Your non-winning @ Pitt Eye in the Sky: (part I)

#13 Virginia Tech=17, n/r Pitt=35

“It was just a cluster…”

…nuff said.

“We’ve become adequate at best.”

“…pathetic tackling…”
-Virginia Tech defensive coordinator, Bud Foster-


“We are inconsistent … for whatever (reason(s)) it may be.” -Virgina Tech offensive coordinator, Bryan Stinespring-

After all, the only place improving comes before owning is the dictionary.

So allow me to go first.
My official prediction thread digits sucked!
They sucked!!!
I’ll own that.
My worst call since the J.M.U. game and our worst game overall since our 2003 visit to wvu.

I’ve got to get better.
I’ve got to execute.
Pitt did some things I’d not seen on film.

“Ding-Dong!”

Virginia Tech Surgeon General’s warning;
If you are a P.A.T.T. or think that you may be preggers with a P.A.T.T., this Eye in the Sky may be hazardous  to your health.

1st quarter, 6:47 remaining:
Those of you who have balled know what this means, you know what has inverted and you know what it takes to flip ‘em back. If you don’t know just ask Ty.Wilson’s inadvertent elbow as it just X’ed Exum out in the most personal way possible.

“Wide open spaces…”

1st quarter and game duration:
For those of you wondering how the old Whiskey ball-coach from the BIG-10 just did that to Coach Wiles’ boys … note the 6-5 minute remaining mark of the first Q as the game clock ticks downward when you will get a really clear look at blocking up (wide-side) or blocking down (short-side) the line-of-scrimmage. If this was a defensive-line technique we’d be calling it the politically incorrect “slant”. Accordingly, everyone blocks one gap or one man over, all in the same direction, with all five Panthers simultaneously blocking left-to-right, or right-to-left –this is not zoning with a lateral delay, nor is the pure drive-blocking. This is blocking via creating angles and using General Rommel type pincer movement techniques to hit the flanks of the Hokie dLinemen and thereby create efficacious angles for Pitt.

1st quarter, 1:33 remaining:
Sure seems like someone went outta their way to write about on here and talk about on-air; the need to play Centerfield with your Fs or off-man with at least one Cb and therefore play go-fish with the sailing throws of LT3. I’d call this a sailing throw, though that is not fair to sailing throws everywhere; as LT3 overthrew everyone by at least 10 yards when you take into account the fact that the Panther Fs had to leave his feet and go climb the main-mast all Master and Commander like just to go fetch this one. Yes, #80 (D.Knowles) Zoom, and #8 (R.Dunn) on a Down-n-Out collided on the intended rub or pick downfield, and yet this moon shot pass was rocketed well over their heads no matter what traffic cop is directing traffic at the red-light green-light.

To add insult to insult, notice #80 (D.Knowles) getting stolen by #36 of Pitt about 5 yards up-field. </sigh>

Pittsburgh National Rankings:

2nd quarter, 11:11 remaining:
Simply put, IF I were Coach Sherm’, and I saw #11 D.Roberts ducking contact like this, and not even bother to feign an attempt at feinting on a block, I would quite literally take him outta the game, manually remove his jersey and tell him to go sit on the bus. If I were M.Sclaes however I’d walk out to the bus and halftime and punch D.Roberts right in the mouth. Just watch this if you think I’m being to harsh on what is nothing less than a catty play by #11. W, o, r, s, t Se or Fl blocking I’ve ever caught on tape at Virginia Tech.

Nevertheless, and on a more positive note, M.Scales did spark an otherwise feckless first-half with his north-south power-transmission. Where the “O/D” stands for overdrive rushing right up the A-gap gut right into the teeth of the Pitt Panther defenders and I for one applaud him for that. Someone forgot to tell #25 to quit.

Classic cUp:

2nd quarter, 4:12 remaining:
I’ll tell you another Hokie that somebody forgot to tell “stop playing and start stopping” was Stud-De #99 J.Gayle. Dood plum got after Tino no matter where Tino went in the pocket as James personally accounted for 50% of our T.F.L. (tackles for a loss) and Sacks combined. When James straight-up plays the game and lets his actions speak louder than his words, he is extremely actionable leader indeed. Dood musta pledged Delta Tau Chi in Animal House or the ΔTX (DeeToX) fraternity because “…when the going gets tough, James Gayle gets going!”

