Things really came to a head this year...
It was made pretty clear within the athletic department that this past football season was critical for the football program and the athletic department. It was an opportunity that we hadn't had in awhile...a real chance to advance the program. That's how Whit viewed it. I wrote an article about it before last season, and somebody in the athletic department read it and told me "good article, that's exactly how Whit is viewing things."
Well, then football failed and missed a massive opportunity, and basketball went 13-19, partly because of football. People could probably stomach the basketball issues if football had been good, but it wasn't. So it's gotten a lot of eyes on him. Most people just pay attention to results, and when results are poor they want to know why. So they start to examine it more closely, and then notice all of those other little things.
Here's the article I wrote that described the situation at the time. Whit basically set his own expectations for this year and he shared those expectations with the powers that be. We came nowhere near matching those expectations. So he's very much in the crosshairs.
Link:
A Window of Opportunity
Thread Replies (24)
Terrible article, it’s an OpEd with no opinion other than “bad man bad”
-- soflahokie
Mar 18, 2025 at 03:31 PM ET
soflahokie
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03/18/25 03:31 PM ET
So WB shouldn’t say “we were still ass, but not that bad”?
-- HokieAl
Mar 18, 2025 at 04:43 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/18/25 04:43 PM ET
I think when he was hired it was viewed as a good fit for the ACC as he fit
-- GreenvilleVT
Mar 18, 2025 at 01:53 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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03/18/25 01:53 PM ET
It's more simple than that. Lose games in sports that matter and anything
-- BG Hokie
Mar 19, 2025 at 08:11 AM ET
BG Hokie
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03/19/25 08:11 AM ET
When he was hired VT took its FB success for granted.**
-- VT ChemE 1986
Mar 18, 2025 at 04:36 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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03/18/25 04:36 PM ET
Emphasized Olympic Non-Revenue Sports. I love them, but not at the cost of
-- Stech
Mar 18, 2025 at 02:10 PM ET
Stech
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03/18/25 02:10 PM ET
We went to a bowl game in football so can’t see Whit being on any hot seat
-- sbarron
Mar 18, 2025 at 01:04 PM ET
sbarron
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03/18/25 01:04 PM ET
What's hilarious is using "went to a bowl game" as your standard.
-- Gobbler Guru
Mar 18, 2025 at 01:35 PM ET
Gobbler Guru
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03/18/25 01:35 PM ET
He's got a lot of important eyes on him right now.
-- Chris Coleman
Mar 18, 2025 at 01:09 PM ET
Chris Coleman
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03/18/25 01:09 PM ET
Things really came to a head this year...
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-- Chris Coleman
Mar 18, 2025 at 02:35 PM ET
Chris Coleman
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03/18/25 02:35 PM ET
So was this a bad strategy by Whit or poor execution by Pry?**
-- vtbball80
Mar 18, 2025 at 09:07 PM ET
vtbball80
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03/18/25 09:07 PM ET
Football season is on Pry, who was hired by Whit.**
-- Chris Coleman
Mar 19, 2025 at 07:55 AM ET
Chris Coleman
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03/19/25 07:55 AM ET
Who are the eyes? The BoD?
-- hoosnowahokie
Mar 18, 2025 at 04:34 PM ET
hoosnowahokie
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03/18/25 04:34 PM ET
And yet, WB is still here
-- VT ChemE 1986
Mar 18, 2025 at 04:12 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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03/18/25 04:12 PM ET
And a poorly led and mis-managed Hokie Club
-- hokie4ever
Mar 18, 2025 at 09:48 PM ET
hokie4ever
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03/18/25 09:48 PM ET
This will be the nail in the coffin. If you can’t raise money
-- AnotherTechW
Mar 19, 2025 at 08:16 AM ET
AnotherTechW
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03/19/25 08:16 AM ET
Hope so. Material change is needed in some capacity.
-- GoldCoast
Mar 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM ET
GoldCoast
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03/18/25 12:55 PM ET
Yeah i am at my whit’s end. **
-- GreenvilleVT
Mar 18, 2025 at 02:59 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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03/18/25 02:59 PM ET