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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
It is truly my pleasure to welcome back the head
coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies, my guy, a man
that I am rooting like hell for this upcoming season,
and I do each and every set. My man, my wife,
I tell you what, my dear wife. I stay pretty
calm in most things in life. I got three toddlers,
I work a lot like I'm pretty good at staying
even saturdays. Man, I'm a lunatic in the living group.
I mean when I'm watching y'all. I just turned right
back into nineteen year old freshman me standing in the
(00:22):
north end zone in Lane Stadium.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
So, man, anyway, how you been. It's good to see it.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Good yeae loosing the tie up here there I did.
I figured when three point thirty hit it was time
to loosen the tie.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, good for you.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Man. It's been a good day. It has been.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's been a good day. Let me start with this.
Metallica finally goes to Lane Stadium a couple of months ago.
Finally I couldn't be there, but I was taking it in,
you know, like everybody else.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
On social media.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
All my friends are posting videos and images, and then
I see the video of you behind the scenes meeting
Metallica presenting the jersey. It's just I still think some
people don't appreciate the moment and what that meant to
the community, to the school.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
What was that like for you?
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yeah, it was, you know, they were so appreciated and
they fully grasped what it meant to so many hokey faithful,
which I loved about him. And then obviously the craftsmanship,
I mean they have mastered it.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And then the production itself.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
In Lane Stadium was unbelievable, but super good guys down
to earth, excited to be there. You know, I'm not
a heavy metal guy, but I'm a Metallica guy now.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
So it was a great show.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
What do you listen to? By the way, Almond Brothers,
good for you. I grew up on that. I had
a dad who drove around an old Ford Bronco blasting
skinnered Marshall Tucker and Alman Brothers pretty much to me.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
I'm a Southern rock guy and it's grown a lot
to some other things, but that's that's the foundation for me.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, all right, now, I will tell you as somebody
who's here, you know and has a non affiliation to
the school. People often ask me, what do you think
about the Hokies this upcoming year? And I don't know,
Like I guess, I'm gonna wait and find out like
everybody else. But and I meant what I said a
couple of minutes ago, I'm rooting like hell for you,
because you know, not only did I go to school there,
but I grew up there. And it was evident to
me from day one that you care about the place,
You understand the place, you know what it means to
(02:04):
the fans, you know what it means to have to
operate in a different environment than some other programs.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So all that said, thank you for recognizing that.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, of course, you know, I mean, I think it's
evident to anybody who listens to your talk. But how
frustrating was last year for you? Given expectations. I know
you felt good about your team. It just didn't go
the way you hoped it would.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, it didn't. You know, we didn't.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I think some decision making, some play calling, some injuries,
you know, a couple guys maybe not playing to capabilities.
I mean, it was a combination of a lot of things.
But we were all disappointed, and so It took a
lot of self evaluation to start and taking a deep
dive into all the areas of our program and where
(02:41):
didn't we.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Meet standards and expectations. You know that equate to winning.
I know what winning looks like, and you know I was.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
You know, it's not easy to make changes, but when
when you're tasked with the responsibility of getting this thing
turned around and getting it right, that's where the responsibility lies.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And I love what we've done.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I love the new leadership on offense, on defense, in
the weight room, and I love the talent that we've
brought in. I love the guys that have developed in
the program, what they're doing right now. So there's a
lot of good things happening with our football team.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You talked earlier.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I was in your press conference and somebody asked you
about I think, you know, the talent, the portal, the
off season, all that stuff. You had a lot of
good players leave for the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I mean, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Lost Toot and you lost Peoples, you lost Strong, you
lost all the Jayalen Lane. You did say earlier though,
you feel like you've you've got an even better roster
than you had last year.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
How did you manage that. What do you see on
the RD that.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Were certainly deeper And we signed twenty nine transfers. All
of them bring experience to the program for the most part,
reps in other schools, in other leagues. And then you know,
like I said that, some guys that have really developed
in our program that I'm excited about Aiden Green and
(03:59):
Caleb and these guys Thomas Williams that you know, Jason
Abbey and Ashen Stevens. You know, these guys are two
and three years in and now they've been brought up
into culture and so I'm excited about those guys as well.
