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Brent Pry new HC at VT

I don't know enough about the guy to say if it is a good or bad hire. Will say seems underwhelming with all guys that are available with head coaching experience.
 
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Baba Yaga said:
Lol, huh? What happened to all the Bill O'Brien smoke from last night?

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Another “insider” full of ****.
 
Rather have it had been Billy Bob, woulda been hilarious seeing him dismantle another franchise or program with that Nick Saban ****shine luster masking the fact of what he is
 
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JayCane20 said:
Have heard a lot of people say James Franklin feared the day Brent Pry got his own HC job because he's essentially carried him throughout his career.

Now we'll get to find out and so will Pedo State who will be on the hook for Franklin for another 10 years and a ton of money.
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GTFO with this nonsense. I swear, this fanbase loves to ride the D of every other school not named Miami. VT just made an underwhelming hire. Is it possible that Pry succeeds? Yes, but first time HCs in major jobs tend to fail more often than not.
 
Gables Canes said:
Very meh hire.
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Clearly VT is okay with getting somewhere between 7-9 wins per year including the bowl game. Schools that don't care about football always go the lightning in a bottle approach with HC hires. Go cheap route and hope they stumble across a stud coach...then in 3yrs or so stud coach gets better offer and leaves....then said school rinses and repeats the process over again.
 
Canedude08 said:
GTFO with this nonsense. I swear, this fanbase loves to ride the D of every other school not named Miami. VT just made an underwhelming hire. Is it possible that Pry succeeds? Yes, but first time HCs in major jobs tend to fail more often than not.
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I'm not even talking about what VT did - it's absolutely underwhelming. I've been a huge advocate for how risky it is to hire a coordinator or a G5 HC to a P5 job - as much or more than anyone on here. Almost all successful coaches are an elite coordinator at Alabama or they're hired from another P5 HC job.

I'm more talking about what it's gonna do to Franklin - I've heard from people i worked with in CFB that were on that staff at Vanderbilt with them and Franklin has told them he feared the day he lost Brent Pry to a HC job. He carried him from Vandy to Penn State and to that 10 year contract. Aside from making a great hire - Penn State and Franklin could tank if that is legit.
 
LuCane said:
Longer term, as a Canes fan, I'd be more worried about someone like this than BoB.
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Yeah. He could work out, but he’s got a way less impressive resume than Fuente when he took over for Beamer.

It’s an underwhelming hire that could work out down the road.
 
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CaneThang2020 said:
Clearly VT is okay with getting somewhere between 7-9 wins per year including the bowl game. Schools that don't care about football always go the lightning in a bottle approach with HC hires. Go cheap route and hope they stumble across a stud coach...then in 3yrs or so stud coach gets better offer and leaves....then said school rinses and repeats the process over again.
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Sounds familiar...
 
His stock isn't the same as it was in 2017 but I'm surprised there isn't someone like VT giving Jason Candle from Toledo a shot. That'd be a strong hire for Duke if he would even take that job.
 
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