An additional day, one more decommitment for the Virginia Tech football workforce. On Tuesday, four-star functioning back Ramon Brown despatched shockwaves via Virginia Tech Twitter and Hokie information boards when he produced an Instagram video of him flipping his determination to……..Maryland.

Of course, Maryland.

This one particular is a hard capsule to swallow for various reasons. 1st, Brown is a 4-star expertise from within the state of Virginia. New head mentor Brent Pry produced it identified he and his coaching team will prioritize recruiting Virginia and the regional “footprint.”

Brown was on campus Saturday with quite a few other fully commited players. Evidently, a good time was had by all. Brown even posted the pursuing photographs on his Twitter account.

For those people on social media and concept boards blasting Pry for some of these decommits, chill out. Choose a breath and glance at the major photograph. For optics, it would’ve seemed superior if Brown stuck with the Hokies. You experienced the previous take a look at just before signing day and he nevertheless flips. But, Pry does not even have his offensive coaching staff introduced nonetheless. Tyler Bowen will be the offensive coordinator but he is even now working with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

So, must Pry rush and employ the service of some fellas just to fill out a team so he can land a couple of gamers in the 2022 recruiting class?

Of program not.

This is his initially head-coaching gig and he should use the men and women he trusts and looks the ideal in good shape. If he has to wait around on them to be cost-free, that is good. He needs to make the ideal selections and only he understands what the ideal determination is for himself and Virginia Tech.

No player in this course was heading to make-or-crack Virginia Tech. Not Brown, Not Malcolm Jones. Not Alex Orji. Not Gunner Givens. This would be an situation if it takes place one calendar year from now, or two years from now. But no new coach must be judged on a recruiting class he inherits. Pry and his current workers, which isn’t entire, strike the street really hard about his first two months on the career. They even landed 4-star TE/LB Benji Gosnell.

Give Pry time. He was just hired. He isn’t going to change 10-15 several years of distress on the recruiting path in two months.

By the way, Orji will likely…