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wwhokie1
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If you change the coach, but don't increase the funding, nothing changes.

And every coach knows that. So, unless you're willing to pour some money into the basketball program, you are not going to be able to attract a quality coach. Our current financial investment in basketball makes it unlikely that a new hire would be an improvement, and possibly a step back. A lot of fans have been calling for VT to focus finances onto the football program, even at the expense of other programs, in order to try to get a P2 invite. It seems like men's basketball is being sacrificed for the sake of football. With that being the state of the men's basketball situation, I'm not really excited about trying to hire a new coach under those circumstances. The athletic department seems to be of the same mindset. If we are not at a place where we can compete financially for our next basketball coach, then it doesn't make sense to enter the market for a new coach. The big question is how long before Virginia Tech can afford to properly fund men's basketball? We have financial limits, and football seems to be taking us to those limits. ** Edited by wwhokie1 at 3/25/2026, 10:37:51 AM
Posted: 03/25/2026 at 10:32 AM ET
(In response to this post by Midwestguy)

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VT MBB coach?
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 01:55 PM ET
If you change the coach, but don't increase the funding, nothing changes. ◄
wwhokie1 • 03/25/26 10:32 AM ET
Yes, I agree**
Midwestguy • 03/25/26 10:34 AM ET
FORMAL announcement vs a statement from the AD. What's the difference?**
marcbvtgm • 03/24/26 09:05 AM ET
I understand
Midwestguy • 03/24/26 10:55 AM ET
That's sounds definitive to me.**
marcbvtgm • 03/25/26 05:18 PM ET
One is non binding. The other is the opposite of binding.**
HokieNL • 03/24/26 09:14 AM ET
I see what you did there...**
marcbvtgm • 03/25/26 05:18 PM ET
Let's get a new AD first**
RiverVT • 03/24/26 08:28 AM ET
WB has publicly stated that CMY will be back this fall. **
ancient alien 2018 • 03/23/26 05:44 PM ET
…and prove all the haters wrong**
chumley • 03/23/26 06:23 PM ET
Well Chum, haters always gonna hate!!!**
ancient alien 2018 • 03/23/26 06:47 PM ET
Can you really believe anything he says? **
RJHokie • 03/23/26 05:45 PM ET
He doesn't like having his credibility or competence questioned.
KCHokie2 • 03/23/26 10:58 PM ET
His what? (I keed! I keed!)**
HokieNL • 03/23/26 11:18 PM ET
Sure, I slipped him some truth serum and here's what he told me
Vippie1 • 03/23/26 06:07 PM ET
I bought Robert Irsay a couple bourbons on a flight to Baltimore.
KCHokie2 • 03/23/26 09:20 PM ET
Should have been laced with rat poison.**
Atlee Hokie • 03/24/26 05:43 PM ET
"2 week Cruise" 🤣**
HokieNL • 03/23/26 06:20 PM ET
When he told Berman and Berman printed it in one of his
ancient alien 2018 • 03/23/26 05:48 PM ET
Ha!
RJHokie • 03/23/26 05:55 PM ET
Here's a thought... Imagine if Young and Berman had to share a pod 😂**
HokieNL • 03/23/26 09:02 PM ET
Is this the UNC board?
turkeywinghokie • 03/23/26 04:29 PM ET
Only if it's bad news for UNC**
ancient alien 2018 • 03/23/26 05:50 PM ET
LOL. It could be. **
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 04:50 PM ET
I concur. I look every day if there is an announcement lol.**
VT Rocker • 03/23/26 04:00 PM ET
LOL. That’s a great comment regarding WB. **
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 04:49 PM ET
Babcock announced a couple weeks ago that Coach would be back**
JoesterVT • 03/23/26 02:01 PM ET
Not Formally
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 02:26 PM ET
That other coach sidestepped a similar question from Berman
TomTurkey • 03/24/26 09:24 AM ET
Interesting **
Midwestguy • 03/24/26 10:16 AM ET
High school recruiting no longer drives the train unless ur DUKE
tallahasseehokie • 03/23/26 09:06 PM ET
Why? Wait until next season plays out. Then see if the bottom money program
ancient alien 2018 • 03/23/26 05:47 PM ET
It would only be a bad idea to have a lame duck coach...
GCHokie34 • 03/23/26 03:53 PM ET
We all need to know
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 04:48 PM ET
I cant imagine a scenario where people on this board "need" to know...**
GCHokie34 • 03/23/26 07:02 PM ET
LOL**
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 07:48 PM ET
He’ll just go into the year with reduced resources
AnotherTechW • 03/23/26 04:03 PM ET
Seems pretty formal to me...lol**
JoesterVT • 03/23/26 02:28 PM ET
LOL is right! **
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 02:40 PM ET
FWIW, here's the headline from the Roanoke Times
JoesterVT • 03/23/26 02:06 PM ET
Whit (Krusty) had a Zoom Press Conference regarding the matter...**
HokieNL • 03/23/26 06:35 PM ET
Correct. Young will be back.**
David CunninghamAdmin • 03/23/26 02:25 PM ET
For Sure?
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 05:17 PM ET
It's March 23...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/23/26 08:09 PM ET
How about the mens basketball GM position? It was never filled?- correct?**
softball1 • 03/24/26 05:34 PM ET
That’s correct.
RJHokie • 03/24/26 05:39 PM ET
Didn't Weaver fire Seth in April...yeah, pretty insane. Cost us a class.
hok1eboy • 03/23/26 10:13 PM ET
Cost us a class and two totally lost seasons**
King of Hokies • 03/26/26 06:40 AM ET
Yep, sure did.
RJHokie • 03/23/26 10:46 PM ET
Do I remember correctly that Greenberg found out he had been fired...
MP4VT2004 • 03/24/26 02:35 PM ET
I believe he was at Bull & Bones.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/24/26 07:40 PM ET
Yeah, there some truth in that. **
RJHokie • 03/24/26 03:26 PM ET
So, mainly, this was not a "cultural fit" issue, on VT's end?
HokieNL • 03/23/26 11:02 PM ET
Seth was putting together what was probably the best class o.f his tenure.**
hok1eboy • 03/23/26 11:00 PM ET
Yeah, that’s true too. **
RJHokie • 03/24/26 03:28 PM ET
That was the previous year's class...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/24/26 07:53 AM ET
think he means Montrezl Harrell and Gus Gilchrist class? **
AnotherTechW • 03/24/26 11:57 AM ET
Gus was well before that.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/24/26 01:22 PM ET
By NIL, Chris means "National Letter of Intent." Not what it means today.**
Will StewartAdmin • 03/25/26 09:29 AM ET
Yeah. Edited the post.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/25/26 10:16 AM ET
Thought that was NLI?**
saret • 03/25/26 09:39 AM ET
Always seen it as LOI - thought that was what he meant 😬**
TomTurkey • 03/25/26 09:36 AM ET
We could hire Giltner in an hour.
st_andrew • 03/23/26 09:17 PM ET
Ty, Chris**
Midwestguy • 03/23/26 08:31 PM ET
Oh to be Young again **
OrlandoHokie • 03/23/26 05:06 PM ET