The Hokies' splashy hire is charged with winning early and often in tumultuous times.
The night Brent Pry was fired as the head coach of the Virginia Tech football team, in the wake of one of the most embarrassing losses in program history in Lane Stadium at the hands of Old Dominion, the Hokie faithful were hardly upset. After four seasons of dejection and disappointment under Pry, apathy had firmly taken root within the Virginia Tech fanbase, rotting away the deep wellspring of enthusiasm it was once so capable of tapping into in days gone by.