War Plan Orange!

 

Very seldom do you see any hitting from Virginia Tech menz football squad.

I for one find their lack of Faith that the sword is truly mightier than the pen most… “disturbing”.

Politically correct need not apply. Purely chicken or Pussy-cat can take it all the way. The All-Charmin Conference is ripe -and always has been by our quad-reckoning- for a lunchroom bully to stormtrooper right on in and rip all dat coin. Black-n-Blue and Big-10 football this shebang jus’ ain’t. Has not ever been and very likely will never be. This is entirely why Frankie took them by storm way back in 2oo4. His shocktroops were used to the: you fight or you get fought pretty dang confrontational chin-checking play of the Big East. The A.c.c. being the big, yeast. Which has proven infectious indeed— or in O&M spades. Nevertheless, Pryimetime himself had talked the talk about making Virginia Tech physical and tough again… then? Well, then he appeared to abandon the U.S.S. Duck Pond ship about ¾’ers of the 2o22 through. Then? Even queerer than that… of all the things… he (then) started playing better once he went mo’ cutsie du jour and then he ended 2o22 right where he actually started, winning. Now, however, he faces a true serial all-hands-on-deck recruiting and programming cultural dilemma. Refurbishing his very own …Armaments Industry (or: a recruiting) War Plan Orange.

Techsideline Surgeon General‘s Warning…

“If you are a P.A.T.T., if you feel you may be becoming a P.A.T.T., or if you are preggers with a P.A.T.T., …this may not be the Tech Thoughts for you!“

“Where you stand is where you, sit.“

How do things (R.A.T.T.) stand coming off of a whopping 3-win ’22 campaign you ask?

“thx” @CrystalCoveHokie for the find here!

So, VeeTee is actually the following objective, quantified, science-fact Coach Spock, things… like ’em or lump ’em, these things are legit.

• 5th from A.c.c. Last when runnin’ ball @Home! Or, a not-so-thunderous Thunder Dome no mo’. As only @Death Valley (A.K.A. Clemson, Sc.) can ‘speak’ to our (formerly) well-fabled home-court advantage. (Homing signals 1o1…)
• 4th from A.c.c. Last in puttin’ in out-of-conference work. Meaning: we ain’t beating the peeps we should be beating often enuff. (Flooring 1o1…)
• 3rd from A.c.c. Last when courting a ‘rest advantage’ or “fresh legs” to mix my sporting metaphor. Again, what mo’ do you want than this? You get this +rest dividend and you had better take scheduling (full) R.O.I. advantage of the very same. (S&C 1o1…)
• 3rd from A.c.c. Last when playing as the Favorite. Again, this is not an every girl is: ‘beautiful’ and ‘pretty’ look. When you (seemingly) do enjoy not less than a subjective edge you needs to come out edgy indeed and take care of the (seemingly) lesser opponents’ business. That way you fatten your record for that oddball day when the oblong spheroid bouncing business is not so good or for when the Hokiebird is bearish indeed. (Hunter vs. hunted 1o1…)
• Penultimate from A.c.c. Last when ballin’ after facing the always low-scoring game vs. BYE. Again, you catch an OPEN week and get 10 to 13 days to catch your near fortnight breath and you had better be holding your very own fort, down! (Rest vs. Rust 1o1…)

In all fairness… we are 2nd best as an A.c.c. Away underdog and we did slot top-5 and Top-4 in two other ‘dog metrics. As we are clearly better as the hunter than we are as the hunted. That said, unless you are an aquarian or Vegan Tech, you gotta hunt if you wanna eat(s).

‘Aye’, there is a little backhanded measure of credit to mete out here, granted.

’cause Eye recall when even some O&M Old Yellers -that courted negative records- DID Beamerball die-hard in-game indeed. Dooley too.

So, that’s our 1st step… if/when Pry and Co. jus’ gotta get beat?

Go’on and beat the piss outta the other team physically until the bitter end.

As less the Liberty Bell rung up ending to ’22? ’22 was not a hit-first fighting look.
The Vick’s and their podcast are bang on the chin correct.

We needs some damn dwagg(s) back in us.

