"It is having fun, looser practices and all. It is positive, optimistic of a rebound from last year’s 6–7 performance, confident in its ability to contend in one of the Power 5’s most wide-open divisions, the ACC Coastal. Practices are more celebratory and louder. The locker room is buzzing with energy. They loosened up practice to make it more fun and held more team-bonding events this offseason to bring together two factions, the offense and defense, that were divided a year ago."

Hmmmmm... wonders where they got, that------>b.street

"Only about 25% of those transferring players joined another Power 5 team, a striking indicator of recruiting and evaluation misses."

Fu's bottoms-up Coach Corleone approach to Talent is a program-wide floor raiser anyone?

"It’s a wonder this team managed to beat Virginia to end its four-game losing streak to get to 5–6."

Rain=wet?
Who was that 2019 off-season rascally rabbit preaching this 25/8?

"Like it or not, Virginia Tech’s 2019 season will invariably surround Foster, but maybe this year should be about the group of players who stayed here, the ones last year who battled both the opponent and their own teammates."

Goodness... just, brutal. Staggering. (nearly shattering)...
...and then there is this...

"Maybe it should be about them, the guys who handled an uncomfortable situation by spitting in the face of a threat.

Do not catch a touchdown. If you catch a touchdown, I’m going to have to fight you.
Against Marshall, Tre Turner hauled in a 45-yard TD pass."
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I really hope you all get just how close this 2018 got... to a total football cultural fail.

That R.A.T.T. being firmly and now fu'lly irrefutably stated-- as Coach Hunter taught
all of us: "The flip side of any problem is an opportunity."

And the cultural reboot opportunity here-- should it succeed?
Is prolly worth at least an honorary degree in Applied Sports Psychology for Fu'.

As I'm not sure I've ever seen a program go as low as 2018 went; and yet then
(somehow) upset it's A-number-one arch-rival, and then win a game
that downright treasonous pussy-cats actively wanted to L.

You???



TIA!
b.street