I would view Rechsteiner as the offensive version of Bamisile
Both of them are talented players who on paper do the things well in a vacuum that you want on your team
For Bamisile, he could not figure out how to defend away from the ball. Just didn't know where to be. And in HS you can hide that because you play inferior competition and the large majority of HS players aren't taught to defend the same way as college programs do. So there's no way of knowing that until they arrive on campus.
Which is why when people ask about certain recruits, I try to always caveat that it depends on how well they pick up the game. They can have all the skills that match up with what you want, but they need to be able to put the pieces together.
For Rechsteiner, he simply does not know when passes need to be made. He is continually a half beat too slow making the read, and then instead of holding his dribble and resetting, he picks it up, then throws the first pass he can, which is usually deflected or stolen.
He could get away with that playing HS competition. He simply had to dribble and shoot in HS. He's a willing defender, so that gave you some hope but he still gets lost there too sometimes. You could get over that part and hope for some growth if not for a glaring weakness on the other side of the floor.
VT as a whole needs to get better passing the ball. Bringing in players with good vision and timing will immensely help the offense, particularly at the 1 and 4 spots.
Gurdak is a great passer...but will he pick up everything else? Won't know til he gets to campus
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I am to the point I am numb to who leaves and who comes back in any sport
-- OrlandoHokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 11:22 AM ET
OrlandoHokie
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03/09/25 11:22 AM ET
CMY better "push" some of these guys out. They are not ACC level players.**
-- NativeBurger
Mar 09, 2025 at 11:16 AM ET
NativeBurger
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03/09/25 11:16 AM ET
ACC level is not a high bar anymore **
-- tallahasseehokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 10:39 PM ET
tallahasseehokie
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03/09/25 10:39 PM ET
I can only think of 1 name…. **
-- SC_Hokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 04:06 PM ET
SC_Hokie
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03/09/25 04:06 PM ET
To be clear, I don't think there's a world MY doesn't want Hammond back
-- GCHokie34
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:31 AM ET
GCHokie34
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03/09/25 09:31 AM ET
Don’t think losing Lawal would be a big loss**
-- Durham Hokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:10 AM ET
Durham Hokie
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03/09/25 09:10 AM ET
It would be. He is improving and
-- HokieDelNorte
Mar 09, 2025 at 11:34 AM ET
HokieDelNorte
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03/09/25 11:34 AM ET
GC, any thoughts on how Rech was such a big eval miss by us and others?**
-- Femoyer Hokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 08:36 AM ET
Femoyer Hokie
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03/09/25 08:36 AM ET
I would view Rechsteiner as the offensive version of Bamisile
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-- GCHokie34
Mar 09, 2025 at 08:55 AM ET
GCHokie34
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03/09/25 08:55 AM ET
"VT as a whole needs to get better passing the ball"...Say it again.**
-- KiloZulu
Mar 09, 2025 at 10:30 AM ET
KiloZulu
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03/09/25 10:30 AM ET
It’s catching too. Don’t recall many teams w/ such collective bad hands.**
-- marcbvtgm
Mar 09, 2025 at 11:55 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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03/09/25 11:55 PM ET
Thanks. In addition, my eyes tell me our team does a poor job helping
-- Femoyer Hokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:10 AM ET
Femoyer Hokie
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03/09/25 09:10 AM ET
Agree. We often seem to not do the basic step of meeting the ball. At
-- GBOHokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:44 AM ET
GBOHokie
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03/09/25 09:44 AM ET
To be fair to those players...
-- GCHokie34
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:34 AM ET
GCHokie34
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03/09/25 09:34 AM ET
Why do you think Rechsteiner will be moving on?
-- Walkin` Willie
Mar 09, 2025 at 08:12 AM ET
Walkin` Willie
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03/09/25 08:12 AM ET
Because he can't guard anyone, turns it over at record rates, and doesn't
-- King of Hokies
Mar 09, 2025 at 08:29 AM ET
King of Hokies
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03/09/25 08:29 AM ET
Yeah, but did you know his Dad is Scott Steiner?
-- GretnaHokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:08 AM ET
GretnaHokie
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03/09/25 09:08 AM ET
To be fair...he will have his share of suitors
-- GCHokie34
Mar 09, 2025 at 09:38 AM ET
GCHokie34
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03/09/25 09:38 AM ET
Drops to a mid-major! We are a mid-major at best!**
-- NativeBurger
Mar 09, 2025 at 11:20 AM ET
NativeBurger
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03/09/25 11:20 AM ET
I'm not sure you know what a mid-major is**
-- GCHokie34
Mar 09, 2025 at 01:18 PM ET
GCHokie34
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03/09/25 01:18 PM ET
Have a feeling Mike will bring in at least two 1s from the portal.
-- EDGEMAN
Mar 09, 2025 at 07:26 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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03/09/25 07:26 AM ET
SMH just lost my reply because my phone rotated 😔
-- SC_Hokie
Mar 09, 2025 at 12:50 AM ET
SC_Hokie
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03/09/25 12:50 AM ET