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Recruiting revisited: (247 style):

Based on W/L performance vs our 247 roster talent rankings 2o15-23… we see the following trends emerge… as Talent(s) vis-à-vis outcome(s), went…

• VT’s 3 Best seasons were: 2016 +1, 2017 –1, 2022 –1.
• Our most talented roster was 2019 at #29.
• Our least talented roster was 2022 at #52.

So, ‘yes’; some of you are right to some extent… that’s not A+++ coaching the verb, is it?
As it would be umpossible to say that it is…

However, we prefer a differing verb: we prefer: “getting”.

As in that is not getting all that you can outta said Talent(s). And the speedbump here is that less the Rb1 ding to Herbert for a few games and less a series of truly dented Qb1’s… team-wide health was not so insalubrious stem-to-stern. Was it?

Such is the latest russian commanding general turnstile commandeered or deja Fu’ nesting dolls all over again. Such is the bodyguard of quick-fix coaching lies that is collapsing the further you read. Fatuously at that.

Still yet… the more things change the less they remain the, same?

Or so we had all, hope!

–oOo–

“Change is inevitable.
Growth is optional.”
—Coach Maxwell

“And now, going into his second year, many of the guys who didn’t belong aren’t here anymore. In less than 18 months this coaching staff has flipped 41% of the roster from a year ago, bringing in 27 new commits (26 freshmen and James Jeanette, the JUCO pass rusher) and nine transfers for a total of 36 new scholarship players.” —Brian Marcolini, TKP

Dr. Robert Lazar or reverse-engineering in-state football tuition.

https://www.thekeyplay.com/virginia-tech-football/2023/06/23429/virginia-techs-starting-over-and-thats-great

So, there are and will likely be some O&M greenhorn(s) on the move and hopefully ‘on the come’ as Brit’ Boxing pundits put it. This roster was fluxed up and this roster will remain in flux for another year— possibly two to two-point-five campaigns.

As this Hokiebird will have some mongrel tendencies— nonetheless, do recall that most everyone self-elected to ’22 roster inheritance S&C Winter workouts stay.

Meaning this ’22 catharsis IS Top—->down.

(NOT bottoms—->up, as b4).

Think about that one…

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Tool Time, raise the roof or floooored, 1o1?

So, here is what time it really is TSL… just; watch.

Two really harsh things have happened to our now well-poached Tidewater pipeline former Talent-pool…

1. As Pry did NOT have the t’Mobiles or Wilson’s or Williams’ to build/hide or cover a rather inept raised to the inert powerless looking O around. i.e., the masking agent elites went from 7-5-7 double-o’s to triple-nos. And, and, and, he did not inherit 220v or power-punchers his Jumbo-Te base-O ramrod straight ahead Set(s), craved. A domesticated 110v kitchenette 1o1.
2. Then the bottom or the flooring itself fell out and; well… there you IT IS THE Talent just ask 3-wins… went.
   i.e., the build-around downright ‘solid’ guys have dipped quite a bit in the last couple of handful of years as well. This part was not as visible as twinkle twinkle lesser star {sic: power} was to the casuals… although, it was more headcount quantifiably hurtful when taken in baseless width and breadth strategic terms. A Swamp Castle 1o1.

   

3. A.K.A.: yah’ll don’t be in such a ’23 PK1 rush to let Lucy pull the ball out from in front of you folks.

As our fewer apex go: ‘make a play’ predators up and went… {sic: somewhere else}.

At the very same dang time, our numerically greater headcount of foundational, developmental, coached-up Top-44 fill-in-the-gaps guys has dwindled as well.

The worst of both worlds.

Still yet, in ’22 terms Pry did have just enuff plywood to hammer and banger and fashion a better than it really shoulda been D outta Coach Fred G. Sanford’s rustic/oxidized inherited junkyard backyard parts. (Like: a near career reboot for po’ DAX). That is coaching the verb gentlemen.

The O had less experience and less Bondo and fewer popcorn chips and bubble wrap.
Per their lesser ’22 Talent(s) they produced the lesser ’22 result(s).

And this just in… rain is rumored to be… wet.

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Chips taste… gooooood!

