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Pitching (coaching) is an enormous problem and obvious to anyone

Observing…it’d been problematic over the past 5 years. Look, we are running out of excuses here. We’ve made the investment, and we have all the shiny new objects, including, what is truly a state of the art pitching lab…anything you could desire if you are a pitcher of quality who wants to use technology to make oneself better. We are missing a key ingredient—the personnel/personal coaching experience aligned to the usher in, and develop the right set of talent. That is clearly what we do not possess…the current state is not anywhere close to Duke, UVA, let alone a UT for goodness sake…not even close. ** Edited by Irish Hokie at 5/22/2024, 6:28:02 PM
Posted: 05/22/2024 at 01:04 PM ET
(In response to this post by VTJay)

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Need to ask/answer the question of what is holding us back
VTJay • 05/22/24 10:18 AM ET
Pitching, fundamentals & hitting
hokiepro • 05/22/24 09:05 PM ET
Pitching for sure
HokiePoq • 05/23/24 07:27 AM ET
Is our head coach in job jeopardy? Is he completely safe?**
Atl-Thumper • 05/22/24 08:34 PM ET
With respect to Duke, Duke plays to a different strategy that works very
VTScoop • 05/22/24 01:31 PM ET
My son and I were told recently, if you want to play college baseball you
Hokie Chris • 05/23/24 11:36 AM ET
You buried the lede, Scoop.
Will StewartAdmin • 05/22/24 08:18 PM ET
Just setting it up for those paying attention :-). One of the best things
VTScoop • 05/22/24 09:31 PM ET
Yes sir. I left out that golden, encouraging nugget. That's good for VT.**
Will StewartAdmin • 05/22/24 09:34 PM ET
All due respect…. I don’t think that matters.
wahoo2023 • 05/22/24 09:56 PM ET
It's surely not the only answer VT needs.
Will StewartAdmin • 05/22/24 11:35 PM ET
From what I’ve heard from friends of program
wahoo2023 • 05/23/24 10:06 AM ET
Will, how does Tech’s endowment compare to some “peer” land grant universit
BackInTheBurg • 05/22/24 08:59 PM ET
Wikipedia has the list ....**
Will StewartAdmin • 05/22/24 09:32 PM ET
How does VCU have a larger endowment than Tech. Medical School have any-
BackInTheBurg • 05/22/24 09:39 PM ET
MCV is a very large part of it. Also the prior president was
Nelsonia Hokie • 05/23/24 08:29 PM ET
Believe so. **
RJHokie • 05/22/24 09:42 PM ET
In my defense, I did search for some info, TAMU for one and it didn’t pop
BackInTheBurg • 05/22/24 09:36 PM ET
We are almost double the size of USC's and Clemson's endowments. VT, NC
VTScoop • 05/22/24 09:25 PM ET
VT endowment is larger than Clemson, comparable with NC State, and
Irish Hokie • 05/22/24 09:18 PM ET
Fair point on Duke and its niche to get a degree (MBA) from Duke
VTJay • 05/22/24 01:48 PM ET
I have always thought VT should be upper third ACC…. Consistently.
wahoo2023 • 05/22/24 01:09 PM ET
VT seems to have health issues with its best arms annually
hokiepro • 05/22/24 01:31 PM ET
Pitching (coaching) is an enormous problem and obvious to anyone ◄
Irish Hokie • 05/22/24 01:04 PM ET
Yeah not that complicated. There is a reason he had to bring in 8 portal
vtfin91 • 05/22/24 09:02 PM ET
I think Duke is case study. What is it Pollard is doing to hit at a higher
HokiePWC • 05/22/24 11:12 AM ET
Wrt the “technology” at Wake…we’ve got the same pitching lab tech
hokiepro • 05/22/24 12:45 PM ET
They keep pushing foreward on the kinetics end. Their analystics team is
HokiePWC • 05/22/24 04:10 PM ET
We are really going to have to have some portal hits next year to fill in
Nortazhokie • 05/22/24 11:58 AM ET
Ebel is a Sr!??**
hokiepro • 05/22/24 07:22 PM ET
Yep.**
Nortazhokie • 05/22/24 07:36 PM ET
Yup. Our margin for error here is slim.**
HokiePWC • 05/22/24 04:10 PM ET