2nd quarter, 3:52 remaining:
For a pass to ultimately wind up incomplete, this is about as good a throw as LT3 or any other Qb can make on the Down-Out-Down route to #9 R.Dunn as LT3 delicately drops a lofty and eminently catchable ball right over the Pitt Ss who has R.Dunn covered like a blanket indeed. The reason I point this out is to reassure all of you just how good LT3 is when he gets his feets properly set, when he releases the ball nice and smooth right at 12 o’clock high, and then follows through without fear of a full frontal reprisal and subsequently does not throw off his hind foot or pull the string in basketball ‘esque fashion on his pass. Make no mistake; this is Sunday quality throw outta a future N.F.L player and a fairly ballsy call considering our 1st and 10 field position from out very own 15.

And yes, in case you kan’t already tell … I’m reaching for positive things to say about this disaster likewise known as the first-half. Frank might wanna file some F.E.M.A paperwork when he sees this one.

N.A.T.T.y Lyte 6-pack:

  • Fumbles: sure seems like someone was beating the Coach Hite “hands” nickname drum pre-season with this many rookie ball-carries slated to tote the rock for mightily Virginia Tech. Sure enough, 4 fumbles from our rookie Tb’s later and suddenly our Turnover Margin has officially found it’s way into the red at -.0.33 per game. Yikes! When was the last season Virginia Tech had a negative Turnover Margin? When it has been +0.9 for at least 6 years running!
  • LT3: did the pro camp out in California with George Whitfield mess with him? Did they muck him up? Did they make the technique changes that have become officially pronounced as latent-adapters at best? I need some film footage of that to study –if anyone has the link- though I’m left wondering if they tried to reinvent his wheel. Wheels are round last time I checked, you don’t reinvent 360°. Adding to it won’t help – in fact there is no such thing. Such is the nature of satisfaction segueing into substitution.  LT3’s 2011 throwing mechanics may not have been 100% textbook perfect; few are and after all he is at least still 5% Te. However, they were satisfactory –if not a good deal more than that. Subtracting from it -the 360° wheel- won’t help – in fact thee is no such thing. Well not beyond a flat-tire — though I digress. Substitution does not work here either; do you substitute a square tire and go all Barney Rubble on your prize sports-car outside? Hell no, what good is that? So if you can not improve LT3’s unusual wingspan driven release-point, or his footwork, or his tendency to lean back under full-frontal pressure, why muck it up? As we say in the 3o4: “if it ain’t’ broke don’t break it”. Right now varying parts of LT3’s passing game are in decline. They are not only in decline; they appear to be a contagion that is spreading. That’s not good folks. Nor is his decline in rushing production and nor is a potential decline in confidence. Or in other words, if O’Cain does not help LT3 pump the breaks in the next two weeks, this might very well be the infamous sophomore slump; albeit a year late.
  • Sun Tzu: “if you wish to capture that which you attack, you attack that which is not defended.” Or in other words, you attack weakness, not John Wayne mano-a-mano oozing machismo bravado powered bullS. So who did Pitt attack? Let’s see? How ‘bout our Mike Linebacker who is now playing ‘backer with one surgical screw left in his right-foot, a sprained ankle on top of that, and his beloved grandmother –God Bless- newly reposed? Or, you could always attack Jack Tyler who has a reputation for pass-coverage flaws? Or you could attack the lame Detrick Bonner (leg)? Or you could attack the 155 lb. Donovan Manning over on the edge? Football is just not a nice game –is it folks? Though it is a terminal-contact sport that is best played with a Helm’s Deep “show them no mercy” attitude, while keeping your mouth shut, and keeping it between the whistles and inside the rule-book. Pitt did just that. They showed us no mercy and hit us where we ain’t.
  • Down 7-zip? No biggie. No need to panic. Down 14-nil? Welllll…..it’s really only two plays. Down 21-nothing for 20 minute? Ok. Now I have a problem. In breaking tape on the 24060 (Blacksburg zip-code) sidelines, I see, well, nothing. As in no sense of urgency, no enthusiasm, nobody was trying to rally the troops. As bad as the “Sweet Caroline” visit to Boston College was, I did at least see people on the Virginia Tech sideline who did not appear to enjoy getting beat. Perhaps letting each other know about it was less than synergistic, however at least it showed they actually did care. This past Saturday; not so much; as where was our leadership down 3-full plays up at Pitt? Only 2 senior starters on defense and only 3 full-time senior players on offense may have had something to do with this. However…, ♫Wan-Wan-Wan♪
  • The Virginia Tech Bowling Green point-spread opened as Virginia Tech as a 22.5 point favorite and quickly dropped to VT-20.5. Be that real or perceived … talk about a vote of no confidence –yikes!
  • Virginia Tech now stands at 96th in Rushing Offense and an even 100th in Rushing Defense outta 120 D-1 college football team’s folks. WOW! Just wow! (BONUS: and associatively, Virginia Tech has given back a truly staggering -8 minutes in Time of Possession since last season!)

