It’s been a heckuva year for Virginia Tech, and I haven’t quite got my head around it, so my next few articles are going to basically be long-form Chute Drills of all the stuff rattling in my head.

The Early Missteps

If this thing doesn’t turn around, I think Brent Pry’s going to be kicking himself for how he started digging himself a hole at just about the moment he took the job. It’s a common topic on the TSL boards, but it bears repeating: Pry is a first-time head coach, who surrounded himself with coaches from disparate systems and two first-time coordinators, and who gave himself dual-duties as head coach and defensive play-caller. None of it worked. 

He also failed to bring in transfers. The Hokies didn’t get any blingy guys who could come in and make a difference right away. Nor did they bring in bench-warmers from PSU, Wisconsin, Florida State, etc., who could speed up the schematic transition. And given the Hokies finished with three wins, those bench-warmers probably would’ve been in at least the two-deep. Heck, the Hokies didn’t even bring in any grad assistants who could help with things.

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