“Timing, is everything.”
–Hesiod, Greek didactic poet, 800 BC-

Today’s word of the day is … urgent!

ur·gent

 (ûr′jənt)

“Everything’s urgent.”
-coach-Fu-

Of all the articilized, social-media and message board overtly glamorized soundbites pouring outta coach-Fu’s inaugural Virginia Tech Spring Practice… I’d have to say those two words said more than all the rest. Combined!

Hope you like running, and lots of it, as someone pèrchantly said on the techsidleline.com pay side message board looooong before any of this came to light… you’d better get you arse in gear and you’d better get your pulmonary and cardio condition in-shape if you wanna ball for coach-Fu.

More running. More coach (Frank) Mosley. More cardio pulmonary expectations.

More betting the over on the Vegas big board on the amount of tubes of old-school Cramergesic© applied to aching and or sore O&M muscles right about now.

More Qb’s launching point now being on the roll-out or at least half-roll move. And coach-Fu and coach Corny do not appear to mind happy-feet(s) as much as most. LOVE to ask them why as Evans in particular looks like he’s on the A.T.P. awaiting an incoming serve along the baseline in tennis.

Looks like b.Motely has a little left-leg ding this Spring. Though he is competing for his P.T. or Qb1 spot; and is still listed as full.

Heard some good -and quite willing- things regarding coach-Fu and coach-Corny recognizing that they had NOT inherited 11 homogeneous or like Memphis spread-Set parts. And therefore they were willing to modified bits and pieces of their offense to fit their great Scot refugee personnel. Not the other way around –as some coaches hell by damn would. That to me showcases what some may call “flexibility” and what I call “I’s” and “Q’s”.

Looking for Hodges to buck opposing defenses up on some middle seam vertical stretching work. As methinks coach-Fu is about to totally weaponize #7 as opposed to more crossing 2015 work.

This is a much greater screening set as the quick hitting part of the coach-Fu offense goes in East-West terms at times. And yes, somewhere Ricky Bustle is …smiling.

There are a few more Read-Option looks from the gun in this coach-Fu offense than in Brewer years past.

Someone hears his boy Shai McKenzie is moving pretty dang well to be moving on a twice rebuilt right-knee. Coach God Bless and protect #22 here. As the closing 2015 practice feelers said that Shai was regaining some of his pre double-injury form in November and during the bowl practice run last season. Which makes you wonder where #22 would be on two good wheels? As he might dang well be in the N.F.L. if he had only remained 100%.

Eric Gallo looking noticeably bigger at Center, and some of it is rather gutty looking indeed. Makes one wondering if he was able to hit every single winter-time workout; or maybe if he just wanted to lower his center of mass and be a bit more physical? Time will tell… (though do observe the right-elbow wrap, and left-wrist taping that was not there early last season)

There is just a little B.Randall smoothness in Mister Evans’ quest to become Qb1. Something effortless, or more precisely, something “smooth” to his game and to the way he comports or carries himself around the football field. Albeit a B.Randall with a little more juice to his shakes in the open field; and a bit better in the arms race as well. However, that very smoothness makes Evans -same as B.Randall- and effortless leader. And that is a very very rare trait in 2016 everyone look at me social media terms. (UPDATE: the early word is that Qb1 would likely be Evans, as he has done pretty dang well for himself, at least so far, or so far so good. Take thy pick.)

Some early or should I say post Winter whispers to the good on the Moss kid at Linebacker. As this kid physically looks better than ever; and he’s got some unnaturally elongated reach in boxing terms (arm length) at MLb or at ‘backer.  A 34.5” vertical and a 445 lb. front-squat at 6’2” and 220 lbs.  tells you there are some physical tools here to work with. Only thing is… he’s seen such limited Linebacking game reps that it is difficult to peg just where he might be in second-layer stop-unit terms. We shall see… though I can tell you this, this guy has some vicious looking caps on his front-deltoids or shoulder-peaks. Dude looks like Tarzan, will he play like the same?

Osterloh looks much stronger in the upper-arms this spring. And it remains to be seen where this 2015 Swiss-Army or utility G/Ot combination player slots for coach Vice? Though year by year, you can see Parker going worker-bee and working Parker out, and hopefully working Parker up in terms of his contribution percentage this fall. As he surely has that classical pear-shape that any oLine coach craves; if Parker could just play a little lower with a little more bend in his trunk. (UPDATE: Parker has been getting a fair to middling look with the 1’s at Ot thus far over on the right-side)

Another early word is that Yosuah Nijman looks petty dang quick to be as big as he is (6’5” 292 lbs.) As this kid is in a race against the Professional clock. Does he have enough time to make the full conversion from former collegiate De to to future N.f.l. Ot?

