had those conversations
with the coaches and got to have
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those conversations with pride
before the higher was made?
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I think that's important.
Yeah, well first of all, the GM
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of the Jags is Trent baalke
before me, 49ers GM, who ran,
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horrible out of town.
After basically, that guy came
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in and put us in the Super Bowl
and put us winning four
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consecutive year.
So I think he Jerk.
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First of all, Curtis is salty.
I don't like Trent baalke do he
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doesn't know how to draft
players, either.
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He dropped a lot of torn ACL,
guys.
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In a lot of guys, way too early
in my opinion, but that being
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said, I think it's what Brian
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Because with Jacksonville
Darrell Bevell d.o.c., he became
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the head coach and shot.
Brian Schottenheimer became the
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o.c.
So, I have a feeling where he
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was in the pecking order, he
probably became like the pass
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game coordinator or the Run game
coordinator in that.
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Situation.
He was, he was working right
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under Schottenheimer.
He was working pretty up there,
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which is, which is a good thing
because that tells you that guys
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like Darrell Bevell Brian,
Schottenheimer long tenured NFL,
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coaches had a lot of confidence
in that guy and talk about you
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hurting Vetti, vetted every
single person on the staff.
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This is his staff and this is
kind of how broke I said, it's
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his step.
He vetted All These Guys, these
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are his guys.
This isn't like Brent said, hire
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this guy.
And as far as the offense goes
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here style, he's the style.
I want to run kept digging
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around.
We're going to run the ball.
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It's not even a question about
it.
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How how we run it?
And we run it with.
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But I look back at the Fordham
stats from 2016 and basically it
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was a 3-2 to run the pass and
that's kind of more heads deal
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to always will run them past the
passing game though, it's not
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completely.
Forgotten about.
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I can't wait for Brian to get
into looking at some of these
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schemes of what we can expect,
obviously being a tight ends
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coach.
I think we're going to get some,
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I mean, he coached just seki, he
coached Fair Booth, he's coached
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quite a few number of tight ends
who are in the league in at the
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top end.
So you know really love this
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about him.
It was one of those names when
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you heard it, you read it
immediately.
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Liked it.
But Brian, let's flip to the
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next position because two weeks
ago, we were here in light
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brown.
We were here in Tony Washington,
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who work, and this will, this
was out in public, this wasn't
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behind pay walls, this wasn't
somebody dming us saying, hey,
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this is what we're hearing,
these were public
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acknowledgements.
And then all of a sudden It
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comes down or hiring somebody
Virginia connections.
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And then literally literally
fontelle Minds is named the wide
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receiver coach on tell Minds
plated UVA back from 2007 to
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2008, usually 2000. 22 2006.
So obviously from some of their
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better years in the early 2000s
and then he spent three years
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with the Bears in the pros and
with him not long after getting
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out of the pros again, right to
coaching didn't waste any time,
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start it out here at Hermitage
high school, then move down a
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challenge down in North Carolina
coaching receivers and tight
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ends.
Then back to Richmond working at
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U of r with wide receivers and
tight ends from 13.
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From 12 to 14, receiving 12 to
16 then moves over to JM you for
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a couple good years there.
Mike Houston years travel with
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goes down to ECU after that
receivers, and tight ends.
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And then ODU last year he's a
UVA grad.
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You know, some people will hate
it.
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Some people will love it.
When people just love the rub
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salt in the wounds of UVA fans
basically saying this is one of
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your own and he'd rather coach
here and that's fun, although
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detectives that hated you got
it.
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Like, listen, Just has a good
coach just has a good recruiter,
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but what more did Coach Pratt
talk about with fontelle are
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obviously a lot of Virginia ties
of also he has a big closeness
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with a lot of former Hokies
between guys that played in the
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804 guys.
He played against when he was at
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UVA and obviously you played
against some damn good hockey
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teams when he was at UVA, there
looks like he was one of the, I
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guess, probably the first full
class that grow.
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Recruited during that transition
there.
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So, but I mean I noticed
numerous numerous former Hokies
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talking this guy up and that I
think that speaks a lot to his
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ability and, you know, he's
worked with wide receiver, most
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of his career.
So he's definitely a season
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coach on that front.
So we're getting a pretty
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seasoned coach, despite his age.
And we're getting a guy that can
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recruit the hell out of
Virginia, and I think that's a
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good One-two, punch right there.
Yeah the recruiting thing is big
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and you're hearing more stories
about him.
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That he's basically been
recruiting Virginia his whole
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career, it makes sense.
Between U of r, j mu and ECU in
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the way it looks.
He's going to have who certain
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territories very crucial to this
state, but it just seems like
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he's younger, has he
experienced?
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I know, a lot of people are
likely coach tight, Tins.
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And he was a tight in the
majority of his game has been at
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wide receiver since he became a
coach.
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Yeah, and, you know, it, it was
just nice to see a lot of the
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former Hokies that again, our
era and I say of our era when we
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were younger like congratulating
happy, you know, joking with
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them a little bit.
Like, you know, you got to the
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right side and it's one of these
things to that.
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Let's think here.
Where I can put this.
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He seems like he's going to be a
culture fit because he you know
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he seems one of those
blue-collar guys, right?
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Play tight end.
Went to Hermitage and has worked
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his way up here.
Didn't didn't like come out and
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immediately get a couple jobs
and then he's, in D1, literally
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had to work his way up to D1.
Yeah, and it's that whole thing
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we talking about blue, collar or
flash.
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It seems like there's a lot of
blue collar and him and I think
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a lot of us can pay dividends
because it seems like this guy
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people like him.
He's been recruiting coordinator
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at several different places.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to see
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what he can do.
I like, what I've already seen
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on the road, he was with Coach
prize this week.
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They were down in the Oscar
Smith down at a bunch of other
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schools in the 757 this week so
far where they hit up today.
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Here it is.
I have to go back and look, I'll
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Western Branch.
Western Branch has some
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variation day as a big one down
there.
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It's a big receiver down there
that.
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Yeah, just I think he's going to
be a good fit and again, I'm
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sure he's going to get some
grief here.
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There between some of the 0 key
players that are on the staff,
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but I think he's going to be a
solid addition for Brian.
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Not done yet.
Let's start getting to the
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support staff.
And let's talk about this one
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for.
We talk about this big one
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Brian, Chris hired, as the
senior offensive analyst, if you
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didn't know, because it probably
wasn't talked about or even
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spoken to with people.
He was hired last year as just
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an offensive analyst for the old
staff and he hangs around Chris.
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Native a Blacksburg brother
coaches at Radford dad's a
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legendary coach.
You know here hampden-sydney
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graduate Brian.
Yeah I did a coached with pride
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down at Louisiana Lafayette with
bustle back in the day.
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They both with Gaz together in
95, you know, or part of a UMass
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staff.
That one the FCS back in the
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late 1990s was under Pelini up
at Youngstown.
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State is, is 0 C.
So he has a good track record.
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He does not have a lot of big
known stops, but it seems like
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he's He's a very respected
offensive mind.
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Yeah, it seems that way, you
know, they gave him the senior
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analyst title there.
And I think the thing that I
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like the most that when he was
talking about Chris and he's
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like, yeah, he's a senior
offensive analyst, but we might
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have him on the defensive side
of the ball.
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And the more I got to think
about is like, okay, this this
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kind of makes sense because As a
defensive coach, sometimes you
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get a little bit into the weeds.
It's nice to have a offensive
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minded person on your side of
the ball and your practice feel
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that can say, hey If you do
this, you know, we can counter
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with this.
It's going to be pretty easy to
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take advantage of that scheme or
that call, you know, whatever it
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may be having somebody that has
that.
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Type of History has that
relationship and can make those
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kind of calls on the defensive
side.
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See things through the offenses
eyes that's going to be big for
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them.
I think and that's the type of
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role I kind of envisioned when
Pride was talking about, you
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know, you might see him on the
defensive side of the ball.
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All as an offensive analyst.
So, looking forward to see what
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Chris can do.
Obviously, he was there last
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year, so let's see if he can
keep it moving.
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Yeah.
And again, guy probably was
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connections around the, you
know, the local area there as
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far as recruiting goes, I know
they can't touch it but never
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hurts to have somebody that's in
somebody else's ear.
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All right, Brian, this one was
big.
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And we got notified by this and
we kind of got tea leaves that
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it was a if you like if you
watched in the 2000 you're going
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to love it.
Well, first of all, that makes
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your head go 1,000 miles an hour
because there were so many great
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players in the 2000's.
And then we finally got when
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that it was going to be Xavier
adibi, hires a defensive
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analyst, Ron's talked about it.
And I cannot remember Brian on
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our Mount Rushmore.
Yes.
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No, I can't remember that far
back.
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I'm getting too old for this
shit.
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I want to say he made it.
I can't remember though, either
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way he will.
He belongs there for sure
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Brian's favorite line, but he's
definitely in the discussion, no
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doubt.
No.
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But anyway, if you don't know,
if you're younger Hokies fan,
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Xavier didin was the
prototypical perfect hacker.
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Perfect, All-American, two-time
all-sec selection, two-time ACC
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Champion.
Fourth-round draft, pick of
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Houston played several years was
inducted into the Hall of Fame
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this past season and Having that
guy back.
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This is culture is one thing
that's that's huge but he's been
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building his resume up for a few
years here.
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Now you know he started at
Arkansas as an analyst and then
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worked his way into d 2 and
basically had his defense at
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Texas A&M Commerce.
Giving up under 215 yards, a
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game under 13 points.
A game was one of the finalists
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for like what is it coordinator
of the year?
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R4d to them in a short period of
time as basically exploded on
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the scene and luckily he's ours.
Yeah, I mean, he was always
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really high IQ for a linebacker
especially somebody that wasn't
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playing Mike.
And I mean, he really did did a
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little bit of everything.
You know, when we think about
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some of those big plays from a
DB, we a lot of times, it says
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interceptions, it wasn't
necessarily big hits.
