TerryP
Staff
There are two ways to look at this Va. Tech team for 2013.
One view is based on last season that finished with a record of 7-6.
Another is going farther back and seeing a team that had eight, consecutive, 10 win seasons.
Should college football expect a "bounce-back" from the Hokies in 2013? Perhaps, but I tend to lean towards one other point that you can find in all of those 10 win seasons.
If we drop back to the 2000 season we can only find four seasons where VT didn't lose back to back ball games. Yeah, that's a staggering eight seasons—including the four years before the 2012 season—where they drop a ball and and then proceed to lose the game the following weekend.
What does that tell me? VT is a team that has a hard time putting a loss behind them and focusing on the new "task at hand."
Setting records aside. Setting the last context versus Bama aside. What was the struggle this past season for the Hokies?
One can certainly point to the offensive side of the ball and specifically point to production from the QB position. Logan Thomas finished the year with 16 interceptions while completing a whopping 51% of his passes.
Now, in any other year with any other team a change in the QB coach would seem to be a smart move. Va Tech made the move by hiring Scot Loeffler. Loeffler has been tasked to work on things like Logan's flawed throwing mechanics.
Should that move be something that causes pause? Before answering that question ask his former employer, Auburn. How did their QB position work out in 2012? Anyone? If you'd like a broader base to sample perhaps go to the employer before Auburn, Florida? And just how did Tebow's mechanics improve under Loeffler's tutelage?
You'll find a good number of Hokie fans point to their offensive line as a primary cause of the lack of production last season. It's still a unit in flux with a lot of positions left to be won. Jeff Grimes has that task.
Yes, that Jeff Grimes.
Oh, and changing the subject just slightly.
The Hokies were allowed to chop block for two quarters this spring. Chop blocking...you know, that thing we've heard Auburnites claim wasn't taught to their offensive linemen?
One view is based on last season that finished with a record of 7-6.
Another is going farther back and seeing a team that had eight, consecutive, 10 win seasons.
Should college football expect a "bounce-back" from the Hokies in 2013? Perhaps, but I tend to lean towards one other point that you can find in all of those 10 win seasons.
If we drop back to the 2000 season we can only find four seasons where VT didn't lose back to back ball games. Yeah, that's a staggering eight seasons—including the four years before the 2012 season—where they drop a ball and and then proceed to lose the game the following weekend.
What does that tell me? VT is a team that has a hard time putting a loss behind them and focusing on the new "task at hand."
Setting records aside. Setting the last context versus Bama aside. What was the struggle this past season for the Hokies?
One can certainly point to the offensive side of the ball and specifically point to production from the QB position. Logan Thomas finished the year with 16 interceptions while completing a whopping 51% of his passes.
Now, in any other year with any other team a change in the QB coach would seem to be a smart move. Va Tech made the move by hiring Scot Loeffler. Loeffler has been tasked to work on things like Logan's flawed throwing mechanics.
Should that move be something that causes pause? Before answering that question ask his former employer, Auburn. How did their QB position work out in 2012? Anyone? If you'd like a broader base to sample perhaps go to the employer before Auburn, Florida? And just how did Tebow's mechanics improve under Loeffler's tutelage?
You'll find a good number of Hokie fans point to their offensive line as a primary cause of the lack of production last season. It's still a unit in flux with a lot of positions left to be won. Jeff Grimes has that task.
Yes, that Jeff Grimes.
Oh, and changing the subject just slightly.
The Hokies were allowed to chop block for two quarters this spring. Chop blocking...you know, that thing we've heard Auburnites claim wasn't taught to their offensive linemen?
