Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.
By the way, congratulations to my NC State buddies – I know many of you all – and that was a big football victory today over Clemson. I’m sure my friend, @TalkinACCSports, will have something about NC State on the blog.
But – on another subject – here is a Twitter sample one of the more baffling coaching decisions I’ve seen in the Justin Fuente era (there are many, for sure, but this one seemed to get most Hokies fans – whether you’re a homer, objective, or completely critical of Justin Fuente):
Baffling coaching. Put your inexperienced backup QB in when the offense is backed up deep early in a game where you’re already struggling with an FCS opponent?
Richmond and #Hokies tied at 7-7 now and that decision was a head scratcher.— Mike Barber (@RTD_MikeBarber) September 25, 2021
— Deablo fan account (@DeferredWalkOn) September 25, 2021
“Let’s him put Knox in one of the most challenging scenarios and let him rip. That’ll lift his confidence.”
— Brent Blevins (@RBrentBlevins) September 25, 2021
Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente defends timing of Knox Kadum subbing in at quarterback against Richmond https://t.co/lYouLVpKcm
— michaelniziolek (@michaelniziolek) September 25, 2021
Here are some quotes from Michale Niziolek’s article on this massively offbeat decision:
Fuente was asked after the game if he had any regrets putting Kadum into the game with the offense backed up at its own end zone since Tech’s previous possession started at midfield.
“It’s always hard to put timing on those kind of things because of the flow of the game and all that kind of stuff,” Fuente said. “But on first down we run the ball and don’t help ourselves, we don’t get north and south. And now we’re in second-and-long, and Knox is in a tough situation, backed up on second-and-long, but that’s part of playing quarterback too, is being disciplined enough to go throw the ball away and go live to play the next down.”“I wish it would have turned out differently for him, but where the ball was should be inconsequential to how he performs.”
Woof.
Is Richmond Defense that good? 😅
— Dorian James (@djparker25) September 25, 2021
#Hokies fail to cover spread (-29), win game 21-10.
Felt like a spring game. Come out on a sunny day, pitch it around a little bit, bring in a new quarterback from your own 6 yard because whatever, thank the fans for comin’ out, talk about the things you need to work on.
— Aaron McFarling (@aaronmcfarling) September 25, 2021
This is really some high quality snark. Thank so much for the Twitter content, DJ Parker and Aaron McFarling.
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