His system WAS good. It's no longer good if it takes 25 games to jell in it

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Don't get me wrong, I think Young can coach. But he has show he can massage his system to where a brand new set of players - which is the reality now - can understand his system and each other by December. You can't just rationalize "it's a work in progress" now. Every game means something now. In fact, early season games may even more than conference games now. ** Edited by marcbvtgm at 3/17/2025, 6:37:12 PM

Posted: 03/17/2025 at 06:33 PM ET

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I think there’s room for optimism for next year. It sounds like CMY feels -- BEST2VT Mar 17, 2025 at 05:09 PM ET

BEST2VT • 03/17/25 05:09 PM ET

His system WAS good. It's no longer good if it takes 25 games to jell in it ◄ -- marcbvtgm Mar 17, 2025 at 06:33 PM ET

marcbvtgm • 03/17/25 06:33 PM ET

I believe that with some decent NIL money and with the huge number of very -- BEST2VT Mar 17, 2025 at 06:52 PM ET

BEST2VT • 03/17/25 06:52 PM ET

I've seen no evidence of this being much more than wishful thinking. -- marcbvtgm Mar 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM ET

marcbvtgm • 03/18/25 12:34 PM ET

He'll also have a lot more cash available this Spring.** -- ancient alien 2018 Mar 17, 2025 at 08:05 PM ET

ancient alien 2018 • 03/17/25 08:05 PM ET

Great, but the point is $$ won't help if the system isn't easily adaptable. -- marcbvtgm Mar 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM ET

marcbvtgm • 03/18/25 12:38 PM ET

Several folks have mentioned $3-4 million NIL cash. No one knows yet -- ancient alien 2018 Mar 17, 2025 at 06:09 PM ET

ancient alien 2018 • 03/17/25 06:09 PM ET

More money -- Midwestguy Mar 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM ET

Midwestguy • 03/17/25 10:12 PM ET

I heard UVA is around 7mil. Hope we get near that** -- anchorsteam88 Mar 17, 2025 at 06:40 PM ET

anchorsteam88 • 03/17/25 06:40 PM ET

Prob 1/2 that…** -- VT757to276 Mar 17, 2025 at 08:49 PM ET

VT757to276 • 03/17/25 08:49 PM ET

I heard VT and UVa NIL will be probably be about the same. -- NC Hoke Mar 17, 2025 at 07:28 PM ET

NC Hoke • 03/17/25 07:28 PM ET

I'm not sure where I read that but I definitely saw it in some discussion -- anchorsteam88 Mar 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM ET

anchorsteam88 • 03/17/25 10:26 PM ET

It was said on this board. I saw the comment too.** -- NC Hoke Mar 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM ET

NC Hoke • 03/17/25 10:45 PM ET