You are Frank Beamer: what was your post-game speech up at Pitt?

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Doing a good job of taking a total manhandling of an ass kicking like this is like getting used to Thunderbird wine … there is no such thing.


As one would expect under adverse field position conditions -primarily driven by the Panthers mauling Bud Lyte at the point of attack to the tune of 254 yards rushing allowed is like that. Or to put it another way; just how many Lo.FM’s must you face when you are routinely reeling off 4.6 yards per carry on average? Not many or three more than Virginia Tech, surprisingly enough. The real killer here however is the record low of only four positive plays made by Virginia Tech and Logan Thomas on the day. Now compare that to the 275% more positive plays that Pitt made when chasing the chain-gang and that is bad enough. However, when you mix in 21 points from the Panthers when facing long down-n-distance situations you can walk right up to any Vegas sportsbook window and tell then you want a thousand on Pitt-17.5 points, name your price, and live to fight another day.

And suddenly we have officially gone full-circle as opposing to going full-Monty as a 10.5 point road favorite vs. o-2 Pitt. Which brings us to the “inert” Virginia Tech offense.

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So you are O’Cain and Stiney: what can you do with this offense?

Notice I did not type what should you do to fix it.
As I’m not real sure there is much that can be done.
However, what would you do if you ran the VT zoo???

Those of you who know me know that I am big on the very old-school book of: How To Win Friends and Influence People. In that epic text, Mr. Dale Carnegie says at the very end of Chapter 1, you never criticize, condemn or complain. Or in other words when you present problems you must stand ready to immediately marry them to solutions. To do otherwise is no better than complaining in and of itself. However, where do you turn in an attempt to jump=start this twenty-twelve Virginia Tech offense?

I have one contrite nomination  –and after watching this game-film, you’d be contrite too.

Speed-Max:

* J.C.Coleman at Tb,
* M.Davis, D.Knowles, and C.Full’ at wideout, and we go 3-wide full-time.

Think of this as going to Advance Auto and purchasing the most jacked up industrial battery that they vend. We do pass-block pretty well and this line-up should give us maximum vertical stretch with 3-wide. After that it should give us the maximum horizontal stretch with J.C.C. who is our only speed-back to the edge. LT3 mans the middle or internal rumblings after all of that.

So my play-calling looks like this:

  1. Pass first. With a mix of at least 1 guy long every play, and 2 to 3  guys underneath that.
  2. Then I run to the edge with jet-sweeps and such to get J.C.C. into his element.
  3. Then, and only then do I let LT3 work the read-option in which LT3 supplies most if not all of the inside the Tackles rushing all by his ownself.

Though do note, that I am now a pass-first, outside rush second and internal powerhouse team last.

Unless of course you disagree. Then what?
What else is there?
And most importantly, will we even dare to change things up?

LETS GO!

Hokies!

bourbonstreet**

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  1. We need to man up and put Benedict at RG, Farris at LG and drive block the heck out of people with M. Scales and LT plowing through people. At least for a week to get people HITTING someone.

    1. LT cannot do it by himself. He lost two of the best receivers in Tech history. The problem has been, and will continue to be, OFFENSIVE LINE. If you can’t run ………. Tell me, other than last year, when we have had a good OL in the past 6-8 years? I just don’t see where we coach-up any OL people. At some point you need to look at the coach. We can all do our Monday AM quarterbacking: here is mine. Frank is loyal to the assistant coaches to a fault but I see one perennial problem —– Newsome. We have no offensive rhythm because we have no OL. My suggestions:

      Hire a GOOL OL coach, or

      Move Stiney to OL, and hire the ODU offensive coordinator. They put up 50 a game and he can recruit 757. Stiney could probably get more out of the OL than Newsome.

