Virginia Tech's Media Day was earlier today and Brent Pry led off the press conference. Brent Pry had much to say about new NCAA rules, the beginning of phase
Virginia Tech's Media Day was earlier today and Brent Pry led off the press conference. Brent Pry had much to say about new NCAA rules, the beginning of phase four, and a somber note to Virginia Tech fans. Here's everything Pry had to say:On a somber note, I want to send our thoughts and prayers to the Hopewell High School football program. I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but there was a tragedy yesterday involving one of their young football players.
Also, I want to mention Fan Day here in Beamer-Lawson Indoor Facility on Sunday. It's always a great turnout and is open to the public. I encourage everybody to come out and meet our players—all of them except our freshmen, whom we keep at bay for a bit. Our freshmen will be out there, but anyways, Fan Day on the 11th is another chance to interact with our players and coaches. All these guys that have taken on new titles will be out there as well.
Coach Pry: There are certain non-negotiables we look for: character, work ethic, and some god-given abilities. But it's also need-based. What do we need in the room? What complements what's already there? For a lot of years as a linebacker coach, it wasn't just a set; we might need to get a little bigger, faster, more aggressive, more physical, or smarter in this class.
Coach Pry: Chris has grown tremendously. Very proud of what he's done as our defensive coordinator. That head start two years ago against Liberty helped him sink his teeth into it. Chris prepared like he was going to call the game every week in year one, which was great preparation. He's making decisions on his own right now and is in a good place. We had a top 20 defense to finish; I want to see us start strong and have a complete year. Let’s see where that gets us.
Coach Pry: Yes, several on each side of the ball. We're fortunate that way. With all the retention, it was a tough decision on who to take to media day. The captain situation will be very interesting; so many guys are deserving and have the respect of their teammates and coaches. Just looking through our Hokie Huddle Leadership Group, there’s so many great candidates. I think it’s just hard to mention a couple of guys across the board.
Coach Pry: Don't make hasty decisions, especially as a first-time head coach. Trust your instinct, spent a lot of years doing that and kind of got away from that at times, and trust the folks around you. We have a fantastic, very trusted, knowledgeable staff. You can't do it all as the head coach, there’s a lot of things that come across my desk, certain items that require the head coach and other things that you’ve got a great quality staff that can take a bunch on.
Coach Pry: "Yeah, so we have 120 in camp, and I supported the 105, as did most coaches in our league, not all of them, but we have the support and a commitment to be at 105, which initially seems like the right thing. I struggle with losing a walk-on program at Virginia Tech. I know what it's meant to this program, to so many, but at the same time, you don't want to give up a competitive advantage.
Q: "I know a lot of people talk about the returners on offense and defense, but that third side of the ball, to have just about everybody in that specialist room back, what is that like going into fall camp where everything's kind of settled for the most part?" Q: "As a guy who has the long background with your family in coaching, your career in coaching, does it bother you that coaches don't police themselves or that you guys as a fraternity can't just bury that issue by saying, 'We're not going to do it the way you say that here'?"
Q: "I really thought he was slow. I thought he's more like a 4-6, 4-7 guy. You didn't think that was funny?" Q: "With the momentum that you had at the end of last season and having some of your guys back, did the off-season seem longer? Is it like it's going to take forever to get to the Vanderbilt game for you guys right now?"
Q: Coach Pry, Sam Jesse, Sons of Saturday. You mentioned your first fall camp at Virginia Tech, there were some good players, but you needed more of them. And then last fall camp, you said a bit of the same thing, the roster had gotten better, but you still needed more.
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