But it's we've doubled down on team building to make
(04:19):
sure that we're the type of team that is right
for Tech, that's closed, it's selfless, and we've made some
great strides there. But again, we're a deeper roster. We've
got experience in a lot of places, and I think
we'll be people will be surprised a little bit at
the level talent on this football team.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
We've got Brent Price, head football coach Virginia Tech with
us here on Radio Row. So Tyler Bowen leaves the program,
you bring in Philip Montgomery. I distinctly remember that Bowl
game against Lane years ago, Frank's final game. I mean,
I know what he's capable of offensively, but specific to your
quarterback and the guys that you have coming back, how
does his offense, how does his scheme help to elevate
Kyron and the guys that are coming back?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Well, first of all, he's a proven quarterback developer. You know,
he's done it at Tulsa, he did it at Baylor,
he did at Houston, he did it at you know
a lot of places, you know, all the way from
RG three to case Key. So given Kyron the best
chance to reach his potential was was a big part
of the decision. And bringing Phil in and then a
(05:20):
proven offense. You know that Phil knows.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Like the back of his hand.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
He knows the problems, he has, the answers, he you know,
the adjustments, and you know we're not reinventing the wheel
every week. I mean he's and honestly, it caters to
Kiren's strengths, the quick release and the strong throws and
the wide formations. And you know, we're still going to
be about running the ball.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
You know that I'm not going to get away from that.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
But we can do that within the system that feels
you know, employed, and so I could be more excited
about what he's bringing to us.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You k new DC sam Sekis, you talked about him
earlier today. He's a young guy, and when you made
the higher you know, I didn't expect it. I don't
think many people did.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I didn't either.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Okay, well, I mean just but I know that you
were your defensive minded already. You know what you wanted
to look like. But you're in trusting him. How much
do you trust him? And what are you asking him
to be?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Year one?
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Yeah, I was blown away through the interview process. He
spent six hours together, that's after some initial phone calls.
And he's very, very smart, incredible football iq I loved
his experiences at the college level. He had tremendous success
as a play caller. They were the number one defense
(06:33):
in the Southern Conference at Waalford, running a three to four.
The next year they run the four to three and
they have the number one defense in the conference again,
which is.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
A pretty competitive league.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Then he goes to the NFL and he has experiences
with you know, not just four years in the league,
but the defensive minds that he was around while in
the league were pretty special. He's got a process, he's thorough,
he's a great communicator, a great teacher, a family man.
It just all made too much sense. By the end
(07:06):
of it, it was obvious he was our choice.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, that makes sense to me now.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I know that for pretty much every Saturday on the schedule,
you got Frank and Cheryl Beemer.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
In the booth rooting for you.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Right, Yeah, and about a month in Atlanta, it's gonna
be a little different now.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I'd say that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I talked to Shane about this about two months ago
and I said, I said, remember when Brad Paisley came
to Blacksburg for that concert tour and he had a
half Virginia Tech half West Virginia Jersey on. I said,
you're gonna make one of those for Frank for that game.
And he laughed and he said, you know Dad's you
know Dad's Dady's on my side. He said, But Mom,
he said, I don't think she's rooting for me. I
think she's got too much loyalty.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Now.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I know it's a little bit different for him than you,
but like, do you like, what do you think of
that matchup because that's the prevailing narrative going into that game, right.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, it's a great storyline. Yeah, you know, I think
it's pretty cool for Shane and pretty cool for coach
and cool for us sure, But you know, for our team,
it's you know, they don't know as much about Shane Beemer, right,
and they certainly respect coach, But it's about an opportunity
to play South Carolina, highly touted team that has high expectations.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
You know, a.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Quarterback that's being talked about all over the country and
edge rusher that's dynamic. I mean, all these things. It's
a national TV game, you know, prime time. Just it's
it's everything that these guys came to Tech for, you know,
an opportunity to go win.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
A game in an environment like that.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, I love it. Well, hey, it was great to
see them. I know it's been a long day for you. No, good,
Thank you for the time as always, and I'll be
seeing you week one.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Come on, man, a brother, good see you.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Good to see you, man.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Same.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Brent Price, head football coach, Virginia Tech with us here
on radio row Stop and Buy
Right now.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
It is truly my pleasure to welcome back the head
coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies, my guy, a man
that I am rooting like hell for this upcoming season,
and I do each and every set. My man, my wife,
I tell you what, my dear wife. I stay pretty
calm in most things in life. I got three toddlers,
I work a lot like I'm pretty good at staying
even saturdays. Man, I'm a lunatic in the living group.