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I mean, we, Those two but yeah
some really key interceptions a
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couple going back for scores
Zell really yeah pick six to the
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house, all my side of the field,
there you go, good that day, but
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I still can and they always came
in those opportune times 2,
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right?
So yeah, having a guy that has
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that type of awareness has done
the things that he's done in his
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short career as a coach,
obviously, the NFL experience,
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mostly with the Texans, and, you
know, just some of the things
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that Pride was talking about
with the conversations he had
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with Bud Foster about him and
obviously probably saying, you
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know, he knew who, who would he
be was, you know, word is he was
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using some of the adibi, tape,
when coaching areas at Penn
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State so, so it's great to have
a guy like that back in the
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building and it's that whole
thing of, as you know, we've
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heard about the alumni I called
and stuff, but as you start
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bringing back in, don't get me
wrong.
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Having guys like jgw and having
Keyshawn and having Jack and
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them, yes, they did.
Love to see, Vince Hall back to
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Robbie, but it would be great to
see that.
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So But having him back it just
says a lot.
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It understand it tells you
promised as the culture but it's
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also one of those things as you
look forward as quick as he's
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rose up.
And I know he was an analyst, he
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was a D2 and now he's here.
You know, if Chris Moore of is
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what we think he can be, you're
going to have to have somebody
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in.
Why not bring somebody in like
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you know Xavier?
Yeah, because you know, no one
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will love this place more than
him.
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Exactly exactly.
And I think we're going to see
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some dividends from that pretty
quick.
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So I'm looking forward to seeing
what he does.
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He will type of role.
He's going to have, is that
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defensive analyst?
Yep.
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All right so we already
mentioned it earlier but coach
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did give the white Galt as he
calls them D.
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Big shout out talking about the
offseason program.
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That's going to be starting
pretty soon here.
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I don't think it started this
week.
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I think it starts next week.
I might be wrong, you know, but
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discussing him, basically, a DG
is a pretty young guy, but
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obviously, he worked with his
dad for so long at, you know,
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between Vanderbilt and Penn
State.
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00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,800
And, you know, He was just
sitting there talking about,
522
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:46,200
like deej is a real culture
driver when I hear that.
523
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:51,400
That tells me whatever problems
to get done all season.
524
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,900
Why's he knows that deej is
going to put that into effect.
525
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,900
Yeah.
Yeah, the culture driver piece
526
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:01,700
was big for me.
He said as like-minded as
527
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:06,700
anybody on the staff, he get
thinking his pride, he gets the
528
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,200
vision.
I'm going to say right now No
529
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,000
more Beachbody shit that's
cooked.
530
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,600
And I mean you know, when he
talked about the the training
531
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,200
process, you talked about the
adversity that people go through
532
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,400
in that and that really kind of
tells you a lot about the
533
00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:31,900
character, the player, what they
could handle, what they can
534
00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,100
handle, whether they're ready
for ready for a leadership role,
535
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:40,300
whether they lead, by example,
whether they're more vocal I
536
00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:42,100
think him talking about that
really gets that.
537
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,300
He understands that that helped
how important that relationship
538
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:50,900
is especially early in a new
regime here because you get a
539
00:33:50,908 --> 00:33:53,300
lay of the land.
That's really going to be your
540
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,500
first line of defense to kind of
give you that lay of the land.
541
00:33:56,900 --> 00:33:58,900
Absolutely.
The only thing he talked about,
542
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:04,800
was he really trust the white in
those adverse situations, and he
543
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,000
talked about how this is how you
recognize, who your leaders are
544
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,900
earlier if you kind of go back
when he Talks about, he knows
545
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:13,400
Prime.
He knows his vision.
546
00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:16,699
That's the guy you want, because
if the guy knows your vision,
547
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:19,600
your very like-minded, you're
going to, he's going to be going
548
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,100
in there saying, that's going to
be a captain.
549
00:34:22,699 --> 00:34:26,300
Yep, that guy's not the captain
but he's the dog on the fence.
550
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:30,500
He also no one guys that you can
push to get more out of them and
551
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,699
guys that you need to kind of
bring along.
552
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,199
Yep.
You know what a little with a
553
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:38,500
little more thought, right?
Some guys Thrive off getting
554
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,900
pushed getting.
Getting that get in their face
555
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,600
and, and some guys need a little
bit more mental, right?
556
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,100
Need a little bit with some
guys, Minds can't handle that
557
00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:52,000
the physical pushy and they can
be superior athletes and then he
558
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,900
great players and great
individuals.
559
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,699
But you have to do a little bit
mean.
560
00:34:56,699 --> 00:34:59,900
I'm sure that's going to be
related and I think that's why I
561
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:02,300
keep hearing.
I keep thinking like minded like
562
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:05,600
minded I'm sure there's going to
be times where you're probably
563
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,300
going to hear.
I'm sure probably uses it.
564
00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:13,000
This is what deej made you do
and this is the same thing.
565
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,300
I'm going to make you do.
And if you have that sort of
566
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:21,700
connection, essentially there's
no change right from season or
567
00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,500
anything.
It's all one level.
568
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,100
This is how we're doing it.
When coach has done with us,
569
00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,900
we're going to Deez Nuts, Deez,
just like coach.
570
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,600
No, there's no, like, this guy's
really hard on us.
571
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,600
Coaches.
Softer arms or Coaches soft
572
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,300
tones.
And this guy tries to kill us.
573
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,500
You, don't you keep to me?
You can't have that in the sport
574
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,100
football.
It's got to be same level type
575
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:48,400
stuff, man.
And it looks like that's why
576
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,700
these retired.
And he's a young guy, and
577
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:56,400
hopefully DG's around here for a
long time, and we can get DJ
578
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,900
five.
Instead of gentrified, I Braun.
579
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:06,200
When you heard that Pride did
not reach out to Joe Rudolph.
580
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:10,200
Joe Rudolph reached out to pry.
What was your first thought?
581
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:18,200
Damn, that's a that's a big mood
energy right there because You
582
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,800
know, we thought that this was
something that Pride kind of
583
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,600
went out on a limb for, but it
sounds like Rudolph was looking
584
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,500
for a changed.
Had a had a connection with
585
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,300
somebody else here.
Virginia Tech got it.
586
00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:32,400
Got in touch with prai said, hey
looking for a change, looking
587
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:38,300
for a little bit closer to
family and proud, laid out his
588
00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:40,800
vision, talked about what he
wants to get from an offensive
589
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,700
line and you know the next thing
you know, we got Joe Rudolph as
590
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:50,400
Their offensive line coach.
Yeah, and we talked about it,
591
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,900
two weeks ago, it got us a
static and, you know, he
592
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:58,400
mentioned really specifically
how Joe was from the Pittsburgh
593
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,800
area djoko.
Keep it and listen to it is
594
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,100
about a five, five and a half
hour drive to take.
595
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,200
So if you have a lot of family
there, a lot easier from going
596
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,400
there down at Blacksburg there
to Madison.
597
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,700
So, I wonder if that's a one of
the big driving forces, but what
598
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:20,800
got me jacked in when Price
said, here's my vision of the
599
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,500
offensive line and what he does
is what I want to do.
600
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,300
Braun.
We know how there was constant
601
00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:29,000
offensive lines have been for
years?
602
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,800
We've talked about it before and
when you hear that again and it
603
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,500
starts the the the the
everything starts turning
604
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,600
inside.
Like we're going to go try to
605
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:41,900
literally slam it down people's
throats.
606
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:45,500
Yeah.
And yeah, that's in the other
607
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:50,300
piece.
Is the recruiting piece is he is
608
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,800
always recruited the western
part of Pennsylvania, or the
609
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,000
eastern part of Ohio.
And those are areas that really,
610
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:03,000
in the last five years, we've
neglected, yeah, pulled some
611
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,500
good players, out of those
areas.
612
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:07,200
So, love hearing that, we're
going to get back into that
613
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,600
football, Rich area the country.
Yeah, I mean, you know we always
614
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,100
talk about Penn State coming
down in Virginia and eating our
615
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,100
lunch, they've been eating our
lunch in their own backyard to
616
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,500
where we used to go with, with
some degree of frequency that we
617
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,600
really don't know, really tap
into anymore.
618
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:28,500
So getting a guy that really can
has relationships with with
619
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,300
coaches and families.
There can really tap into those.
620
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:35,300
I think that's going to be big
for us, you know, aside from the
621
00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:38,600
on the field stuff which I think
is probably in terms of on the
622
00:38:38,607 --> 00:38:39,800
field.
This is probably the best.
623
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,300
Just hire.
I think of the staff in terms of
624
00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:45,900
what we can get from the all the
feel product.
625
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,500
So, absolutely.
Alright.
626
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:53,600
Next call, Brian in this was, I
don't know if this was a shocker
627
00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:55,300
lady.
It was to some of us but he
628
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,800
talked about Sean Quinn.
He talked about Sean Quinn being
629
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:04,100
that first call.
Was what what do you think this?
630
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:07,700
What do you think?
He just saw Quinn's.
631
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,600
Why do you think Sean Combs the
first call?
632
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,200
Because he doesn't have the
greatest resume.
633
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:19,600
Why he seems like his
personality really kind of fits
634
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,700
the vision of what prize trying
to do.
635
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:25,800
And I think he gets the, you
know, we talked about the swag
636
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,800
and then the blue collar
mentality, kind of a hybrid, you
637
00:39:28,808 --> 00:39:31,400
know, I think he kind of
understood understands that,
638
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,100
right?
He's a guy that's had to grind.
639
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:40,300
He's also a guy that's had to
coach players that, you know,
640
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,800
we're probably bringing some
from different areas, so, I
641
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,500
think that it wasn't just the
the blue-collar mentality.
642
00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,800
I think he's bringing a little
bit of everything there, but
643
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,800
he's a guy that had to grind for
a lot of years.
644
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,800
He's a guy that probably got
passed over for a couple
645
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,700
opportunities throughout the way
and I think price also a good
646
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:02,500
opportunity to get a guy that
really align with his vision on
647
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,600
the staff and it really.
He's been crushing it since he's
648
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,500
been here.
