Bud Foster comments on GT Blocking

[Eric]

 

[OldJacketFan]

"It's all the same"????????????????? Seriously????????????? I wish a couple of linemen would chop block Foster and 'splain to him the difference!

 

[Wrecking Ball]

He's an idiot.

 

[RamblinCharger]

He's an idiot.

Evidently an idiot has made us look like a joke the past few years.

 

[Wrecking Ball]

Evidently an idiot has made us look like a joke the past few years.

Well, he's a savant then. He's good at one thing: getting even dumber guys to play good defense.

 

[fairweatherhater]

It's pretty genius really. What better way to keep your players motivated for the game every year than to make them believe that your opponent is trying to permanently injure you? Never mind that no one has produced any evidence (statistical or otherwise) of this, but players and fans will buy this in droves to go after the "evil team". I'm sure the same thing is going on at other schools. Beamer and Foster are just more vocal.

Foster knows good and well the difference between a chop block and a cut block. He also knows what will motivate his players to keep practicing.

 

[cyptomcat]

He is probably trollin'

Didn't he say something troll-worthy before last year's game?

 

[Faulkner475]

That's rich. Check out the first video here under "Offensive Woes" and watch number 5 at the top of the screen. Wonder what that's called.

 

[fairweatherhater]

He is probably trollin'

Didn't he say something troll-worthy before last year's game?

Then he seems to have a pretty troll-worthy performance with the officials before our game each year.

 

[Techster]

A wise *** reporter should have said "So, how does your defense deal with your own offense's chop blocks during practice?"

 

[bat_082994]

I guess this is why Bud Foster is a career-coordinator

 

[gtg936g]

I hope VT gets called for a chop block on their first offensive play

 

[John]

I actually haven't heard Beamer complain about the "dangerous" blocking since 2009.

Looking forward to hearing it Saturday afternoon.

 

[GTFan62]

Beamer and Foster probably watched our last game and just sat and laughed thinking "we've got this."

 

[bat_082994]

Beamer and Foster probably watched our last game and just sat and laughed thinking "we've got this."

Interesting because you could say the same thing with our coaching staff watching their game against ECU

 

[UgagSucks]

Beamer and Foster probably watched our last game and just sat and laughed thinking "we've got this."

I am afraid you are right. If I'm VT, I look at how we struggled vs our first 3 opponents and well let's just say they aren't shaking in their boots. Let's hope they take us lightly.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Well, he's a savant then. He's good at one thing: getting even dumber guys to play good defense.

And we are not even talking about the number of times he has 12 men on the field in East Carolina's final drive. Yeah, he is a rare genius.

 

[jeffgt14]

Beamer and Foster probably watched our last game and just sat and laughed thinking "we've got this."

And then looked up in the 4th quarter and realized "Oh ****! We're down 21-7!"

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

Really lookin forward to beating these chumps

 

[kg01]

At least one Hokie gets it.
http://chat.virginiatech.sportswar.com/message_board/vtfootball/2014/September/17/5419016.php

hokiebob01 says ...

Ask yourself this: If Georgia Tech was using illegal blocking now would Bud Foster stand quietly by and watch?

Of course not. It's is just a figment of your imagination. Bud and Frank would be jumping up and down.

You're still obsessing over something Paul Johnson tried for a couple of games during his first year in the ACC. The refs allowed his team to brush block and cut thinking it was legal. Frank Beamer, having served as the chairman of the NCAA rules committee, knew it wasn't so he sent tape to the ACC Director of Officials. The refs were instructed that what Georgia Tech was doing was illegal so they had to change. They did and Frank hasn't complained since that first game.

Georgia Tech and any other school that runs the option uses cut blocking. It's a perfectly legal technique. They do not get called for any more chop block penalties than any other school.

Of course he was roundly criticized by many of his hokie mates. They refused to let him use that one tooth they share on date night aka the family reunion.