He put together a team of misfits and was competitive from the get go. You mention players not staying with him. Of course not, these players were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars more to play elsewhere. Any time a player like Lynn Kidd leaves and we find out he was offered $750k then it is going to be tough sledding in Blacksburg. Every year the amount of money has increased and it is obvious to anyone that VT is not spending near the amount of money in comparison to many other schools. CMY can compete with anyone provided he has enough $$ to buy talent. But he is SOL without enough NIL money.