        1. B’street & tylerh –

          Amen brother, what 949hokie said!

          (SHORT term solution)
          (LONG term solution)

          The solution this year is to go west-coast offense and use the short pass as your running game.

          The solution long term is to retool the offensive side of the coaching staff. Visiting other teams to borrow their ideas doesn’t get the job done. Everything Coach Beamer has tried to improve the O for the past three years, has failed. Why? The OC doesn’t get it. Spent too much time around the military not to see their ‘ole expression, “he doesn’t get it” applies to Stiney. Time to clear house on the offensive side of the ball, or start with a new OC and new OL coach. As Coach Beamer said himself in 2009 and 2010, the team underachieved. I think all would agree, the loss to Michigan means the team underachieved last year as well. I also think all would agree, it ain’t a talent shortage on the team causing problems. Time to make a serious change before Coach Beamer retires. Of course, I know, this won’t happen until 2015, so I am patiently waiting and wondering, which direction the Hokies will go post Beamer?

          Be patient Hokie Nation!
          /r
          Slim

  2. To think Logan Thomas’ one week in California with a proven NFL QB guru ‘messed him up’ is a huge stretch. Logan spent all spring, summer, and into this fall under O’Cain’s tutelage. Gee, you’d think O’Cain would have corrected whatever ‘wrongs’ Whitfield installed in all the months since then.

    Not to mention, Whitfield also tutored Andrew Luck & RG3. I don’t see their mechanics messed up.

    Just perhaps, Logan is pressing too much from being the spotlighted star and having to carry the offense. Just perhaps, that might be the problem, not five days on the west coast.

  3. We haven’t been able to man-up for a long time. We are aiming for the Stanford/Alabama style of play, but don’t have the ponies in the trenches. When was the last time it was 3rd and 3, and we were all confident we could pick it up with the TB?

    I think Logan is sorely missing Coale, and Boykin. Coale didn’t drop anything thrown his way (he only got calls overturned). He was vital on 3rd down last year. You throw in receivers that have 0 reliability, you would start to press too. The weight is all on his shoulders and his teammates are not helping with drops.

  4. What’s the status of JC Coleman’s broken hand? He’s clearly the only VT RB with any burst, but he has been used in a limited fashion and run on purpose mostly to the side for which he can carry the ball in his healthy hand. Getting nailed in backfield 0.1 seconds after he receives a handoff, due to a bush league OL wiff, doesn’t help either. I think his previous fumble may have been with his unhealthy hand also.

    Injuries, departures (for various reasons), and the resultant necessity to use the ingredients on-hand are a bland recipe for the 2012 soup.

  5. with the young skilled players on O (RB, WR), probably simplifying the O playbook might help. The O looks slow to me. Perhaps minds tying up feet?

  6. Just a hint Bourbon . Take a look at the Pitt tape again and you will find your answer.
    That coach was the Wisky OC for years and what is Wisky doing , that O has fallen apart up there and the Pitt team looks like the Wisky team. Yet he did all that in a spring practice and a fall practice and they look much more cohesive than the supposedly stable VT coaching side. Blew Cincy for 420 yds and VT for 530 I am Impressed and with the Penn st trouble they will be a power in the ACC very quickly . If VT is to move forward it will be due to Frank admitting he doesn’t know offense and getting someone in who does because the VT offense is bad for the most part . I don’t see that happening so we are going to have to try and muck it out by winning ugly .

  7. They both need to go. I am done with them. They have been, will continue to be and will forever be…AWFUL!! Nuff said.

  8. I rarely understand bourbonstreet, but I agree with his prescription for the offense. I was thinking about that question during a four-hour drive yesterday & came to that conclusion. I’d spread every D out from here on down the line, and go shotgun/one back 80% of the time or more. 3 WR sets a lot, 2 TE sometimes. Goodbye, pistol. I’d make the running game based mainly on read option & speed option. Sounds a bit like the Cam Newton O at Auburn? Sounds like the Tyrod O to me, and that worked okay.

  9. My first priority would be to get LT some simple 4-5 yard pass plays that he completes at a high percentage, even the TB swing pass. Just get him going and confident. Hate the Stiney O leaves TB in to block (and they are whiffing this year) when swing pass opens it up for others.