I mean, we see him on Twitter,
649
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:14,100
dude for a 49 year old coach.
He is on Twitter and really
650
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,800
engaging with the fan base
engaging with the folks that
651
00:40:16,808 --> 00:40:19,200
he's visiting on the, on the
recruiting Trail.
652
00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:22,200
Oh yeah, I mean outside of
cheetah, he's tweeting more than
653
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,000
anybody else and found a great
burger joint while visiting up a
654
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:30,200
note of this week and literally
every coach he'd come in contact
655
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,600
with, he's made sure to put them
on Twitter and thanking them and
656
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,700
dip and then not just saying,
thank you for letting me be
657
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,100
here.
Everything is a little snippet,
658
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,000
you know, one of the coaches.
I'm Mentioned.
659
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,100
Hey good, thank you for having
me at this school coach and yada
660
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:45,100
yada.
Hey, it was great.
661
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:49,600
Talking, the defense for you.
He's making sure he's like that
662
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,700
little Personal Touch on every
single tweet for each coach and,
663
00:40:54,400 --> 00:41:00,600
you know, I mean maybe that was
it maybe in Brent prize, mine,
664
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,200
Sean Quinn should have been a
division.
665
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:08,200
One football coach ten years ago
you said pasta I see him as a
666
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,600
glue guy he's not going to stand
out but he's the glue guy.
667
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:16,900
The guy that can bring everybody
together because you know He
668
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:20,400
grinded for years.
He took, you know, he coaching
669
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,200
the HBCU down surveillance
State.
670
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,400
Yeah, and took them from
literally, the one of the worst
671
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,600
teams in the country to win a
conference.
672
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:31,400
So if somebody says, well, we
can't do this bullshit, I went
673
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,200
to the worst and we won.
Let's get this together.
674
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,800
All right, Braun.
Lets flip on this talk about
675
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,300
recruiting we talked about
Quentin and his tweets while
676
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:43,700
he's been recruiting.
He said it out, right?
677
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:48,700
First week exclusive for the
state of Virginia outside of a
678
00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:51,100
trip to Georgia.
Although we did see Brad the
679
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:53,100
wind down there, doing some
other work.
680
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,700
I don't know if that's holding
on the Daquan or potentially
681
00:41:55,700 --> 00:42:01,500
other guys, but it looks like
pretty much every coach is in VA
682
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:05,700
this week.
Yeah, everybody's patrolling
683
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,700
Virginia seems like, except for
maybe Brad Glenn.
684
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:12,900
Looks to be making a trip back
down to Georgia.
685
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:17,300
They made a trip, I think.
Week to visit right as well.
686
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,300
They were at his high school
down in Perry.
687
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:25,000
And what they've done in
Virginia is pretty impressive
688
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:32,300
because we've seen you JC in the
804, we've seen minds and
689
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,700
cheetah out.
In the 757, we've seen Pearson
690
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:43,600
and Marv and Quinn up in Nova.
You know, we've seen heck more,
691
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,200
I'm proud and 757.
Well Marv was out in the valley
692
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,500
today.
Yeah, well gesture, I mean in
693
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:54,400
few holds down and with Ville.
That's every section of the
694
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,400
state, every section of the
state's get we're going to see
695
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,800
Holton the in our stomping
grounds, by the end of the week,
696
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,000
man.
I definitely think he's taking
697
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,900
the 58 Corridor until he gets to
about South Hill and then he's
698
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:11,700
probably going to cut back but
it's just awesome to see that
699
00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:14,500
and it's also to see the
interactions and it's also sting
700
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,900
and we've already talked about,
they get it, get it on social
701
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:21,100
media, get it like this is where
we're going and you see them
702
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:23,900
going to not only to the Name
brand school.
703
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:27,400
Yeah, you know JC was an LLC
burdell seabirds won numerous
704
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,400
state titles the last few years
Prime them an Oscar Smith.
705
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,800
Gz.
I'm blanking here.
706
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,900
Cheetah was a tedious.
Yeah, I mean she's old school.
707
00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:46,500
He's old school.
He was at Hampton, you know?
708
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:51,600
They were decreed today.
I mean, if we can just find two
709
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:56,400
players from Deep Creek of the
caliber of Hall.
710
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,900
And tap, we be great.
Yeah, I mean, It's all you need
711
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:07,800
is you seeing them also go to
schools that don't produce as
712
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,100
much talent.
And this shows you strategy
713
00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:16,700
because get in there early
because every school at some
714
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:21,300
point puts together or puts out
a big-time Talent.
715
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,900
Yeah.
Yeah.
716
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:27,900
This isn't going to be any more
of a highlight, a handful of
717
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:32,300
schools that we've had success
at and then Hammer that And then
718
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:36,400
hope we make some inroads with
some of the top top. 10 recruits
719
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,900
at the state and land maybe one
or two.
720
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:43,500
This is going to be canvassing
the entire State Building those
721
00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:46,100
relationships.
And when you finally get, you
722
00:44:46,107 --> 00:44:49,300
know, one or two guys, start
coming up through there, you got
723
00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:52,400
that relationship in place.
You can have those those those
724
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:57,200
discussions right off the bat
and kind of get in first with
725
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,700
these with these kids.
And I think that's a that's
726
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,700
important.
You know, I think we definitely
727
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:08,600
neglected the boots on the
ground, got mentality under the
728
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,500
last staff.
In terms of sitting guys into
729
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:15,200
the schools consistently and not
just when there's a top-five
730
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,800
player at that school.
Yep.
731
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:20,200
And that's what you can do
because you don't have the
732
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:25,000
relationships and this is a
relationship business alright?
733
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,200
The other cool part was kind of
Brent Pride, pulling out what
734
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,500
his vision of essentially, the
big recruiting footprint.
735
00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:37,500
The six hour radius around
Blacksburg and that encompasses,
736
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,200
North Carolina, South Carolina,
the DMV, obviously,
737
00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:45,300
Pennsylvania.
Central in the East Tennessee,
738
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,200
along with all of these Lee
Virginia.
739
00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:51,300
That's I think that's what we
feel.
740
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:54,800
We got to do but what it did it
did it shock?
741
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,200
You wear what he said when he
talked about opportunities
742
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:02,800
elsewhere.
Yeah, so I think the
743
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,200
opportunities elsewhere is
definitely going to be some of
744
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:10,300
our traditional stomping grounds
with Delray Beach Jacksonville.
745
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,100
I think those are going to be
areas that we still tap into,
746
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:17,900
you're going to get I mean if
you talk about six hour radius
747
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:21,900
you're talking about the Greater
Atlanta area to pretty much
748
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,300
right on the edge on it.
That's like six and a half,
749
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,900
right?
Yeah, right.
750
00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:29,200
Yeah.
Roundup.
751
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,900
It's six hours and 20.
It's not over the six and a
752
00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:33,400
half.
Mark, we were going around back
753
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:34,600
down to six.
We're good.
754
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:39,500
Let's, let's rate Atlanta here.
But I mean, we've done well in
755
00:46:39,508 --> 00:46:41,900
Georgia.
Obviously, we got a coach in
756
00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:46,700
Georgia, you know, finishing out
the recruitment down there with
757
00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:50,600
right and some others.
So, I think George is still in
758
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:51,800
play.
I think parts of Florida are
759
00:46:51,808 --> 00:46:55,500
still in play, but like, he said
in his previous comments, I
760
00:46:55,500 --> 00:47:01,400
mean, we're we talked about
Where we're going to aim.
761
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,800
We're not crossing the
Mississippi, unless there's
762
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:10,800
already an established
relationship with a family or a
763
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,400
player or a coach in those
areas.
764
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,600
So, you don't have a reason that
ties you back to the state of
765
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,000
Virginia or to Virginia Tech.
We're not just throwing darts
766
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:25,100
across the Mississippi, his
words, not mine, Vicki, Dortch
767
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:28,900
across the Mississippi.
So why like Kim saying it?
768
00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:32,500
Like that is if there is a kid.
For example, dad.
769
00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:36,500
As a BT Alum and it's an
upcoming recruit, we're going to
770
00:47:36,508 --> 00:47:38,200
go talk to that kid.
Yep.
771
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:42,800
Why dad went here?
Mom went here or you know it
772
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:46,000
could be one of those things
where, you know, you kind of
773
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,700
think a deep.
He's been coaching out of Texas.
774
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:52,000
If, if Xavier adibi, has a great
relationship with a school down
775
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,800
there and says this kid likes
it, he liked me.
776
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,200
Let's go after.
Yep.
777
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,200
What we're not going to see is
we're not going to see our
778
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,800
resources poured into that if
you're going to be specific.
779
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:06,700
So if we get a kid from
Colorado, don't be shocked if
780
00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:08,200
you get it.
Get from California, don't be
781
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,600
shocked.
But read why what's the reason
782
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:14,200
why we went out and got those
kids, there's going to be a very
783
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,700
specific and targeted reason for
going after these players.
784
00:48:18,300 --> 00:48:21,800
I'd say probably the only
exception, maybe a transfer
785
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:26,200
portal, add true just because
depending on, you know, one or
786
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,500
two years of Eligibility, it
might be worth a gamble on on
787
00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:31,800
going after a bigger time
player.
788
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,000
For that one or two years.
Right?
789
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,700
But if we're talking about high
school recruits.
790
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,200
Yeah, I think we're sticking
with that radius outside of
791
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,100
again.
Maybe dipping down into Georgia
792
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:44,600
and Florida.
Yeah, consistent basis.
793
00:48:44,900 --> 00:48:47,700
But the whole thing with the
Georgia and Florida stuff is a
794
00:48:47,707 --> 00:48:50,400
lot of those schools have
connections to Tech.
795
00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:52,300
Yeah, well, I mean, we talk
about the all those
796
00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:54,800
Jacksonville, the Jacksonville
schools edel raid.
797
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,700
I mean, yeah.
Atlantic and all those places
798
00:48:57,700 --> 00:49:00,400
down there and there are
numerous ones, they have an
799
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:01,900
alumni.