Per the rather interesting blue-chip ratio… over the last four recruiting cycles, Virginia Tech has signed nine blue-chip prospects and 85 non-blue-chip prospects. That equates to a Blue-Chip Ratio of just 8.24% for the 2023 season.

Now recall three summers past and our very own foray into just how well you objectively need to recruit in order to have a credible uppercase, chance… (per: 247’s national recruiting rankings 1st to 131st); and theBlue-Chip Ratio itself.

… whereby one magic number emerged and one prestidigitation digit or barrier emerged that you do not not not not, wanna dip below.

Recall our in-house and proprietary magic numbers of 37th and 58th overall.

• 37th (or better recruiting) is what you need to proverbially: ‘have a chance’. At something at least Conference calling tops.
• 58th or less and that recruiting slippery slope can no longer ‘rise’ up and tends to outcome ‘run’ away and hide. You are big-time done and you are precariously close to becoming the little man and no member of the wimminz species ever begs for dat.

Now recall that every single Natty Title winner since the Bowl Championship Series dropped has enjoyed a Blue-Chip Ratio of 5o% or better. (To Have and Have Not, or Coach Hemmingway football 1o1).

NOW… understand that our very own: 8.24% is jus’ plum: ‘puny’. Just like the little boy’s wee-wee in K.Costner’s: A Perfect World (1993).

IF, you are R.A.T.T. keeping score @home…that is the lowest of all time at Virginia Tech’s modern-era history; going all the back to 1995! 1st-worst. Ever!

It is also the very first time the Hokies have ever dipped below 1o%. The next lowest was the 2022 roster (16.oo%) and the 2o16 roster (16.67%).

…goodness…. as in… gracious!

In other words, our studs are hung twice as small as our smallest hang so far.

For some perspective… consider thus… the (reigning) alpha D-1 champ’ swagg courts ~+16o% mo’ Talent than we do. This is surprising, maybe even a little encouraging; (if true). Possibly not quite beyond their F+ vs. our A+ reach.

Additionally, we court +253% mo’ Talent than the rock-bottom zeta D-1 swagg courts.

This too is a bit surprising… maybe even a little insulating as any further future falling goes; (if true).

Now, and since Frank left you ask? Talent has dropped a ~measly –10 points from his pinnacle!!! Kra-kra. Ain’t it? Seems like mo’ to me on film and by no small measure either.

However, that has resulted in a nearly –25% slide in the hard-to-separate/distinguish All Coxswain Conference standings! wowow.

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That’s harsh, truly.

However^2, the Top-3 to Top-5 A.c.c. standings squadrons have all fattened on Talent since 2o15. Gloaming or gathering a handsome amount to themselves in those ocho tenths of a decade or 8’ish years. Meaning: they have mo’ plywood than we do.

Meaning: Pry REALLY earnestly needs to go ladder-climber and hammer away at their Top-5 A.c.c. floor. Truly. Seriously. Quickly! V.P.I. A.S.A.P.’ly.

’cause if you do not you are really stuck in the land of: Have Not, (enuff).

i.e., LOL… there are NO Magnificent Seven folks.

’cause there ain’t much to separate the bottom-A.c.c. 9.

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Coaching the Verb… Recruiting the… now/noun…

1. Pry is a good coach if he only had 2-win ’22 Talent.
2. Pry is an average coach if he only had 3-win ’22 Talent.
3. Pry is a poor coach if he had 4-(or more)-win ’22 Talent.
4. Right(s)?

   

Ergo, therefore, to Whit… the thesis of thought here is our very own aforementioned:

“…how well is he gonna recruit if/when he (ever) starts to, win?”

You’ve read that on the TSL pay-MB for months; plural, nest-ce pas?

Nonetheless, Pry has to sure up his plywood formerly saggy floor and he needs to linoleum it before he can go Beantowne homecourt advantage in-state… parquet. As the oft-advertised ’70s and early ’80s tee-shirt swagg of: “Virginia is for Lovers” may have to light petting wait.

There are however signs here… and they are not bad or even average…

Maybe the light at the end of the (steam) Tunnel is not a Train After all?

Portaling is for Lovers!

please support the VT F.C.A.!!!

“LETS GO!”

“Hokies!”

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