BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech football met with the media for its weekly press conference to discuss the upcoming matchup against Pitt. Head coach Brent Pry stepped to the podium first, followed by student-athletes Brody Meadows and Norell Pollard.
Read below to see what they had to say.
Head Coach Brent Pry
Opening statement about improvement:
"There's some positive things from the game on Saturday. There has been every week, we need to build on those. There's mistakes, there's execution errors, there's things we can do better as coaches. We've got to minimize that and get better there. I think a sign of development of a player is minimizing weaknesses, building on strengths. We have to do that with our football team. To me, we keep searching for consistency for complementary football that generally is a path, a roadway to a win. And so that's what we have to keep working towards. Because I think when we do put this all together, we can fall on the right side of things more often than in the losing column."
On correctable details and communication:
"I think details and communication, that is the art of winning. Mastering those things and having a team that understands those things, believes in those things, that's our job as coaches. We have to do better there. We have to keep investing there. Those are the differences in the teams and units that I've seen that are really good and the teams that are just below that line, that can't quite get over the hump. There's good signs all over our film and the weaknesses that are there, a lot of them are correctable. Some of its youth, some of its injury, but a lot of it's very correctable."
Offensive Lineman Brody Meadows
On where his confidence comes from:
"I'm surrounded by great people. You know, you got coach Pry, you got coach Crook, you got strength coaches, you got the trainers. Everybody that makes up tech is really what gives me my confidence going into this season."
Defensive Lineman Norell Pollard
On his message to the younger players:
"Just realizing and telling them young boys, man, you gotta keep pushing, keep going. You can't put your head down because in life, when you have a family and they depending on you, can't put your head down, then you gotta make it happen. So, just continuing to preach that we gotta keep pushing and keep going no matter the circumstances."