So it's one of those things
800
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:04,600
where It's like call up David
Clowney.
801
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:07,800
Hey, finally like this kid.
There you go.
802
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,000
There's your connection.
David Cline is on my mother can
803
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,400
need to go talk to the kid.
The other piece that I don't
804
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,900
think this is shocking thing.
This is just a day and age where
805
00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:18,900
in is, he talked about two
things.
806
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,800
He talked about the six hour
radius is because that's a
807
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:26,500
drive-in.
Yeah, six hours anywhere you
808
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:27,800
leave it.
You know.
809
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:30,100
You want to go see somebody for
a weekend.
810
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:33,200
You leave at 3:00 in the
afternoon, you there?
811
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,700
But before the middle of the
night, you have multiple days to
812
00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:41,300
spend and get back to your home.
And he talked about how
813
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:44,200
important that was, especially
for these young men to be able
814
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:47,600
to have, and he made sure, he
mention this, their parents,
815
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:51,500
their coaches, their uncle's
their family, their handlers,
816
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,900
their trainers, to be able to
come, see him during those tough
817
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:58,300
times, that it's having a tough
time in the all season.
818
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,100
And you know let's say it's one
of these kids who you know from
819
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:05,300
Columbia South Carolina or
Charleston getting the car were
820
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:07,900
there in a day.
Talk to him, get him straight
821
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:10,100
come back.
It's like Charlotte.
822
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:12,000
Charlotte Area kids, you're
talking about a less than the
823
00:50:12,008 --> 00:50:15,300
three hour drive.
So I mean Richmond, three Beach
824
00:50:15,300 --> 00:50:19,000
for in and out, even the kids,
he talked about, you know,
825
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:21,400
cultivating those re cultivating
those relationship up in
826
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:26,400
Pennsylvania, with Harrisburg
pits, Philly, Jersey, four, and
827
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:28,200
a half, five and a half hour
drives.
828
00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:31,800
Yeah.
Easy in Easy roads in to
829
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,600
Blacksburg and it's like it's
like again, he understands the
830
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:40,300
relationship piece that what you
have it, where you can put
831
00:50:40,300 --> 00:50:43,000
people who this kid is
comfortable around and they can
832
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,300
get here.
When we need them to, it's going
833
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,300
to make that kids experience.
A hell of a lot better.
834
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:53,200
Absolutely, absolutely man.
Alright, so the next thing he
835
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,500
mentioned and again he had
already shout it out.
836
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,700
You've already shout-out.
Needs he talked about how might
837
00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:01,200
Villa Grana was kind of put in
charge of the fighting up,
838
00:51:01,300 --> 00:51:02,900
Virginia.
As we mentioned, we've seen
839
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:06,800
where the guys were and he went
in their private.
840
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:10,500
Have this conversation which is
I love this because prize their
841
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:13,600
boss, you tell the boss,
whatever he wants to hear,
842
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:17,300
right?
He took the look Grana in and
843
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:19,000
just kind of asked him.
Where do you have the best
844
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:24,100
relationship?
and you know, I think that's why
845
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:29,000
we're seeing where we're seeing
certain guys at because, you
846
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:33,800
know, Coach Compton hitting us
up here.
847
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,400
Huge things to have the players
having their people present.
848
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,900
Yeah.
Massive.
849
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:43,800
Because I'm but you know, he
basically was trying to find the
850
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:48,100
lagrange's goal of that meeting
was find Connections in cinnamon
851
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:52,800
there and I think that's big
because it when you look at how
852
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,000
the state's been divided up,
you're seeing you guys that have
853
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,700
had success in those areas
before you're seeing mines down
854
00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:04,100
in the beach, you know?
Got cheated on the peninsula.
855
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:10,500
You got Bowing in the DMV you
got you guys are really getting
856
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:12,400
put where they kind of have a
footprint.
857
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,300
You got JC in the 804.
He's had some solid success
858
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:21,600
recruiting guys in the 804 and
JC probably in terms of knowing
859
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,800
the lay of the land, probably as
good or better of anybody on the
860
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,200
staff.
So he can kind of fill in the
861
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,800
gaps where some, we're some,
maybe some other guys are not
862
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:33,000
quite as strong.
So That's why you have a guy
863
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,500
like Jayceon staff aside from
the Virginia Tech connections,
864
00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:38,600
aside from how good he is on the
field.
865
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,300
Yeah.
It's true.
866
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:49,200
So the way the state was divided
up and then you know the the
867
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:53,800
last piece you know on this sort
of high school recruiting and
868
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,000
we've already mentioned it with
the photos and powder.
869
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,000
It seems like there's
conversations it's not just what
870
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,800
coach by said we don't want to
walk in and just give a
871
00:53:01,808 --> 00:53:05,800
handshake and a smile on the
picture and we want to get to
872
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:10,700
know Everybody at the school.
So I mentioned earlier JC was in
873
00:53:10,700 --> 00:53:14,800
LC Birds building talking with
an old basketball player that he
874
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:18,800
went to school with you.
You they were talking to
875
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,900
principles.
It's like, if you get to know
876
00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:25,800
where these kids are from, it's
it's more likely going to help
877
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:31,800
you out in the long run, you
know, it's, you know, have a
878
00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:34,900
hokey in the building and you're
recruiting a kid, it'll help
879
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,200
with another Hokies Talking
Tool.
880
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,900
Absolutely.
And you know I don't think this
881
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:44,200
is going to necessarily you know
win us all the battles but at
882
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:48,800
the same time it strategically
puts us in as good a position as
883
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,600
we can be in from Jump Street
and then after that, you let the
884
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:57,100
chips fall where they may.
But I think the days of us not
885
00:53:57,100 --> 00:54:01,800
being in on a kid, early enough
are gone not having the
886
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:06,000
relationships with the coaches
or the handlers to move forward
887
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:10,700
with that or Own gone.
And I think the days of us
888
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:15,000
giving up on a guy, just because
a big dog jumps in to the party
889
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,800
are gone.
I think we've got some.
890
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:19,500
I think we got some guys on the
staff.
891
00:54:19,500 --> 00:54:22,400
Who go to the nail with the big
boys, it's hard.
892
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,500
As they can and I love to see
that now.
893
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:30,100
Let's not, let's not do this.
Brent prowls very upfront,
894
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:33,700
talking about the transfer
portal that he views it on equal
895
00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:39,500
footing. you know, with high
school recruiting nowadays and,
896
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:48,200
you know, I tend to agree with
him because there's a, we talked
897
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,200
about it earlier this month
Grand.
898
00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:54,400
There's thousand kids in the
pool know some of those kids
899
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:58,000
allows kids can play.
Probably a really good game of
900
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,800
football, but they just need the
opportunity.
901
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:05,800
Yeah, I mean you're not going to
find, you know, you're not going
902
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,900
to feel your roster out that way
but you know the transfer portal
903
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:11,300
is going to be your your whole
filler.
904
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,700
Your immediate impact player on
occasion.
905
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,000
And that's what he's seems like
he's going to use it.
906
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,700
As obviously talked about, you
know, he was happy with kind of
907
00:55:21,700 --> 00:55:24,700
the progress.
We've made on that front too.
908
00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:27,000
Kind of close out.
The start of the spring
909
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:30,300
semester.
You've got four already end you
910
00:55:30,300 --> 00:55:32,800
know, possibly two more.
You're coming through.
911
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:37,100
So that's really big.
And I think we're only going to
912
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:40,500
see more of that as we get into
spring workouts, we get into
913
00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:43,600
spring practice, we're going to
start seeing a little bit more,
914
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,600
probably attrition from the
current roster.
915
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,500
Your start seeing some more
movement in the transfer portal
916
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:52,000
as we close out spring and then
get into summer workouts.
917
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:56,500
So look for that.
He said he expected another wave
918
00:55:56,500 --> 00:55:59,800
after Spring ball.
So you know buckle up for some
919
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:02,500
more portal chaos guys because
it's going to To be coming?
920
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,400
Yep, because you mentioned he
talked about, you know, talked
921
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:12,300
about having you know the winter
workouts and spring.
922
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:13,800
We're going to eat some people
out.
923
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,900
You going to eat some people
like no, this isn't what I want
924
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:17,500
to do.
I'd rather go elsewhere.
925
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:24,200
And, you know, we've already got
four in You know, two y, two,
926
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,100
quarterbacks two wide receivers
are there potentially more
927
00:56:27,100 --> 00:56:30,400
coming, we hope so because we
know we're talking about in a
928
00:56:30,408 --> 00:56:32,400
few minutes here.
There's the holes.
929
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,800
We feel like need to be filled
and it's going to be interesting
930
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:39,200
to see how they fill them.
Now, the other piece that he
931
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,000
talked about, was you cover
crew.
932
00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,500
He basically that seems like
he's for that.
933
00:56:44,900 --> 00:56:48,300
He specifically mentioned
Lackawanna, do code seems like
934
00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:50,300
like a wanted to be T.
Let's go ahead and get them
935
00:56:50,300 --> 00:56:54,000
going.
Looks like the transfer portal,
936
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,000
the Juco, these are guys who
have been, they're older,
937
00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:01,500
they're more probably physically
developed in high school kids
938
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:06,600
and to me it's something we have
not taken advantage of as much.
939
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,900
I know Brianna Marie in a more
are no or two, but it's like
940
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,900
these are on previously.
Yeah, to Dorado ever forget him.
941
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,200
Ha ha ha.
But it's like there's the
942
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,100
opportunity with these guys, the
same way and if these guys are
943
00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:25,600
true coming in as Juniors.
Well, if they don't have the
944
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,700
football sharks yet, right?
But they have the physical body.
945
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,800
You have three years with them.
They can rush for you.
946
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:34,300
Yeah.
You have you have a lot more
947
00:57:34,300 --> 00:57:36,200
opportunity.
You know, you talked about, you
948
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:38,500
know, you got the high school
kids for four to five.
949
00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:42,500
You get the Juco kids for 2, to
3, 3 to 4, 4 to get the the
950
00:57:42,500 --> 00:57:47,200
portal kids, usually 4122.
