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Also... GW and ODU aren't better than VT

Just to add, with regards to ODU.... they didn't reach 10 wins this year. Sure, some of that is due to Jeff Jones's health (hope he gets well), but in the years before that they are: 19-12, 13-19, 15-8, 13-9, with 0 NCAA births. GW, they're on their 2nd coach over that same time period. Mike Young, over that time is 15+ this year, 19-15, 23-13, 15-7, 16-16, with 2 NCAA births. What does all this mean? Virginia Tech is slightly above average in basketball. That is what we're getting from Mike Young, that is what we got with Seth Greenberg. We punched a little higher with Buzz, but not that much. We had a couple of dud hires in there (Rickey Stokes, James Johnson), but even going back... same thing with Bill Foster. Hokies will have years where everything gels and we're a formidable team. We'll have other years like this one. That is what we are and to be frank, unless someone has Phil Knight or T. Boone money they want to give, we're not getting much better (and how is that working out for Oregon and OSU). With our finances, we're better off going all in and fully investing in FB and WBB, with a competitive but MBB team that makes a killing with the diamonds in the rough.
Posted: 03/02/2024 at 01:32 PM ET
(In response to this post by TDVick)

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Sincere question about losing players to GW and (possibly) ODU.
TDVick 03/02/24 05:45 AM ET
Well the thing is...
CPVT3 03/02/24 06:06 PM ET
Has UVAs recruiting picked up since winning the national championship?**
GCHokie34 03/03/24 04:27 PM ET
I think so? I don't really follow their recruiting.
CPVT3 03/03/24 11:15 PM ET
It hasnt**
GCHokie34 03/03/24 11:26 PM ET
Kind of an odd team tho. Great coach. Weird system that works when it works**
CPVT3 03/03/24 11:31 PM ET
Plus they already have basketball pedigree**
CPVT3 03/03/24 11:32 PM ET
Players often follow their primary recruiters/assistant coaches out the
NC Hoke 03/02/24 05:17 PM ET
None of this is new
Hokie1992 03/02/24 04:41 PM ET
Isn't one of the old tropes that sports are a way out of a bad area?
Hokie 04 03/02/24 05:04 PM ET
That is an ACC schools’s recruiting pitch
Hokie1992 03/02/24 05:52 PM ET
It's important to make some distinctions here...
GCHokie34 03/02/24 12:03 PM ET
I agree with everything you wrote. I think one reason for our ceiling is
jrc3rd 03/02/24 02:43 PM ET
Va has had plenty of good players over time. We just haven't gotten many.
UEMcGill 03/02/24 04:51 PM ET
I think we agree. By mediocre I meant average. VA is lacking in the
jrc3rd 03/02/24 05:56 PM ET
"VT has a ceiling when it comes to national success". Key realization here.
40ozDistrict 03/02/24 12:50 PM ET
Not me. Buzz played the game by the unwritten rules, most of which are
Maroon Effect 03/02/24 03:51 PM ET
Pre-NIL and still not natty c'ship caliber. **
40ozDistrict 03/02/24 05:39 PM ET
I think it's a fair question.
Gobbler Guru 03/02/24 10:56 AM ET
You can have randomness and some bad breaks, but it seems that with a
TDVick 03/02/24 11:59 AM ET
It's hard to beef up the bench when guys 'want playing time. Just look at
UEMcGill 03/02/24 12:40 PM ET
This!
VT ChemE 1986 03/02/24 02:31 PM ET
I would suggest a slightly different perspective
HokieAl 03/02/24 09:05 AM ET
Comparison with JMU
NativeBurger 03/02/24 02:46 PM ET
Yep JMU squeaked by UVA by 1**
hokiepro 03/02/24 12:36 PM ET
You are correct that ex-ante, no one has a crystal ball, but with transfers
TDVick 03/02/24 12:14 PM ET
Also... GW and ODU aren't better than VT
Whiskeyandfootball 03/02/24 01:32 PM ET
I'd revise that to "slightly below average in basketball"
WildTurkE 03/02/24 01:39 PM ET
What effective players have traded down?**
GCHokie34 03/02/24 12:18 PM ET
Maddox and Buchanan. But you made a good point that I hadn't really
TDVick 03/02/24 12:24 PM ET
Buchanan didn't play a single minute at VT...
GCHokie34 03/02/24 12:27 PM ET