Pry-ssr Pitt's Salty Jurky 2023

• "No one is satisfied with the start to the season."
• Signs of good development are building on players' strengths and minimizing their weakness. VT needs this as a team too. We need consistentcy and to play complimentary ball. "When we do put this all together we will fall on the right side of the win/loss column."
• Watson was back with team Sunday. Still has requirements to earn trust back with staff/team
• Speaks on commiting to the run game both because Tuten has shown he's a capable player, but also using Marshall's run plays as an example: 41 plays averaging 2yds a carry and 3 additional runs that were the difference in the game.
• Pry has also brought up wanting to stretch the field side to side more a few times now. Has alluded to Drones' skill set assisting with this.
• Still searching a little bit at LB . "I'm never happy with misfits." Explosive plays will happen, but they need to hold them to 12, 15, 20 yds, the runner can't hit their head on the goal post.
• Wants players to play within the framework of the defense, but not ignore their instincts.
• Thinks that Drones is doing well. His game can be improved with coaching up his reads and helping his decision-making.
• Consistency was brought up a lot again, but another word used multiple times was communication. I feel like part of the defensive woes are some form of communication breakdown and that is why this has been repeated recently.
• Changed pregame routine for Marshall to 'get the pads smacking' and turn up the intensity. Thought it helped with the start to the game.
• Payne looked like he was playing like himself at Marshall. Has earned more playing time.
• In the portal era most teams have feelers out for a QB unless they have an excellent incumbent starter. The years of QBs starting more than 2 years are likely over, but a good plan of succession is vital to long-term success.
• Mastering the art of winning takes time. It's not just correcting a mistake, it's gaining understanding of what is being taught to the point it becomes part of your game as a player. You need 11 out there that are a master of their craft. He talks about his 2019 group and how everyone had been in the system for 3-4 years and were able to teach the underclassmen. "For the type of program we want to have, it's going to take little time"
• The players need the time to gradually gain their skills. We can't be teaching 300-level stuff before 100-level stuff or it's just not going to make since long-term.

Injury Updates

• Jones and B. Moore questionable
• Lane was about 85% at Marshall
• Stroman sounds day-to-day

The 'art of winning' gets brought up earlier in the Q&A, but the bulk of it can be heard at the end, around 19:10. I thought Pry gave a lot of nuanced answers to a variety of the questions today, so a full listen is probably worth it before taking my cliffnotes out of context.