So, and in the portal sometimes
951
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,900
even More obviously.
Now with the one-time transfer
952
00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:52,800
rule, you're getting some some
true freshman coming in some
953
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:56,300
redshirt freshman, some you
know, Redshirt sophomore.
954
00:57:56,300 --> 00:57:58,900
So you're getting you know,
three sometimes three to four
955
00:57:58,900 --> 00:58:00,500
years, even with those
transfers.
956
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:04,200
So it's going to be really
interesting to see what I think.
957
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:09,500
The Juco area is something that
probably has been underutilized
958
00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:13,800
historically by Virginia Tech.
I think, you know, you don't
959
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,400
want to see a ton of players
coming coming that route every
960
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,600
But you know, I think there's
probably an opportunity for one
961
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:24,800
maybe two excited Winkle that's
a handful of cycle.
962
00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:30,700
Somewhere between 225 okay and
at position not necessarily need
963
00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:35,100
but positions either the depth
where it's like we're going to
964
00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:38,400
go look at this offensive
lineman from this Juco, he's six
965
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,600
foot four, he's already 310
pounds.
966
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:42,400
We don't need to worry about
him.
967
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:44,000
Getting the weight room and gain
weight.
968
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,400
What we need to figure out real
quick is can we teach him
969
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,900
technique and get him on the
field?
970
00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:51,600
Not this year.
But next year?
971
00:58:51,700 --> 00:58:55,200
Where you swing guard?
He's a swing tackle, whatever.
972
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:59,900
Yeah and no it's like give these
guys a chance cause some of
973
00:58:59,900 --> 00:59:03,500
these guys go there because they
don't have the grades and then
974
00:59:03,500 --> 00:59:07,200
they work themselves into good
saying give the guy's a chance.
975
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,700
Sure, Brian.
We're gonna hit this real quick.
976
00:59:10,700 --> 00:59:13,600
We don't have the spring game
yet, but basically cry said
977
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:17,100
we're pretty close.
Do you imagine we get something
978
00:59:17,100 --> 00:59:20,400
at the latest next weekend, next
weekend.
979
00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:24,600
Yeah, I could be wrong, but I
think we get something by the
980
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,900
end of the month.
So, So you just need to gain
981
00:59:26,900 --> 00:59:28,200
date.
It's it all out.
982
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,200
So we need painted ship.
I don't even care.
983
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:34,100
What spring practice starts yet.
I will in like a week, but just
984
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:38,400
give me the game date.
Please put it on a good date
985
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:40,000
where you want to know.
We want to put it on the
986
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:41,700
calendar because we will be
there.
987
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:45,500
We are trying to be there.
You can guarantee I ain't
988
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:50,600
guaranteeing it, I got three.
All right, um, last piece is
989
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:55,600
Braun was last two pieces.
Let's look first of all, you've
990
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:59,500
mentioned before, we're not a
mom-and-pop anymore.
991
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:03,200
Stewart, Carter director of
football equipment comes in out
992
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,800
of Penn State Cami Nation.
Looks like she's gonna be hired.
993
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,200
And some sort of recruiting on
campus role.
994
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:13,400
He OG of the weight room is
back, Jarrett Ferguson looking
995
01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:15,700
Like, he's going to be hired as
one of the assistant strength
996
01:00:15,700 --> 01:00:17,900
conditions coach.
And then, one sort of
997
01:00:17,908 --> 01:00:21,400
interesting piece Shayne Graham
was offered a position by coach
998
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,100
pry.
Looks like Shane's going to take
999
01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:28,900
some time to step away from
coaching, but you know, it's
1000
01:00:28,900 --> 01:00:30,400
like that.
Support staff, just keeps
1001
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:31,900
getting bigger.
Yeah.
1002
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:35,600
And Shane talked about, you
know, he said one of the upsides
1003
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:39,200
of that he's not on this staff
but the fact he's not on any
1004
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:43,500
other staff is that he can, you
know, let his hokey flag fly A
1005
01:00:43,508 --> 01:00:47,000
lot more freely now, right.
He can get up to games.
1006
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:51,300
He can you know, actively root
for the Holyoke.
1007
01:00:51,300 --> 01:00:53,200
He's on.
Yeah, Twitter, a little bit
1008
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,000
stronger than he has a recent
years.
1009
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,100
So I think that's that's
something in his comfort zone.
1010
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:02,400
I wish him well, in whatever.
The next venture is for him, and
1011
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,300
look forward to maybe catching
him up at a game.
1012
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:09,500
Sometime this fall.
But yeah, I mean the moves were
1013
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:12,500
making off the field is
definitely, you know, that
1014
01:01:12,500 --> 01:01:14,400
signal that we're not
mom-and-pop anymore.
1015
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:21,900
We're running this thing like a
business because it is it's a
1016
01:01:21,900 --> 01:01:26,900
big Dollar business at that.
We're sit the last piece here
1017
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:30,500
before we go to break because
we're an hour and we're still in
1018
01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:33,800
the presser.
Does it shock you that someone
1019
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:36,000
like Brent Pride leans on his
dad?
1020
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:40,500
Or someone like James Franklin
for trusting, a lot of the
1021
01:01:40,508 --> 01:01:43,900
decision-making.
Not because, when he talks about
1022
01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:48,300
how he built his staff, and how
he plans to recruit Virginia,
1023
01:01:48,300 --> 01:01:51,400
he's talking about communication
and relationships.
1024
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:56,600
So, obviously, if that's
important to you the person and
1025
01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,200
the people that you're to lean
on is going to be your Mentor in
1026
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,700
the sport and your father.
So, I mean, it doesn't surprise
1027
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:04,100
me that he's reaching out to
those.
1028
01:02:04,700 --> 01:02:08,900
Those people in his Circle and
leaning on them when it comes to
1029
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:11,300
some of those bigger decisions.
Nope.
1030
01:02:11,300 --> 01:02:13,800
Not at all.
And I think it's pretty cool.
1031
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,500
He, he mentioned that what?
Every wide receiver coach
1032
01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:20,800
interviewed, he talked with his
dad about, I'm assuming his dad
1033
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:24,300
as the background and wider
scooter and they say he sat in
1034
01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:27,100
on some of the interviews.
So could you imagine like doing
1035
01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:30,500
the zoom?
And the hell is that?
1036
01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:36,200
It's Dad.
Wide receivers for 40 years
1037
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:39,400
like, oh, hey, that's cool.
Also new here.
1038
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:45,400
Alright, brown one last piece.
If you have not seen folks, the
1039
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:50,100
salaries of these guys, I'm
going to, I'm going to pass out
1040
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,900
or specify, go to Tech
Sidelines, and look at David
1041
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:59,600
Cunningham's article on this.
It is from the 14th.
1042
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:03,200
So just a few days ago, lazy.
It all out.
1043
01:03:03,900 --> 01:03:08,800
Five point two, five million by
point two million run paying
1044
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:12,600
coordinators.
Both over 800,000 lowest-paid
1045
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:18,000
positional coach at 275.
Basically right at two and a
1046
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:19,500
half million for each side of
the ball.
1047
01:03:20,500 --> 01:03:24,800
Yep, Big Bowl pick.
Take boy moves and you know I
1048
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:26,300
like kind of how things are
structured.
1049
01:03:26,300 --> 01:03:29,900
I know we had talked a little
bit about you know some folks
1050
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:34,100
were shocked at that bar of hit
up at 8:25 for a first-time
1051
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:37,500
coordinator and I'm telling you
and I've set it on here, we
1052
01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,400
talked about it before, the
starting price for a coordinator
1053
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:44,300
at power 5 is now eight hundred
thousand dollars.
1054
01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:46,600
Yep.
That's the starting price.
1055
01:03:48,500 --> 01:03:52,300
So, I mean, we're just above
that at 8:25 Bowens, just just a
1056
01:03:52,308 --> 01:03:56,600
little higher than that at 8:50.
And, and that again, that's the
1057
01:03:56,600 --> 01:04:01,200
going rate for for big-time
coordinators.
1058
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,700
Now, we could go and get another
Braddock or Nelson and we can
1059
01:04:04,700 --> 01:04:06,500
pay them, five hundred thousand
dollars.
1060
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:09,800
But we don't want to go back to
that, do we?
1061
01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:13,000
Nope.
I don't think we ever want that.
1062
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:17,100
Yeah, so I'm good with the way
everything is structured here,
1063
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,300
you know, you got the running
game coordinator and passing
1064
01:04:22,300 --> 01:04:24,100
game coordinator making a little
bit more.
1065
01:04:25,500 --> 01:04:29,300
You got defensive recruiting
coordinator Derek Jones making a
1066
01:04:29,300 --> 01:04:35,300
little bit more position wise as
is JC price as associate head
1067
01:04:35,300 --> 01:04:38,100
coach.
But you know, structure top to
1068
01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:42,100
bottom, I really like the way
way the salary set up.
1069
01:04:42,100 --> 01:04:44,600
It gives us a little more
flexibility for some of those
1070
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:46,900
off the field roles and analysts
roles.
1071
01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:49,400
Some of those are still coming
down the pike.
1072
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:53,400
So look for maybe a couple more
hires in that capacity in the
1073
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:56,000
coming weeks.
Yeah, there is.
1074
01:04:56,300 --> 01:05:01,900
And again they talked about, you
know, old staff was 3.5 million,
1075
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,700
we're over 5 million.
Now we're basically what second
1076
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:09,300
highest in the They were trying
to again.
1077
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:13,600
The what is it?
The you always say the boats
1078
01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:19,700
rise ships, you know, high tide
raises All Ships or some shit.
1079
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:22,400
You go that and this is what it
is.
1080
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:26,500
This is your High Tide football
and if you're paying those guys,
1081
01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:29,700
the expectation is we're going
to make more money there, we're
1082
01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:32,300
going to be in bigger game,
going to get bigger contracts,
1083
01:05:32,700 --> 01:05:35,100
and that's, that's kind of what
it is.
