Comments on: Some quick hits from today’s presser: Virginia Tech introduces its new offensive coaching staff

By: Perch

Perch — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:52:46 +0000

Scott, like I’ve said before, I am no computer wiz, but I learned long ago what that little down key will do.

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:52:15 +0000

Perch, Crooked writes so much and is so negative I’ve stopped reading 90% of his stuff. I just realized the 10% I do read is still way too much. I’m going to cut back even more…

By: Perch

Perch — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:58:00 +0000

Thanks, danny, but if I could write for a living I would…too damn much work involved.
Not trying to change crooked road, you know the one about leopards and spots, just venting myowndamnself. It’s winter here in Mathews and I have a bit too much time on my hand between hokie basketball games, I guess.

By: danny

danny — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:29:57 +0000

Perch, You should be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Great assessment of Crooked Road. Will it change his attitude and behavior? No chance.

By: Perch

Perch — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:15:06 +0000

CR, I’ve been reading your posts long before I ever posted here myself, I recognize your writing without having to look down at the end to see who it is. You inflame with your rhetoric sometimes, and your protestations to the contrary, sometimes your thrust is hard not to see as hating on all things Beamer. You also seem to see anyone who does not agree with your depth of distaste as being a sycophant to all things VT, or worshippers at the altar of St. Francis, but probably most of us just love VT and are appreciative of coach FB’s efforts through the years. Like I have said before, I have been ragging on the Stiney thing for so long my friends won’t discuss it with me…I have had issues with FB, I just don’t vilify the man over them.
All that said, I have never lumped you in with “He who has left this blog from Ivy” whose flames could be read from outer space, but you are often strident and just a bit hard to take in your tone, regardless of how well you think you have made your points. You are no more passionate about VT than most of the posters here, you just seem to take it to a different level. Luckily, you spell well and can turn a phrase with the best of them, but it seems that you will not be satisfied unless VT is NUMBER ONE every year in every sport, and that just ain’t gonna happen, my friend.
I am not bothered by the tropy case, even empty it at least suggests that to the best of their ability, those coaches over there are aiming as high as they know how. I am no love it or leave it kind of guy, I think many of your observations are valid, no matter how irritatingly you try to drum them into those blindered by their love, but it is LOVE and hope, not uninformed blind following, that motivates most of their optimism.

Your posts aren’t scary to me, or to anyone else on this blog. It is that kind of labeling that turns folks off, crooked, maybe much more than what you have to say. Who on this blog has defended Weaver? You seem to think that you are the originator of hokie discontent with him. He did his job, not always well, but he should’ve been gone long ago. Likewise, Stiney, and yes, I know, Stiney is definitely on Frank, but perfection in sports is an unattainable goal and Blacksburg is a tough sell to many recruits, and coaches, so getting the best is not going to be easy, or even, maybe, possible. Getting the best out of what we can get? Well, that’s why VT is where we have been able to get to, last year notwithstanding. Yes, we need to keep striving, keep changing when we need to, and yes, FB is notorious for his conservative approach, but to deny the success we have had and to predict gloom and doom if Frank doesn’t begone is not warranted…yet.

Glad you care, but often your passion comes across more as arrogance, and no one likes to be preached to, even from the high and mighty.

By: Short coach

Short coach — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:50:51 +0000

You go cr, we are lucky to have your wisdom. If we ever forget that, I am sure you will remind us.

By: Come On Man

Come On Man — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:47:23 +0000

Agree to disagree. The spread is not the same as when it was first started because more teams are running the ball out of the spread. I simply don’t think you can be great at running the ball consistently if you are running the spread unless it’s the spread option. If you’re going true spread with 4 or 5 WRs then it’s hard to run betweeen the tackles. Ask any OL coach, blocking for the spread or the pro style scheme are two different animals and you’ve got to have an identity on the line as well. I don’t want to be the jack of all trades but a master of one. I don’t mean two TEs and a power eye, 3 yards and a cloud of dust, 1960s style. I want to see some more straight eye, split eye, use of the TE in the passing game, and more quick hit crossing routes once we’ve established the run. Establish the run and you’ll see LBs and FSs start coming down hill, exposing the middle of the field for the PAP pass. All in all I hate the Tony Franklin brainwash spread, too many pieces have to be just right and recruited that way to produce. I like sticking to what has worked in college football throughout the years after the gimmick offenses have come and gone.

By: Mack

Mack — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:58:21 +0000

Sorry- “won’t” believe you. Damn those little buttons.

By: Mack

Mack — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:56:39 +0000

Crooked Road- please re-read your own comments and try to see them from the perspective of other readers in a public forum- don’t take this as an attack, but as a comment that might decrease negative comments about you. You note that at times, others identify positively with some of your observations. Congratulations- that should probably happen most of the time? What irks many people here is that you ALWAYS remind us that you were the first to comment. Believe me- you don’t have to remind us- those of us who try to wade through every blog SEE your comments first- EVERY DAY. Not one, but FIVE. Usually one after another, every 5-10 minutes.

You may not care for Bill O’Reilly’s views, but he makes sound recommendations regarding commenting- keep them ‘pithy’ and ‘don’t bloviate’ – he’s saying, think carefully beforehand about what you post, and then don’t take 5 paragraph to make a point you could have in one. Finally, you don’t need to remind everyone that you commented on some random, esoteric topic 3 weeks ago and you were first and we need to go see for ourselves- if you have to reassure everyone, then it’s all the more likely that they want believe you. If you know anyone in Law Enforcement, ask them what this usually means when it comes up in an interview.

You can take this advice and do with it what you wish. This isn’t my blog, but I would have expected a moderator to have commented before now. You just have to remember that you are only one of a million other VT fans, and we all have our own thoughts and comments (and maybe assume that one of us may just have come up with the same analysis before you did- eliminating the appearance of coming across with another “teaching moment”).

By: crooked road

crooked road — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:46:23 +0000

#53 pepper, the wishbone debuted at Texas first. If I remember correctly, in 1968 Emory Bellard was the assistant coach who drew it up for Darrell Royal, then the Texas head coach. They ran it extremely well, but Oklahoma adopted it under Barry Switzer soon after and just went crazy with it. I think Texas beat Arkansas for the 1969 championship with it. OU dominated in the 70′s with it, and of course by the early 70′s a lot of teams were running it. Oklahoma always got these RBs out of Texas that were just unbelievable. All of them would be 5-star guys today, and all would look like – 6’0″ 215 lbs, 4.3 speed out of high school. Just insanely talented guys.

I think the Veer was first used by Houston. The old Southwest Conference was just a fertile ground for offensive football back in the day. For those that don’t know or remember, that was mostly Texas schools, plus Arkansas and another one or two. Let’s see – Texas, Texas A&M, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech, Houston, Arkansas, heck, that’s eight. That might have been the whole conference. Arkansas got mad about something I don’t remember right now and broke off to go to the SEC. Frank Broyles was their big presence as a Coach, then AD, and he was the one who made the move.

Anyway, that’s a little about the ‘old days’.