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Great post - Hokies definitely on the rise and expectations have changed

This is obviously a welcome development and one that hopefully bodes well for future recruiting and competitive performance. With all this though comes the difficult task for the coaching staff of maintaining year-over-year consistency and even improvement. Some posters are quick to say just wait for next year, it’s a young team, but for injuries things would’ve been better. All true. But with increasing use of the transfer portal, ability of age 21 guys to get drafted after only 2 yrs in college, and losing high upside recruits and players to the draft - every year it’s relatively likely the team will consist of mainly younger guys. So pressure is on the staff to quickly coach up the young guys, sprinkle in some experienced So-Jr & Grad transfers, and add at least a couple Fr players who are D1-ready - each and every year. That’s the only way to sustain an upper level program. Szefc seems to be on the right track with this. Nonetheless pitching depth and effective progression/development still seems lacking as many others have noted. Definitely room for improvement there.
Posted: 05/15/2023 at 05:03 PM ET
(In response to this post by VTScoop)

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So who are we losing this year to graduation or pros? I have
Nortazhokie 05/15/23 01:42 PM ET
I think Jones could move-on too. Big picture though is the trendline is
HokiePWC 05/17/23 09:07 AM ET
Obviously nothing is "official" and some of who you mention will certainly
VTScoop 05/15/23 04:07 PM ET
With all of these stars, why did we poop in our pants this year?
N2VT2 05/17/23 07:23 PM ET
good points the program is evolving
Mercury 05/16/23 08:46 AM ET
The difference between insightful and inciteful.....
The Gobbler 05/16/23 12:49 AM ET
Great points Scoop. I'm an old fart now and I'm not as frustrated as I
IB4TECH 05/15/23 06:32 PM ET
Great post - Hokies definitely on the rise and expectations have changed
NOVAbasebllfan 05/15/23 05:03 PM ET
Great post and much appreciated you taking the time to answer my question.**
Nortazhokie 05/15/23 04:50 PM ET
Senior night participants you didn't mention...
Diehard Hokie 05/15/23 03:22 PM ET