1084
01:05:35,300 --> 01:05:38,400
Again, go check out David's
article on textile on very,
1085
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:40,900
worth your time.
Now Brian, before we get Get
1086
01:05:40,900 --> 01:05:43,800
into some more topics tonight.
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01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:48,500
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1096
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:15,600
All right.
So Brian, let's look.
1097
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:18,500
Next let's talk about the portal
real quick because obviously
1098
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:23,300
there's been some movement there
and in the last few days, since
1099
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:26,700
the last time we talked, we
picked up to Pretty One really
1100
01:06:26,700 --> 01:06:29,900
big commitment and then one kind
of makes sense commitment.
1101
01:06:29,900 --> 01:06:36,100
Let's start with Jacob, Lew wide
receiver out of Temple. 6-foot
1102
01:06:36,100 --> 01:06:42,000
185, back in 2019.
Absolutely blew up 95.
1103
01:06:42,100 --> 01:06:48,500
Ian's 1067.
Excuse me, thousand 67 yards
1104
01:06:48,900 --> 01:06:53,800
over 11 has tapered off in the
last few years but you know,
1105
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,300
kind of seeing what he had to
work with it Temple.
1106
01:06:56,300 --> 01:06:58,800
Quarterback wise, it makes
sense.
1107
01:07:00,500 --> 01:07:04,100
But he's coming here and I don't
know how this is.
1108
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:07,400
But / 24/7.
He's rated higher than Tavian
1109
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:09,700
Robinson III.
Can't see that.
1110
01:07:09,700 --> 01:07:12,700
But how do you feel about Jaden
blue Comin?
1111
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:18,400
Yeah, I mean, For the transfers.
It's really hard to, I think put
1112
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:23,100
a gauge on that just because
there's a disparity in the level
1113
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:29,100
of competition to a degree.
There's a disparity in kind of
1114
01:07:29,100 --> 01:07:34,000
who They matched up against the
play, the play calling the play
1115
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,800
Styles.
It's a little bit harder there
1116
01:07:37,300 --> 01:07:40,400
to get a good gauge on that
overall, Italian, Talent
1117
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:43,100
ability.
But I mean, I think it's a good
1118
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:47,000
good, good commit for us because
it definitely shows up a
1119
01:07:47,008 --> 01:07:51,700
position that was kind of
bleeding a little bit as a
1120
01:07:51,707 --> 01:07:56,400
result of transfers, as a result
of a couple guys moving on.
1121
01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,500
So Looking forward to see what
Jaden can do.
1122
01:07:59,500 --> 01:08:04,200
I think he immediately has some
sort of role in the two deep.
1123
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:06,000
We'll see if he's pushing for a
starting role.
1124
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:09,900
I think he probably will.
So, you know, we'll see on that
1125
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:11,100
one.
And then, you know, we had
1126
01:08:11,100 --> 01:08:15,900
another one, Stephen Gosnell.
Benji's little Benji's Big
1127
01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:23,000
Brother, Benji's Big, Brother
UNC transfer That's big because,
1128
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:27,800
you know, you're eating off a
inner conference rival Rivals
1129
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:31,700
plate there, you know, I know he
wasn't getting a whole lot of
1130
01:08:31,700 --> 01:08:37,200
push, but it, but anytime you
can, you can steal one from that
1131
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:41,000
school down south.
It's a good day.
1132
01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:43,300
It is.
And, you know, that's not a
1133
01:08:43,308 --> 01:08:45,399
little bit bigger than blaming
62.
1134
01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:48,600
He's to 10.
So a little bit more body of a
1135
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,700
receiver.
He was a three-star when he came
1136
01:08:50,700 --> 01:08:53,600
out, he Has not gotten much
playtime at all down in North
1137
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:57,100
Carolina and then obviously with
big brother little brother
1138
01:08:57,100 --> 01:08:59,899
coming here, it's really cool to
see.
1139
01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:04,600
It's really cool to see again,
Brothers on the same team and
1140
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:06,600
it's going to be really
interesting to see what he looks
1141
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,200
like again being that bigger
body and I just kind of go back
1142
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:13,000
through like Jalen Jones Duane
laufen and some of the guys
1143
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:17,399
already here he's kind of going
to be the biggest body of old.
1144
01:09:17,399 --> 01:09:20,500
All of them unless I'm missing
somebody but I'm gonna say yeah.
1145
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,399
No, I mean, he's in terms of
guys that got serious run.
1146
01:09:24,399 --> 01:09:29,000
I mean, he's definitely a guy
that, you know, it could
1147
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:31,600
potentially have a role outside
just because he is a bigger
1148
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:34,600
body, probably a little bit more
of a possession.
1149
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,600
Receiver, a stick mover than I
got, it's going to be a big
1150
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:42,399
impact in the downfield game.
So you got to you got to have
1151
01:09:42,399 --> 01:09:45,500
guys like that.
I think, you know, size-wise I
1152
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:48,600
guess pay youths, the only one
probably in the same ballpark,
1153
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:50,399
right?
But different receiver.
1154
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:52,200
Yeah.
Different, different type of
1155
01:09:52,207 --> 01:09:57,100
receiver, for sure.
Same body Master well, you know,
1156
01:09:57,300 --> 01:10:02,700
definitely, it's one of those,
we'll see.
1157
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,200
That's why we want to know when
the spring game is because you
1158
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:09,000
get to go to the spring game.
And you see these guys play,
1159
01:10:09,300 --> 01:10:11,500
sometimes things just pop out at
you different.
1160
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:15,300
All right, hon to of our former
quarterbacks committed in the
1161
01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:18,000
last few weeks to play elsewhere
knocks.
1162
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,500
Hey them going to head down to
FCS McNeese, State and
1163
01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:23,700
Louisiana.
Anna and starting quarterback
1164
01:10:23,700 --> 01:10:26,700
last year Braxton Burmeister
goes back out, west.
1165
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:31,800
San Diego State to a G5.
I don't think that there's any
1166
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:36,500
shock with the knocks Caterham
one, and maybe a little shocked
1167
01:10:36,500 --> 01:10:38,300
with Braxton.
I thought he might land at a
1168
01:10:38,500 --> 01:10:42,200
power five somewhere.
But, you know, by all means, you
1169
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:45,900
know, San Diego State football
isn't exactly wretched.
1170
01:10:45,900 --> 01:10:50,800
So, What any thoughts on?
Where they landed or did they
1171
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:52,400
land exactly where they should
land?
1172
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:56,400
I mean, I think not Knox.
Has a good fit there, you know,
1173
01:10:56,400 --> 01:10:59,500
good for him at Landing, their
FCS McNeese State.
1174
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:01,600
I think that's going to be a
good move for him.
1175
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,000
I think he probably can get
some, get some run their
1176
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:06,500
Braxton, it'll be interesting to
see.
1177
01:11:07,900 --> 01:11:10,500
A lot of people were talking
about, if he was going to stick
1178
01:11:10,500 --> 01:11:15,700
with our five, you might have to
change positions, you know, ends
1179
01:11:15,700 --> 01:11:19,500
up San Diego State, Mike Have to
change positions will see again
1180
01:11:19,500 --> 01:11:24,200
it's going to depend on what the
coaching staff has in store for
1181
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:28,600
him, but I think probably it's a
pretty good fit for him being a
1182
01:11:30,100 --> 01:11:33,400
kid out there from California.
So kind of gets back a little
1183
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:38,500
closer to home and you know,
gets an opportunity to still be
1184
01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:41,800
a starting quarterback.
Yeah, it's it again, San Diego
1185
01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:44,600
State.
This year, went to a bowl game
1186
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:46,700
was in the Mountain West
championship game.
1187
01:11:46,700 --> 01:11:51,600
So he's Going to a good program.
It's not like he's going to the
1188
01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:54,900
low of the low, so good for him,
you know.
1189
01:11:55,100 --> 01:11:58,200
Well, Tokyo is a hokie best of
luck to both those guys.
1190
01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:02,400
All right, Brian will give you
three names in order?
1191
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:07,700
Tell me, and we're excited about
all three but your level of
1192
01:12:07,700 --> 01:12:09,900
excitement and important to the
team.
1193
01:12:09,900 --> 01:12:12,400
This year that these guys are
staying Armani.
1194
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,200
Chaplain confirms, he's
returning Johnny and Jordan gets
1195
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:20,600
a 60-year and Drake Delia It's a
six-year order.
1196
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:26,800
One, two, three importance.
I'm going to put, and it's just
1197
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,400
by a narrow margin.
Johnny Jordan at the top here
1198
01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:34,500
because I was insanely concerned
about the center position.
1199
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:39,000
Let me go into this offseason
it's me Jeff Allen we're looking
1200
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:42,400
at Jack hollifield or somebody
transferring in so getting
1201
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:46,200
Johnny Jordan back for a
six-year that's huge in my
1202
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,300
opinion.
I'm looking forward to see him
1203
01:12:49,300 --> 01:12:53,200
in a starting role this year.
I'm looking forward to seeing
1204
01:12:53,200 --> 01:12:55,700
him kind of being that
quarterback of the defense
1205
01:12:57,000 --> 01:12:59,500
offensive line.
I mean, excuse me, I'm looking
1206
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:01,900
forward to that.
So I think he's going to be
1207
01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:03,800
that's probably the most
important there.
1208
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,300
We're a little bit deeper at
corner, but I'm going to put our
1209
01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:12,600
money Chapman at number two.
But put Chapman and number two,
1210
01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:19,300
I like his his game he's got
some things he needs to clean
1211
01:13:19,300 --> 01:13:21,200
up.
He needs to be a little bit
1212
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:27,300
better with his hips but I think
that's something that we can
1213
01:13:27,300 --> 01:13:30,700
work on.
But I think overall I mean he is
1214
01:13:30,700 --> 01:13:34,600
a really talented player and I
think that him coming back
1215
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:38,800
definitely takes a little bit of
sting out of losing a couple
1216
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,700
players at that position in the
offseason.