The hitting or mänō ä ˈmänō intensity is lighting up at practice. The before versions of Ok.Drlll or the politically incorrect bull-in-the-ring are now a real live bear pit! I mean this, it’s a dog eat dog world in there, and there is a lot less room to work with. Narrower circling for one. Mind your knees on a roll-up spillage type collision, though this does increase the Hawthorn Effect as well. And guess who is standing there right in the very front row? (coach-Fu! Or the given Position coach(s) to tout their boy; or to help scrape him up)

Interesting drag-drill someone has not seen in a while to teach Qb’s to break tackles and/or drag defenders for an extra 3-6 feet or so. Not exactly injury adverse, either.

Although I do not know how you make him fit where i.e. which Position? I do know that Fb s.Peoples needs to see the field. This is not (much) of a pure Fullback set under Corny –so I do not know if you wanna try to H-back Peoples or not? Though this kid might just be Sam Rogers+. As in Sam+ at least a notch more of pure rushing ability and possibly even Sam+ a few extra volts of brickhouse power. This kid is the truth. Though it is difficult to forecast which position or how much playing-time lies ahead.

Tim Settle is just a frozen tundra mammoth beasty guy; as his elbows have divots that you and I call calluses. (word: is he put his money where this website’s mouth is, in day#1 of hitting, too! Let the Settle hype-bubble expand all the more.)

Someone likes the hyper quickness of the shotgun fielded Read Option hits here. As this is about as fast as you can humanly pressure and hopefully attack the opposing De or OLb edge. Wait until you see this at full speed. As “blur” might be my other word of the day for this particular Set.

WAR coach Vice in the original school coaches pants!!! Coach Vance Vice looks the Double Deuce bouncer part that coach Grimy tried to act. Very credible bad-azz chew glass spit nails flavored guy here. Almost something of a Foster presence in the offensive huddle as legitimate alpha-whistles go –and that’s something our O has been missing sans coach Hite. Good luck if you are stoopid enough to to wanna bar-fight with this guy. As he looks like he could scrum with the best wildman that Giles Co. has to offer, and yet do not forget that he’s a three-time all-Big Eight academic selection, too!

And coach Scott is surely an excitable guy. We’ve prolly lacked that as a stop-unit goes for a while. As it is simply applied sports psyche unfair to Bud, for Bud to always have to be his very own verbal whip cracking mouthpiece. As things like that -eventually- get figured out and tried and true suddenly becomes tired and through. Coach Scott may be my new imported favorite. He’s a lotta things; and new life via new blood is one of them. As this guy does not come with a mute button and Smokey the bear would not like coach Scott, as this is one fiery guy indeed!

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Tuaman looks just a tad bulkier, almost, wider, upstairs as the early returns go. And if he can still move at top-speed there is no way that that can injure his internal run-fighting capabilities.

Lotta rookie Wideout’s (Wr’s) are getting a lotta love and looks this spring practice. As we really do need 2 or 3 more pass catchers to step up and take some receiving heat off of Ford and Phillips in this high octane style O.

Interesting increase in handys’ness from both front-lines under the new regime. Prolly be a few more offensive Holding penalties, for it, too. However, this is a very hit-first fast-forward >> type approach. We (now) wanna land our 1-2 before you can even land your jab. The former Staff won a (bleep) ton of games being somewhere between a gridiron counterpuncher and boxer-puncher. This staff however is less reactionary and more pugilistically proactive. And it is interesting -to the point of being refreshing- to see so many red or scuffed up looking oLine knuckles, already!

T.McMillian our returning 1,o34 yard rusher looking a little stouter as well. Love to see where he is tipping the Toledo’s right now | very curious to see how much kálosthénos -which is Greek- or our word for calisthenics, that Travon has in him with a more filled in frame in tow.

Pretty curious to see if final year Dt’s Woody Baron -a legacy kid- and Nigel Williams can take the next step and be more than solid to serviceable in their final 12-14 games. If they can, this could be your hidden stop-unit X-factor right there sports fans.

#O&MIntensityJustWentWayWayUP!

Virginia Tech=more intense, more accountable, more jacked up!

“LETS GO!”

“Hokies!”

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