These buyouts make no sense for anyone, but the coach.
These buyouts make no sense for anyone, but the coach.
Willie Blackelwain comes out today accusing Va Tech of faking injuries to slow down the offense on the ACC conference call. My question to him would have been, what offense? When you lose 24-3 just STFU.
It's been a ploy for as long as I can remember in football, and certainly before the new wave of up-tempo began.
We've done some tempo stuff as well, and it's bound to slow us down at some point, even cost us a game. But it's pointless to whine about, and even worse to hear people's suggestions on policing it. With all the stuff going on between CTE, practice related deaths, etc., do you really think they're going to try and stop kids from professing to be injured and/or make them less inclined to come out of the game for a play.
Sorry. If going light speed is the only thing you have to win with, maybe coaching just isn't for you.
Willie Blackelwain comes out today accusing Va Tech of faking injuries to slow down the offense on the ACC conference call. My question to him would have been, what offense? When you lose 24-3 just STFU.
He said today he wants a rule against too many injuries. Good luck with that.
Taggart: Hokies faked injury to slow FSU down
Boy, this is a really bad strategy for a new coach who just got steamrolled as a heavy home favorite in his first game with his new school. Even if you really believe it happened you can't say it in public. It comes across as complete and total excuse making. Especially when the one time you were successful in going fast tempo it negated the chance for a replay review and cost you a possible touchdown.
Can't think of a worse media strategy than this one.
Not that I mind!
Taggart: Hokies faked injury to slow FSU down
Boy, this is a really bad strategy for a new coach who just got steamrolled as a heavy home favorite in his first game with his new school. Even if you really believe it happened you can't say it in public. It comes across as complete and total excuse making. Especially when the one time you were successful in going fast tempo it negated the chance for a replay review and cost you a possible touchdown.
Can't think of a worse media strategy than this one.
Not that I mind!
They probably were but I agree you can't come out now complaining about it. I have always thought they should have a rule you miss a minimum 3 snaps as long as the drive continues instead of just one to stop that stuff some.
Twitter responses are brutal. Tagelwain put himself in a no win situation.