1217
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:47,700
And yeah, I think it's close but
I'll put drinking three in and
1218
01:13:47,700 --> 01:13:51,500
that's only because of the guys
that we have coming in at that
1219
01:13:51,500 --> 01:13:56,600
position with this incoming
Freshman Class, A couple of
1220
01:13:56,600 --> 01:14:01,200
which are getting a full spring
heading in there so but I think
1221
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:05,200
Drake's going to play a big role
for us in in 2022.
1222
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,300
I just think the other two were
just a hair more important in
1223
01:14:08,300 --> 01:14:10,100
terms of the positions that
they're playing.
1224
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:16,500
Okay, I hear you and obviously
you have your number one tight
1225
01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:22,000
end already right with Gallo
although we could see okay what
1226
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:25,400
are we going to do different
under, you know ball, you're
1227
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,000
definitely going to see too
tight and sets.
1228
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:28,900
You might see through Titans,
you are.
1229
01:14:28,900 --> 01:14:31,400
But the whole thing is it's
always been more than Joker.
1230
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:34,900
Where you see with phone.
At least at Penn State, you've
1231
01:14:34,900 --> 01:14:37,600
got to be a good of blockers.
You have to be a receive.
1232
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,600
You never had a lot of Joker's
up there from oof.
1233
01:14:40,700 --> 01:14:44,700
Just second all those guys
you're going to block and it's
1234
01:14:44,700 --> 01:14:47,700
kind of drink sweetness.
Hopefully I think drinks going
1235
01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:52,600
to be used more kind of like
Dalton was in this new offense,
1236
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:58,000
a little bit more just because
he's going to be asked to block
1237
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,600
from motion.
A lot more if it He's a real
1238
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:04,700
eating out a lot more versus
being in line.
1239
01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:07,200
I think that'll play a little
bit more to his strengths and I
1240
01:15:07,208 --> 01:15:09,600
think it'll be better for the
offense.
1241
01:15:10,900 --> 01:15:16,000
All right, one last piece 2022,
recruiting unit, preferred
1242
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,500
walk-on from IMG and Erica
solow.
1243
01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:21,900
The safety.
I don't think it ever hurts to
1244
01:15:21,900 --> 01:15:27,000
get anybody from that school.
If they're water boys needed a
1245
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,100
scholarship.
Potentially, take it, it might
1246
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:30,400
be the best water.
Boy, you get.
1247
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:37,400
Just because they have that many
good players coming out but you
1248
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:44,100
know we've seen more PWS, you
know offered here and there any
1249
01:15:44,100 --> 01:15:47,600
thoughts on this kid or just
it's a preferred walk-on.
1250
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:53,200
Let's hope he Sam Rogers.
I mean, yeah, you hope that he's
1251
01:15:53,200 --> 01:15:57,500
able to contribute at some point
down the road but, you know,
1252
01:15:57,500 --> 01:16:00,800
anytime you can again, establish
relationships like that with a
1253
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:02,400
school.
Like, I am G.
1254
01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:06,400
I think that's important to
Foster those relationships.
1255
01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:12,300
And, you know, I like I said, I
hope he does well, but like you
1256
01:16:12,300 --> 01:16:17,400
said, I am G anytime you can get
a IMG kid on your roster, take
1257
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:20,900
that opportunity, take the
opportunity and if anything What
1258
01:16:20,900 --> 01:16:23,500
we talked about here in the
states or in the state of
1259
01:16:23,500 --> 01:16:26,900
Virginia, it's building a
relationship, getting getting
1260
01:16:26,900 --> 01:16:29,300
the preferred walk-on kid a
scholarship.
1261
01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:34,600
It might be in two years,
there's a high for star and
1262
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:37,600
because of that early
relationship building, he comes
1263
01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:40,100
all right, Brian.
Let's switch gears a little bit
1264
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:42,900
for a few seconds here.
And talk about the Hokies hoop
1265
01:16:42,900 --> 01:16:48,900
struggles, obviously the last
two games have been wins.
1266
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:54,900
It all In the Irish, when the
stats I'm about to give you kind
1267
01:16:54,900 --> 01:16:59,900
of destroyed tonight, we
survived the NC State blowing a
1268
01:16:59,900 --> 01:17:03,500
17-point lead, but it kind of
falls into everything and I just
1269
01:17:03,500 --> 01:17:07,800
got bored last week and, you
know, this team is a top, 15%
1270
01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:11,800
scoring defense and with 300
plus teams, were roughly a top,
1271
01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:15,300
40 scorn D.
That's every game, with the
1272
01:17:15,300 --> 01:17:16,700
exception of the Notre, Dame
game.
1273
01:17:16,700 --> 01:17:18,200
We've been holding people,
right?
1274
01:17:19,700 --> 01:17:23,800
All right, with the exception of
Notre Dame, game where a bottom
1275
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:27,500
third scoring offense which is
really tough to swallow.
1276
01:17:27,900 --> 01:17:31,900
When we know how good of a
offense in mind, Mike, young is
1277
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:39,500
and like tonight, Ron I told you
before we got home we were
1278
01:17:39,500 --> 01:17:42,500
shooting over 70% from two-point
range.
1279
01:17:42,500 --> 01:17:44,900
The reason they were in that
game is we could hit the side,
1280
01:17:44,900 --> 01:17:47,400
broad side of a barn with a
3-point shot tonight.
1281
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:49,400
Yep.
Couldn't hit anything.
1282
01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:53,600
It was like 26 percent.
I think was the percentages up
1283
01:17:54,300 --> 01:17:57,200
in that kind of drives you
insane especially when you have
1284
01:17:57,200 --> 01:18:01,500
such a big lead in the only way
the team can come back in is you
1285
01:18:01,500 --> 01:18:04,600
taking lower percentage shots?
Which the 3-pointer this year
1286
01:18:04,600 --> 01:18:08,400
just has been.
Yeah, it's weird because we
1287
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,300
thought coming into this year
that the three-pointer was going
1288
01:18:11,300 --> 01:18:15,400
to be the strength of the team
and it absolutely is went the
1289
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:20,900
other direction between naheem.
Going from three storm
1290
01:18:20,900 --> 01:18:25,300
struggling from three everybody,
you know, Couture, having a
1291
01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:30,800
couple off games, it's been, you
know, hit or miss you know,
1292
01:18:30,800 --> 01:18:33,800
thankfully we've had some other
things work in our favor
1293
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:39,000
especially our defense.
But we're struggling right now
1294
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,300
on the on the from the
three-point line.
1295
01:18:42,300 --> 01:18:46,400
We got to figure out a way to
Kind of shake out of that funk a
1296
01:18:46,407 --> 01:18:50,100
little bit because I mean we
know most of these guys can hit
1297
01:18:50,100 --> 01:18:53,300
the three.
Yeah, I mean, we've seen naheem
1298
01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:56,400
do it before.
We've seen storm Murphy, do it.
1299
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,200
I'll be at in a different
League.
1300
01:19:00,500 --> 01:19:03,500
You know, they definitely have
the capacity to do these things
1301
01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:08,100
3015 to like, combine those
cabinets, you can't win many
1302
01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:10,700
games.
Especially when, you know, we
1303
01:19:10,700 --> 01:19:13,900
always a lot of people think we
get destroyed on the boards
1304
01:19:13,900 --> 01:19:14,800
tonight.
We dominated.
1305
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,200
Boards in most games we're right
at that razor thin.
1306
01:19:18,200 --> 01:19:23,500
It's like a it's a differential
of one and, you know, as far as
1307
01:19:23,500 --> 01:19:28,300
like turnovers go we roughly are
winning that battle every night
1308
01:19:28,300 --> 01:19:33,000
somewhere between two and three.
But I think my overall
1309
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:36,400
assessment, it's what these last
two games where they were
1310
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,700
nail-biters.
This is a good team.
1311
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,000
I think we're good basketball
team.
1312
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:44,800
I think if we got on the
tournament we could be anybody
1313
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:48,200
or lose to anybody.
We have the razor thinnest of
1314
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:51,900
margins.
And tonight for example when you
1315
01:19:51,900 --> 01:19:56,300
cannot hit a three especially
with a 17-point lead and you
1316
01:19:56,300 --> 01:20:00,000
keep shooting because I felt
like every time I looked at the
1317
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,500
television between doing stuff
around the house here, we were
1318
01:20:02,500 --> 01:20:07,300
taking another three and missing
it in several times.
1319
01:20:08,500 --> 01:20:11,800
Like there was the there was it
was not necessarily a super
1320
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:16,600
contested shot but kind of a
probably contested shot 10 feet
1321
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:20,900
it in and you're giving it up
for a where you are not making
1322
01:20:20,900 --> 01:20:24,100
anything from, and that makes me
lose my damn mind.
1323
01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:27,900
Oh yeah, it got better when
months got really aggressive at
1324
01:20:27,900 --> 01:20:34,000
going to the rack, whether it
was himself or kind of attacking
1325
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:37,500
the paint and then finding a
loom or somebody else.
1326
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:41,400
You're down under the basket for
an easy layup, or an easy dunk.
1327
01:20:42,100 --> 01:20:44,100
That's when the offense was
looking, its best.
1328
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:48,300
It was looking, it's worse.
When we were again, reliant on
1329
01:20:48,300 --> 01:20:54,300
taking kind of open threes.
Good looks, but not necessarily
1330
01:20:54,300 --> 01:20:58,400
wide open, well somewhere, while
and some work, some were wide
1331
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:02,100
open and I mean there were a
couple that were just just
1332
01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:06,700
missed and you know, some of the
problem is that we're getting
1333
01:21:06,700 --> 01:21:10,700
too late into the shot clock.
Because storms have a little bit
1334
01:21:10,700 --> 01:21:12,000
of trouble.
Getting the ball up quick
1335
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:16,200
getting into the offense.
So that that hurts with the shot
1336
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:19,000
selection, you can't necessarily
throw it in the post and kind of
1337
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,000
wait for things to happen.
You got to do a little bit more
1338
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:24,400
around the perimeter so that
that's kind of hurt the shot
1339
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:28,400
selection side of things.
