Greg McElroy gives Brent Pry a firm 'F' for debut season at Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech Hokies hired Brent Pry last offseason to turn things around with their football program in Blacksburg. The first-year head coach had a rough debut season with the Hokies, finishing with an abysmal 3-8 overall record.

Not surprisingly, ESPN’s Greg McElroy recently gave him an ‘F’ grade for his debut year on his “Always College Football” podcast. He was breaking down the different grades for different college football coaches across the country, and he made sure Virginia Tech fans know that it’s time to be concerned about the job their head man is doing in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Greg McElroy says it’s time to be concerned in Blacksburg

“And finally, Brent Pry. He gets an F. And he went 3-8 this year. But, you look at what happened, it was kind of a rock bottom situation. I mean, three wins was the worst by Virginia Tech since 1992. Now they’re going heavy into the portal. They are heavy into the portal and they have plenty of ground to make up, obviously, in the ACC. But I’m a little bit concerned right now. A little bit concerned with what Brent Pry was able to do. A lot of people when he was hired kind of wondered. What’s it gonna look like? What does he want to be? What [is] the offense gonna look like,” McElroy said.

“Now, things were difficult under the previous staff. The transition was difficult. Either way, you gotta hope that Brent Pry–brings in the 39th recruiting class and 6th best in the ACC, hopefully they can continue to develop guys the way Virginia Tech has for years. And maybe here down the road, they’ll be able to get very competitive again on a perennial basis there in the years to come,” McElroy said.

The biggest problem last year for Virginia Tech was without a doubt, their offense, which ranked 118th in the nation in scoring offense. That’s simply not going to get it done in big-time college football. Hokies’ quarterback Grant Wells threw as many interceptions (9) as he had touchdowns (9) last season. There are plenty of areas that Pry will need to address in the offseason, but a good place to start would be to address his quarterback’s propensity to turn over the football.