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Sad Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
He didn't have Paxton Lynch for 3 years?

Even though all the tv announcers gave all the credit to Fuente for landing Lynch we all know the story isn't true

Fuente didn't have a clue about Lynch until one of our athletic dept staffers told him to offer a scholarship to Paxton sight unseen.

I just found it a little humorous how all the media heaped tons of praise on Fuente for recruiting Lynch.

Lynch fell into JF's lap.

He didn't recruit him.

It's nothing like Tommy and Randy F's non stop pursuit of DeAngelo. TW and RF won a tough recruiting battle to get DW.

I believe Fuente is a fantastic coach either way. I just wonder if JF would have the Va Tech job or similar job if he hadn't received manna from Heaven.

I forgot who the athletic dept staffer was that really made the Lynch find. Was it Bill Lofton?
01-24-2016 01:43 AM
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
No, but any other coach would likely have benched Lynch early in his career rather than let him develop in games and grow into the great QB he became. They helped each other immensely.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 02:05 AM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  No, but any other coach would likely have benched Lynch early in his career rather than let him develop in games and grow into the great QB he became. They helped each other immensely.

Yep, I agree. I think most other coaches would have stayed with Karam for his senior year and probably eeked out 6 wins and a minor bowl. But that trade off would have been costly, because the next season, Lynch would not have been ready to take over. 10-3 and a bowl victory over BYU would have been a pipe dream.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 02:05 AM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  No, but any other coach would likely have benched Lynch early in his career rather than let him develop in games and grow into the great QB he became. They helped each other immensely.

This right here...
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
Sounds like the OP is trying to find another way to slight Fuente without just coming out and saying something derogatory. Don't understand why some people want to try and minimize the incredible job he did in his time here.

Bottom line - I could tell we had a vastly more disciplined football team when they first set feet on the field for Fuente's 1st game as head coach. It was obvious just from the way the team moved through pre-game drills that major changes were already underway. The improved organization, pace and timing were already obvious.

There is no doubt that Paxton had a huge positive impact on our program and its recent successes. There is also no doubt that Fuente directly impacted Paxton's growth and development and the turnaround of our entire program from top to bottom. Fuente's qualifications would have become obvious with or without Paxton.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
Really don't care. Fuente doesn't work here anymore. Or at least I thought he doesn't.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
Fuente didn't discover Lynch, but he did recruit him and develop him.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
Where was the risk in playing Lynch? The program had been in the dumpster for years.

Coming off a 6 win season and THEN making the change? That would have been risk.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Well let's put Paxton in reality. He is being drafted on potential. Paxton wasn't a heisman trophy candidate. He has a lot of growth to make. He has improved but was in no way an elite quarterback even college

FYI Paxton looked pretty mediocre against Navy, Temple and portions of the Houston game. Fuente was really good about calling plays that Paxton was comfortable making. I think Fuentes credit in Paxton's development is slightly overrated but Fuentes game management and player management is pretty good. I think he will be a solid coach at a VT
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Fuentes was there for the Temple game where Lynch looked bad as well.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:31 AM)mairving Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Fuentes was there for the Temple game where Lynch looked bad as well.

Fuente was at that game in body only as well as the two before that.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:43 AM)HungryTiger901 Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:31 AM)mairving Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Fuentes was there for the Temple game where Lynch looked bad as well.

Fuente was at that game in body only as well as the two before that.

It is a crying shame that there aren't rules and means to prevent such things from collapsing a season.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:31 AM)mairving Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Fuentes was there for the Temple game where Lynch looked bad as well.

21,000+ posts and you still don't know the correct name or spelling of our former football coach?

FUENTE!
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:43 AM)HungryTiger901 Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:31 AM)mairving Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Fuentes was there for the Temple game where Lynch looked bad as well.

Fuente was at that game in body only as well as the two before that.

As was Lynch. The only big game he had after Ole Miss was SMU. I guess they weren't worried about the Mustang pass rush
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:28 AM)Memphis Bunch Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Well let's put Paxton in reality. He is being drafted on potential. Paxton wasn't a heisman trophy candidate. He has a lot of growth to make. He has improved but was in no way an elite quarterback even college

FYI Paxton looked pretty mediocre against Navy, Temple and portions of the Houston game. Fuente was really good about calling plays that Paxton was comfortable making. I think Fuentes credit in Paxton's development is slightly overrated but Fuentes game management and player management is pretty good. I think he will be a solid coach at a VT

If you ever watched Lynch roll to his right and flawlessly through back across his body to a receiver on the far hash mark, you would know you were not watching any normal college quarterback. There are QBs playing in the NFL today that cannot make that throw. That is not coaching. That is not player development. That is God given talent.

By November of this year, everyone who watches football will know of Lynch's talent.

Three years from now I doubt anyone outside of VPI and Memphis followers will even know who Fuente is. He may be a decent coach. He definitely was a lucky coach.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 10:18 AM)3rdgenerationtiger Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:28 AM)Memphis Bunch Wrote:  
(01-24-2016 09:15 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  Paxton did NOT look sharp playing his last game as a Tiger in the Bham bowl.
That was the one game in his college career that he did not have Fuente on the sidelines.

Well let's put Paxton in reality. He is being drafted on potential. Paxton wasn't a heisman trophy candidate. He has a lot of growth to make. He has improved but was in no way an elite quarterback even college

FYI Paxton looked pretty mediocre against Navy, Temple and portions of the Houston game. Fuente was really good about calling plays that Paxton was comfortable making. I think Fuentes credit in Paxton's development is slightly overrated but Fuentes game management and player management is pretty good. I think he will be a solid coach at a VT

If you ever watched Lynch roll to his right and flawlessly through back across his body to a receiver on the far hash mark, you would know you were not watching any normal college quarterback. There are QBs playing in the NFL today that cannot make that throw. That is not coaching. That is not player development. That is God given talent.

By November of this year, everyone who watches football will know of Lynch's talent.

Three years from now I doubt anyone outside of VPI and Memphis followers will even know who Fuente is. He may be a decent coach. He definitely was a lucky coach.

We shall see. I think he's gonna kill it at VT
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
In retrospect it appears obvious the coach had a plan to use this job as a stepping stone and he saw enough in Lynch early on to utilize his talents to get another job which he did as soon as the right job came along. VT is a good job because you have the chance to go 8-4 or 9-3 and not get fired.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
For starters, there was still some recruiting involved. PL had pretty much committed to staying home and playing for directional Florida U. Fuente had to recruit him to come to an underachieving bottom feeder.

Second, winning at Memphis gets you an interview. So even if PL "fell in his lap", Fuente still has to prove he's the right man. Spend 5 minutes talking with him, or watching him work, and you would get it.
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RE: Would Justin Fuente be at Va Tech if
(01-24-2016 09:19 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  Where was the risk in playing Lynch? The program had been in the dumpster for years.

Coming off a 6 win season and THEN making the change? That would have been risk.

The risk was a new unproven coach, choosing a freshman instead of sticking with the veteran. Had it really back-fired, many would have lost faith. Karam was a crowd favorite. Whiny-boy Vernon was the poster child for the media - ready to jump all over Fuente had it backfired.
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