    -Teams are playing closer to the line of scrimmage this year b/c of Clemson last year with their corners. Too high % of VT’s plays go to Flanker and Split End. Doesn’t matter your motion or sets when primary A is Flanker or Primary A is split end. The problem relates to the O and Clemson flat out exposed the problems

    Scales is limited to flat. Coleman speed back. Holmes patient runner with good blend but still goes down pretty easy. Missing Drew kid at Fork Union. Have to use combo even if easy to read, not like the O is full of surprises at this point anyway.You are already doing that with Dunn at TE, not like they can’t figure out the blocking suffers and he is good for the pass.

    If you are going to run the damn pistol and no huddle then do it. Stop freaking huddling and changing up the play from the sidelines mind you. The hits on the QB are going to make completion % lower for sure.

    Get C BS out of the freaking box with O’Cain. “Going to help with the running game from the box” enuff said. Not working go back to the sidelines. Not a help with the Oline. Not loaded at TE. Yet great recruiter everywhere but the places you coach. Not calling plays anymore and when you do get involved in 2012 fromt he booth look what happens. Does VT have a great scheme, blocking scheme, great plays, play calling, rythym? What is the purpose. Looks on paper like other teams plays that we run. Jack of all trades and master at none. Will give him credit for the TE drag vs FSU that time VT won at Lane (saw that in flag football first) but was first time saw it in college game, other than that play it all seems borrowed without the correct blue print.

    Did VT stop recruiting guards? BB is playing well, but the push from DT’s is really hurting the pocket as well. Follow through is suffering. Think I know the answer to the question but anyway.

    D does get mauled some by power running teams. So that was not unusual to see. Didn’t expect it but has happened before. Said it before backer is the hardest position on D b/c has to cover the swing pass (and B taylor is great in coverage from Mike), but no backer = opened up doors to tailback passes. Safeties had hard day. But unless you rotate players you can’t cover every scheme. VT is playing with 4 corners on field, so vs spread teams should match up great. Power running teams and option teams are going to be tough with corners as safeties. Need a rotation which may be the next evolution of the VT D. Can’t disguise as well but you got the players for a reason. The biggish safeties all left the program. That was a factor on Saturday. Will be also vs apprantly Pitt, Bama, and Wisc on future schedules.

    Miss a great route runner and didn’t see that coming. LT does lead some passes and looks really pretty when players come out of cut and ball is there, but also looks terrible when not on or player not in right spot. However each throw should not have to be 10 or more yards that is just not feasible at this time.

    1. I would like to delete my post. Frustrated but no need for my opinion. Oh well hindsight. Need to not type messages anymore if don’t have something good to say.

  10. Stiney is back in the press box and look what happens. The O is a worse mess than before. I have long since lost confidence in the coaching of the offense and pretty tired of debates on how to fix the problems they create with being inadequate to the job of coaching a Div. 1 offense. I know a big part of the problem may be Beamer and his strategy of clock eating. But, that does not explain perennially poor OL, slow season start, failure to show up in some cream-puff games, inexplicable brain losses, and too frequent lack of want-to on the part of players. For better or worse, all should go except Shane Beamer, whom I give a pass until he has worked for a competent offense coordinator.

    1. don’t like stiney but the last two picks were on Logan no Stiney…The First pick was i wouldn’t say a sure catch but if i’m not mistaken the WR got two hands on it

  11. Dont see many options other than spreading the field and using the short passing game as a running game while sprinkling in some medium/long distance routes. In all seriousness, do you think TE would be much of a benefit or do his measurables/talents mesh with what we need (speed) in the running game?

    Spreading the field would additionally open up some running lanes for LT and keep the D honest.

  12. B’strt, I was also wondering if the Cali trip somehow messed up LT3. Outside of the last minute against GT, he has not been sharp. Besides passing, how come he couldn’t pick up a yard in OT with his legs? I would think that even with no one blocking, he should be able to run over a few guys. And Hokies, I know he lost Boykin and Coale, but his passes have been uncatchable by anyone wearing Maroon and Orange.

    1. They had LT3 out in the Ocean, in the Pacific Ocean mind you, throwing the football to simulate the defense as breaker waves coming right at you!

      I LOVE anything outside the box.