I mean when I'm watching y'all. I just turned right
back into nineteen year old freshman me standing in the
(00:22):
north end zone in Lane Stadium.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
So, man, anyway, how you been. It's good to see it.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Good yeae loosing the tie up here there I did.
I figured when three point thirty hit it was time
to loosen the tie.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, good for you.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Man. It's been a good day. It has been.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's been a good day. Let me start with this.
Metallica finally goes to Lane Stadium a couple of months ago.
Finally I couldn't be there, but I was taking it in,
you know, like everybody else.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
On social media.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
All my friends are posting videos and images, and then
I see the video of you behind the scenes meeting
Metallica presenting the jersey. It's just I still think some
people don't appreciate the moment and what that meant to
the community, to the school.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
What was that like for you?
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yeah, it was, you know, they were so appreciated and
they fully grasped what it meant to so many hokey faithful,
which I loved about him. And then obviously the craftsmanship,
I mean they have mastered it.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And then the production itself.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
In Lane Stadium was unbelievable, but super good guys down
to earth, excited to be there. You know, I'm not
a heavy metal guy, but I'm a Metallica guy now.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
So it was a great show.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
What do you listen to? By the way, Almond Brothers,
good for you. I grew up on that. I had
a dad who drove around an old Ford Bronco blasting
skinnered Marshall Tucker and Alman Brothers pretty much to me.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
I'm a Southern rock guy and it's grown a lot
to some other things, but that's that's the foundation for me.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, all right, now, I will tell you as somebody
who's here, you know and has a non affiliation to
the school. People often ask me, what do you think
about the Hokies this upcoming year? And I don't know,
Like I guess, I'm gonna wait and find out like
everybody else. But and I meant what I said a
couple of minutes ago, I'm rooting like hell for you,
because you know, not only did I go to school there,
but I grew up there. And it was evident to
me from day one that you care about the place,
You understand the place, you know what it means to
(02:04):
the fans, you know what it means to have to
operate in a different environment than some other programs.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So all that said, thank you for recognizing that.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, of course, you know, I mean, I think it's
evident to anybody who listens to your talk. But how
frustrating was last year for you? Given expectations. I know
you felt good about your team. It just didn't go
the way you hoped it would.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, it didn't. You know, we didn't.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I think some decision making, some play calling, some injuries,
you know, a couple guys maybe not playing to capabilities.
I mean, it was a combination of a lot of things.
But we were all disappointed, and so It took a
lot of self evaluation to start and taking a deep
dive into all the areas of our program and where
(02:41):
didn't we.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Meet standards and expectations. You know that equate to winning.
I know what winning looks like, and you know I was.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
You know, it's not easy to make changes, but when
when you're tasked with the responsibility of getting this thing
turned around and getting it right, that's where the responsibility lies.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And I love what we've done.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I love the new leadership on offense, on defense, in
the weight room, and I love the talent that we've
brought in. I love the guys that have developed in
the program, what they're doing right now. So there's a
lot of good things happening with our football team.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You talked earlier.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I was in your press conference and somebody asked you
about I think, you know, the talent, the portal, the
off season, all that stuff. You had a lot of
good players leave for the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I mean, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Lost Toot and you lost Peoples, you lost Strong, you
lost all the Jayalen Lane. You did say earlier though,
you feel like you've you've got an even better roster
than you had last year.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
How did you manage that. What do you see on
the RD that.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Were certainly deeper And we signed twenty nine transfers. All
of them bring experience to the program for the most part,
reps in other schools, in other leagues. And then you know,
like I said that, some guys that have really developed
in our program that I'm excited about Aiden Green and
(03:59):
Caleb and these guys Thomas Williams that you know, Jason
Abbey and Ashen Stevens. You know, these guys are two
and three years in and now they've been brought up
into culture and so I'm excited about those guys as well.
