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The perfect storm...

1. Lame duck coach that just started the season feeling he had a tournament team and ended dropping F bombs in press conferences and declining an NIT before it was even given. The quote at the end of the season pretty much tells you coach is tired. "No, I'm thinking about spring break. I'm thinking about going to Islamorada with my beautiful wife this spring. It occupies a lot of thought." 2. An even lamer duck in Whit Babcock. I don't get it. 3. Football just made a moonshot for football relevance and probably spent an embarrassing amount of money. It's like a house that has been neglected for a decade and trying to remodel - everything needs fixing. And our tired old gym is about as stale as Enter Sandman. 4. Fan apathy. We've just about had enough let downs and leadership malpractice. You look at the tourney teams whipping the crap out of our ACC brothers, and realize we're 12-14 deep in a bad conference. Knowing we're about to start all over, and that we're poor, is just beyond depressing. Even if you're trying to find the positives, like three players that took tremendous growth last year, you have this sinking feeling they aren't going to be here for a second year. If you're the VT Admin, who do you go all in on? A proven coach/leader that's still got some juice in the tank and is trying to revive the Hokie national brand. Or a guy that publicly talks about spring break during the season? We know we HAVE to fix football. But it really hurts to be a Hokie fan these days. We wanted both to succeed.
Posted: 04/01/2026 at 12:49 PM ET
(In response to this post by MidloHokie)

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It's difficult to understand the 180 degree turn in the vibe around . .
MidloHokie 04/01/26 07:37 AM ET
VT should have played in NIT. 19-13 was not a bad season. Not ideal, but it
Scream_On_D 04/01/26 06:29 PM ET
Yep. Since when is 19 wins a bad season for VT basketball? I know it was
VT One 04/01/26 08:10 PM ET
+1000**
HokieNL 04/01/26 07:14 PM ET
Where is the basketball GM?
tallahasseehokie 04/01/26 02:44 PM ET
The perfect storm...
WildTurkE 04/01/26 12:49 PM ET
The program is flat, at best, and there are a multitude of things that
reestuart 04/01/26 12:31 PM ET
What is the role of the University when it comes to providing athletics
ftsumterhokie 04/01/26 12:15 PM ET
I believe I agree with that faction that you are referring to**
GCHokieof91 04/01/26 12:32 PM ET
Absolutely NOTHING will change until
lazarus1 04/01/26 12:04 PM ET
I think a big source of frustration for VT basketball fans
OrlandoHokie 04/01/26 10:27 AM ET
Is it really a double standard or is basketball getting a proportionate
Seikoh_04 04/01/26 11:20 AM ET
Yeah. I support both the football and basketball team but football is king.
OrlandoHokie 04/01/26 12:00 PM ET
There are some very good responses in this thread.
Will StewartAdmin 04/01/26 10:02 AM ET
Funding
Battlesuggs 04/01/26 11:05 AM ET
So much of the idea behind increasing the athletics budget by $50-60MM
hokiehill1117 04/01/26 11:55 AM ET
NIL is the separator
Seikoh_04 04/01/26 11:17 AM ET
No point in increasing athletic budget
Battlesuggs 04/01/26 11:41 AM ET
After the decision to decline an NIT bid, it became hard for me to know
hokiehill1117 04/01/26 09:48 AM ET
Nobody ever said Young was considering retiring **
SC_Hokie 04/01/26 12:54 PM ET
We're all just speculating, regarding that**
HokieNL 04/01/26 01:03 PM ET
When Fuente allowed the Bowl Steak to end...
HokieNL 04/01/26 12:42 PM ET
Your last sentence exactly sums it up for me.
Gobbler Guru 04/01/26 11:08 AM ET
Landscape is moving fast, we have worthless AD and behind the scenes set
VT Pez4Life 04/01/26 08:50 AM ET
Whit has to go**
BAMAHOKIE 04/01/26 10:55 AM ET
Gotta protest…. There’s easily 500 fans that could come….
SC_Hokie 04/01/26 03:00 PM ET
Very much agree....in October, I thought we were going to have....
BleedinOandM 04/01/26 08:48 AM ET
Whit can't hire a new coach, he'll screw it up again
lazarus1 04/01/26 12:07 PM ET
Agree on everything BUT the injuries were a huge part of the
Shbolf 04/01/26 10:48 AM ET
For sure in the "Last Year" of CMY's contract. Who will want to be at VT?**
George Baylor 04/01/26 08:07 AM ET
Many coaches would take the job. They are winning at lower levels. We
jrc3rd 04/01/26 11:46 AM ET
I fear that, due to NIL and teams not being together for very long...
HokieNL 04/01/26 01:01 PM ET
Difficult question
Midwestguy 04/01/26 10:49 AM ET