      Though that’s a rhombus, not a box.

      b’street

      1. Do you really think that the five days Logan spent in California overran all of his instruction previously? Do you really think that the four months O’Cain has had to analyze Logan’s mechanics since the California trip, that O’Cain couldn’t ‘unbreak’ the pretend horrible lessons Logan learned? Really? Four months of coaching couldn’t outdo five days, if the five days were indeed as bad as falsely claimed? This is a guy who tutored Andrew Luck & RG3. I guess they’re lucky they ignored his instruction.

        Or just perhaps… perhaps it was not the influence from outside the Frank Beamer coaching tree that has bothered Logan. Just perhaps, it is his inability to handle the mantle of team star right now. Considering this was a guy who didn’t want to be a college QB anyway, just perhaps… that might be an explanation.

        Nah, it’s got to be those evil outside influences…

        1. Perhaps it is the objective fact that it is his feet doing 4 different drops?
          * under-center
          * Pistol
          * elevated Pistol
          * Shotgun?

          Maybe it is the 3-foibles still in his throwing mechanics? (release point, pulling the string, aforementioned footwork)

          Could it be the new pass-n-catch battery sans our best Wideout that has not had time/reps to mesh?

          Confidence crunch or sophomore slump a year late?

          Might even been being a bit dinged up physically?

          Only thing I’m sure it is not is the pass-blocking.
          Which has been quite decent bye-the-by.

          b’street

          1. None of the above mentioned point to a digression by the 5 day seminar in California. Thanks for proving my point for me. There are lots of possible reasons for LT’s regression. The absolute – by a country mile – least of them is the 5 day influence from an NFL QB expert tutor.

            You gave lots of reasons in your reply why LT’s not where he used to be, if only you’d considered those reasons in your blog. That was my point. LT’s not regressed because he got instruction from AN NFL EXPERT ON QB’S that is outside Frank Beamer’s coaching tree.

            He’s regressed for other reasons. I think it’s mental. It could be any of the factors you mentioned, though. I just wish you’d mentioned those as the factors in your blog and not blamed it on the outside influence, which was probably the best five days of QB coaching LT ever received in his life.

            Protecting the shield at this point only diminishes credibility, it doesn’t enhance loyalty points.

  13. These responses are interesting B’ Street. I am a big Fan of yours, but your biggest Fans are caught up in talking in code and Abbreviated histronics. Your fault, kinda. I dig it, but after a devestating Loss, it wears thin. I’ll sum it up in Plain Speak. Our Offensive Line sucks as usual, How can such Big Guys be such Wusses? Discretion keeps me from using better descriptives. This is the worst Running Back Corps in years, puny and slow, yet Edmonds is gonna Redshirt. We have 1 Go-To Receiver(Davis, who can drop em), a World-Class Speedster Knowles(who Logan is not comfortable with obviously, he would be better off playing for the ‘Noles), and Jarrett(playing on the wrong side). Thank-You David Wilson for leaving us(5 carries-10 yards, and 1 Huge Fumble, in 2 Games). I was worried about Logan with all new Guys, and We have a Game We had to pull out of our butt, a Win over a Pathetic Austin Pee, and the most Humiliating Loss in years to a very mediocre Pitt team. Va. Tech lost a lot of respect on Saturday all over the Country, I was at the Oceana Air Show in Va. Beach, thank God! As proud as the Blue Angels made me, my Hokies shamed me. B’Street, the immediate Schedule sucks, We don’t play a name Team till We go to Clemson, and may very well have a loss to Cincy under our belts by then, even others. Can you any signs of a Miracle Turnaround, this has a chance to be the Ugliest Season in years, Logan may have to stay. Don’t wanna play Alabama in 2013, can We cancel?

    1. Yah; Tb talent is average. The oLine does pass block well, although I do agry, run-blocking is going Full Metal Jacket “suckie suckie”.

      Yah; Cincy is within reach.
      So is UNC.
      And prolly all that speed @ Maimi as well.

      b’street

  14. Sir, another artful dissection . The Art of War would suggest that “If you know the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles”.

    We knew neither!

    My worry, more than what “can” be done, is the lack of fundamental understanding on the part of the staff , as to what tools are at our disposal, to begin the process. There is a great deal of brain trust on the bridge, but no one like Admiral Spruance to decide when to just turn the damn ship into the wind.

    We’re struggling to find “The Desert Fox’s “Book”; can’t read what you can’t find.

    Thanks for opening the “Eye”. Looking forward to part II

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