But it's we've doubled down on team building to make
(04:19):
sure that we're the type of team that is right
for Tech, that's closed, it's selfless, and we've made some
great strides there. But again, we're a deeper roster. We've
got experience in a lot of places, and I think
we'll be people will be surprised a little bit at
the level talent on this football team.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
We've got Brent Price, head football coach Virginia Tech with
us here on Radio Row. So Tyler Bowen leaves the program,
you bring in Philip Montgomery. I distinctly remember that Bowl
game against Lane years ago, Frank's final game. I mean,
I know what he's capable of offensively, but specific to your
quarterback and the guys that you have coming back, how
does his offense, how does his scheme help to elevate
Kyron and the guys that are coming back?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Well, first of all, he's a proven quarterback developer. You know,
he's done it at Tulsa, he did it at Baylor,
he did at Houston, he did it at you know
a lot of places, you know, all the way from
RG three to case Key. So given Kyron the best
chance to reach his potential was was a big part
of the decision. And bringing Phil in and then a
(05:20):
proven offense. You know that Phil knows.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Like the back of his hand.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
He knows the problems, he has, the answers, he you know,
the adjustments, and you know we're not reinventing the wheel
every week. I mean he's and honestly, it caters to
Kiren's strengths, the quick release and the strong throws and
the wide formations. And you know, we're still going to
be about running the ball.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
You know that I'm not going to get away from that.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
But we can do that within the system that feels
you know, employed, and so I could be more excited
about what he's bringing to us.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You k new DC sam Sekis, you talked about him
earlier today. He's a young guy, and when you made
the higher you know, I didn't expect it. I don't
think many people did.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I didn't either.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Okay, well, I mean just but I know that you
were your defensive minded already. You know what you wanted
to look like. But you're in trusting him. How much
do you trust him? And what are you asking him
to be?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Year one?
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Yeah, I was blown away through the interview process. He
spent six hours together, that's after some initial phone calls.
And he's very, very smart, incredible football iq I loved
his experiences at the college level. He had tremendous success
as a play caller. They were the number one defense
(06:33):
in the Southern Conference at Waalford, running a three to four.
The next year they run the four to three and
they have the number one defense in the conference again,
which is.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
A pretty competitive league.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Then he goes to the NFL and he has experiences
with you know, not just four years in the league,
but the defensive minds that he was around while in
the league were pretty special. He's got a process, he's thorough,
he's a great communicator, a great teacher, a family man.
It just all made too much sense. By the end
(07:06):
of it, it was obvious he was our choice.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, that makes sense to me now.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I know that for pretty much every Saturday on the schedule,
you got Frank and Cheryl Beemer.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
In the booth rooting for you.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Right, Yeah, and about a month in Atlanta, it's gonna
be a little different now.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I'd say that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I talked to Shane about this about two months ago
and I said, I said, remember when Brad Paisley came
to Blacksburg for that concert tour and he had a
half Virginia Tech half West Virginia Jersey on. I said,
you're gonna make one of those for Frank for that game.
And he laughed and he said, you know Dad's you
know Dad's Dady's on my side. He said, But Mom,
he said, I don't think she's rooting for me. I
think she's got too much loyalty.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Now.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I know it's a little bit different for him than you,
but like, do you like, what do you think of
that matchup because that's the prevailing narrative going into that game, right.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, it's a great storyline. Yeah, you know, I think
it's pretty cool for Shane and pretty cool for coach
and cool for us sure, But you know, for our team,
it's you know, they don't know as much about Shane Beemer, right,
and they certainly respect coach, But it's about an opportunity
to play South Carolina, highly touted team that has high expectations.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
You know, a.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Quarterback that's being talked about all over the country and
edge rusher that's dynamic. I mean, all these things. It's
a national TV game, you know, prime time. Just it's
it's everything that these guys came to Tech for, you know,
an opportunity to go win.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
A game in an environment like that.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, I love it. Well, hey, it was great to
see them. I know it's been a long day for you. No, good,
Thank you for the time as always, and I'll be
seeing you week one.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Come on, man, a brother, good see you.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Good to see you, man.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Same.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Brent Price, head football coach, Virginia Tech with us here
on radio row Stop and Buy
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