OT: Virginia QB Michael Rocco transferring
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8701599/virginia-cavalie…
University of Virginia dismissed 4 coaches today and said goodbye to a QB that led them to a 8-4 record last year as a sophomore. UV had a pretty bad year this year, but looking at Rocco's statline from a year ago, he could be a sold pick up for some program in need.
(FWIW, Penn State offerred him a scholarship out of high school.)
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:39 PM ^
Wisconsin is always looking for a transfer quarterback or three.
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
We've got Stave next year we are good.
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:39 PM ^
If he can graduate this summer Wisconsin will be all over this kid
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 PM ^
Wisconsin would like to comment on your mocking of them but they're too busy practicing for the second Rose Bowl in a row with the "rent a QB" system in full effect.
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
Except they won in spite of O'Brien
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:22 PM ^
Boo. If you're going to trash talk on behalf of Wisconsin, do it legitimately. They wouldn't have been bowl-eligible if O'Brien started all year at quarterback.
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
but yeah, it's all about Stave next year anyway.
December 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 PM ^
I think it's going to continue to be all about your stable of runningbacks.
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:42 PM ^
(FWIW, Penn State offerred him a scholarship out of high school.)
As a safety.
Don't get me started on the dismissals.
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:17 PM ^
Actually, Wahoo, I’d be interested in your take on the dismissals.
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:21 PM ^
- One (Moore) is reasonably justified. Moore was WR coach in the past, didn't do a great job, got shuffled off to TE coach, didn't do a great job either. Our TEs were sort of marginally decent players who could be better. They don't block too well, for one, and the only real receiving threat is a threat because of his athleticism, not the coaching.
- One (Faragalli) is sort of an eyebrow raiser, since he coaches a pretty benign position (RBs.) Whatever the problem this year, it probably wasn't them. But he's not a big recruiter and only coaches like five players, so what he brought besides OC security blanket (he was London's OC in Richmond) was sort of questionable.
- Two piss me the F off (Reid and Hanson.) In fact if you had asked me which position coach at UVA was doing the best job, I'd've said Hanson at DE, hands down. UVA's defense was good this year. Not great, and it had a few off games. But not just "good for a 4-win team," either. Legitimately a quality defense. The offense, and even more so, the special teams, was why we were 4-8. Going into the season, nobody knew where we were ever going to get a pass rush because we had no real returning talent in that regard, and in the secondary we started three true sophomores (two in their first years of starting) and one true freshman. And the pass defense was 24th in the country with 6.3 yards allowed per play. That's awesome. For as ridiculously raw as our secondary was, that's awesome. And they fire the defensive coordinator?? That's fucked up. London, or some meddlesome forces in the administration, fucked up big time. Hanson had managed to take a guy who we recruited as a safety (a big one, but a safety) and mold him into a passable defensive end who could actually rush the passer. Reid's defense has done nothing but improve since he got here.
Reid and Moore were decent recruiters as well, but Moore's not-so-good coaching outweighed his recruiting. Reid did a fantastic job for us in New England. I think Moore probably had to go, and Faragalli, OK, fine, whatever, but truthfully I would've fired the OL coach first. So really the one guy who everyone thought would and probably should be fired is still around, and Faragalli instead was the running game fall guy. The only move I wholeheartedly endorse is taking special teams away from Anthony Poindexter, because I have never seen worse special teams in all my life, anywhere, and I'm a Lions fan.
Shit, that turned into a manifesto. Don't say I didn't warn you.
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:47 PM ^
Cares?
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:07 PM ^
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:30 PM ^
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:45 PM ^
Badgers.
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:12 PM ^
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:13 PM ^
JUST SIGN WITH WISCONSIN ALREADY
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 PM ^
Hey I bet Wiscon...
...oh the joke has been taken already.
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:35 PM ^
just had a chubby
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:42 PM ^
There's a piece in the Roanoke Times (LINK) that talks about how part of this may have to do with the rotation with Phillip Sims and then having to compete with Sims and three currently redshirted QBs next year. It seems like they have a very crowded, competitive depth chart at QB at Virginia, from the looks of things.
That being said, I admit to not having watched many Virginia games over the last two seasons when he was typically the starter, but in those I did catch, he really looked pretty serviceable as a QB, and as the OP said, his stats aren't too bad at all. A few sites have said that the staff has talked about Sims being the presumptive favorite to start next year perhaps (nothing confirmed, so take that for what it is), so if true, maybe this plays into it. Much speculation in the Virginia media right now.
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:48 PM ^
Next step: Jim Delany invites Virginia to the B1G
/s
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:19 AM ^
But they are next to Maryland.
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:55 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2012 at 7:06 PM ^
Ten are about Wisconsin, two "who cares" comments, a Denaley joke, and two about the OP. Not sure what all of that means, but oh well.
Oh, and now seventeen replies, one of which centers around the...replies.
December 2nd, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
Eighteen, including one that focuses on the replies to the focus on replies.
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December 2nd, 2012 at 8:09 PM ^
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
Dangit, the Wisconsin jokes are all taken. I can only offer a good Monorail clip:
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 PM ^
Was it mentioned that our conference got weaker with the additions? lol Now the SEC will probably get Clemson and FSU to become even better. Raaaaannnnnndom
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
From a recruiting standpoint, we got stronger. New Jersey and Maryland produce a lot of talent. It's up to us to capitalize.
December 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
something about Wisconsin
December 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^
Jordan Kovacs was a walkon
wait this isn't a thread for repeating the same stuff