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.
Thread Replies (27)
Will any idea what kind of NIL money we had for bball**
-- DCL
Nov 21, 2024 at 09:13 PM ET
DCL
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11/21/24 09:13 PM ET
I believe the number is a little less than a million, which just won’t cut
-- jfrance41
Nov 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM ET
jfrance41
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11/22/24 12:40 AM ET
That’s just ridiculous.
-- cajun_hokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM ET
cajun_hokie
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11/22/24 12:07 PM ET
The argument for VT moving to FCS FB and funding D1 MBB**
-- 40ozDistrict
Nov 22, 2024 at 10:22 PM ET
40ozDistrict
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11/22/24 10:22 PM ET
Wait until you hear about every professional sport **
-- GCHokie34
Nov 22, 2024 at 01:33 PM ET
GCHokie34
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11/22/24 01:33 PM ET
Not sure anyone is forcing you to pay
-- EvDogHokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM ET
EvDogHokie
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11/22/24 12:13 PM ET
The 2022 football coach bidding war and last season's college basketball
-- TDVick
Nov 21, 2024 at 11:53 PM ET
TDVick
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11/21/24 11:53 PM ET
Our strategy on funding bball NIL amounted to throwing good money after bad
-- Zanderhokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 11:59 AM ET
Zanderhokie
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11/22/24 11:59 AM ET
Things would be lots better if Miller wasn't a crook and Drones was a QB
-- N2VT2
Nov 22, 2024 at 07:17 PM ET
N2VT2
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11/22/24 07:17 PM ET
I hear ya, but aren’t we paying people a lot of money to figure that out?
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-- Zanderhokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM ET
Zanderhokie
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11/22/24 11:44 PM ET
Maybe WB knows he can't spend enough to make a difference in FB MBB.
-- 40ozDistrict
Nov 22, 2024 at 08:35 AM ET
40ozDistrict
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11/22/24 08:35 AM ET
Agreed. It's becoming increasingly obvious we'll never have enough $$$
-- Zanderhokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM ET
Zanderhokie
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11/22/24 12:01 PM ET
How is this not obvious to WB? I'm baffled how slow those folks minds work.**
-- 40ozDistrict
Nov 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM ET
40ozDistrict
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11/22/24 10:24 PM ET
Mr. Zander, let's hope that is done by a new AD!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
Nov 22, 2024 at 08:43 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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11/22/24 08:43 PM ET
It’s kinda looking that way
-- Zanderhokie
Nov 22, 2024 at 11:31 PM ET
Zanderhokie
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11/22/24 11:31 PM ET
Agreed 100%. Hop he goes out gracefully!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
Nov 22, 2024 at 11:33 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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11/22/24 11:33 PM ET
I agree that the strategy and decision making are worse than the resource
-- TDVick
Nov 22, 2024 at 01:32 PM ET
TDVick
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11/22/24 01:32 PM ET
Whatever the amount, we might as well
-- Pride_and_Joy
Nov 21, 2024 at 11:27 PM ET
Pride_and_Joy
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11/21/24 11:27 PM ET
That is basically my point. All these other schools in the ACC field more
-- TDVick
Nov 22, 2024 at 09:31 AM ET
TDVick
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11/22/24 09:31 AM ET
Honestly, a lack of NIL explains losing to Jacksonville?
-- Pride_and_Joy
Nov 22, 2024 at 10:22 AM ET
Pride_and_Joy
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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
Nov 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM ET
40ozDistrict
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11/22/24 10:29 PM ET
How are NIL decisions made at VT?
-- VT ChemE 1986
Nov 22, 2024 at 09:43 AM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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11/22/24 09:43 AM ET
Here's a link to Triumph NIL "About Us" page
-- saret
Nov 22, 2024 at 01:19 PM ET
saret
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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
Nov 22, 2024 at 02:19 PM ET
King of Hokies
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11/22/24 02:19 PM ET
I am an advocate for going "cold turkey" at this stage**
-- VT ChemE 1986
Nov 22, 2024 at 01:27 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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11/22/24 01:27 PM ET