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Chris Coleman
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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.
Posted: 03/18/2025 at 02:35 PM ET
(In response to this post by 2hhoop3)

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Good post
RiverVT 03/18/25 12:29 PM ET
Terrible article, it’s an OpEd with no opinion other than “bad man bad”
soflahokie 03/18/25 03:31 PM ET
So WB shouldn’t say “we were still ass, but not that bad”?
HokieAl 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 03/18/25 01:53 PM ET
It's more simple than that. Lose games in sports that matter and anything
BG Hokie 03/19/25 08:11 AM ET
When he was hired VT took its FB success for granted.**
VT ChemE 1986 03/18/25 04:36 PM ET
Emphasized Olympic Non-Revenue Sports. I love them, but not at the cost of
Stech 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 03/18/25 01:04 PM ET
And lost**
TomTurkey 03/18/25 02:38 PM ET
What's hilarious is using "went to a bowl game" as your standard.
Gobbler Guru 03/18/25 01:35 PM ET
He's got a lot of important eyes on him right now.
Chris ColemanAdmin 03/18/25 01:09 PM ET
The real question is .......
2hhoop3 03/18/25 01:42 PM ET
Things really came to a head this year...
Chris ColemanAdmin 03/18/25 02:35 PM ET
So was this a bad strategy by Whit or poor execution by Pry?**
vtbball80 03/18/25 09:07 PM ET
Football season is on Pry, who was hired by Whit.**
Chris ColemanAdmin 03/19/25 07:55 AM ET
BOTH were Failures**
U2Hokie 03/18/25 09:30 PM ET
Who are the eyes? The BoD?
hoosnowahokie 03/18/25 04:34 PM ET
And yet, WB is still here
VT ChemE 1986 03/18/25 04:12 PM ET
Thanks for the reply CC.....
2hhoop3 03/18/25 03:08 PM ET
And a poorly led and mis-managed Hokie Club
hokie4ever 03/18/25 09:48 PM ET
This will be the nail in the coffin. If you can’t raise money
AnotherTechW 03/19/25 08:16 AM ET
BINGO!**
NokieHokie 03/18/25 03:13 PM ET
Yep, I agree.**
Chris ColemanAdmin 03/18/25 03:10 PM ET
Hope so. Material change is needed in some capacity.
GoldCoast 03/18/25 12:55 PM ET
Yeah i am at my whit’s end. **
GreenvilleVT 03/18/25 02:59 PM ET