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Zanderhokie
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I hear ya, but aren’t we paying people a lot of money to figure that out?

A primary aspect of our football coaches’ jobs is to identify and develop talent that fits our scheme. Especially at the QB position. I wouldn’t say they whiffed on Drones, but he’s not performing up to expectations (or to what he’s being paid). One caveat there is that apparently he’s been playing hurt, so I can’t put that one entirely on the coaches. With Miller, it seems like there was a ton of smoke around this guy coming out of Temple. We took a chance and got burned big time, and I’m disappointed our organization decided to roll the dice on a guy like that for such a critical position. We had to have known there was a fair chance there was real substance to the point shaving allegations. Unfortunately for us, they turned out to be true and VT is left holding the bag, looking like fools for bringing the guy in.
Posted: 11/22/2024 at 11:44 PM ET
(In response to this post by N2VT2)

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Will any idea what kind of NIL money we had for bball**
DCL 11/21/24 09:13 PM ET
I believe the number is a little less than a million, which just won’t cut
jfrance41 11/22/24 12:40 AM ET
That’s just ridiculous.
cajun_hokie 11/22/24 12:07 PM ET
The argument for VT moving to FCS FB and funding D1 MBB**
40ozDistrict 11/22/24 10:22 PM ET
Wait until you hear about every professional sport **
GCHokie34 11/22/24 01:33 PM ET
Not sure anyone is forcing you to pay
EvDogHokie 11/22/24 12:13 PM ET
The 2022 football coach bidding war and last season's college basketball
TDVick 11/21/24 11:53 PM ET
Our strategy on funding bball NIL amounted to throwing good money after bad
Zanderhokie 11/22/24 11:59 AM ET
Things would be lots better if Miller wasn't a crook and Drones was a QB
N2VT2 11/22/24 07:17 PM ET
I hear ya, but aren’t we paying people a lot of money to figure that out?
Zanderhokie 11/22/24 11:44 PM ET
Non revenue 'Big Boys'?
Techdady 11/22/24 09:21 AM ET
Maybe WB knows he can't spend enough to make a difference in FB MBB.
40ozDistrict 11/22/24 08:35 AM ET
Agreed. It's becoming increasingly obvious we'll never have enough $$$
Zanderhokie 11/22/24 12:01 PM ET
How is this not obvious to WB? I'm baffled how slow those folks minds work.**
40ozDistrict 11/22/24 10:24 PM ET
Mr. Zander, let's hope that is done by a new AD!!**
ancient alien 2018 11/22/24 08:43 PM ET
It’s kinda looking that way
Zanderhokie 11/22/24 11:31 PM ET
Agreed 100%. Hop he goes out gracefully!!**
ancient alien 2018 11/22/24 11:33 PM ET
My opinion.......
2hhoop3 11/22/24 12:14 PM ET
I agree that the strategy and decision making are worse than the resource
TDVick 11/22/24 01:32 PM ET
Whatever the amount, we might as well
Pride_and_Joy 11/21/24 11:27 PM ET
-5**
ancient alien 2018 11/22/24 01:15 PM ET
That is basically my point. All these other schools in the ACC field more
TDVick 11/22/24 09:31 AM ET
Honestly, a lack of NIL explains losing to Jacksonville?
Pride_and_Joy 11/22/24 10:22 AM ET
Good point. I'm a dummy but I hear MY needs to keep kids in his program
40ozDistrict 11/22/24 10:29 PM ET
How are NIL decisions made at VT?
VT ChemE 1986 11/22/24 09:43 AM ET
Here's a link to Triumph NIL "About Us" page
saret 11/22/24 01:19 PM ET
I'm glad to see they've got one of MV2's running buddies involved, plus
King of Hokies 11/22/24 02:19 PM ET
I am an advocate for going "cold turkey" at this stage**
VT ChemE 1986 11/22/24 01:27 PM ET