But in general, we just need to
1340
01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:33,100
make more threes.
Better easy.
1341
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:36,000
And again that we know we know
they have the capacity to do it.
1342
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:41,200
That's why this is frustrating,
you know, that's why it's
1343
01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:45,400
frustrating because we've seen
these guys make these shots in
1344
01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:48,300
these situations before.
And I think it's also
1345
01:21:48,300 --> 01:21:52,200
frustrating, the fact that you
said this last episode Mi kyung,
1346
01:21:52,200 --> 01:21:54,000
doesn't have the quick hook for
Shooters.
1347
01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:59,300
Yeah, like too much again, the
two guys tonight Murphy would
1348
01:21:59,300 --> 01:22:03,500
probably be out there regardless
but I mean, what was to, That's
1349
01:22:03,500 --> 01:22:07,100
that's killer, and he was 3 of
15 in general.
1350
01:22:07,100 --> 01:22:11,100
And I mean do you mean not
Heinrich the he what I think
1351
01:22:11,100 --> 01:22:12,700
months?
Yeah, not bad.
1352
01:22:12,700 --> 01:22:14,400
It's getting late, folks, I'm
tired, you're good.
1353
01:22:15,300 --> 01:22:20,300
All right, couple real quick
things before we call it a
1354
01:22:20,308 --> 01:22:23,500
night.
Brian cfp expanding playoff
1355
01:22:23,500 --> 01:22:30,700
talks stalled, not a shocker and
Jeffrey got punted a couple
1356
01:22:30,700 --> 01:22:32,600
times.
I was like, Probably not getting
1357
01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:34,600
it where it's going to be ready.
In two years, we're going to
1358
01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,500
head down this way, at Albany
25.
1359
01:22:36,700 --> 01:22:41,000
Yeah, 2025 is probably where
we're looking at now, but Jim
1360
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:43,800
Phillips ACC commissioner came
out and basically made a
1361
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:48,900
statement being the first to
says, now is not the time to
1362
01:22:48,900 --> 01:22:52,600
make this change.
And I think some of us get
1363
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:55,000
upset.
Then reading Dennis, Dodds
1364
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:59,900
article further basically, every
ACC coach said, no, now is not
1365
01:22:59,900 --> 01:23:01,700
the time that they're way too
many.
1366
01:23:01,900 --> 01:23:07,100
The things going on with the new
transfer portal with the ni L
1367
01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:12,200
deals with so many other things
going on, we don't need one more
1368
01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:20,000
big change.
I tend to disagree because those
1369
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:23,900
things are done.
Those things are done, the NCAA
1370
01:23:23,900 --> 01:23:28,000
completely dropped the ball on
this but then I looked a little
1371
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:33,000
further in It seems like
big-time on ni L, but you know,
1372
01:23:33,300 --> 01:23:35,500
we have discussed that enough,
we don't need to.
1373
01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:39,200
Oh yeah, to be continued.
I think the portal piece is
1374
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:42,700
we're going to finally see it to
fruition with a normal year, how
1375
01:23:42,700 --> 01:23:45,700
it's going to work, and we're
going to, it's almost like we
1376
01:23:45,700 --> 01:23:47,800
want to see how this works a
couple years down the road
1377
01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,800
because, you know, if we're
getting kids in there, trying to
1378
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:55,200
get back out and trying to get
waivers, is it even worth it?
1379
01:23:55,800 --> 01:23:59,700
But we saw the we've seen the
portal in a true.
1380
01:23:59,900 --> 01:24:02,500
Covid year than we've seen the
portal in this transition year,
1381
01:24:02,500 --> 01:24:08,500
but we haven't really seen how
the portal Works in a normally
1382
01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:11,600
in a normal year where there's
not, you know, super seniors and
1383
01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:15,000
all this shit where you got to
completely clear roster and
1384
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:18,600
things like that.
I mean it's definitely going to
1385
01:24:18,600 --> 01:24:23,200
be Different than what it was in
the past.
1386
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:25,900
But I think there's going to be
some settling in once people get
1387
01:24:25,900 --> 01:24:32,200
a better grasp of of the portal.
Yeah, but I mean, you know, I've
1388
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:34,800
said it before, I've got no
problem with the way the portal
1389
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:39,600
is set up, but like anything,
when you get more freedom, you
1390
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:43,200
know, there's also more risk
associated with exercising that
1391
01:24:43,200 --> 01:24:46,000
freedom right, what?
So, you know, when you, when you
1392
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:49,200
get in the portal, it might be
something where you don't get
1393
01:24:49,200 --> 01:24:53,400
the Calls you're wanting and now
you're, you're kind of in no
1394
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,600
man's land.
Exactly.
1395
01:24:55,700 --> 01:24:59,700
You're in purgatory.
So that's that's the fear for
1396
01:24:59,700 --> 01:25:02,800
some of these kids and so the
hope is that people in their
1397
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:04,900
Circle or giving them good
information, right?
1398
01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:08,700
That's the most important thing.
Now, the other big piece that
1399
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:12,800
now, it kind of made sense to
why they're rejecting it.
1400
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:16,300
If you go ahead and expand the
playoffs.
1401
01:25:16,300 --> 01:25:20,100
Now it's currently under
contract with the ESPN.
1402
01:25:20,300 --> 01:25:23,500
If you go ahead and expand it,
that means you're expanding to
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ESPN only control.
If you're not the SEC, what do
1404
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:33,300
you want?
If you're not the SEC, you want
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01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:39,500
a little bit more coverage,
agnostic situation for the
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college football.
Playoff if there's going to be
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01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:47,100
potentially eight games, leading
up to the semis in the National
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01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:51,400
five, in the national
championship game. if you are
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01:25:51,400 --> 01:25:58,100
the ACC, the Big 12, the packed
the pac-10 Pac-12, g5s Big Ten
1410
01:25:58,100 --> 01:26:02,700
even even though the Big Ten has
numerous contracts you want to
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01:26:02,700 --> 01:26:08,100
get everybody involved in taking
these games, no more money, more
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01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:16,500
exposure and essentially Don't
let ESPN monopolize it because
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01:26:16,500 --> 01:26:19,700
they've got the Monopoly on the
bowls, he got thrown up on the
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bowls.
I think, what, what this move I
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01:26:22,200 --> 01:26:27,900
think signals is that they
weren't ready to move forward
1416
01:26:27,900 --> 01:26:32,000
with the ESPN situation,
especially after the SEC,
1417
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:36,600
realignment, and how that really
kind of threw off the balance of
1418
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:40,900
the conference's, once they saw
that, they're like, all right,
1419
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:43,000
let's, let's, let's approach
this.
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01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:47,400
A Little bit slower and let's
see if we can get some things
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01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:51,900
leveraged in our favor as we
move forward with this before we
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01:26:51,900 --> 01:26:53,800
sign off on something that we're
stuck with.
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01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:57,200
For a good number of years,
probably five to ten years.
1424
01:26:57,300 --> 01:26:59,600
Yeah.
So it'll be interesting to see
1425
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:01,800
how the talks pick up.
I still think we're going to
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01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:06,600
wind up at 12, eventually,
probably 2025, but who knows?
1427
01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:09,400
Now, speaking of national
championship games, Brian.
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Obviously, you and I both
watched it, you On that, pick
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01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:18,400
them from Georgia, outright
laying the points.
1430
01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:24,500
But did that game prove to you?
Brian that kind of an old-school
1431
01:27:24,500 --> 01:27:26,600
mentality.
Can still win the national
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01:27:26,600 --> 01:27:30,200
championship.
Or is it the reason old school
1433
01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:34,200
mentality?
One is Georgia has 26 NFL
1434
01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:38,400
players on defense and even they
can slow down, Alabama, when
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01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:40,500
Alabama's missing a wide
receiver.
1436
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:43,500
I think it's a little bit of
both.
1437
01:27:44,700 --> 01:27:49,200
I think if You don't get an
injury for Alabama.
1438
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:52,000
It's probably at least a
different game.
1439
01:27:52,200 --> 01:27:54,900
I don't know if it's necessarily
still the same outcome, but I
1440
01:27:54,900 --> 01:28:00,600
think it's a different game, but
I think George has showed that
1441
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:03,500
in the right circumstances,
you're going with that
1442
01:28:03,500 --> 01:28:07,800
old-school mentality of Defense
first controlling offense, not
1443
01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:11,500
necessarily needing to score a
ton of points but this be
1444
01:28:11,500 --> 01:28:15,600
efficient with the football.
I think that showed that that
1445
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:20,100
can still win but I think it was
also a unique scenario because
1446
01:28:20,100 --> 01:28:22,200
of some of the things that
happen during the game.
1447
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:26,700
Also unique that there's guys
like Jordan Davis that literally
1448
01:28:26,700 --> 01:28:30,000
it takes two guys to block him
every single time for these.
1449
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:34,000
That much of a man absolutely
but it was great to see, Georgia
1450
01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:37,700
win and kind of break the
monotony of Alabama.
1451
01:28:39,100 --> 01:28:43,500
So you know, we are right now.
What are we grind?
1452
01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:46,300
Ten days after the national
championship, right?
1453
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:53,000
Yeah. 360 55 days or something
like that.
1454
01:28:53,500 --> 01:28:58,100
Now, I'm way off for like, six
months until seven months.
1455
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:01,200
Yeah, it's late and I've it
math.
1456
01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:04,800
Math is a bitch.
It's just what it is.
1457
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:07,700
We're like, seven months until
kickoff.
1458
01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:10,600
Can't wait.
Can't wait for Spring ball and
1459
01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:16,200
the rest of this offseason run.
Hi Ron, anything breaking while
1460
01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:18,600
we've been out here?
I don't see anything funny when
1461
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:21,400
I think we're good to kick it.
All right.
1462
01:29:21,400 --> 01:29:24,100
Well that is going to wrap up
this episode of The Boundary
1463
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:26,200
Corner podcast.
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1464
01:29:26,500 --> 01:29:28,600
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01:29:28,600 --> 01:29:32,200
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01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:33,700
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